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Dr. Monteith, I still can’t believe that I could get pregnant again after 13 years. I’m so excited, thank you for changing my life.

Date of tubal reversal: march 25th 2009
Positive pregnancy test: 11/05/2009

Theresa S.
Windom, Minnesota
stheresa@hotmail.com

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The staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center and Dr. Berger were excellent in every way. I would not change anything. I have suggested the office to two co-workers who are looking into the procedure. I feel I was treated with respect and was well informed. Thank-you so much for all you did for me and my husband.

Date of surgery: 10/06/09

Misty S.
theshanes@charter.net

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Posted by Eric’sGirl on the Tubal Reversal Message Board

This THANK YOU!  is long overdue. I had my TR one week ago! I have started and restarted this 100 times over in the past 7 days. I can’t find the words to say what I feel in my heart. The following is a mere fraction of the gratitude that Dr. Berger and all the wonderful nurses and staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center deserve.

I found Dr. Berger’s website in March 2004. Life had thrown one hell of a twist my way. My high school sweetheart and I were reunited. I may have loved other men in my life, but never the way had I loved him. And he was back – a second chance to correct bad life decisions we made 10 years earlier.

In those “lost” 10 years I had met and had kids with a man – a man that was my best friend and my worst enemy. He changed me. I lost some of the personality traits that made me “me” while I was with him. And along the way, I opted for a TL – and asked a doctor to “cut and burn” my tubes instead of the clips he was going to use. I knew if I came home with clips I would only hear over and over again how I did that so I could leave him and start a new family with someone else. His post operative notes didn’t make much sense! So the first time I sent them into Dr. Berger, he told me my post op notes were ambiguous. I was told I could have the pre-screen laparoscopy to determine the true effect of my TL.

So that is where it sat until I got married in October 2006 and decided to start pursuing a TR more aggressively. In January 2007 I had an ovarian cyst and a wonderful local Ob/Gyn. My doctor told me we could wait 8 weeks for the cyst to resolve itself and do a follow-up ultrasound. I said I didn’t want to wait 8 weeks and risk a rupture – that I was considering a TR. He removed the cyst and took pictures so I could send them to Dr. Berger.

Those pictures put me in “marginal” candidate status. I am a smart woman, I but never looked into the numerous ways a TL can be performed. That doctor – the one that was recommending clips because I was so young (27 yrs old) – went on to remove all but 3-5 cm of my tubes and cauterize them right up to my uterus wall. No two ends for anastomosis… and possibly not enough tube left for implantation.

In 2004, I had sent my report to two other doctors – wasn’t as impressed with them from the start, but this time I was doing due diligence in the research phase. Again, I contacted the two other facilities. One took over a week to respond… and the other, the nurse on the phone wasn’t versed enough to understand the “implantation” option… or maybe they just didn’t perform it… or maybe not that often – I don’t know. All I know is neither had the support network that Dr. Berger and his staff provided.

I once sent an email over the weekend because I had time to send it then and wasn’t expecting an answer until Monday. It by no means was anything pressing. Dr. Berger himself responded shortly after I sent it!!!! Oh my goodness,that pushed me over the edge. It was followed shortly by a response by the nurse that was copied on it!

I have now been to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. I don’t know how they do it! Four consults and four surgeries each day, and somehow there is ALWAYS a prompt reply to every phone call and email. And the message board full of ladies who are saving to schedule, waiting for their day, or on the other side. You couldn’t ask for a better support system!

On Wednesday, October 17th I walked into CHTRC for my consult. What an amazing place to be! Nothing but professionalism from the second you walk in… until you walk back out. I hire people for our service company. I can’t believe the caliber of the staff Dr. Berger has assembled! It is not an easy feat to find that many people who put their heart and soul into their work and the cause!

On Wednesday, October 17th I met with Dr. Berger. I don’t know if I have ever been in the presence of such a gifted and caring individual. And I don’t know if I have ever been so shaken. He accepted me at my “marginal” candidacy – and I came face to face with that reality. I signed a surgical consent form that needed to be so vague – “bilateral tuboplasty” (plastic surgery of my tubes!) it read. I didn’t fit into either “standard” (anastomosis or implantation) procedure. I walked into that room knowing that there was no other person on this planet that could put me together. And with complete professionalism, he walked me through every reality and every possibility. I watched as he drew out what he MAY be able to do. I left struggling to hold onto the faith I had – IN HIM! I wanted a miracle out of him – how unfair of an expectation was that?!?! In fact, I even told him to write, “Dr. Berger is going to pull of a miracle tomorrow” on my surgical consent form – instead of “bilateral tuboplasty.”

