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I agree Dr. Weaver at St. Francis in Memphis

Dr. Weaver is a great surgeon and she has a good bedside manner.  She is at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis.

Hello, a year ago I started with Vandy and now am in the process of changing to Centennial and Dr. Houston is also my choice. I am thinking DS as my surgery of choice, but I am sure Dr. Houston will help make the choice.  I have not attended the meeting at Centennial but did at Vanderbilt.  I have received my packet and have my letter from my PCP, have had labs and just did my sleep study. These were required at Vanderbilt but I understand they are not at Centennial.  Very excited and looking forward to meeting with the surgeon. Sending you a friend request. Welcome to Obesity Help...I was told about this site at Vanderbilt and it has given me many of the answers I was searching for.

By the way I live in middle Tennessee.  Hope to chat with you again soon. Please keep me informed of your progress.  Best of luck!!!!

There is a support group that is scheduled to meet at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee on Tuesday, May 8th at 5:00 or 5:30 pm in a conference room near the cafeteria. I will post the exact time when I get a confirmation.

So happy for you Mel! You keep me hopeful! I have now lost 224 lbs in 17 mos with my DS. I sure am so glad I finally was blessed with my surgery and I am so happy for you!

 Chenck on Centennial's website www.cmcwls.com, they have a list of support groups in the surrounding area, I don't know how far you are from Nashville, but there may be one close to you.  You might also e-mail your surgeon and see if he knows of any?

It has been awhile since i posted.  I had gastric bypass 11-2009 and everything was going good until around january this year.  at any given meal my stomach would cramp shortly after i ate.  at first it only lasted for a few minutes to about a half of an hour.  This would happen every couple of weeks.  In march it got really bad.  It cramped so bad that i could barely walk.  no matter what i did nothing helped.  this lasted about an hour or so and would haooen every couple of days.  i went to see my surgeon and he belives that it is an internal hernia.  i went for the ct scan and should "swirling" .  today i went for an ultrasound for my gall bladder and it was fine.  shortly after i ate lunch today it hurt so bad that i was on the floor in tears.  my boss took me to the emergency room but by the time we got there i was feeling better.  I am scheduled for exploratory surgery on may 1st so he can look to see if it is an internal hernia.....has anyone had this problem before?????

Hi and thanks for the replies. I'm just a total wreck! If not one thing then another. I am really doing good with eating right,right amounts and keeping a log on foods, times and doing my sugar soon as I awake in the am, again before meals other than snacks and at bed time I am like most and just want it to go away ! Had enough health problems.
Do any of you know if there is a possible number of people with gastric bypass and doing the lap band and how the sugar problem has or has not effected them.
I'm only a week away for major surgery for a cystacele surgery and I'm really in a panic mood. Today I didn't go to church! I just didn't want any noise around me,period. I slept all day. I did get three blood checks in but I didn't eat. Long as I am laying down, I don't have to drain my bladder! I would love to be more active on here and maybe that will happen.
I do have fibromyalgia and I have groupls that I'm close to for years and I just don't get there as often either.  I'm really become a old selfish one there days. LOL
I'm just tired , worn out, and really not the happiest I'd like to be and the sugar thing has really throwed me for a loop.
I hope to hear from both your again. I do hope you will have some helpful hints to help me. One big thing for me is meals and what to fix so my family will eat the same, just more of it. I'm a country cook and some receipes I have found, I don't know what half the stuff is.
Blessings to all of you and Thanks for being my friend.
Elaine(gingin)  Oh, I'm going to be  a GREAT GRANDMOTHER for the first time!!!

I still go back and forth with about 10 lbs. Once I gain the 10 , I panic and go back on the proten and no snacking.  I will be 3 years out in August but I still have BAD dumping when I eat the sugar and too much carbs, a blessing I guess. But when I get back on track with the protein and no snacking I am surprised  the 10 lbs. comes right off.  I can't seem to stay on track enough to lose past the 10 lbs.  I would like to lose 20-30 more. Snacking all day is my big downfall ....find myself snacking even when I am not hungry. That scares me cause that is how I got into weight trouble in the first place.  I guess a battle I will always fight.  Get back on track with protein and your water , you can do it!!  good luck ~shell

 Congratulations!