Jamshid Nazarian M.D., F.A.C.S I was very impressed with Dr. Nazarian. He was personable, confident and seemed at ease with the whole procedure itself. (He should, I realize, but I mean that he even put ME more at ease.) He explained everything thoroughly and did answer most of my questions, but he seemed a bit hurried--more than I'd expected. Someone somewhere told me (or I read) that this would be an hour-long consultation. It wasn't. It was more like 20 minutes. I will ask the remainder of my questions when I see him again 4 days before the surgery. All in all, though, I feel very good about him as a surgeon and happy with my decision.
Member Interests
Dogs - I have a new yellow lab named Jasmine--she is my sweetie! (Two other dogs too)
Parenting - My whole life revolves around my kids! They're everything to me.
Movies - I really enjoy going to the movies on a regular basis.
July 2007:
I am now taking a spinning class several nights a week and trying Weight Watchers Core plan. The weight seems to be coming off again. Yay! I know I can get back down to my original goal weight.
Let's see... I'm 4 years out now as of April 21, 2007. I haven't been doing too great with my weight so I'm probably not in the best frame of mind to update my profile.
I initially lost 126 lbs and got down to around a size 8/10. I am now back up close to 50 lbs, only having successfully kept around 75 off. I'm in a size 16. I can still wear misses but I worry about the future at this point - you know? Here goes the low self-esteem and battles with weight all over again.
Do I regret the surgery? Mmm, probably not, though right now I'm not thrilled with it, either. I feel like I still barely eat anything (half a sandwich at a meal, one piece of pizza, a cup of soup - that sort of thing) but apparently I'm grazing too much/the wrong things. And the cravings are bigger than EVER. That's the hardest and most frustrating part.
So, that's my big update. Hopefully I can join Weight Watchers soon and get back down. I'm taking a 7-day Mexican Riviera Disney Cruise next summer ('08) with my family and would LOVE to be down to even a 12 by then. We shall see!