My husband wasn’t there that day. He was in Cincinnati for work – flying in that night to be there for the surgery the next day. But I wasn’t alone. Dr. Berger’s network extends past the doors of CHTRC. Online I had my girls pulling for me from all over the world! And back at the hotel, I had Donna and her husband Bob. Donna was on my thread and had surgery the day of my consult. We hung out after her surgery and my consult, clear through my husband arriving at 9 o’clock that night. They kept my chin up. Without them I would have sat in my hotel room – crying until my husband got there. It was ALL OR NOTHING the next day.

So with my hopes and dream of babies with my high school sweetheart on the line, I walked back into CHTRC on Thursday, October 18th. I have never been so scared of an “answer,” and surgery never seemed so – well… refined and simple. There were no worries… they took such good care of you and kept you so comfortable! I almost forgot there was a chance this wouldn’t go well!

I remember telling me they were starting the anesthesia. I remember trying to wake up and ask the nurses what he did. I wasn’t the typical case. Dr. Berger had told them he wanted to explain things to me, so they weren’t able to say much. I remember someone telling me, “thumbs up!” I remember someone saying, “It’s good news!” I wasn’t catching their hints. Half loopy – and fully determined to get the answers I wanted. I guess I worried my recovery nurses. My husband later told me they came to get him and told him they had upset me.

Dr. Berger PULLED OFF A MIRACLE THAT DAY! He found my original passage through my uterine wall. He connected the minimal tube my TL doctor left behind. Dr. Berger sat in front of me and told me I had 4.0 cm on the right and 3.0 cm on the left. OH MY GOSH!!!! I wasn’t supposed to have much more than that in there!

And here is where I can’t explain what I feel inside… gratitude… hope… faith… yes! But they don’t come close to describing what it feels like to be whole again. What it feels like to be with my husband. What it feels like to make love and know I may be able to make a baby…. The old fashion way.

I don’t know how to say “thank you” for all that! I believe in always giving of yourself what you can give… you may never know when you will need to ask someone for something. I have never done something so great in my life for anyone – I don’t know how to pay this forward – I spin every time I try to fully grasp the impact he has had on our life.

Never have I been so amazed by anyone! I don’t know what made Dr. Berger dedicate himself to women and to families. He gives us so much – and there is nothing we give him! Or so I feel.

I have been on the boards long enough to know my same story is replayed time and time again by women who find Dr. Berger. What a gift he gives us by providing us the opportunity to undo our past!

I am sorry this is so long…

Dr. Berger, Sarah, Jan, Ericka, Jennifer, Julia, Rhonda, Pam, and Dr. Phlugrath – I remember each of you from that day or previous correspondences… and I know there were other surgical nurses and recovery nurses I was too hazy to acknowledge… please don’t feel I thank you any less!

THANK YOU! Thank you for caring so much…. Thank you for being the amazing people you are… Thank you for what you have given me… us… and our family!

May all your lives be as blessed as those you help!

Chrissy 34
Eric 35
TR 10-18-07
cconwell@charter.net

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I want to thank you, Dr. Berger, and your entire staff.  My tubal reversal surgery couldn’t have gone any more smoothly. I had no nausea afterward and I can’t even ride in a car without getting sick to my stomach! You guys should be very proud of the work that you do. You are extremely professional and efficient and as a health care professional I know what I am talking about.

Great Job! I would recommend you to anyone.

Thanks again,

Terri S.
jadnterri@hotmail.com

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I had my “Berger Baby” girl on October 25th, 2008. She weighed 8lbs.6oz. I just want to say how very happy I am to have made the decision to have the tubal reversal surgery. Dr. Berger did a perfect job! I would do it all over and over again.

Sandra D.
shdelangel@alltel.net

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I would like to take the time to thank you all for such a wonderful experience and for giving me the chance to have more children.

I must say that my experience at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center was the most pleasant one ever in a medical setting. From the IV (Lori – I didn’t even bruise on either hand), to waking up from the general anesthesia (Dr. Hertz has a magic potion I’m convinced – I have never woken up and not been sick after anesthesia in the past), to the easy recovery which I am experiencing now.

The team of professionals at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center have perfected each step the patient takes to make it as comfortable and pleasant as possible.

I hope to report a BFP in the very near future.

Thanks again.

Abby C.
damery10@yahoo.com

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Hi Jan,

It’s Lisa R. You took care of me on Wednesday, October 29th, with my husband Michael. I just wanted to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for taking such excellent care of us. You made us feel extremely comfortable and at ease. You are such a caring person and it shows. Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith are sure lucky to have you there. You are very professional but also very personal. Thanks for crying tears of joy with me when I found out that Dr. Berger was able to repair my tubes and get good lengths, seeing as we were not sure how it was going to go at all.

I just wanted to tell you that you definitely make a difference in peoples lives who come there with your warm and friendly personality.

I can’t thank you and your staff enough for all that you have done for me and my family. I will also update you on my PTLS symptoms soon and post for the PTLS study.

Thanks again for your gifted hands and heart.

