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James M. Kane Jr.
I've been holding off giving a review of Dr. Kane for a while now. Not because anything was wrong.. more because I wanted to make sure I wasn't "honeymooning" because of my joy with having my surgery. I can't say enough good things about Dr. Kane. He's honest, direct and still has a sense of humor. I knew that he was "my doctor" when he started shooting from the hip when I asked questions at the seminar. He treated me, from the first, like I was a person.. a human with feelings and intellect and humor. He probably doesn't even know he did it but that's what made the decision for me. There was no question in my mind that Dr. Kane would treat and care for me like I was important to him. Even now, three months post-op, I still feel the same way. Aftercare has been prompt and with honest concern for my comfort and well-being. Deciding to have this surgery was the best decision I ever made. Deciding to have Dr. Kane perform the surgery was the second best decision I ever made.
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  • Comment by Sassy Cathy on 11/12/05 2:47 pm
    Happy one year surgiversary, Stef! You've come so far and I just wanted to send you many good wishes for continued success!! Hugz, Cathy
  • Comment by Robin M on 3/19/05 7:25 pm
    Stefanie-I so enjoyed reading your profile. I think I can take your post from 9/28/04 and copy/paste it to my profile. It's amazing the disdain that obese people receive. But I am also hopeful of the life and choices that are being added to you. I am still waiting for a surgery date. I've been on this journey for 19 month since my cardiologist first suggested WLS. Ok God I know you have this all under control but can I get some hints please?? By the way, you are a really good writer. Robin
  • Comment by Ramona E. on 11/16/04 12:17 pm
    SO glad to hear that all went as well as can be expected and that you are on the OTHER side. I hope you have a fast and uneventful recovery. Take care everyone has been asking about you on the boards. Ramona
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February 21, 2005
on February 21, 2005 12:00 am

Wow!  What a weekend!!  This post will probably have nothing to do with my weight loss.. except, that is, to say that my outlook gets better every day I spend with Mike.

Friday was my birthday -- my 36th, eeks! -- and Mike took the day off and came down for the weekend.  We spent the day together on Friday waiting for my new couch to come .. and it's been dubbed "awesome" by both me and Mike AND my cats.. (who are now.. somehow.. "Mike's cats" -- he calls me Sunday to say he got home safely and says.. "how are my cats?" hahahaha!!)

Friday night, we met a bunch of my friends at a little restaurant called "Lucky Strike" in Elmhurst -- it's a retro bowling alley -- sort of 1940s-ish -- and we had a blast!!  We bowled.. then we ate..  and it was just a wonderful time.. the best birthday ever!!  All my friends kept commenting that they'd never seen me so happy.. well dangit, I AM HAPPY!!

Saturday, he came with me to my voice lesson.. Velia loves him.. she was so cute.. she made me jump through some hoops for Mike's benefit.. that was kind of funny..  he payed attention, too!  He would ask me questions later about different things we did.. and ask what she meant when she said certain things.. it was so cool.  Then we went and had lunch at the Berghoff.. and then I took him to Garrett's and he's been converted to a Garrett-o-phile..  We shopped a little (his daughter's birthday is tomorrow) and went out to Wrigleyville to a store called Strange Cargo -- I'm thinking he'll be wanting to go back there again..  Then we came back to the Loop and went to this Lebanese restaurant I've been wanting to try.. and ordered dinner and took it home.. we ate on my new couch watching DVDs and laying on each other falling asleep.

We slept in a lonnnggg time on Sunday.. just puttered around.. we went to Pumpkin Moon to find more SHTASH for the Charliegirl (He calls Claire "Charlie").. then we had lunch at Szechwan Beijing.. then we went home and cuddled on the couch for a while until he had to leave.

Man, I hate when he leaves.  I miss him.  I feel lonesome.. but that's different than I was before..  before I was lonely.. this is better than that.. but not as good as being with him.

Yeah.  Mushball.

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Stalkers = Bad
on February 9, 2005 12:00 am

Yeah.. okay.. so after reading about some internet stalkers and people getting our names off here.. I figured it was time for a change -- I've been the victim of a stalker before and it sucked a lot.

New name = Diva Divina ... yeah baby.

2/10 - update  I changed my mind..   I like Gypsy Blossom better *heehee*  Those are the two nicknames Monkey has for me..

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