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Being able to exercise regularly

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Being Able to tuck my shirt inside my pants without looking ridiculous.

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To be able to cross my legs one on top of the other when I'm sitting on a chair

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reach a healthy weight so I can be around to see my kids grow up.

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Bengt F. Pehrsson M.D.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Bengt Pehrsson received his medical degree at the University of Munich in West Germany. Upon completion of his general medical training, he was accepted to the residency program at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He did his training primarily at what was then known at Charity Hospital in the heart of the city. After his 5 years of general residency he continued with his education receiving an additional year of training in Colon/Rectal surgery as a Fellow at the Alton Ochsner Foundation in New Orleans.

A member of the Boards of both General Surgery and Colon/Rectal Surgery, he began practicing in the San Gabriel Valley in 1982. He maintains active membership in the American College of Surgeons, SAGES, the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, American Society of Gastroenterology and Society of colon and Rectal Surgeons.

With his extensive training and experiences in general and colon/rectal surgery, he became an early advocate of Bariatric surgery, specifically with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Performing these procedures since 1991, they were initially all preformed as open surgical cases but now they are done almost exclusively laparoscopic. With his vast training and year of experience in this procedure he is the only surgeon in the San Gabriel Valley performing laparoscopic revisions of Bariatric surgery.

During the past 14 years he has traveled extensively on the West Coast speaking to groups about Bariatric surgery and obesity. An early advocate for weight loss surgeries, he is the Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, California.

An avid fisherman, he and his wife Denise reside in the San Gabriel Valley. They have two children, both currently attending University.
Member Interests
  • Web Development - On my free time I like to design web pages, I did my husbands bus. and mine too
  • Adoption - Both of my kids are adopted, I couldn't have my own because of my heart.
  • Singing - I love to sing. I used to do it professionally when I was young.
  • Scrapbooks - This is another part of my business, Scrapbook album pages.
  • Spanish - I speak English, Spanish and a little French
  • Christianity - I'm Catholic and a believer, but I don't go to church.
  • Frogs - I have a big collection. I got tired of them. I have too many.
  • Rubber Stamping - I actually have a small business, I do cards to sell. Christina's Collection
  • Horror - I love horror movies, the more blood and killing the better LOL
  • Hispanic/Latino - My family is from Spain, I was born in Mexico and move to Ca on 1998

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My Gatric Bypass
Christina_Kaplan Gastric Bypass

Hi Everyone
Sorry I have been away for a while. It's a busy month for me because it is my youngest son's birthday, he is 6 years old and you know how it is to organize birthday parties. Besides I have been very busy with my scrapbook business and classes thank God.

I had my endoscopy and everything was fine, I think my nauseas were because I ate some shrimps and maybe one of them wasn't so good.

Anyway it was worth to check everything out.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

I'm not doing very good with my weight loss, I'm having a hard time I don't know why, but not loosing almost anything. I don't want to be discourage, I will keep trying and doing what I have to do, next week I will see Dr. Pehrsson and he will tell me what to do.

I will post more as soon as I know.

Love you all

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE!!!!!!


Chris


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Comment by LittleMichele on Jun 26, 2008 at 08:41pm
Chris,

Don't get discouraged, you are doing GREAT!! I love your new pictures. You look FANTASTIC!! Also, Thank you sooo much for the Birthday wishes and the most beautiful cards. You have my number's...call me anytime, work or home!!!
Love, Michele

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