With deepest thanks, and true sincerity,

Lisa and Michael R.
lmruggiero@comcast.net

PS: We were the ones with the 5.125 length!!!!! First ever at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center!!!

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Thank you Dr. Berger and staff for making my dreams turn into reality. My fiance and I couldn’t be any happier. This is TR baby #2 on the way!! Our first TR baby is almost 2 and we couldn’t be any happier to welcome our next little bundle of joy!!

You guys are the best and I am so glad to be a part of the Berger baby success.  I will definitely keep everyone up to date with my great news and pray that you keep giving everyone a second chance.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!! Only God makes Miracles but He also allows man to create that and you, Dr. Berger, are an Angel. God Bless you and your staff and may you continue to make peoples lives happier and just so fulfilling.

With Sincere Gratitude,

Selenes M.
alibear2007@att.net

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Dr. Berger:

I wanted to thank everyone for the truly superior treatment that we received during the time that we were at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

From the moment my husband and I arrived at the Sheraton, we felt like we were in good hands. The staff at the Sheraton made us feel very welcomed. They made sure that we were set up for the shuttle service the day of our procedure, ensured us that we had a late check out the day of our departure, and also made sure that our accommodations included a microwave and refrigerator. Our room was very clean and very comfortable. I don’t think you could ask for a better place to relax or recover from the procedure. They took care of us when we were too preoccupied to even ask the important questions i.e. what time do we need to be available for the shuttle? Many thanks to the staff at the Sheraton for taking care of us.

From the moment we arrived at the Tubal Reversal Center, we felt welcomed. Although things progressed very quickly, we never felt as though our care was lacking. Everyone answered all of our questions and fully informed us of the upcoming procedure. Julie and Donna made us feel so comfortable and informed us of everything that was happening. My husband was worried for my safety and well being but these ladies really put his fears at ease. He knew that I was in good hands! We never felt rushed or insignificant in any way. My care was foremost on the minds of the staff and we felt important and safe in their knowledge.

I came in that day with an incredible amount of pain in my leg from a long road trip the previous day and although it wasn’t related to the tubal reversal procedure, the staff did everything that they could to ensure my comfort. I was so impressed by that! Whenever I sighed or made a face of pain, they responded to me. Patient comfort and care is foremost on their minds. I was not treated as a number or “just another patient”. I was made to feel important and special.

Right before the procedure, I had Lori and Dr. Split care for me. Lori is a charming and caring person and really made the experience memorable for my husband and I. She made me feel so comfortable and safe and was so much fun to talk to! She laughed at all of my jokes! What more could I ask for? Her recommendation for Carolina BBQ was right on the money! I have typically had reservations when being put to sleep, however with Dr. Split there, I had absolutely no fear at all. He exudes experience and competence and I don’t even think that my heartbeat increased I felt so comfortable. I literally had no reservations about it. When I awoke, Lori was there again to make sure that I was well taken care of. She explained everything to my husband in a calming and relaxed way so that he remembered his “duties” later. She really took the worry and stress out of the situation and we especially thank her for that.

This experience was much more than I had expected. Typically, whenever you are dealing with any type of medical procedures, doctor’s offices, or clinics, there are good things and there are bad things (unfortunately more bad than good). This experience was nothing but positive for my husband and me. Everyone on the staff was welcoming, informative, and comforting. I wish that more people knew about tubal reversal as an option for them and what a positive experience it can be.

Thanks to everyone and of course, thank you Dr. Berger for having such a wonderful staff and offering this option to so many couples out there.

Best Regards,

Rebecca and Jason B.
ralxndr16@charter.net

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Posted by Amy & Scott A. on the Tubal Reversal Message Board

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!! I am just in awe. EVERYONE at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center was the BEST!! My husband and I were so nervous and anxious and it was a WONDERFUL journey!

Dr. Berger was just amazing and all of the WONDERFUL staff. My husband and I just can’t Thank You enough! I would highly recommend your facility to anyone who would even be considering tubal reversal. You have an amazing staff and facility!

Thanks Again!

Amy and Scott A.
singleone_2711@yahoo.com

TR-10/6/08

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I’d just like to say that my experience at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center last Friday for my TR was outstanding. I could not have asked for more.

Lori, Donna, Pam, and Stephanie were absolutely amazing nurses! Each one made my husband and me feel welcomed and cared for. I can’t say enough about Lori as a recovery room nurse. She is one of a kind and a pleasure. Both my husband and I will never forget her fun and caring nature.

Dr. Monteith was more than I could have hoped for.  He’s very soft-spoken, and you can tell he loves what he does.  Thanks to him, my husband and I have regained what we mistakenly had taken away so many years ago.  We are thrilled to have had Dr. Monteith help us with the opportunity to conceive a child again.  We are looking forward to having our prayers answered and have our own little ‘Monteith Miracle’.

Celeste L.
kchp45@yahoo.com

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