A Letter to My Former Patients

Dear Patient,

I've been meaning to write this for a while.

When you came to see me, I gave you everything I had. I'm proud of that work and I'd make the same decisions again. I hope I made a positive change in your life. But I remember something else about those consultations, and I suspect you do too.

Somewhere between planning your procedure and booking your date, you told me about the other things. The exhaustion nobody could explain. The weight that wouldn't move. The leaking when you ran, which someone had told you was just part of life now. The thinning hair. The sleep. The training that had stopped working.

I listened. I said something kind and hopefully compassionate. And then we went back to talking about your surgery, because that was the one thing I could actually fix.

That's what I'm apologizing for. Not your result. The six other things I heard and couldn't do anything about.

Those conversations stayed with me for years. So I did something about them, and admittedly got a little carried away. I built a campus.

The current version of FORM brings surgery, longevity medicine, hormonal and metabolic health, men's and women's health, hair, skin and mental health into one building, with experts in each who talk to each other about the same patient. That conversation that used to end with "you should see someone about that" now goes down the hall instead.

If you walked into my office today, you wouldn't leave with just a procedure. You'd leave with a plan for all of it.

So I'd like to see you again. Nothing needs to be wrong. Most of you are doing well, and that's exactly the point. I'd like to show you what's possible beyond well, and finally do something about those things you mentioned and quietly gave up on.

And honestly, I'd just like to know how you are.

Come in. Tell us everything.

Warmly,

Ron Somogyi

FORM — The Centre for Human Optimization