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Daniel Davis, M.D.
Dr. Daniel Davis is my hero! Dr. Davis is a skilled, laproscopic surgeon. He handled my unusual case with determination and superior ability. His bedside manner is kind, friendly, and professional. Because of his confidence in handling difficult cases, I felt I was in expert hands with Dr. Davis. After consulting with 5 different surgeons, none of whom were confident they could take-down an old Kuzmak gastric band, a friend suggested I pursue THE BEST surgeon in the area from NY Presbyterian at Columbia. I'm sure glad I did! I have recovered nicely and am losing weight easily. Dr. Davis' practitioner, Gio Dugay, gives me the attention and care I need. When I was hospitalized post op practitioner Gio Dugay was at my bedside as often as possible, Dr. Davis, Dr.Bessler and their team worked super hard to ensure my recovery. Dr. Davis' administrative assistant, Kristen, administrator of their office in Ridgewood, NJ was friendly and on the ball! I give this surgical team the highest possible rating for expertise in handling difficult cases like mine and patients in general. They are truly the BEST!.................... {{My first WLS was perfomed by Dr. Lubomyr Kuzmak who gave me one of the first Adjustable Gastric Bands in 1988. I required a revision in 1993. Both the initial gastric banding and the revision were done with full, OPEN surgical incisions that left me full of adhesions and scar tissue.rnAfter AGB (Adjustable Gastric Banding) surgery I realized that Dr. Kuzmak did not fully explain the nature of how the lap band supposedly decreases food intake. I was told I would feel \"full\" or \"satisfied\" after eating a small amount of food. Instead, after eating or drinking even a tiny amount of anything,rnI immediately felt the need to vomit.rnDr. Kuzmak told me to AVOID eating or drinking soft foods because the wholernpoint of the operation was to eat dense foods thatrnI would not be able to tolerate so that I would eat only a forkful or so for any given meal.rnEven that forkful would not stay down and I rnvomitted for a year after the initial gastric banding until my insides were so inflamed, the band had to be replaced.rnI believe that Dr. Kuzmak failed to provide referrals to professionals who could address rnthe cure of my compulsive over eating. Dr. Kuzmak rninsisted on keeping my band super tight because he told me I was a \"poor candidate\" for surgery to begin with and would most likely defeat the surgery. Dr. Kuzmak reprimanded me for not losing weight atrnthe expected pace. He retired without referring me to a surgeon who might be willing to reverse the band (thoughrnthe reversibility of the operation was onernof its selling points). When I contacted Dr. Bertha, the surgeon who supposedly adopted Kuzmak's practice, he was unwilling to even see me for a consult.}}.....................................rnrnDr. Davis had the complex task of 'taking down' the old AGB installed by Kuzmak. Although I was on the operating table for longer than anticipated, Dr. Davis was able to keep me closed and complete the surgery laproscopically! Dr. Davis performed the 'take down' and the Bypass that has helped me to save my own life. I believe Dr. Davis is one of the few surgeons in this country who could have handled my case successfully.rn
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Dumping Syndrome!
posted on 9/15/09 3:39 pm

Dumping Syndrome pre AND post op

"Here is a trick to improve your digestion 
and help you eat less food, 
if you tend to overeat. 
Chew your food until it is liquid
in your mouth before swallowing. 
Digestion starts with the enzymes in the mouth, 
so the more you mix the food with saliva, 
and the more you break down the food 
with your teeth, 
the less work your stomach 
and digestive tract has to do...

...If you have 
any digestion issues, 
this can make 
a big difference.
...This will also slow down your meals, 
giving you the opportunity 
to enjoy the taste of the food, 
and may help you eat less, 
because you will feel satisfied 
before you have gulped down 
huge amounts of food... 
 
...It takes a while for the satiety center 
to send out the message 
that you have eaten enough, 
so if you eat quickly it is easy to eat too much 
before you get the signal. 
Then you suffer by feeling stuffed." - from Paul Chek's   "How to Eat Move and Be Healthy" 
Gastric Bypass patients can suffer from something called "dumping syndrome" if we eat too much or too fast or eat something we cannot tolerate (click here) but I remember suffering from dumping syndrome
BEFORE THE SURGERY.
Yep.
My binge eating was that bad.

Usually the symptoms of dumping syndrome are nausea, vomitting or pain.
A lesser discussed symptom is a racing heart beat.
I suffered all three BEFORE I ever had surgery.

The amount of food I ate before I had surgery was obscene.
I'd eat
whole pizzas washed down with diet soda,
boxes of Entemann's cakes,
tubs of onion dip with two bags of chips,
multiple value meals from the drive thru,
just an inhuman amount of food.

The aftermath was awful.
Pain, nausea,
dizzyness and the all too familiar rapid heart beat.

My heart would be so hard and so fast I thought I'd have a heart attack.
The over stuffed sensation was paralyzing.
There were times when I felt so sick I would pray to die.
I'd tell myself: Never again.
I'd pray to God that I'd never do it to myself again if only he'd get me out of the pain and slow down my heart.

This would happen one or more times per day.
That's why I looked for a drastic solution: weight loss surgery.

Getting the bypass bought me enough time to get on the path to wellness.
I'm very close to being completely well
but an old symptom still remains.

The oh-my-God-I-want-to-die feeling and rapid heart rate that comes with post-op dumping syndrome.
It doesn't necessarily take a lot of food to make it happen.
I dumped yesterday when I ate two tablespoons of peanut butter.

That's what happens if I wait too long to eat.
Hey, sometimes I'm just not hungry.
I'll go about my business with an empty stomach.
Then suddenly the ravenous hunger hits.
I panic.
I eat too much too fast and whammo!
I'm down on the sofa feeling like my heart will beat itself to death.

The peanut butter was lovely, made by hand crank on an Amish farm, as organic as can be, and fresh!
But peanut butter is a very dense food.
It takes a lot to break it down during digestion.
I SHOULD have eaten it very slowly and chew chew chewed it!
I didn't.
Instead I gulped it down, chasing it with cold milk.

Holy crap.
I thought I would die.
My heart was hammering at a shocking rate.
I could feel it beating in my ears.
I uttered the familiar words: Never again.
Never ever ever again.

When I eat I have to tell myself to slow down and chew!

That's not just a recommendation for bypassed folks.
We all need to chew our food.

Many of the digestive disorders people suffer from come from improperly chewed food entering our guts too fast.
Ever watch the average person at lunch time?
Gulp gulp then wash it down with something.
We're a nation of dumpers!

We gulp down big bites of food on the run and wash it down with soda or Snapple or some other drink.

That's what I used to do.
I paid the price in many ways for my hasty eating.
Now I know better but sometimes I still need to remind myself that digestion begins in the mouth.

If we want to get well we need to stop gulping and slurping and become a nation of chewers!

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
Paul Chek tells us to chew our food down to a liquid.
Digestion begins in the mouth.
AND chewing our food lets our bodies imprint the food with our chi.
He's an expert and he's in phenomenal shape.
I believe him!
click here or click below
Posted by Lisa Sargese


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