Re: Crosspost: Yahoooooooooo I'm Switched!!!!

[Guest guest]

Great to see you posting now, Diane. What a rough ride youve had but all

seems well now and Im glad for that. I knew that no matter what, you would

come thru ok. How is everything at home? Are you getting enough help so

you can rest, etc?

You know, on the issue of food, its hard to explain to somebody who hasnt

been there yet.....that food for the first time perhaps, gives you that

feeling of satiety that we never had before. I like sweets but they dont

hold the prominance they used to. I cant even stand the thought of ice

cream and I used to eat that stuff like crazy pre opt!

Anyway, take it easy and sip, sip, sip and walk, walk, walk!!

Hugs, Judie

[Guest guest]

Diane,

Congratulations on your weight loss. I am glad things

are going so well for you.

M.

Pre-op 01/09/02

BMI 41/ 238 lbs.

AGE 39

DR. K

--- luvgranny@... wrote:

> Hi all: finally ready to get back online in a

> limited capacity. I

> had my open DS 11/13, and that part of the surgery

> went very well.

> My revision was from an old stomach stapling in the

> late 70's.

> However, I had a huge ventral hernia along old

> incision line, and

> that was a major problem(we anticipated it might

> be). I got to the

> recovery room, and ended up going back to surgery

> because the

> incision failed, and had to be redone. I can't say

> enough good

> things about my surgeon, Dr. Oakley. God gave his

> hands skill to do

> what had to be done, and I am here to tell about it

> because of it.

> Needless to say, having 2 surgeries has made my

> recovery a lot

> slower than if only one! Right now the lower 6

> inches of my

> incision is open and being packed twice daily--but

> that is a small

> price to pay for what is happening in my body. I

> have lost 24# since

> surgery. I cannot believe how different my reaction

> to foods is

> now. I used to be a sweet-a-holic and now I really

> don't enjoy

> really sweet things. My daughter had a piece of

> almond roca last

> nite, and I asked her for a taste: it tasted almost

> burned and

> nothing like the " ambrosia " I used to think it was.

> For Bruce, who is researching, I am a nurse,

> and I was very

> comfortable putting myself into Dr. Oakley's hands,

> and he is a lot

> closer to Montana than California. He has done

> surgery in the Boise

> area for some 18 years, but only recently started

> doing bariatric

> surgery. I think I was his first revision but the

> results speak for

> themselves. He is highly regarded by the medical

> community here, and

> especially by the nurses who work with him! So much

> for my plug for

> DR. O. Also there are surgeons in Portland and

> Washington who are

> very experienced with the DS. Once I found out

> about it, that was

> the only way I wanted to go.

> Despite the rough recovery, I'd do this again

> in a flash. I

> feel like I have gotten a new lease on life.

>

> Diane in Idaho

> DS 11/13/01

> PreOP Wt. 330

> Current Wt. 306

>

>

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