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John Morton, M.D.
I think he is confident and skilled and very hard working from the experience I had with him. I never really got to spend much time talking to him however he is very very busy. I saw his fellows more than I actually saw him.
Snappy dresser. He sure likes his clothes. I would say he is very competent as a surgeon....didnt spend enough time with him to be able to comment on his bedside manner. Not warm and fuzzy but not a grouch either.

The office staff was great. Monica and Meg were on the dime and helped me with everything I needed. I was grateful they were there for me. He is lucky to have them on his side.

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Popeye Meaty Muffins
on January 22, 2008 2:56 pm
I was fiddling in the kitchen and was thinking about those mac muffin thingies i read about on here and well i decided to mess with that recipe and create my own.....Linda J if u could get the nutritional facts for me because u are so danged good at it i would appreciate it!!!

Bacon ( I used turkey) bacon bits would be fine too 1/2 cup 
6 turkey sausages ( u can use pork if u like) 
2 tablespoons of chopped green onion
1 tablespoon of dehydrated onion ( fresh would work fine too im lazy) 
1c chopped baby spinach
1/2 c cottage cheese
1/2 c flax meal
1/2 c of italian cheese mix ( provelone feta & parmasean) 
1 tsp baking soda 
1/2 tsp sea salt
7 eggs

preheat oven to 350

 I cooked bacon and sausage and cut into very small peices pat off excess fat with paper towel
scramble the eggs in a big bowl
mix the baking powder with the flax meal in same cup
chop the veggies 
mix all together in egg bowl 
mix in cottage cheese and reg cheese

Bake for 25 mins on 350 makes 8 big fluffy delish muffins....I ate a whole one and it was a perfect meal......delishhhhhhhhhhh

I wanted to put some nutrition back into my meals.....fresh spinach and the flax are very good for you ....Im strong to the finichhhhhhhhhh cuz i eat me spinichhhhhhhhhhhhhh toot toot!!!! 

THANKYOU TO LINDA J FOR FIGURING THE FACTS FOR THIS RECIPE!!!


Nutrition Facts

 

 

  8 Servings

Amount Per Serving
  Calories 180.9
  Total Fat 12.1 g
      Saturated Fat 3.7 g
      Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5 g
      Monounsaturated Fat 3.5 g
  Cholesterol 210.7 mg
  Sodium 452.5 mg
  Potassium 129.6 mg
  Total Carbohydrate 3.9 g
      Dietary Fiber 2.0 g
      Sugars 0.7 g
  Protein 14.7 g
  Vitamin A 7.1 %
  Vitamin B-12 10.8 %
  Vitamin B-6 3.8 %
  Vitamin C 0.0 %
  Vitamin D 5.7 %
  Vitamin E 2.5 %
  Calcium 10.0 %
  Copper 3.1 %
  Folate 6.1 %
  Iron 5.9 %
  Magnesium 3.2 %
  Manganese 0.6 %
  Niacin 0.3 %
  Pantothenic Acid     6.2 %
  Phosphorus     19.1 %
  Riboflavin 16.0 %
  Selenium 22.8 %
  Thiamin 2.1 %
  Zinc 9.2 %


*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.




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Healing through art and 71lbs gone....
on November 23, 2007 11:41 pm
Nov/23/2001 Not much to say except this has been an incredible ride and the VSG works like no other.....
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Flax muffin in a minute
on October 21, 2007 6:09 pm
This was too cool..low carb low fat ...made a nice sized muffin too.....kinda french toasty too....yum thanks pam!!!

Here's the one minute flax seed muffins from the low carb board no wheat involved.

Flax Muffin in a Minute

1/4 cup
flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 packet
splenda packet
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 large egg
1 teaspoon butter

Put the dry ingredients in a coffee mug. Or a bowl for a different shape.

Stir.

Then add the egg and the butter. Mix.

