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Goals

keep most of my hair :)

13 People
 in progress, 
9 People
 achieved this

lower my resting heart rate

0 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this

lose weight!

4 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this

reverse my Type 2 Diabetes

12 People
 in progress, 
18 People
 achieved this

reduce or eliminate my hemoroids

0 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Eric DeMaria, M.D.
Dr. DeMaria has a significant amount of experience with Bariatric Surgery and in his position as Director of the Duke University Medical Center Weight Loss Surgery Program he trains other surgeons during their fellowship at Duke. The program that Dr. DeMaria directs at Duke is comprehensive and has a significant emphasis on aftercare which is comprised of medical, psychological and nutritional support at 3 wks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year postop. I have found all of the staff, from the office, nurses, to the dietician to be helpful and available. I had my Lap-RNY 06-05-07. While Dr. DeMaria is without question very competent, he perforated my colon during the surgery. Normally this would require a conversion to an open procedure, but Dr. DeMaria was able to re-sect the colon laparoscopically. I have done well since my surgery and have lost all of my excess weight. I have talked with Dr. DeMaria at length about my concerns that while it is important for bariatric programs to provide a significant amount of support through the weight loss process, but that it is at least as important, if not more to provide significant support as you enter the maintenance phase of this life-changing journey. I'm delighted to say that he is a strong proponent of long-term bariatric aftercare and has opened a practice that focuses on the 'whole' bariatric patient in the long term; medical follow-up/management, nutritional support, psychiatric/behavioral support, and physiological/exercise. I hope this becomes a model to support the bariatric patient population.
Member Interests
  • Dogs - I have Havanese ... Like chocolate I haven't met one I don't like :)
  • Meeting People - As my children say-Mom do you know everyone? Not yet, but I'm workiing on it : )
  • Singing - I love to sing ... However, my children are embarassed when people turn around
  • Shopping, Bargain Hunting & Auctions - OMGoodness! I love great deals! Like 500 sq ft of great tile for $5.00!
  • Photography - I love photography in general, viewing or creating
  • Scrapbooks - I started doing this about 15 years ago ... still so much to do. I love it!
  • Interior Decoration - I am often told I have an eye for it ... I love to stage homes for sale
  • Mentoring - I love to watch a flower unfold ... that's what happens when mentor young or old
  • Genealogy & Family History - I'm reasearching the family history of my children ... We are definitely muts!
  • Computer and Internet Surfing - I started using the internet long before AOL ... It's still amazing!

Barbara C.'s Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I was an overweight child and became an obese adolescent and adult. I experienced a huge weight gain on the occasion of my marriage, ballooning up to 217 pounds. Unfortunately, I have never been able to get and keep my weight under 225 for more than six months. In spite of multiple efforts at dieting including HCG shots, Weight Watchers, Grapefruit, Cabbage Soup, Cambridge, many over the counter diets (Dexitrim, Hoodia, etc.), Slimfast, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Hypnosis, Registered Dietician and Personal Trainer, Medifast, medically supervised VCL diet, Shaklee Shakes, Oprah/Bob Greene diet. With each attempt I have lost some weight, however when the diet effort stops, the weight comes back, often more. When I...
Barbara C.'s Blog
Barbara C.'s Blog


Movin' on up...
on March 16, 2009 7:37 am
And I'm not too sure that I'm happy about it. I feel like I look much better and others confirm that, but I have to admit that it's pretty scary to watch the scale creep up. Will it ever stop. Can I control it? I guess the real question is can I control my behavior so that I can control my weight. My low weight was 132, but just for a few days to be honest. I would say that my honest, low weight was about 136 because I was able to 'hold' that weight for several months. I started gaining as my life started getting more stressful and I found myself indulging in comfort eating. It didn't effect my weight at first and to be honest, I think I thought I could continue without a problem, but I think that to be honest, I let me guard down and a little indulgence became a little bigger indulgence... You get the picture. Life has become steadily more stressful and as it has, my weight has steadily gone up. I nearly keeled over this morning when I got on the scale and it said 146! It's not that 146 is a bad weight. Actually, for me, it's a pretty good weight. I really like how a look and feel when I weigh between 145 and 150, but it's how I got here that has me freaked out. I guess I need to face the music and get back to basics. I need to log what I consume, I need to be sure that I'm getting in the requisite protien and that it's lean... I need to be sure to take care of the new me before I become the old me.
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