Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Hi Gordy, I don't remember ever discussing Drs. Fisher or Park. I don't really know much of anything about either of them. With any luck, some one who does will post. My busy life is . . . well . . . way too busy these days. I almost feel guilty about taking the time to visit here. Almost . . . but not quite. This is something I need to do for me. This coming weekend is our 3rd for this run of Faire - there are 3 more after that and then all the disassembling, moving and stowing to be done. With all the things that I need to do for my booth during the week as well, it is almost too much to handle. It is a lot of work, but a labor of love. Some really fun things have happened and, when I get more than a minute or two, I'll post some of them. For right now . . . a shipment of stock for my booth just arrived and I need to get it into inventory, price-marked and re-packaged for transport to the site. Then, it is off to water the plants (I sell pots of live herbs, as well as stone objects and much more), pack my camping gear and costumes and so on. Oh, yes, also need to alter my costume bodice . . . for some strange reason, it is too big and needs to be taken in quite a bit. ;-) All the best, Kay in San Leandro open RNY 12/1/03 Gordy wrote: Hi Kay... Thanks. I forgot to add in todays post to Martha that I mentioned "Richmond in particular" in my orignal post. I was asking the question because I remembered you and others talking about Dr Baggs performing LAP but Not Dr Fisher or Dr. Parks. I'll be having my procedure in Richmond and I'm sure that I'll find out eventually but It was on my mind now....that's why I was asking. I appreciate your response. How's your busy life these days ? Gordy > > > Thanx... > > > > This time I'll be the Old timer" going to see the "newbie"...heeheehee > > > > I posted a question a couple of days ago maybe you can answer. Are > > all kaiser barriatric surgeons qualified to perform LAP ?? > > > > Gordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Kay, Gordy, & everyone, I have Dr Fisher doing my WLS next Wed. I’ve only met him once, but I got a very good impression of him. He was very pleasant, listened to my questions, and gave me good answers. Next week I’ll know more and I’ll post again. Kay where is the Faire being held now? We haven’t been in about fifteen years. Maybe we will go again sometime. Lodi Open RNY 7/28/04 Dr Fisher in Richmond Re: LAP Hi Gordy, I don't remember ever discussing Drs. Fisher or Park. I don't really know much of anything about either of them. With any luck, some one who does will post. My busy life is . . . well . . . way too busy these days. I almost feel guilty about taking the time to visit here. Almost . . . but not quite. This is something I need to do for me. This coming weekend is our 3rd for this run of Faire - there are 3 more after that and then all the disassembling, moving and stowing to be done. With all the things that I need to do for my booth during the week as well, it is almost too much to handle. It is a lot of work, but a labor of love. Some really fun things have happened and, when I get more than a minute or two, I'll post some of them. For right now . . . a shipment of stock for my booth just arrived and I need to get it into inventory, price-marked and re-packaged for transport to the site. Then, it is off to water the plants (I sell pots of live herbs, as well as stone objects and much more), pack my camping gear and costumes and so on. Oh, yes, also need to alter my costume bodice . . . for some strange reason, it is too big and needs to be taken in quite a bit. ;-) All the best, Kay in San Leandro open RNY 12/1/03 Gordy wrote: Hi Kay... Thanks. I forgot to add in todays post to Martha that I mentioned " Richmond in particular " in my orignal post. I was asking the question because I remembered you and others talking about Dr Baggs performing LAP but Not Dr Fisher or Dr. Parks. I'll be having my procedure in Richmond and I'm sure that I'll find out eventually but It was on my mind now....that's why I was asking. I appreciate your response. How's your busy life these days ? Gordy > > > Thanx... > > > > This time I'll be the Old timer " going to see the " newbie " ...heeheehee > > > > I posted a question a couple of days ago maybe you can answer. Are > > all kaiser barriatric surgeons qualified to perform LAP ?? > > > > Gordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Gordy, I don't know for sure. I'd be surprised if they don't all know how to do lap by now, since that's how most of the surgeries are done these days unless the patient can't qualify. Individual surgeons are going to have diff. levels of expertise but as I said before, there's always 2 surgeons doing the surgeries. That's what I was told at KSSF, anyway, and since it's so intense I'd be surprised if anyone does it solo. Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 Gordy: Someone may have more current info on the Richmond surgeons, but this is what I remember. I was initially assigned to Dr. Park (who does lap rny), but I was not a good candidate because I carried my weight around my midsection (typical for men). I was told that women in general make better candidates for lap because they tend to carry their weight lower on their bodies. Dr. Park went out on maternity leave so Dr. Fisher took over as my surgeon. He was great! My scar was only 4 inches long, but now it is 7 inches due to my abdominoplasty. How funny! Smaller tummy, larger scar. (And I don't mind a bit!) Dr. Baggs came on board after I was post-op, so I haven't met him or had any dealings with him. I have to say, however, that in post-ops who are further out, their scars tend to be bigger (I've heard them called rail road track scars). All the scars that I've recently seen come out of Richmond have been really minimal as they don't seem to use staples very often. I hope this information is helpful. I was originally interested in getting lap, but just getting the surgery period was more important to me. Let us know what happens in your case. Gemello open rny 06/03/03 reconstruction 05/25/04 -138 lbs > Hi Kay... > > Thanks. I forgot to add in todays post to Martha that I > mentioned " Richmond in particular " in my orignal post. I was asking > the question because I remembered you and others talking about Dr > Baggs performing LAP but Not Dr Fisher or Dr. Parks. I'll be having > my procedure in Richmond and I'm sure that I'll find out eventually > but It was on my mind now....that's why I was asking. I appreciate > your response. > > How's your busy life these days ? > > Gordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Dr Fisher is absolutely wonderful !! I am very glad and fortunate he was my surgeon. I dont think he does lap though because when I had my consult with him , he told me I would have to wait about 2 months to have it because at that time Dr Baggs was just coming on. I had already waited so long..I decided to go ahead and have open. I was fine..no complications and my incision is 5 inches long. So, in answer to your questions, I dont think all Kaiser surgeons do LAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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