Brian S. Boe, M.D. The entire staff at Barix Clinic/Northwestern Suburban Community Hospital in Belvidere, IL was great. Dr. Boe was professional and personable when I talked to him before and after surgery. He made me feel safe and that, to me, was the most important thing. The only negative thing I have to say is that I don't feel like I got a lot of one on one time with him to ask questions, although the nursing staff was there to help with any of those questions I didn't get to ask Dr. Boe. During my two night/three day stay there I came into contact with A LOT of nurses. At first I tried to keep track of all their names but because there were so many wonderful ladies working with me (not to mention I was on a lot of morphine) I was unable to. I didn't see a place to talk about the rest of the hospital staff and I really wanted to stress how great these particular ladies were so here we go. The second night in the hospital I got a fever and was worried that I wouldn't get to go home, or that there was something horribly wrong with me. One of the over-night nurses stayed with me in my room and talked to me to help me relax and feel better when I couldn't find the number to the hotel where my mom was staying. She didn't have to do that, but I was very grateful she did. I highly recomend Barix Clinic, all of the people there were caring and helpful.
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Amy, sorry this took
so long to thank you
for your support.
I've been doing
great. Had my RNY on
November 14th and
have lost a total of
67 pounds. I feel
wonderful and am
walking about 2
miles (4 miles on
the weekends) every
day. Thank you for
taking the time to
talk to me. I have
been in a stall for
a couple of weeks
now but trust
everything will pick
up again soon. Write
me when you get a
chance. Katie3314
Amy , Get better ! I
hope this is the end
to your pain &
misery . And the
beginning to the
great future you
were looking forward
to when you had your
1st surgery . xoxox
Kathy
Amy,
I will coming to see
you today. I hope
everything gets
figured out and I
pary that you have
finally found the
solution. Please
know you are in my
thoughts everyday
and have become a
very special person
in my life. You are
a true inspiration
for allof us in the
WLS world and I look
up to you.
You have incredible
strength and I am
honored to know
you!
Praying for you!
Katy Buck
I had an awesome time yesterday at Noah's Ark in Wisocnsin Dells. Our trip there was the first time that I can remember spending the day at a water park and not feelng completely awful about myself. I had a cute suit that I felt good in (enough to let my husband take pictures even!), could (and did) go on every water slide, could walk all day with no problems and just enjoy doing what normal people do - it was amazing. This is what post-op life is about, doing the things we want to do without having to give a second thought to weight. My husband took a ton of pictures, none of me in my whole suit (I wore a tankini w/ boy shorts, though when the pics were taken I am wearing jeans, but you get the idea), but trust me it looked good all put together too.
Before going in the water park, in the gift shop trying on sun glasses...
After swimming was over, waiting for my friends to get out of the wave pool.
Me and my hat-wearing DH, isn't he handsome :-)
After 7 hours at the water park we went shopping in the Downtown area, where there was a fudge shop...yeah. I got a 1/4 pound block of fudge with peanut butter mixed in it, but I have divided it into 10 Amy-friendly pieces that will keep me from dumping / going way over my carb limit for the day, but will still let me enjoy my favorite fudge. It is all about balance.
In all I was running around, going on water slides, swimming in the wave pool, playing mini golf, swimming some more, walking more than 3 miles in downtown Wisconsin Dells and just being down right active for more than 9 hours with my husband and our friends. Pre-op that wouldn't even have been an option. I would have pooped out after the first slide (there were over 100 stairs to climb to get to the top of the first slide, and that was after walking half way across the park). Today, the day after, I'm a little red (I put sun screen on several times, but I still got a little burnt on my cheeks and chest), but this post-op body of mine was more than up to yesterday's activity.