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David Simonak
"Dr. Simonak is one of the best PCP I have ever known. I've been seeing him for the past 4 years. He is thorough, caring, supportive and perceptive. I recently recommended him to another bariatric patient who also liked him immensly. Even when I was morbidly obese he made me feel special. he will take as much time with each patient as he feels they need. You never feel rushed. He has a relative that had surgery and understands the issues at hand. "

HealthSouth
"They did not bring me a sugar-free diet, but thankfully I caught it myself. "

John Alexander
"I had my first Appointment with Dr Alexander on 7/30, just 2 weeks after calling his office. I really like him! I feel totally comfortable with my choice in him. My appointment was exactly on schedule and he spent quite a bit of time with me. He got me scheduled for the first avail EGD and stress test which is this coming Monday 8/5. I am very impressed with the speed this is progressing. A downside if there is one, is that he tends to paint a very rosey picture. Didn't emphesis to many possible complications or risks. I am overall very pleased with my choice of him as my doctor. As soon as we hear from my insurance company we will be setting a date. Yea!!!!!!!! 8/6 I've had all my testing yesterday. When I got to Dr Alexander's office for my stress test, I stopped by to see Lynn about Ins. details. My file was laying open on her desk and when I mentioned it, she said she was meaning to call me to cancel my testing.(a little late at that point) She said the insurance responded saying Dr. Alexander was not in network. On my first visit I brought them all the required paperwork for my ins. co. and told her that it had to be faxed in with the surgery request. Seems she disregarded the requirements that I stressed. The paperwork I had gone through great pains to get wasn't even in my file. We went to Ann's office and she went through several stacks of papers and found it. I called the ins. co. today to see if they had gotten the fax and sure enough, they had not. Called Dr. A's office again, and they were having problems with the fax no. and had been trying since yesterday. Of course, they had never called my for assistance in getting the correct fax number. All of this was a big disappointment since I put my trust in them to be the ins. experts. Thankfully I have stayed on top of things, and the paperwork is now in the hands of a very caring person at my insurance company. I am still very concerned about the tests I had done since I did not have approval to use this Dr. yet. This could prove to be a very costly mistake to me. All of this could have been avoided if Lynn had paid attention to what I was telling her. I feel extremely confident in Dr A, but not so sure of some of his staff. 9/4 have my date of 10/4. One month left of the old me. "

Carla Garber
"I actually enjoyed my visit with Dr. Garber. She listened to what I had to say, and even asked me what a Morbidly Obese person would want someone in her profession to know. She specializes in eating disorders and does not personally agree with the surgery alternative, but did not let that prevent her from approving my surgery. I'm not sure that she fully understands all the health issues related to Morbid Obesity, she tended to lean towards it being more important to be comfortable with who we are. I can understand that, and tried to help her understand that's only a small part of the picture. The prejudaces we face and the health problems we endure go far beyond a simple comfort level with our own bodies. (Personally I would love to be able to clip my toenails without major discomfort and difficulties :-) ) The only disappointment with her has been her delay in sending the written report in. My insurance company is even getting anxious for it. It is, right now, the only thing preventing my approval from going through which of course is preventing me from setting an insurance date. This is causing me some anxieties since with my fall college schedule I have only a small window of opportunity to do this. I would recommend her to anyone."
About Me
Roanoke, TX
Location
26.0
BMI
RNY
Surgery
10/04/2002
Surgery Date
Jul 18, 2002
Member Since
Before & After
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one month post op
285lbs
10 mo post op. and down 136
149lbs
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