"Dr. David Spencer at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in VA performed my surgery and he did it laparoscopic. I talked with Dr. Spencer on the phone prior to my first appointment with him. I found him to be very informative and very supportive of the surgery.
When my husband and I met him for the first time, he had only performed this surgery about six times, he had just returned from CA having spent 2-3 weeks out there observing the doctor that performed the surgery on Carnie Wilson. Dr. Spencer was very impressed with
that doctor. Dr. Spencer knew I had researched the surgery and I had done my nutritional and psychological eval. prior to seeing him so all that paper work was in order. Since I had traveled so far, (about 4 hours) we went ahead and set up the surgery date, had all the pre-op work done
(lab, x-rays, etc). One thing I really liked about Dr. Spencer was the way he explained the surgery, the pitfalls and the fact that he did not raise my hopes of a huge weight loss. He explained I would never be a skinny person again but that I could lose weight with this surgery and be
a more healthy person. He gave me his car with his email address, phone number and beeper number. After the surgery, which went well and was a great success, on my return check ups at one point I was a little disappointed with my weight loss and he pointed out that I
had never loss his much weight and kept it off. He listened to all my questions and concerns and told me if I had any problems to call and have them page him to return my call right away.
Dr. Spencer is someone I admire and respect a great deal. When on my two month check up I expressed some problems I was having with eating and vomitting, he had me go see the nutritionist
right away. He is an excellent doctor, who you can tell truly cares about his patients. I would recommend him to anyone who has access to a military hospital. He now has a waiting list but he is well worth the wait.
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