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Anne Lidor
On 6/10/2011 I had the VSG done by Dr Anne Lidor at the John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Dr. Lidor is a competent surgeon with a lot of energy. She talk fast and moves swiftly.
I came to the center with a lot of information at hand and I let her know that upfront. I think because of this I did not get a ton of information from her but she informed me about risks and expectations.

This center does have a strong focus on the RNY and if you are getting sleeved I would advise you to research on here, online, read,read,read. This center does a 40f bougie sleeve size so if you want a smaller sleeve look elsewhere. There are fewer complications with the 40 vs the 32 but I have heard that the mature 40 sleeve holds a bit more food than the 32. That may make a difference in maintenance. For me it will not matter as I know I have to exercise and eat measured amounts.

My biggest complaint is that I had to literally ride the damn office staff for my info to get submitted, approved and getting my date.etc. That was a real pain. I never got a call from the finance lady, I worked closely with the coordinator and got things done.

The hospital stay was 2 nights. Some nurses were better than others (the 3rd shift ones) The day nurses ..smh -no comment. I came out alive so I won't complain.
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Month 2
on August 13, 2011 5:55 am
Ok.  I have been uber lazy with this blog.  Life has gotten the better of me. Wife, mother, sorority member,VSG patient.  I have been all over the place and trying to maintain life.

Is life post sleeve easy?  Um, yeah once you get past the liquid stage.  Now I am never the example of a rule follower. I didn't stay on full-liquids as long as I was supposed to. Purees--um yeah right. All I did was chew up my food in my mouth. For me, pulling out my blender and assembling the janky device to blend 2oz of meat--not worth the time.  My sleeve is a 40 and nothing ever seemed to bother it----EXCEPT EGGS!. I can't eat them or stand the smell of them any longer. I don't know why but the day I was supposed to start soft foods, I scrambled a egg and ate 1/2. On my drive to work I felt like I was going to throw up the whole way. Now the smell has me avoiding them like a plague.

I am always careful of the amount I eat.  I undereat on purpose and I have never thrown up food or felt like food was stuck.I struggled with liquids early out but around the 3rd week I could get more down.

I could complain that I haven't lost as much as I hoped by now. However, patterns in weight loss do not change. Even when I did weight watchers I did not lose the week of my monthy visitor.  Even now it is the same story. I started as a fat lightweight so my losses are not going to be as dramatic as some but on my body type (pear shaped/small boned) EVERYONE at work can tell I have lost a good amount of weight.  They act like I have lost 50+ pounds when the reality is that I am right at the 30 pound mark and fighting to get below 200.  I want wonderland real bad!
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