My First Official Day as a Tubal Ligation Reversal Specialist
To the patients of the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center message board, sorry. It has been a long time since I last posted a blog. I have worked six to seven days a week for the last eight years and sometimes 36-hour shifts in the hospital. Needless to say, many sleepless nights and long hours. Recently, I completed a six-month training period with Dr. Gary Berger while at the same time, working in the hospital and delivering babies. Before starting my new career at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, I took some time off to be with my family and now I am back!
It has been a long process to become a tubal ligation reversal specialist, but well worth it.
My path to become a specialist in tubal ligation reversal actually started 18 months ago when I first made contact with Dr. Berger. Six months of meetings, followed by six months of tubal ligation reversal training has gone by quite fast. This week has gone by even faster. Monday, July 21 was my first ‘official’ day with Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. As I write this blog, this is my fourth day of surgery and we have completed 16 tubal ligation reversals thus far. So far, we have had nothing but success. All patients this week have had at least one tube opened or successfully reversed. I hope they will all become pregnant.
My first day untying tubes was wonderful, and all of the surgeries went well. Each day has been both a challenge and a joy. Dr. Berger and I are doing four reversal surgeries a day. I help him with his two patients and he helps me with my two patients. We have been working very well together and the staff at the center have been great and very accommodating.
The best thing about my new career has been the patients. The patients have been wonderful people to work with. I have the opportunity to meet patients from all over the United States and from all walks of life. They each have a unique story to tell. They have been wonderful individuals and couples who desire either more children or improvement in their menstrual symptoms. In the first three days of my new job I received more ‘Thank you Doctor….’ than I did in eight years as a general Ob/Gyn.
I think this will be the beginning of a long and lovely career…..
July 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
This is an historic occasion. Dr. Monteith is the first doctor ever to complete a fellowship in outpatient tubal reversal surgery. His dedication to helping couples who want to have children after a tubal ligation has been performed will ensure that this special surgical procedure does not become a relic of the past. The entire staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center are delighted that Dr. Monteith is now officially a member of our team!
July 26th, 2008 at 5:29 am
I just want to say this is wonderful. I am so happy to see someone following in Dr. Berger’s footsteps. I’m glad all has gone so well and I am planning on being a Dr. Monteith success story in November. I can’t wait to meet you and want to say thank you in advance for this wonderful thing that you have chosen to do. God Bless You Both!
July 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I am so thrilled to be one of your upcoming patients and believe in the workmanship Dr. Berger has passed on. I look forward to meeting you this coming Wednesday for my consult and hope to get a “Monteith Miracle” baby t-shirt someday in the future! I’m glad to hear your first week went so well.
July 26th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Thank you for making me so comfortable and at ease when you assisted with my surgery. Good luck with your career as a tubal reversal specialist. I am sure you will touch many lives throughout your new journey. The women out there will be in good caring hands between you and Dr. Berger.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Dr. Monteith ,I am very happy that you have had a wonderful and successful first week. I know many patients are going to be blessed by your work and efforts into making their lives happier in many ways.
Blessings,
Christie
July 28th, 2008 at 9:47 am
It means a great deal to patients when doctors take the time to listen to their stories. I see how it makes a difference to our patients every day. We all appreciate healthcare professionals like Dr. Monteith who take their time to make a real connection with people. It means a lot to the women and men who come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Dr. Monteith performed my tubal ligation reversal last week. It meant so much to me and my husband to have the opportunity to sit and visit with him, and have a chance to ask questions. However, because your website is constructed so carefully, with answers to common questions, blogs by staff, and because you actually respond to phone calls and email- I had no additional questions when I got there!
I was so pleased with every aspect, from the scheduling process, to information on how to prepare, to information about what to expect, and the care while in Chapel Hill- nobody could do this better! It is a rare thing to come to a specialist and feel like I was the priority.
I am also very impressed with the way information is so meticulously collected for evaluation. I have been in public health for about 10 years, and even though evaluation is a great way to prove outcomes, not everyone does it.
My tube lengths were great-7cm and 6cm, and my incision is healing nicely, and I can hardly wait to report a pregnancy!
July 30th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I had my TR today with Dr. Monteith! It went very well, and I also had great lengths of 8.5 and 7. I’m very pleased with the treatment I received from all the staff and the doctor. He is very warm and friendly, and was very happy with the outcome of my surgery.
So far I have little to no pain, as I am still fairly numb.
It was a great experience, so thank you CHTRC!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:23 am
I have to agree with Dr. Berger, it is delightful to have Dr. Monteith and to know that the success of tubal reversals will carry on! Dr. Monteith, congratulations on your new achievement.
August 1st, 2008 at 9:11 am
What a wonderful milestone for Dr. Monteith. It is great to see yet another physician that is focused on excellent patient care.
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 am
it is amazing seeing the success of Dr. Monteith really he made a difference in the lives of so many poeple
August 8th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Successful tubal reversal surgery begins with the devotion and care of the primary care physician like Dr. Monteith. Being positively involved with his patients, Dr. Monteith can carry on the success of untying tubes that Dr. Berger has created at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center and bring the possibility of a new baby into family’s lives.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Dr. Monteith hopefully everyday will be a milestone. Best wishes for alot of success.