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Surgeon Testimonial Leo Davidson, M.D. My first impression of Dr. Davidson~great bedside manner, I am a nurse and I liked the way he treated his patients! I knew I wanted to be one of his patients! My impression did not change over time. Office staff was good except for the first visit when I was crying in the office the lady was so mean to me. I would say that he is the best surgeon I have ever met...that says alot! VERY LOW INFECTION RATE>>> Latest Surgery Support Comments No comments posted yet. Please post yours. Click here for the surgery support page |
Almost 8 months and 112lbs after surgery.... Having the surgery was the best thing I could have ever done! I was fat and miserable. I almost didn't recognize myself in photographs and on the inside I was so far from my true self, I was losing my spirit. I now have a new found energy and love for life and I am enjoying "living" my life, instead of just existing. I thank you, God, for every single pound you have taken off of me and thank you for keeping me healthy! 
My Story All of the mental prep that you do before surgery is beneficial, just make sure you prep your mind for all of the possible options. I loved to eat so much before surgery, that I thought for sure (And was scared) that I would wake up hungry. So I did a lot of mental exercises, e.g. thinking about the size of my pouch...that kind of thing. And then I had my surgery. The first 2 weeks after my surgery were horrible. I remember waking up from surgery and saying "what have I done". The pain was so "heavy", sometimes it was hard to breathe. But of course, the next day was easier. About 3 days after surgery, I was still on Dilaudid, because of allergies, and I was eating Zofran about every 6-8 hours around the clock. Nausea-was not my friend. Just to see a soup label made me want to vomit. So I turned all of my Campbell's soup tins facing backwards. I had bought protein bullets prior to surgery-and they made me nauseated too. Water didn't even taste good to me anymore. It was about the 6th day of this that I sobbed, and I couldn't even sob really because of the pain and I really regretted what I had done. For those of you who'd seen "Pirates"-when Captain Barbosa in the beginning says something like "too long has food turned to ash in our mouth and too long has the water not quenched our thirst" and I told my husband- what if that is me. What if I am like this forever-nauseated ...forever... I had prepared myself for the worst of all cirucumstances...to expect to be that patient that would want to go to Burger King after the surgery-after all, you can't imagine, after dieting through hunger for so many years, that you might actually "not" be hungary...but I hadn't mentally prepared to be nauseated most of the time. At least I wasn't nauseated when I was asleep. So prepare yourself, your mind, for anything and everything. Well, about the 8th day, having tried several different brands of water and tasting every metal in them, I tried Evian. I almost cried then, too, because it tasted like water to me...not like I was licking a lead pipe! Finally-I could drink water. Now I only mention a few things here...about what I tried. But you would be well tired of reading this if I put every thing that I tried down...every kind of crystal light, every type of broth, every type of most anything you can think of- but I was some kind of nauseated...all the time. Then, about 2 weeks later...I finished my Dilaudid and that was the day that I advanced to a semi-soft diet. And much to my dismay-the nausea went away! Whether it was actually being able to eat food or if it was not taking the Dilaudid (probably the Dilaudid), something wonderful happened. That was when I started to feel God's blessings upon me and I knew that I was going to be okay. The only other "kind of" thing that I had was a stricture about six weeks out- but that was easily fixed. I have a great surgeon and I love his PA, too. So when I called to let them know that I was vomiting all day and not even being able to hold down a sip of water, he admitted me to the hospital right from home. He was there waiting for me at the hospital. A wonderful guy, or what? Well, no other problems since then and I am now 16 months post op, 124 lbs gone forever, and watching everything that goes into my mouth! |
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