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Surgeon Testimonial Leena Khaitan, MD, MPH, FACS 'she seems nice but she is very upfront I guess that is a good thing Member Interests
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WELL HERE I GO ,A NEW START TO MY NEW LIFE !!!!! i dont know where im headed,but ill keep going till i get there.my weight has kept me down long enough now im fighting back i know i can do this.my name is christal im the mother of 2 precious baby girls,ages 4 and 6 !!!! they go constantly and I need this surgery so I can keep up ,but I have not been able to do that lately.but that's going to change.i have seen my surgeon and he says im a really good canadate for this surgery,I have several health problems !!!and im only 23,too many to list and I hope that this surgery will help me become healthy again!!!!!!!!!!
My Story I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT AS A CHILD BUT I HAVE BEEN SICK PRETTY MUCH SINCE I WAS 15 AND GOT PREGNANT,I HAD SEVERE PAIN FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS ,I WOULD JUST SIT AND CRY ,AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL ALMOST EVERYNIGHT ,FOR THEM JUST TO SEND ME HOME AND SAY THAT I JUST COULDNT HANDLE THE PAIN OF BEING PREGNANT.SINCE WHEN DID BEING PREGNANT BECOME THE WORST PAIN IN THE WORLD????? YES THE WORST I HAD A CHILD ALL NATURAL AND THE PAIN OF THAT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE PAIN I HAD WHEN I WAS PREGNANT AND AFTER ,SO ALMOST 3 WEEKS AFTER HAVING MY SWEET BABY GIRL THINKING EVRYTHING WAS OK I WOKE UP IN THE WORST PAIN EVER ,AND I GOT MY HUBS TO TAKE ME TO THE E.R WHERE I SAT IN A WHEEL CHAIR THROWING UP , CRYING AND PASSING OUT FROM PAIN FOR WHAT SEEMED FOREVER ,I DONT EVEN REMEMBER GETTING TOOK BACK ,WELL THE LAST THING I REMEMBER FROM THAT WAS A DOC DRAWING FUNNY PICTURES ON PAPER AND MY BUTT HANGING OUT AND COLD NEXT THING I REMEMBER I WOKE UP WITH A DRAIN TUBE IN MY NOSE AND IN REALLY BAD PAIN,THEN GOING BACK TO SLEEP AND NOT WAKING UP FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS WELL COME TO FUND OUT I HAD DEVELOPED GALL STONES WHILE PREGNANT AND HAD GOTTEN THE WORSE CASE OF PANCRITITUS EVER HANDLED AT KENNISTONE HOSPITAL AT MY AGE ,ONLY OLDER PEOPLE GET THAT ,NEVER A 16 YEAR OLD, OK SO I GO HOME I ONLY HAVE VAGE MEMORIES OF THAT ,THEM I REMEBER BEING ADMITTED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SURGERY I HAD DEVELOPED A PSEUDOCYST ON MY PANCREAS SO I HAD A MAJOR SURGERY THEY CUT ME FROM MY BREAST BONE TO MY BELLY BUTTON TO GET THAT OUT ,I DONT REMEMBER ANYTHING FOR ABOUT ABOUT 4 MONTHS AFTER , SO OK HERE WE R AGAIN AT HOME FINALY AND I GET A FEVER ,WOW GUESS WHAT ,MY INTRVEANIUS LINE (A I.V RUN INTO MY HEART TO FEED ME NUTRIENTS BECAUSE I COULD NOT EAT FOR 4 MONTHS AT ALL NOT EVEN A ICE CHIP JUST A WET WASHCLOTH ,YEA IMAGINE THAT !!!!!!!) ANYWAYS IT HAD GOT INFECTED SO I GO BACK TO THE HOSSY AND NOW I HAVE A STAFF INFECTION IN MY BLOOD THE MOST DANGEROUS KIND RIGHT THROUGH MY HEART AND I END UP STAYING IN THERE FOR THAT ANOTHER 2 MONTHS SO THERE I GO PRETTY MUCH SPEND MY BABYS FIRST YEAR IN THE HOSPITAL ,BUT THATS ABOUT ALL AFTER THAT I STILL HAVE PAIN FROM IT HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING UNTOLERABLE MOST THE TIME AND HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL HEALTH PROBLEMS SINCE THEN ALONG WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ,DIABETIS,SEVERAL MORE ,AND HAVE GAINED ALOT OF WEIGHT IN 9 YEARS SINCE THEN ............ SO THATS MY HEALTH STORIE ITS A BIT MORE GORRY THAN THAT BUT U GET THE POINT ,MY BODY DOES NOT LIKE ME 11-14-05 I WOULD LIK ETO SAY THANK YOU TO OBESITY HELP AND EVERYONE HERE YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED ME MORE IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS THAN I HAVE GOTTIN IN THE LAST 2 YEARS OF RESEARCH FOR THE SURGERY, INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR WAS RIGHT HERE ALL ALONG WHILE I WAS CHASING MYSELF AROUND IN CIRCLES.SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING ,I WILL BE FOREVER GREATFULL,LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATE POST********************* 8-6-07 WELL ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE i HAVE BEEN ON HERE ALOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED,FIRST OFF MY DOCTOR WHO I SWORE TO EVERYONE DID HAVE PROBLEMS MENTALY BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH AND HE PASSES AWAY JUST 2 WEEKS AGO,SO NOW I CHANGED PRIMARY CARE DOCS AND WILL SOON BE GOING TO SEE WHAT SHE SAIS ABOUT MY WEIGHT PROBLEM,AS FOR MY HEALTH =( NOT TO GOOD,WALKING HAS BECAME A PROBLEM MOST THE TIME,I CAN WALK YES BUT NOT FOR LONG PERIODS OR LONG DISTANCE 1 SET OF STAIRS AND IM DONE FOR THE DAY GROCERIE TRIPS ARE SHORT I BUY FOR 2 DAYS AT A TIME SO IT HELPS WITH THAT,MY DIABETIS IS BAD TO I CANT KEEP MY SUGAR BELOW 230 AT ALL,I HAVE HAD BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEMS TOO I WENT TO THE ER AND TURNS OUT I HAD A PROBLEM AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS DROPPING REALLY LOW ,...BUT NOW I GO BACK FOR PROBLAMS AGAIN AND NOW ITS WAYYYY TO HIGH BUT ONLY AT TIMES,AT THE ER IT WAS....... 207/112..........AND SWELLING VERY BADLY ALL THE SUDDEN AND SO MUCH PAIN IN MY LEGS AND MY FEET ARE GETTING ALL RED AND SPECKLY LOOKING I GO BACK TO THE DOC SOON,SO I WILL QUIT COMPLAINING AND GET SOME SLEEP! POST STARTING 11/05 FROM OLD PROFILE*********************************************************** 11/16/05 WELL IM FINALY IN!!!!!!NO MORE LIST. IVE GOT MY SIMINAR ON THE 22ND. WOOOHOOO!!!!I HAVE WAITED 11 MONTHS AND IT WAS SO EASY ALL I NEEDED WAS U GUYS THE BIGGEST THANK U"s!!!!! 11/22/05 I FINALY WENT TO THE SIMINAR,I DIDNT LEARN ANYTHING NEW , I GUESS CAUSE I HAD ALREADY DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH? I THOUGHT THEY WOULD TELL U MORE,BUT NOW THAT PART IS OVER AND I CAN MOVE ON!!!DR DUNCAN DIDNT DO MOST OF THE SIMINAR HIS PARTNER DID ,SHE IS REALLY NICE BUT I DONT WANT HER TO DO MY SURGERY CAUSE SHE IS TO YOUNG AND SEEMED TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SIMINAR MAYBY SHE WAS NERVOUSE BUT STILL I WOULD REALLY RATHER SOMEONE OLDER WITH MORE EXPERIENCE DO IT !!DR DUNCAN TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO ME AFTER THE SIMINAR WITH OUT RUSHING EVEN THOUGH HE HAD OTHERS WAITING ON HIM HE IS REALLY FUNNY I THINK HE WILL HAVE VERY GOOD BEDSIDE MANNER I JUST HOPE HE IS A GOOD SURGEON,HE SAID THEYCOULD RUN INTO PROBLEMS WITH ME HAVING THE SCAR ON MY STOMACH FROM MY PSHODO CYST HE SAID THERE WILL PROBLY BE ALOT OF BAD SCAR TISSUE I JUST HOPE THEY CAN REMOVE THE TUMOR IN THERE AT THE SAME TIME ,THEY WERE SHOWING THE VIDIEO OF THE SURGERY