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I want to ride horses like I used to.

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I hope to get approval from my insurance company.

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I want to lose 180 pounds.

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I want to be able to run and jog daily with my dog.

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Surgeon Testimonial

Sam Rossi
When I went for my consult, Dr. Rossi was very knowledgeable. He explained everything that one would need to know about the surgery. I had researched quite alot before I saw him, so I was able to ask alot of questions. He was very thorough as he answered my questions, he gave me plenty of chances to ask any more questions I had. He seemed in a hurry, but did not rush me out, or make me feel rushed. I think that he is just a busy man, and had a full day of patients. I was comfortable around him, and am glad he will be doing my surgery. His office staff could not be better, they are very,very nice. I had to wait a good while in the waiting room, but thats ok, I feel like that cant be helped. Sara, the lady that deals with the insurance, is SUPER. She is one of the nicest people I've meet. I am glad I chose this surgeon, and his staff for my WLS.
Member Interests
  • Business & Career - I am a Dental Hygienist, so I am interested in anything about Dentistry.
  • Cats - I have a Cornish Rex cat named Dobie.
  • Dogs - I have a boxer named Hooch.
  • Music - Major, Major Kid Rock fan!!!!!
  • Horseback Riding - I have rode and showed horses all my life.
  • Christianity - My husband and I both have excepted the Lord as our savior.
  • Horses - My husband and I have 4 horses.
  • WLS in your 30's
  • Reading - I love reading a good Biography, especially about Princess Diana.

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If God leads you to it, he will lead you through it. 

Hello.  My name is Cindy, and I am having RNY surgery on Dec 18, 2008.  This is the day my life will change forever.  I know without a doubt that this is going to be the best thing I have ever done for myself.  I am so happy and ready to start my new life.   

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Need to post more...
on October 14, 2009 11:24 am
Well here I am finally getting some pics on here and posting.  I don't get on here to much anymore..but really need to..I miss it very much.  I am 180 right now, I have lost 160 lbs!!!  I am soooo happy. It honestly feels like a dream..I pass the mirror and have to look twice.  I am smaller now then when I got married.  I am in size 12 jeans.  I can wear clothes from Americain Eagle!!  I don't have to go to the plus size section anymore..and I can actually fit in booths now.  The other day there was a guy looking towards me and I was turning around to see who he was looking at.  My step-son said  "Mom that guy was checking you out!!"  I about died!!  Not used to that happening!!  Well I better go...I am going to try to start posting more.
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Finally Posting!!
on August 21, 2009 11:05 am

Hello everyone!   I haven't been on here in a while.   I do miss it.  I have lost 145 lbs!!  I still can't believe it is real.  It has been 8 months since my surgery, and I hope to lose about 45 more lbs.  But being where I came from if I stay here I will be happy.  I have been showing again....I bought a 5-gaited horse...it is truely a dream come true.  I have been riding everyday..I can't believe how much I missed it.  I am in a 14 now, and I have actually bought Americain Eagle jeans!!! Another thing I thought would never happen.  I can lay down without choking and sit in a car with my legs crossed!!  I am going to make a list from my other list of before I had surgery.  I have thought alot about that list lately and am really wanting to look at it.  I get pretty emotional about the entire thing...I still feel like I weigh 340.  I don't think it ever leaves you.  I am going to try to put some pics on here this weekend..I need to.  Well lets go see whos on the main board.

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5 months out!!!!
on May 19, 2009 9:30 am
Ok...I have not posted in a while.  I have had my computer turned off till I go back to work.  It has been 5 months since my RNY, and I have never felt better.  I have been riding, I have been showing, and I am in the process of buying a 5-gaited horse!!!!  I am sooooooooo happy.  I have lost 114 pounds and am in a size 18.  I go to a trainer 2-3 times a week.  Sometimes I have to stop and think is this all real?!?!?!?  I can't remember the last time I felt this good.  Thank you Dr. Rossi.  I am going to go for now, but I am planning on getting on here more often.
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Love My RNY!!!!
on March 10, 2009 11:40 am
Well, here I am almost 3 months out.  I have lost 85 lbs!!  This is by far the best thing I have ever done.  I am able to do things I haven't done in years.  And yes, the BIG thing...I have rode a Saddlebred again!!  I am going to show one of my best friends horses this summer.  I hope to next year buy a five-gaited horse.  I think it would be good for me to start easy this year.  I can not explain the feeling of being back in the saddle.  I wasn't going to ride yet, but she keep saying I could...and I just did!  I was tearing up the whole time.  It feels AW-SOME!!!!!  I am exercising 4-5 days a week, I have actually jogged a little bit.  I am only able to do it for a couple hundred feet, but at least I am doing it!!!!!  I walk about 2 1/2 miles  2-3 days a week, and jog 4 times during that walk.  I go swimming the other days and do laps.  It is fun.  I can not believe I have lost 85 lbs.  It seems like a dream!  Well, I am going to try to download a couple pics.
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Happy with my new life.
on February 10, 2009 5:59 pm
Well here it is Feb 10, and I am 8 days from 2 months out.  I have never felt better!  This is absolutely the best thing I have ever done.  If anyone is reading this that is still trying to make up their minds whether to have the surgery or not......PLEASE DO IT!!!!!  You will not regret it.  I have lost 71 lbs and feel great.  I can eat about 1/2 cup of food, and feel "satisfied".  I am really lucky in the fact that I have not had any problems.  I have tolerated food extremely well.  I can eat lettuce, beef, milk, nuts, fruit and many other foods with no problems.  I am a little freaked out by it, I was ready for alot of stomach aches.  I am hoping it will stay this way.  I have not tried a full blown salad yet, but I have ate a sub from Subway.  ( A six inch sub made 3 meals for me)  It had alot of veggies on it.  So, I am hoping I can tolerate a salad.  I am going to wait a couple more weeks.  I just made Eggfaces mini donuts.  I had a small taste of one of them before I put the icing on...it was sooo good!  I am going to eat one after while, I had to eat supper first.  There are so many different things you can fix, that are so very good and still within the limits of what we are "allowed".  Sometimes I feel like I am in a dream.  It is so nice to be able to get full on so very little.  I wish I would have been able to do this earlier in my life.  But I am just so thankful I was able to have it period.  It feels so good to be able to sit in the car and be comfortable.  To be able to sit in a booth at a restaurant more comfortable.  So many things are already happening!!  I am so excited!  Well I am going to go see what is on the main board.
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 I am a 34 year old woman who has battled with weight my whole life.  I was always heavy growing up, always self conscious about myself.  I was always 40-50lbs overwight, but nothing like I am now. I was always able to lose a little weight on my own 10-20lbs, enough to make me feel a little better.   I have always rode horses, showed them from the age of 7 until I got married in 1999. My husband loved horses too, so we have ridden alot together.  When I was 25 or 26 I began gaining weight very quickly and easily.  I found out I had Polysistic Ovarian Diesase.  The weight would not come off.  I managed to lose 45 lbs on WW but it just stopped.  I was finding that I could not ride horses like I have always done before.  I think that this is the hardest part for me of being obese, other than the looks and not wanting anyone to see me.  I had a consult with my surgeon yesterday ( 7-21-08).  I have researched for 5 mths, before I made the app.  I first was interested in the DS, but he told me that my insurance would not pay.  So he and I decided on the RNY.   I am now waiting the 6 mths, trying to get all my paperwork, and dr visits done.  So I am hoping to talk to alot of people who have had this.  If any one wants I would love to talk to you.