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John Bookwalter, M.D.
My first impression of this man was that he was so NICE, kind and seemed to care about weight loss being a problem. He made me feel comfortable at all times that we met and his office staff are really nice too. He came to see everyday while in hospital, 5 days, went over the post op diet etc, prescribed the pain med and told me to call anytime . Made my appt. for the 18th which woulld be 13 days post op. I would rate him overall on a scale of 1-10, I would give him 10+. Thank you Dr. Bookwalter, YOU ARE THE BEST.rn


rnDr. Bookwalter . Dr Bookwalter is very impressed with my weight loss....the last time I saw him, he told me not to lose any more weight but Ive lost 22 lbs since then.

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  • Comment by sonydolphin28 on 10/4/06 1:11 pm
    Carol happy for you and I hope and pray you get better soon but the weight loss is great just I am worried about your other stuff. Continue to think positive and keep on losing!!!!!
  • Comment by BiGChyck on 4/12/06 7:34 pm
    Hey Carol You made it!!! :jump: :jump: you are offically on the loser bench. Congratulations on reaching this far in your journey. Goodluck!
  • Comment by Patricia Sbr on 4/12/06 6:11 pm
    Hi Carol! Hope you are feeling good, now that the hard part is over... at least the beginning of the hard part!! I wish you the best. HUGS, Pat
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2 YEAR POST OP UPDATE
on May 10, 2008 3:38 pm
Last month on April 5th, I celebrated my 2 years surgery anniversary...... I have lost alot of weight thats for sure. ;) When I started this journey I weighed 301 lbs. When I went into surgery I weighed 291 lbs. Today I weigh 118 lbs...... Unfortunately Im not at a healthy weight right now and my doctor is very concerned. My thyroid and pituitary gland is messed up , my blood work came back terrible, lacking B12, Potassium and Protein. I am already on A & D and centrum silver. I see the doc on thursday and we will discuss what I need to do next. I am back on my thyroid meds hopeing that will kick that up and am drinking ensure for the nutrients. I am aneroxic and malnourished at this point. I am 5 ft 6 and I should weigh at least 140 to even look good. I look terrible, bones sticking out everywhere. I have in excess of 20 lbs of excess skin, so if you take that away from weight, I am below 100 lbs. NO doc will touch the skin as it would make me way to underweight I am told..... Hopefully I will be able to turn this around, I will keep my profile updated as to whats happening. IF your reading this..............PLEASE eat and take you vitamins. Dont do what I did and get to thin, its very unhealthy my doc says, its bad on the heart, as bad or not worse than being overweight so, get to a normal weight and try to maintain it, DONT try to get to thin, its just NOT fun.... I am wearing sizes 2 and 3s right now, down from a 26/28....I felt alot better when I was at 140 and a size 6/8..but at that size i still saw myself as HUGE so I kept trying to lose more and more and now Ive lost to much.........and I am NOT healthy.
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*How to break a plateau*

#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau

#2 - Drink 2 quarts of water a day

#3 - You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day. I add 2 shakes of about 22 grams each, to meet this requirement [this IS in addition to the high protein food listed below]

#4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day

beef
pork
chicken
turkey
lamb
fish
eggs
low fat cheese
cottage cheese
plain yogurt or artificially sweetened
beans/legumes

You may also have:

sugar free popsicles
tea or coffee
sugar free soda - if allowed by your doctor
sugar free jello
broths/bouillon
crystal light drinks

#5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!!

#6 - Keep a food diary and get up to 30 mins of exercise daily


Pouch rules for Dummies - very good reading

4 Months Post-Op