AND THEY WERE PULLING ON THE INTESTINES AND HE ASKED EVRY ONE DID THEY K NOW WHAT THAT WAS AND EVERYONE SAID INTESTINES AND HE ASKED HOW MANY WERE FROM THE SOUTH AND ASKED AGAIN,HIS ANSWER .......CHITLINS.....LMAO IT WAS FUNNY I GUESS U JUST HAD TO BE THERE!!! NEXT IS THE VISIT WITH THE BARIATRIC NUTRISHIONIST!!UNTILL THEN ITS LATE GOOD NITE. 11/28/05 WELL LIKE ALWAYS ,WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GOOD , SHIT ALWAYS HAPPENS.LAST FRIDAY AFTER I ATE SOME LEFT OVERS FROM TURKEY DAY I STARTED HAVING A BAD PAIN IN MY SIDE .I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GAS SO I WAITED TO SAY ANYTHING UNTILL SAT . MY MOM TOOK ME DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL (KENNNISTONE)AND LIKE ALWAYS 15 HOUR WAIT FOR EMG ROOM AFTER THE CAT SCAN AND SEVERAL OTHER TEST ,HE SAID IT WAS MY SPLEEN.GO FIGURE!!,IF ANYONE CAN THE WORST BAD LUCK AND TH EWEIRDEST THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM ITS ME ITS LIKE I AM WEARING THE HEY COME TRY KILL ME SIGN!!!.I GO THE FIRST TO DR KAPOOR!THE PAIN IS PRETTY BAD THEY SENT ME HOME WITH PAIN MED AND SAID THATS ALL THEY CAN DO FOR ME THERE. THEN ON TOP OF THAT MY VAN IS TEARING UP AND IT IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATOIN!!!!WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS ,THINGS WERE GOING TO GOOD WE WERE GETTING OUT OF DEBT AND I WAS ON MY TO GETTING MY SURGERY SO I JUST HOPE EVERYTHING WILL BE OK ,I WILL LET U KNOW SOON WHAT THE DOC SAIS. 12/04/05 WELL MY TEST WERE CANCELED BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE PRE CERTED BECAUSE IM SO YOUNG.SO MY NEXT APP IS ON MON THE 19,I WILL LET U GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY SAY WHEN I GET UM BACK. 12/14/05 I AM SO TIRED .EVERYDAY GETS EVEN WORSE.I AM SO WEAK,I HOPE EVERYTHING GETS BETTER SOON.I CANT KEEP GOING LIKE THIS,I THINK ABOUT THIS EVERYDAY AND GET MORE AND MORE SCARED,I DONT WANNA DIE,BUT I DONT WANNA LIVE LIKE THIS . I KEEP TELLING MY SELF THAT IT DOESNT MATTER U DIE WHEN UR NUMBER IS UP ,WHEN ITS UR TIME HOPEFULLY THATS TRUE MY BABYS NEED ME I WILL LET U KNOW HOW EVERYTHING GOES!!! 12/16/05 WELL ITS ABOUT 1 HOUR AWAY FROM MY DOC APP AND I JUST GOT HOME ,ICE WAS REALLY BAD AND I HAD A WRECK ,SHOULD I TAKE THIS AS A SIGN OR JUST GO?MY VAN DOOR GOT MESSED UP BUT ATLEAST I WASENT HURT ,THE KIDS WASNT WITH ME I HAD JUST DROPED THEM OFF AT SCHOOL,THANK GOD ,THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH ,THAT WAS MY FIRST WRECK EVER!!!! AND IT WAS BOTH AT FAULT SO MY INS WONT PAY FOR IT SO I GUESS I WILL JUST DRIVE IT THE WAY IT IS ,HEY AS LONG AS IT ROLLS AINT THAT ALL THAT MATTERS? WELL IM GONNA GO ,ITS A LONG DRIVE BLAAAAAAAAA I HATE IT POST LATER WHEN I GET BACK!!!!!!!!!!!! 12/16/05 (AFTER MY APP) WELL I JUST GOT BACK A LIL WHILE AGOIT DIDNT GO WELL ,FOR ONE ,THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVIN A APP AND HER NOT PUTTING IT IN THE SYSTEM ,SO WHEN I GET DOWN THERE THEY SAY OH UR NOT IN HERE FOR AN APP TODAY!!!!!!! BUT I TOLD HER THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AND I WASNT GOING HOME UNTILL I SEEN SOMEONE ABOUT THIS ,THEY R VERY UNORGANIZED ALMOST EVERY ONE IN THERE . THENI WAIT FOR 1 1/2 HOURS FOR DR FIELDS SHE COMES IN ASKS ME ABOUT 5 ?S GOES OUT COMES BACK IN AND LOOKS AT MY STOMACH THEN GOES BACK OUT AND COMES BACK IN AND SAIS WELL