St. Luke's Des Peres Hospital MyNewSelf Bariatrics

Dr. Ricks was amazing. He helped me through this process and made it as easy and smooth as possible. With his help my life completely changed. I would recommend him to everyone. I am completely off my diabetes medicine! Down 65 pounds and just need a few more to go! Thank you Dr Ricks you are amazing!

Worst experience of my life. I went in for the surgery and ended up with life altering problems. The results I got from their services:nn- MRSAn- Nearly dying of sepsisn- Being forced to seek help from 3 different hospitals, not including Des Peresn- dozens of doctors and surgeons trying to keep me aliven- WEIGHT LOSS - but not the healthy kind. The kind where I was so sick, I was unable to eat and literally began to starve to death. (Couldn't lift my head off a pillow. I couldn't walk 10 feet or I'd faint etc. It's a very long list.)n- Needing a feeding tube which could not be placed correctly due to the bypass surgery not being done correctlyn- Infections that spread so far my entire abdomen is now a massive scar that is so thin you can see the blue sutures that my body hasn't rejected yet. I can't stand/sit up straight because the skin is so tight.n- Loss of my belly button. A small loss in the grand scheme of things. But one more piece of normalcy I don't have.n- 3 separate PICC lines which were the only nutrition my body wouldn't reject since the feeding tube with it's formula only made me sicker due to it's high sugar.n- Medical bills I will never be able to pay off. I very likely will be forced to declare bankruptcy.n- 5 years of what was supposed to be the prime of my life gone. Spent in and out of the ICUn- An intense fear of needlesnnBut yeah, I did lose the weight I guess.nI truly hope anyone who decides to move forward with a surgery from this location has a wonderful experience. I know some people have had wonderful experiences. But mine was hell. Absolute hell. If it weren't for the last surgeon I had at BJC hospital, and I don't say this lightly, I would have killed myself. The mental and physical trauma I was forced to live with were unbearable. I can't afford health insurance due to some of my issues now being considered pre-existing conditions. Thank God for my family, some amazing dedicated nurses, and a handful of doctors who actually cared. If it wasn't for them, I would be dead. Life was unliveable. I just wanted to lose weight. I lost so much more.nnIf I had to recommend anything, seek a counselor or therapist and talk about your self esteem. If it's for health reasons, look at any and all options. If you ignore this, I truly wish you the best and a speedy recovery. My experience could be totally unique, but I'm telling you the absolute truth.nI don't know if Google will let me, but if you want to reach out and talk, if you want the pictures documenting everything I went through, let me know.

This is t this is the worst place to ever get bariatric surgery go to Dr. Egan Barns there office and staff is so much better I had to have a revision surgery and my insurance would not allow me to go back to Dr. Egan So I had to go to my new self I will say the doctor I did see was very nice and sweet. He’s no longer with them I felt there was no support No real guidance and when I called a year and a half after my surgery to ask about something I was just told to ask my other dr about it. So ya I would never recommend my new self bariatrics and less you want to fail At your Weight loss Journey And to top it off don’t use there nutritionist they have no clue what they are talking about if I could give this place 0 stars I would worst place ever

yep-what Kip said. This place is filled with nothing but unprofessional people. And, once again, has nothing to do with Dr. Scott leaving-hopefully his new staff doesn't have the god-complex these people do!nnMy experience went from bad to worse-From the first time the seminar they require you to attend was canceled without ANY notice (on the first nice Saturday of the year SURPRISE!) To the day (3/14) I called to schedule an appointment, only to find out Dr. Scott was leaving. I SPECIFICALLY asked if the rest of my appointments for testing, which had already been scheduled and ordered, would be honored and was told they would be. Well, after paying a baby sitter, taking off work and arriving at the hospital I found out the tests were canceled on...(drum roll please) 3/11-that's right-THREE WHOLE DAYS BEFORE I ASKED IF THEY WERE STILL SCHEDULED!nnAs Kip said-new doctors can't get any info from them, either. Oh, and they just went ahead and sent everyone to Dr. Eagon's office without telling him. So that was pretty professional too. Lack of care, compassion, professionalism, ethics and humility. The surgeons are the ones operating on the patients, but the staff at this office doesn't know that.

I had let myself get out of control and ate my way up to 470 pounds. I had to retire early from teaching due to Osteoporosis and needing a walker. This only made it worse, because I became depressed, feeling unneeded, useless. So I ate for comfort, became a recluse, and didn't leave my house for six years. I was ashamed. And felt like a freak. Then my daughter announced I was going to be a Grandmother and that started me on my New Life Journey.nnI met with Dr. Lederer, and had The Sleve AND The Duodenal surgery proceedures a few weeks later. Tbat was April 24th of 2017 and I have lost 250 pounds and living a new and productive life, and enjoying the sweetest little 2 year old grandson. I feel Blessed EVERYDAY, and will soon have knee replacement surgery, so hopefully I will be walker and wheelchair free, And can run and play with my grandson!nnMy experience was a wonderful one. Very little pain afterwards, and a very caring Doctor, and staff! I Highly recommend this program and Doctor.....They Saved My Life! ♥ufe0fud83dude00ud83cudf1f