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Surgeon TestimonialYves Manigat, M.D.I'VE FOUND A NEW SURGEON!
I thought dr. Brader was an awesome dr, and couldn't wait to have him do my surgery, however, he's no long with Barix, and I was INCREDIBLY disappointed.
I think things happen for a reason... I found Dr. Manigat through OH, and met with him on 8/27/07 and I really liked what I'd heard. He's straight and to the point. He knows his stuff, and is a strict dr. This is exactly what I needed after dealing with Barix! I look forward to my journey with Dr. Manigat! Member Interests
- Computers & Internet - I work for a computer re-seller during the day
- Pets - I have 2 Dogs, and 3 Cats
- Sales & Freebies - I sell Adult Novelty and Romance Products for PartyGals.
- Parenting - I have 3 Children
- Walking
- Computer Games - I'm a Pogo.com addict!
- Movies - Any and ALL movies. :o)
- Amusement Parks - LOVE going to 6 Flags and Hershey Park. Can't WAIT for thinner days!
- Camping - Love Camping, but haven't done much of it in my heavier days
- Speed Boats - I love Race Boats and Boating in general. My father was a world renowned Racer
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 Gaining My Life Back, One Pound At A Time 
need help with sometthing simple... on March 20, 2008 11:25 am
can someone please tell me how to edit my signature on here? i want to add one of those little tracker bars, but can't for the life of me, remember how to get in there to edit it.
thanks!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! on March 17, 2008 6:21 pm
well, surgery has come and gone, and I'm now on the losing side! 
took forever to get to this point, and it's been an emotional roller coaster for me every day since surgery. Surgery was actually done on 3/13/08... only 4 days ago... "only"... ha! already, i can't believe 4 days has passed. each day has been a learning process, and i need to find a way to "slow" myself down, and let things happen in the natural order of things... am i making sense here? my thoughts are still sort of all over the place. i wouldn't be surprised if i fall asleep at my keyboard as i'm entering this... i've noticed my typing has improved, that's for sure! HAHA! anyway, for those of you who have families, i'd love to know how you cope. each day is difficult, because dh is cooking regular meals that smell so good, and i know i can't have anything even remotely close to what their eating, so i have dh grab me my little serving of broth... it helps, but i can't help but think... man, i can't wait to get through this first week to start the FULL liquids... then i'll be facing 2 weeks of that before moving on to soft foods. *sighs*. i knew it wouldn't be easy, and it isn't. i actually started thinking, the day after i came home "did i make a mistake?" i'm sure it's just part of the emotions, etc, going on in my head at this time, and i know i'll be happy with the long term results, but i have to force myself to slow down and just take ONE DAY AT A TIME... every day, i move a little easier, need a little less pain meds, etc, but i'm very tired... i don't know if it's because of what my body has been through, in general, of if i'm doing something wrong... i really don't know. i have my post op appt with my dr next week, as well as the post op nutrition class, and i'm actually looking forward to both, and hopefully, i'll see some of the familiar faces from previous visits. i'm constantly wondering where certain people are, how they are progressing, etc, and would love to just chat with them.
honestly, surgery wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be, i'm glad it's done, and i'm looking forward to my journey, no matter what it brings. i think my journaling here, may help me cope better too.
hope all are doing well! oh, and by the way, if you have any tips on how to get the protein drinks in... please send 'em this way!
thanks,
lisa
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Got the approval 2 days ago! on March 5, 2008 6:52 pm
I've been approved! First time around. Surgery is next week, and I can't WAIT!
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Gotta date! on February 26, 2008 8:20 am
I finally got a date!! I got it back in the end of January. My surgery is coming very quickly! FINALLY! lol. I have surgery scheduled on March 13th. He wanted to do it in February, but I'm going away from March 7-9th, and didn't want to have to worry about anything, so I'm doing it right after I get back. I started having second thoughts, then when I went to the dr's last week for my pre-op class, I knew I was doing the right thing.
I've been SOOOOOOOOO busy, between my side business, working my full time day job, my kids, girl scouts, and everything else I'm involved in, I haven't had much time to write. That's all about to change. Once I have the surgery, everything and every ONE is going to have to take a back seat to me and my needs. Once the surgery happens I'm hoping to have more time to post. Until I get my approval... | Leave a comment.
11/14 Saw the nutritionist again on November 15, 2007 11:00 am
This was actually my 3rd visit/class with the nutritionist. I forgot to update after the last one. The last appt, she basically went over the changes to be expected after each of the surgeries, and how they differ. Last night, she went over the food menus for the first 3 weeks. I must say, I'm a bit confused about some of the things and the way they are written on the papers... Is it going to take up to 2 hours to drink certain things when you go to full liquids? I need to try to remember to write down any questions I have for the next visit.
Today I'm scheduled to see the pysch. Can't wait to get that out of the way. I'm hoping I won't have to wait as long as some of the other people have. One girl said she was WAITING for 2 hours before she was even seen, then didn't get home until almost 10pm. *sighs*
My goals for the next class are to increase my steps to 5,000 per day, which shouldn't be too much of an issue, considering they range anywhere from 2200 - 7800, which I didn't think was too good. My steps range so much, depending on what I have to do for the day. Soooo... time to uncover the treadmill that's burried by bags of kids clothes that I need to get rid of! 
All in all... I get discouraged at times, and think it's never going to happen, and other times I feel great about what I'm planning on doing, and that it WILL happen. After last night's meeting, I started thinking, what happens if I put out all this money for the program and I get denied?? Then what?? *sighs* I can't think that way!
With that being said... BRING ON THE NEXT APPT! 
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My Story Ok... here we go... I was supposed to go for my first class at Manigat's office today. The last class was full, so this was the next one that had available seats... I couldn't wait to go! I had this feeling though, that I should call, just to verify everything. I called and the woman that answered the phone seemed to have no idea there was a class this afternoon, and said that no one was even there. I asked for the woman who schedules the classes, and she is out of town... *sighs* I really feel like things keep standing in my way of having this surgery! I'm so upset about this... the last class was full... this one no one knows anything about, and when I was planning on going with barix, they totally screwed me over from the beginning. I just don't get it. 
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