Microwave 1 minute (or more). Take out. slice, butter, eat. Set mug to soak immediately. __________________
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8 WEEKS AND WOW
on September 28, 2007 1:51 pm
It has been 8 weeks since surgery and I have lost a whopping 50lbs!!!! I am so pleased with my progress its amazing to me that I am going to be successful with weight loss!!!! I am learning to eat again...and its weird lol. I find when im eating something and if it doesnt chew up well i just spit it into my napkin....I watch the carbs closely and the rest comes together just fine. I am on my way into my new life with a great big smile on my face!!!!!!
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My Biotin Prescription lol
on August 27, 2007 10:30 pm
Hey kids Here is my hair tip of the day....I like Natures Bounty because it comes in the 5000mcg capsule.....One a day. 
I can swallow it just fine but I guess that depends on you. The way I have noticed the stages of hair growth start like this:

Hair slows down or stops falling out
Stubble at about 5 weeks in one or more places on the head and around the hairline
then it starts growing in nicely by 2 months

Some side effects are that you have to shave other parts of your body more often lol.....
also sometimes the hair gets greasy. 

at about 3 months you can run your hands through your hair and feel the difference in texture starting at the scalp and running it through to the ends...about an inch and a half out you should feel the hair start to get thinner and thinner til you reach the ends. this will continue to be this way so trimming it off makes it less noticable. ( can be done gradually inch at a time or a whole new do) It is important to trim the hair however because the texture change can sometimes cause breakage of the old hair. 
Biotin can change the integrity of the hair making it stronger as well as making it grow. Could come in thicker....ya never know. 

Do not waste your money on shampoo with Biotin in it...hair grows from the inside out.....hair restoration shampoo is not for people who have hair loss from surgery...thats a whole different ball of hair...wink..
Have a nice day.
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    Hi everyone....I am a woman with a great family and wonderful life living on the north coast of California in the Redwoods. I am a Hair Designer been one for almost 21 years. I have joined this site and am very grateful to have done so because I really feel the need for some added support now that my date is coming up ( july 31st) I am so excited, nervous, and READY|!!!!!!!!!
I will change my blog from time to time as my world changes and i have more to share....right now all i can say is i will be glad when this 366lb body is sheddingggggggggg....I am so exausted with all the water i am carrying around ....my feet and legs look like sausages. 
It is time!!!! Here is a little window into how i feel. I wrote this some time back and  have just read t his for the first time since I wrote it. Its my reality. 


When did i decide to do that??My Dr must have made some sort of mistake in her paperwork. How funny is this?  As i was reading it this strange feeling started to seep into my being. I can't describe it exactly, but it was like I had just started heading in the right direction after being lost for a very long time.laughing, I called out to my husband honeyyyyyyyyy my dr just signed me up for bariatric surgery with a nervous giggle. Instead of the reply I thought i would get..huh? he replied ...yes i just opened a letter i just found  from our insurance company saying you  are approved for coverage for the nutrionalist and the physical therapists. I was just sitting there with my mouth open and my feet throbbing from working all day as a hair designer standing on my poor feet with this 350lb body. It was decided at that moment. I am going to do this. And that is that. I went on my computer and started looking at the different procedures. There were a few and some were very scary. I then started reading some of the blogs on the internet of people who had had the surgery. They call themselves "out". It means the time that its been since they got their surgery. I am June and I am 130 days "out" and have lost 122 lbs just as an example. I then read about the different successes with each procedure.And the complications with each. I was amazed at what u could find on the internet. I went to youtube.com and looked at the different surgeries that the drs have actually videotaped in full. It was amazing to watch what they do. For a woman who freaks out thinking about her own mortality I didnt have any issues with watching these videos. It was very strange. I just knew one of these things was for me. But I was not not sure how I was going to talk to my husband about my choice. I just decided that I would try to be sincere ,let him know how much my weight bothers me, and share the knowlege I was learning about these types of surgery. Boy he tried to meet me with resistance. He said u cant be serious you arent going to do that to your body. When he said that to me it really opened up this center in me , a newfound strength,and with that comment i just said to him calmly "you know what? I dont have to ask your permission to do this. You dont live in this body and u dont know what its like to carry all this weight around.I AM  going to do this and what i need from you is your support. We will go to the support group informational meeting scheduled for Friday and get some knowlege on the subject so that you can be informed about what I will be going through and its success rate. He just looked at me and said Ok. And that is what we did. I am so glad that WE did that....he is really supporting me and my choices.....I think it brought us closer as a couple. I love my husband!!!

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