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Stuart R. Verseman, M.D
I first met Dr. Verseman a couple of months before I attended his seminar on WLS when my 21 year old son was sent to him for a consult for some RLQ pain. I was very impressed with him at that time, he was very sensitive an through. I knew I felt comfortable having him treat my son, and if I will let you mess with my kids then I must think highly of you! So when I saw he had a WLS seminar a few months later, I knew he was the one for me. I have never felt rushed, he answers all your questions, and even when they had to call him during the night after surgery, he was very accommadating to my requests.rnrnI think that he is the best surgeon I have ever met. I would recommend him very highly and am more than happy to answer any questions anyone has about him. He is great and I know you will not be disappointed!
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My Story

Where to begin??  I never really had a weight problem until about 6 years ago.  I was never really thin, but I was happy with my figure, I would flucuate between 145-160 and felt good there.  Unfortuately, I hit the big 40 and the body started to fall apart.  First I was diagnosed with 5 herniated discs in my neck.  There is a lot of nerve involvement and bone spurs.  The only treatment that was offered to me was to fuse 7 of the vertabrae in my neck and upper back to stabilize my neck.  This would not help with the pain in my neck and shoulders, nor would it do anything for the nerve pain that shoots downs my arms, but "if I got in a car accident, I might not be paralyzed".  No thanks to that offer!!  With that many vertabrae fused I would be totally disabled, would not be able to turn my neck at all.  I think not.  So I became a chronic pain sufferer.  Two years later my joints start hurting.........hips, knees, toes, fingers, pretty much all my joints a different times.  So hey, now everything hurts, life sucks!!

Fast forward a year or two........Suddenly I have this rash on my hands that WILL NOT go away.....steroids, creams, ointments, nothing would get rid of it.  This rash eveutually turned to more of a peeling of layers of skin, sometimes right down to muscle tissue.  Finally a dermatologist diagnosed me with psoriasis.  I start having PUVA treatments on my hands twice a week and sometimes I would go into remission for a few months.  I start reading on the internet about psoriasis and discover the disease psoriatic arthritis.  I was so excited!!  That was me and there was treatment for it.  Maybe I wouldn;t have to actually crawl up the stairs at night to go to bed forever.  My doc agrees and hooks me up with a Rheumatologist and the diagnosis is confirmed!  Yeah!!  I have never been so happy to have something wrong with me in my life.  I was so sick of hurting all the time, it truly sucks the life out of you.  I am put on Enbrel twice a week and feel a major improvement in my joint pain.  While it still has bad days, it is so much better with this wonder drug.

Meanwhile, though all of these health issues, I am put on a 5 pound weight restriction, it hurts to walk, let alone exercise, and the number one treatment for this kind of pain and inflammation is steroids.  Ahhhhhhhh, good old steriods, the good-bad drug that makes you feel human again but has horrible side effects.  The biggest one for me was WEIGHT GAIN.  But it was so worth the weight gain to not hurt horribly all the time.  So between the steroids and the inactivity, I led a basically seditary lifestyle because it hurts to move, I gained a ton of weight and was no longer the sexy babe I always thought I was.  I was now chubby.  No denying it, take a look in the mirror when you get out of the shower................ewwwwww, it is not pretty.  Now I hurt all the time and to top it off, I am chubby.  I turned to Ben and Jerry for comfort.  They became my best friend, every evening we would get together.  I looked forward to seeing them every night after everyone was tucked in for the night.  Yummy, yummy.It was the one thing that felt good every day, my reward to myself for getting through another painful day.

Well before long I am no longer chubby. I am fat, obese, whatever.  I go into shock when I weigh myself!  How could my friends Ben and Jerry do this to me?   I loved them!!  Funny, when I looked down at myself, I didn't see just how big I really was, then I saw a picture that was taken of me and didn't recognize myself.  The next day, after my shower, I stood naked in front of a full length mirror and wanted to throw up.  I always prided myself on my looks.  I am very vain and like to look good and I didn't look anything close to good now.  I was OBESE.  I have to do something about this.  While my eating habits are for the most part healthy, I no longer have any willpower when it comes to ice cream.  So after going to Doc Versemans WLS seminar, I decided that a RNY was the answer for me.  I would have to limit my sugar intake or I would be sick and I do not like to be sick!!  SO I have said my goodbyes to Ben and Jerry, and here I sit, one week postop, down 18 pounds, and feeling pretty good about things.  Now, if my other hope for lessened joint pain will come true, this will be more than worth those big fat checks I wrote for this!  So that is my story and how I got to this point........