I AM GOING TO HAVE WAIT AND TALK TO DR DUNCAN TO SEE IF HE CAN EVEN DO UR SURGERY BECASUE U HAVE SO MUCH DAMMAGE TO UR STOMACH THAT HE MIGHT NOT BEABLE TO BECAUSE OF SCARR TISUE AND SHE SAID THAT HE DOES NOT DO OPEN BYPASS, SO PRETTY MUCH IM NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE AND I HAVE WASTED SOOOOOOOOO MUCH TIME AND THOUGHT INTO THISSHE SAID TO CALL HER BACK BUT WHO CARES HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SAY NO HOW CAN U SAY YES IF U HVENT EVEN SEEN SOMEONE ,HOW CAN U SAY YES OR NO WHY WONT THEY JUST SET ME UP AN APP WITH HIM SO HE CAN LOOK AT ME HIS SELF ?AND ALL TOP OF THAT I SKED HER TO GOAHEAD AND GIVE ME ALL THE INFO I WOULD HAVE IF I HAD NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM.SHE SAID NO SHE DOESNT WANT TO WAIST ANYTIME CAUSE IF I COULDNT THAT THERE WAS NO SINCE IN ME DOING THOSE THINGS ,SHE EVEN TOLD ME NOT TO GO TO WELLNESS CENTER AND TALK TO YAKIMA SHE SAID DONT DO NOTHING SO I GUESS SCREWWIT.I WILL JUST LIVE WHAT I HAVE LEFT THE BEST WAY I CAN AND THATS ALL I CAN DO WELLI GUES I WILL GO POUT NOW XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX 12/19/05 WELL I HAVE AN APP WITH DOC DUNCAN ON THE 12 ,I TOLD DR FIELDS THAT I WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER UNTILL HE LOOKED AT ME HIMSELF,BECAUSE IF HE TOLD ME NO FROM HEARSAY FROM HER THEN THAT WASENT VERY PROFESIONAL SO SHE MADE ME A APP!!!!!! 1/1/05 HAPPY NEW YEAR ,I HAD A LIL TO DRINK LAST NIGHT AND I FEEL LIKE CRAP ,I CANT DRINK MUCH ANYMORE MY STOMACH STARTS TO BURN REALLY BAD AND HURT,IT USED TO NEVER DO THAT,BUT THEN AGAIN I DIDNT HAVE ULSERS AND HERNIAS!!!! BUT OVER ALL I GUESS IT WAS A GOOD NEW YEAR............ IM SO GLAD THAT HEATHER AND LYNDA GOT THERE DATES ON THE SAME DAY ,IF THERE STILL THERE I CAN GO AND SEE THEM,AND WATCH HOW THEY DO AND MAYBY NOT BE SOO SCARED,I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT CHANGING MY MIND EVEN IF DR DUNCAN CAN STILL DO ITI DONT KNOW WHY I FEEL LIKE THIS ALL THE SUDDEN I HAVE BEEM SO EXCITED TILL NOW I JUST KNEW THIS IS WHAT I WANTED BUT NOW I DUNNO,HAVE THE SURGERY AND TAKE THE CHANCE OF HAVING PROBLEMS AND DYING OR DONT AND PUT MORE EFFORT IN TO BEING HEALTHY AND JUST ENJOYING WHAT I HAVE LEFT? I DONT KNOW WHICH ONE TO DO KARISTENS BDAY IS ON THE 19 MY BABY IS GOING TO BE 7,I CANT BELIEVE SHE IS GETTING SO BIG ,SHE JUST LOST HER OTHER TOP TOOTH SO NOW SHE IS SNAGGLE ,SHE IS SO CUTE, I CANT LEAVE MY BABIES THEY NEED ME TOOO MUCH I DONT KNOW IF I SHOULD TAKE THE CHANCE , I JUST TRY TO BELIEVE WHAT WILL BE WILL BE AS FOR MY TESTS I HAVE DECIDED TO WAIT TILL AFTER KARISTENS BIRTHDAY ,I DONT WANNA HAVE BAD NEWS BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY ,BUT I AM GOING TO FINISH THEM SOON I PROMISE ,OK WELL I GOTTA GO TO BED SCHOOL STARTS BACK IN THE MORNING GOOD NIGHT 01-16-06 WELL BAD NEWS ,DR DUNCAN SAID HE CAN TRY TO DO THE SURGERY BUT THERE IS 50% CHANCE THAT HE WILL HAVE TO ABORT THE SURGERY ,BUT IF HE DOES ABORT THEN ATLEAST I WILL GET MY HERNIA FIXED SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ,I AM STILL ON THE LIST AT EMORY SO I CAN STILL GET THE SURGERY IF MEDICAID DOESNT CHANGE BUT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT OPEN,SO I DONT KNOW IF I SHOULD TRY AND LET DR DUNCAN DO IT OR NOT THAT WOLD BE ALOT OF TROUBLE TO GO THROUGH FOR NUTTIN ,AND THEN WAKE UP DISAPOINTED SO IM STILL THINKIN ABOUT IT . 