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Paul Kemmeter
rnDr Kemmeter is awesome. So nice and professional with a great bedside manner. His skill as a surgeon is unsurpassed. because of my high BMI at surgery, Dr Kemmeter wasn't sure he could insert the lap instruments into me and seriously considered waking me up and having me lose more weight than perform an open operation. In the end he was able to get them in and safely performed the procedure. I received my VSG on 3/21/07 due to Dr Kemmeter's skill and caring. Thanks Doc!rnI owe my life to you. A great surgeon and person.
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6 Weeks post-op Update
posted on 11/24/08 10:40 am
Well, 6 weeks have gone by already since my DS. Things have started to settle down. I came through surgery pretty well despite the fact I was on the table for 5 hours. It took a while to get to the "area" because of my large tummy, and my surgeon and his PA let me know that the next morning in no uncertain terms. I think the actual switch was easier than getting down in there. They were very tired afterwards. I knew it would be tough and I'm grateful that they performed the surgery I wanted, and did it lap rather than open. As a result I left the hospital after 3 days. They left my gallbladder in because they said it was pristine and no need to remove it. During the hospital stay, I had some bad gas pains as well as being very cold among my discomforts. I was able to walk up and down the halls and did the best I could with that. They found out during my upper GI the next morning after surgery that there was some swelling in one of my new connections, because they couldn't see any liquids going through my system. They practically had to turn me upside down to figure this out. However, the swelling has slowly disappeared and I'm able to eat normally now. No signs of any leaks or any other problems. Dr Kemmeter really is a great surgeon because I presented a challenge for them.

The last several weeks have been trial and error for me food wise. If I eat too much carbs or fat, I pay for it later in the bathroom. If I just stick with protein only, then there are no bathroom issues. I knew this going in and have tested myself. I had some pizza at work one day and paid the price for it dearly about 4 hours later. Of course I'm not supposed to be having pizza so early out, so I've learned my lesson. I do crave protein and will stick with that from now on.

My weight loss had been 40 pounds since a week before surgery. I last weighed on November 14th, and my 6 week post-op visit will be December 4th. Perhaps a 60 pound loss by then? I could be well on the way to a 100 pound loss by the end of January. If I can ramp up the exercise, I think that is a real possibility. The DS seems to be working for me. Everything seems to be working out. The future looks bright for me.

Will update any further losses soon!

Chris


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