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Lawrence Farries, MD
Farries, Lawrence.Think House.
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  • Comment by Maxine W. on 9/18/06 10:56 am
    Just wanted to say Good Luck on the 20th!!! Hope your recovery is speedy.
  • Comment by Kelly Jo W. on 9/17/06 5:53 am
    Best of luck on your surgery! I hope your recovery is swift and uneventful!
  • Comment by Woz on 9/9/06 7:05 pm
    Congratulations Paula on your upcoming surgery. I am from Alberta too! Mine is on the 12th of September. I wish you an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery. Kudos to you on making a choice that will give you a happier and healthier life.. All the best in your new post op life, Pamela
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I had a gastric bypass on September 20th 2006 what a life change ... for awhile. Lost huge ... gained huge.

 

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Fat and fourty
on June 26, 2012 10:18 am
 So there IS no permanent fix to weight loss ... for me. Others can have the surgery and fix whatever it is that is so intrinsically flawed in overweight people where as I did not and therefor am not counted with the normal weighted. I went down to 180pd and now am up to 295pds. It crept back on and on and on and now here I sit higher than my preop weight. Sucks to be in my head and body.
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August 31 2009
on August 31, 2009 2:44 pm
So my sister died and I gained 45 pounds. There is little to tell other than I weight 248 pounds. Egads seeing that in print is so tragic. We will see where we go from here.
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Kari Smith
on April 6, 2009 4:49 pm
It has taken me a lot of time bring myself to post this -  My sister had RYN and died 6 weeks later. Catastrophic medical mistakes. The autopsy said she had 2 perferations ( holes) to her bowel and basically died from septic shock , her heart stopped. She had had a dialation of some scar tissue a week before she died that mostlikely caused it. The real problem was her after care. If she had lived an hour from her surgeon she'd still be with us. As it happened she lived in an isolated rural  area with a very very small hospital. The Dr there did not communicate well with her surgeon who was 3 hours away.

No one here really is interested in the details, no one who has had or will have this surgery wants to think this could be them. " We all know the risks" I have hear a million times. The surgery did not kill my sister. Her surgeon is one of the best. What killed her was the medical communities ill knowledge of what this surgery is. Rural Drs are the life line of small towns, they are looked on as more than simple humans they are god like. Why would we question them. I knew that they were not doing enough for her. I lit a fire under her Dr the day before she was transfered. I put the squeeze on for him to call her surgeon, but I was too late. Drs make estimated guesses. My husband is an Eye Dr he tells me this all the time.

DO NOT TRUST A  DR OVER WHAT  YOUR HEART TELLS YOU, please be the squeaky wheel. I will never again feel that  they know more than me. Had I listened to The Spirit Of God or my instincts as some say and not a man I'd still have my best friend. That said I know God is in charge he decides when we enter this world and when we leave it.

My sister Kari Smith left 4 kids aged 6 - 13 , she will be missed beyond any word can convey.
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June 11th 2008
on June 11, 2008 1:11 pm
So had a handsome baby boy, 9pds 10oz on March 12th. All went well. I am still 20pds up from my lowest but have not done anything to lose it, I need to get on that. I am simply trying to function through these sleepless nights and busy days, chocolate and I are friends right now! Still wouldn't change having the surgery.
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Feb 24th
on February 24, 2008 6:59 pm
Still very much pregnant. I have gained 40pds. Unbelievable. How totally depressed I am. I am as huge as a house, in pain everyday , and a mental basket case. I have SADs and have taken no medication this year because of the pregnancy. I am at the end of my rope emotionally. Having gained so much weight is weighing my spirit down too. Soon, 2 weeks till I am due then i will fight this weight off!
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I am married and have 6 kids. I stay at home and do my husbands books, he is an optometrist. I come from a family of overweight women. If I was my brother I could eat anything and never gain a pound.