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Robert Wilcox, M.D.
Dr. Wilcox is a great surgeon so far he is very caring and takes his time with you eventhough he has other appointments to get to. He seems to know that this is a time when a person has alot of concern and care and he gives the same treatment to all his patients. He even called last week to reschedule my appoinment and surgery date. I thought that was great. The whole staff is great and just as caring as he is. I just hope the army doesn't transfer him until my care is done. Sally and Marge the receptionists are the greatest and always there for any need whether great or small.
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  • Comment by Meredith K. on 12/23/08 9:50 pm
    Yes I agree Dr. Wilcox was amazing! I was hysterical when the nurses were getting ready to take out my drain, I had been fearing it since well before the actual surgery. I was crying and trying to get them to put me under for it... but in the midst they yanked it out and I didn't feel a thing. I guess I was just freaking out for nothing. I was glad to see a few other people that had used him. I can't wait to see him on the 31st for my check up. He does wonderful work! I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!
  • Comment by Marathon Diva on 10/29/07 5:06 pm
    Congrats Jenn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! Your're awesome girl!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Comment by judyanne on 10/28/07 4:58 pm
    Happy, happy surgiversary to one fantastic woman!!
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The worst Day Of my Life
on April 24, 2007 6:49 am
At 1230PM 04-23-07 Pacific time the door bell rang. I found a women and a man in Green dress uniform. I knew right away even though they could only tell my Husband. It was one thing we always keep in the back of our minds on the two tours of our Marine but I guess we got comfortable thinking that Jeff had survived other attacks and hey MP's are there to protect, Not get hurt or killed. I have more closer today than yestday hoping that the news reports are true, it was fast and painless. But I know also that the news is not always correct most importantly when it comes to stories from Iraq. Well more will come but for now I need to go eat and maybe get more sleep.

THANK YOU TO MY OH FAMILY FOR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last night I met Dr. Felix
on January 17, 2007 9:41 am

My husband and I went to the seminar at Dr. Felix's office and it was great. I found out that he thinks he may only have to go in and re-route my bowels and not a full revision. At this point I would be happy with anything that might make me feel normal and lose some more weight.  

Sometimes I just feel like I don't fit in to the whole WLS group. I do not take a multi or B12 anymore because my body absorbs to much of it and I have never gotten close to goal. I wonder at times am I really a good choice for being a Support Group Leader.

But after last nights group I feel so much better about myself and feel like a normal WLS Patient. My husband is in full support as always and he also really liked Dr. Felix. He did not use big words that most people would not understand and he really seems to follow you along. He said you have this surgery for life and he or his office will follow you for life. 

Well that's all for my blog today, I am full of smiles and I am going to the mountians now for a long walk.

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Pet Peeves from the mouths of Post OPs
on January 10, 2007 12:05 pm

Here are three of my pet peeves of Post ops.
1) I can eat Pork Rinds they have 9 grams of Protien in them~ Well sweetie there is also 70 calories of which 40 are from fat . Also it tells you not a significant source of Protien.

2) If I use half splenda and half sugar to bake my cookies it is okay to eat 2 a day. Not but if you like to risk getting hooked on sugar again.

3) It's okay to drink diet soda it has no calories and is good for me. Have you heard of empty calories, and if the taste doesn't satify you and you go to full flavor, well one pepsi will add to another and another. 

Well with these feelings on food you weight may just come back if you don't change your ways.

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My supporters are all for me
on January 10, 2007 10:36 am
Well over the last few weeks I told my main supporters that I was going to talk to some doctors about a revision. They are all for it. Well one of them I will not tell until after I have it done and that is Jeff my step son in Iraq. He doesn't need to worry about me when he has other things to worry about. 
I made a list of the reasons to seek the revision, so here it goes; short but sweet.
1) Finding out only 45 CM was taken on the disection of my intestion.
2) I was never able to get below 185lb.
3) I gained 31lbs on a diet of low fat, low sugar no junk. I floated between 900-1800 calories to try and beef up my weight loss.
4) I was exercising and burning 1000 calories to 2000 calories, again it was tied into reason number 3.
5) I know this is one many would not complain about but I am I have found that I do not suffer from protein deficiency and vitamin deficiency in fact it is the total oposite. I have had to go off of my multi and B-12 because I my levals of Vit A, B-12, Iron and Zinc were 2 1/2 to 3 times the normal range. Which in some cases are just as bad as being low. I now have to take hand fulls of the vits each day to get my daily recomended a llowance of the other vits that I could not get in my diet. 

Well that is my reasons for a revision. Talk with you later.
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My last story did not survive the conversion of OH Profiling so I will just have to retell it.

I first started gaining weight when I was about 6 years old. By the time I was 12 years old I was fat enough to be choosen to play the lead roll in our class production of "Blubber". My teacher said she choose me because she knew I could gracefully pull it off. She said she never felt that I was bothered by what others said. At the time I felt it was true but now I know differently. I would hide my feeling and go home and eat and eat and eat. Wow isn't that true for many of us. This was the first of self inflicted abuse on my self, it lead into sleeping with men just to feel loved(I can't count the number between 1986-1987 alone. It also lead into abuse of the bottle and 2 DUI's and I had numerous relationship where I was involved with men who was abusive to me in one form or another. I was married the first time at 19; by the time I was 24 I had been married twice, my first husband was abusive, but my second one was not  his parents sure were. By the time I was 28 I finially broke that cycle and started to move on with my life. I met my husband and he did not care if I was fat or skinny red or purple, he loved me for the inside. In fact when I meet him I was 178lbs. it was after I started taking Depakote that I started gaining weight again. In a short time I gained over 150 lbs. My husband never noticed it not because he did see it but because what the outside is just doesn't matter to him. He was always behind me for the surgery and now that I am seeking a revision he is still behind me. After my RYN I finially realized why I started the vicious cycle of poundage, I was 5 years old when a neighbor started sexually molesting me, in December of 2002 I saw his wife in a store and it dawned on me that she was fat and always had been. At that young age I must have put 2&2 together and said she is fat and he don't want her so if I get fat he won't want me. Well welcome to my world for those reading this to see if this is the right path for you welcome and read and read but remember only you can dicide if this is the right path for you. Hugs to all.