1-18-06 OK WELL I GUESS IM GONNA GIVE IT A TRY ,I SET UP ALL MY OTHER APP THAT I NEED , HEATHER IS STILL ALIVE SO I GUESS I WILL BE OK ...LOL IM JUST SO PARANOID ABOUT IT ,I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT MAKING MY OWN DECISIONS I WANT SUMONE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO ,BUT THATS NOT HAPPENING,THEY SAY ITS ALL UP TO ME AND I HATE THAT I CANT EVEN PICK WHAT I WANT TO EAT MOST THE TIME ...LOLBUT I GUESS IM GONNA DO IT,WELL SEE HOW IT GOES ,I GOTTA GET TO BED KARISTENS BIRTHDAY IS TOMOROWSO ITS GONNA BE A LONG DEPRESSING DAY !!!! MY BABY 7 I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT ,IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY I WAS HOLDING HER IN MY ARMS FOR THE FIRST TIME TIME GOES BY SO FAST WHEN U GROW UP NEVER TAKE ONE MIN FOR GRANIT. 3/5/06 WELL EMORY CALLED AND SAID ITS MY TURN SO IM GOING WITH THEN TO HAVE THE SURGERY ALL THESE BUMPS MAYBY ITS NOT MEANT TO BE??????? WHAT WILL BE WILL BE 6/27/06 well its been a while since i have posted anything ,i guess im trying not to think about all the surgery stuff,it seems like just getting by the everyday things is getting harder and harder my knees r getting realy bad its hard to walk or stand for 30 min or more and i just feel more and more tired everday. and i feel more and more worthless everyday.which i prety much am i cant clean the house like i should sum people call it lazy and i guess sum of it is ,but i really really want to get up and do it, I really want to go to the lake with my family i really want to do all these things they think i just dont want to do,i guess they just dont understand ,if i were them and not in my position i wouldnt either i went to emory and seen dr khaitan she was nice but strickt, she said stop smoking NOW or i wont do the surgery,she said i am already alot more high risk that everyone eles and that i will be under double than everyone eles,and that i had to lose 30 pounds because of my scar tissue from my other surgerys, I think i am getting depressed i guess i dont know thinking of the surgery ( which is what i was doing every min of every day ) is causing me to much stress so that is why i have not been on here lately, everything that happens i think about it ,if i yell at my kids for jumping on the couch i think wait nooo what if this is ur last days with them dont yell at them is that how u want them to remember u ??? and that goes on over and over again people want to talk about the surgery with me and i try and avoid it ,because i dont want to say im soo scared because the next thing they will say is then why r u doing it?? and im tired of answering and thing about the answer to that question,sumhow sumway i need to keep myself from thinking the worse about it but im just so scared that i might and what if ,that it has almost made me back out, i dont wanna leave my babies, I know i say im worthless but if i were not here all the people in my life would be changed in soo many ways i know my fam die without me and then thereis the how will they be raised with out me and me not being here to protect them kills me I cant stand the thoughts IS THIS NORMAL DOES EVERYONE GO THROUGH THIS ??? well i guess i will get off here till i can have happier thoughts. |
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