Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Hi all. Something has come up that makes me very nervous. It appears that Dr. McConnell at OHSU in Portland is leaving. I don't know if this means that he is quitting bariatric surgery or retiring all together. In any case lots of his patients are scrambling to find backup. Especially those who were depending on his following their progress after their DS. And there are a lot of his ex-patients out there. I have no information that Dr. Keshishian might be considering the same sort of move, but I would caution everyone to work with his office to find out what he wants to see when we get our annual blood work done. I certainly hope (and expect) him and his office to survive me by many years, but it is a very large risk to not know what we need to be looking for. Our family doctors are generally woefully uneducated to the needs of DS patients. I strongly recommend our looking out for our own health. So as long as Dr. K. and his fine office staff are there to help, that is the place to go. But if the time ever comes that they are no longer available, we had better be ready. Regards. Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fart http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html San , TX, 64 years old Initial Surgery 11/29/00 by Dr. Welker Revision 11/20/01, also Dr. Welker Final revision & reversal, 2/24/04, Dr. Ara Keshishian Lateral Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch High, 400, 340 DS surgery weight, currently 220 Quote
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