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Clifford Porter M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Honestly, the first thing I thought was ..'Wow, he is much better looking in person'. His picture doesn't do him justice. He was pleasant and listened to me. I tend to ramble on when I talk but, he was beyond patient and very polite. He seems generally concerned with my well being. I have seen him 3 times now and each time he is positive and down to earth. His office is layed back and his staff is freindly. I had some issues with one of his nurses. Unfortunately she is the one I need to deal with, but, she does try to be helpful... I just find she hates being questioned and just likes you to take her word for everything. I want to know and understand everything I am getting myself into. We butted heads at first, but now we are doing o.k. The other complaint I have is sometimes the good Dr. talks above my head. He will explain things in his knowledgable way and I have to make him back up and speak in terms I can understand. (I think most Dr.'s do this.) I chose him because I heard through the medical grapevine that Nurses go to him for thier surgerys. I also had been told he removed the whole remaining stomach... and since I have a history of problems, I felt this was my best option. I think I feel more secure about the surgery and aftercare knowing I won't have ulcer issues. I will say, between me and my family and freinds drilling him, I think there wasn't an question he wasn't afraid to answer. He openly talks about comlication history after HIS surgeries and how he dealt with them. It wasn't all peaches and cream. So far he is an 8.5.
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  • Comment by J.Bug on 2/7/06 6:45 am
    I stopped over on Saturday and visited with Carol...and all I have to say is WOW!!! She looks great. We visited for about an hour and it did not seem as though she was in any outstanding pain. There was the "normal" pain but nothing that she could not handle. She had good color to her and she seemed to be getting in all of her liquids or at least close to all. LOL I'm sure she will be on soon to up-date, but I will try to keep you posted. All of us who have already got to the other side...know best...we have great intentions to jump back on OH the day we get home but it takes a good couple of weeks. I will jump back on and leave a message of her progress after I call her today. Carols friend for life...Judy
  • Comment by piperkc on 2/5/06 8:58 am
    "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~George Eliot “The Greatest healing therapy is friendship and Love.” ~ Hubert Humphrey "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start from now and make a brand new ending" " The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, but in what direction we are moving." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow." ~ O. S. Marden "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." ~ James Allen "I asked God to give me happiness. God said, "No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you." ~ Author Unknown "Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. "Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~ Anthony Robbins " ~ Harvey Mackay "Life is a challenge, but if you don't stand and risk you will never know if you were able to win or lose. Challenges are not a thing of winning or losing; they are a way of learning from them to become a better person every day! ~ Alexsander Rodriguez, P.R "Don't ask for it to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." Dan Kuschell "The most important question to ask is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." ~ Jackson Brown "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly "Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron "The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~ Thomas Carlyle "Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure." ~ Sydney Harris "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT." ~ Nike advertising campaign "I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude - your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people - determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself." ~ Carolyn Warner "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." ~ Author Unknown "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~ Author Unknown "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A wish changes NOTHING; A decision, changes EVERYTHING "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will,they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeves "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn May you always have an Angel by your side. Watching out for you in all the things you do. Reminding you to keep believing in brighter days. Have a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5
  • Comment by J.Bug on 2/3/06 5:50 am
    I talked with Carol yesterday and she sounds great. She says that there was a small window of concern but after further testing and a little time...all turned out to be good, no problems. She says she is getting up and down with some comfort and is looking to come home. She sounded great on the phone and I only kept her on it for a few minutes. She said she slips in and out of sleep on people and that it might be interesting for the visitors who want to come see her later on in the day. LOL I'm going to the West side to see her today, so when I get home I will give OH an update. Thanks again for everyone’s thoughts and prayers...Carol is a wonderful person!!! Wow...(thought)...I wonder if skinny Carol will still be sarcastic!? LMAO Judy
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October 2006
on October 3, 2006 12:00 am

(10-3-06)
OKAY, I have caught myself overeating!  I unconsciously was going back for seconds 15 minutes after eating...and putting too much in my pouch.  I have dumped twice in the last month and it was simply because I am not checking myself.  I know I am under a lot of stress.. but that would be normal for me.  So, how have I gotten to this point of sliding back!!  NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!  I am trying to stay in check.  I need to lay my own ground rules and post them on the fridge: 

Protein first--carbs last.
1 cup size bowls and saucers to control portion sizes. 
NO SECONDS!  nomatter how good it tastes!!!
No drinking with meals. 
NO SKIPPIN snacks (another issue I am having, I when I skip my 3 pm snack... I have given mental note s to myself that I can have more later... NO! NO!)
Getting in all my liquids.  I still mistake feeling thirsty with feeling hungry.  A good drink of water and my 'put something in me' desire goes away!

 I never realized how unconsciously I move through the day. My life is based on multi tasking, and I do not stay on any one subject  for long.  It is hard to always stay aware of your entire enviroment.  That is the hard part of WLS.  At least at 8 months out.  Staying in mental control of my enviroment.  But I am working on it.
At least I have caught myself before any damage was done.  But I will always be shy of onederland if i do not get in control of this.   Just 5 lbs to go!!

(10-14-06)
It is really a good thing to 'feel fat'.  The advantage of our minds not being in tune with our bodies is a good thing.  I have come to this conclusion  from the short lived experiences when I do feel like I have made ground and that I am succeeding in the battle of the bulge.  When I feel really good about myself... I am quickly followed by a downward spiral of indulgence and the too-comfortable-zone.  Both which get me in trouble with myself.  I have come to the conclusion that when I feel fat, I take better care of myself, and work the pouch rules to a T.  The fact our brain was not made to take changes so fast is good.  Yes, good!  This is the grace of adjustment times where we can develope new skills.  The truth is we have developed old and disabling skills of destructive behavior from years of diets that didn't work... and for some of us, the destruction period we go through that re-hides the new body and new attention we get that makes us uncomfortable and leaves us wanting to hide in our older and larger selves. 
I have been fighting the second stage for weeks now.  Part of me likes the new attention, and part of me wants to hide from all the comments and stares.  The only place I know to hide is in a fat suit built for two.. myself and the large, invisable being I kept for a companion for so many years.  This is the hardest battle I have faced since my surgery on 1/31/06. this demon within myself is reaking havic on my success. 
There is a good side to all of this.  It started 4 years ago when I lost two fingers in an accident at work.  The bad news is the hell I went through for a year of recovery.  The good news is my mind still doesn't know the fingers are gone.  That is where my hope lies right now.  That my mind will be alot slower than my lack of will power and understanding of myself to get throught this.  My hope is to keep developing the skills and patterns that lead to success, and that my mind never thinks I am thin enough to eat like I used to. 
Don't worry, my self esteem will not suffer, I like me... and always have.  But, the comfort zone of Mother Earth does not need to rest on a plate of greens with garnishes all around.  My comfort zone is out there, in a open feild of flowers with a pretty dress and sexy shoes!  Rejoicing that I still feel fat!!!!!

 

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