I have been seeing Dr. Suleman for a little over two months now, and the results are amazing!! I have been out of the hospital for about three months now, which for me is really great because before that I was on a pattern of one admission a month that usually lasted about four days. With regard to the first appointment, you will, first, have to fill out a huge form about all your medical information. Then, you will be taken to a back room for vitals and an EKG. After that, you will be taken to a patient room, where you will be seen by Dr. Suleman. Dr. Suleman will ask you to tell your story about how your illness started and so forth, as well as what your current diagnoses are if you have any. Then, he will do a thorough examination, including the Beighton scale if he suspects EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). After the examination and discussion of the situation, he will decide what series of tests that he will run on you depending on what he suspects is the problem. For me, I had three full days of testing, including a tilt-table test, a test to determine if you have a hole in your heart, two balance tests, a pain test, a sweat test (Q-Sweat), an Echocardiogram and other sonograms of your legs and neck, as well as a stress-echo, and maybe a couple more that I can't remember right now. Once these are completed, you will come back for a follow-up to discuss the results, and then you will probably go for blood work (16 tubes the first time!) Right now I see Dr. Suleman every two to four weeks for close monitoring. I am so glad that you found Dr. Suleman! He has changed my quality of life more than I could have ever dreamed of! Hope this helps Stefanie