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Surgeon TestimonialBrian B. Quebbemann, M.D., F.A.C.S.I loved Dr Q as soon as I met him. He spent lots of time with us teaching us all about the surgeries. The best part about The New rogram is that they have a ZERO mortality rate, and that's the kind of Dr I wanted to do my surgery!rnrnThe New Program has a Two year follow up and everyone that works there are all wonderful to deal with.rnrnDr Q's surgical competence is why I decided he should be the one to do my surgery!rnrnTo be perfectly honest though, I haven't seen Dr Q since before he preformed my surgery. I've had follow-ups with others on his staff, but most of my appointments are on days when he's in surgery.rnrnHe does the talking before hand, and makes sure you pick the right surgery for you, then the rest of the staff handle it from there. I guess that why he's a surgeon!rnrnHe does attend the Lifestyle Management classes, but becasue of the time, I'm unable to go to them. rnrn Member Interests
- Travel - We travel as often as possible.
- Dogs - Love dogs, the bigger the better. We have two male Great Danes!
- Theater - Love going to theater, we have seaon tickets to the Pantages in Hollywood.
- Music - Love music of all types, Husband plays bass guitar in a band.
- Photography - Always the one behind the camera, and love taking pictures during our travels.
- Auto Racing - Big NASCAR fan!
- Married - Celebrated 15 years Feb 2006
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October 6, 2009 on October 6, 2009 8:05 am
It's done!
The stitches and drain are out and boy oh boy does it feel good! When the Dr walked in the room yesterday I looked at him and said if you don't take it out I will! He laughed and said let's get it out then.
He gave me all sorts of rules, take it easy the rest of the week, no exercise for 2 weeks, binder for 2 more weeks at least, and no lifing any more than 10 pounds for the next 2 months. He really is pleased though despite my little complication. He said everything else has healed 100% and it looks great.
Hubby and I went to my new favorite resturant for lunch in Newport beach and we both decided we'd be sad at not having lunch there once a week. It'll be worth it not to have to be in pain though. I don't have to go back for 6 weeks now. YEAHOO!
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October 1, 2009 on October 1, 2009 8:38 am
Went back to the PS for my check-up yesterday. I had no expectations in what would be done and I'm so glad!
He check the incision and removed the steri strips, then he just stood there looking at it. I finally said if you are hesitant at all I would rather you didn't take the drain out, I do not want to go through having it put back in again. He smiled and said ok come back Monday.
So I still have the stitches and drain but I do have a new smaller binder that no longer rubs on the incision area and is much more comfortable. I was ok'd to do errands and start walking again, of course I have to ease into it all. I'm just thrilled to get off full house arrest!
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September 28, 2009 on September 29, 2009 6:54 am
Finally had all drain removed, well, that lasted for a whole week!
My happenings of the last week -
My incision at the joint of my leg and body opened up a tiny bit and it started draining fluid. By the next morning the fluid was gushing out. It lasted a good 4 hours and then slowed down. Off to the Dr we go, and he checked it out. Finally he stuck something in it and decided it was too big to let go, my body had created a cavity that was just filling with fluid. There in his office he prepped me and opened me back up about 3 inches. It was weird, I some of it I felt, some I didn't. He numbed me a lot but I guess it was more the tugging, until he got to the stitches, seemed like I felt most of those!
This drain has been in since last Wed. and it's slowed down to less than 30 cc's a day now. I go back on Wed. to let him check it. He'll probably take out the stitches but who knows about the drain. It's in a very comfortable spot, on Saturday I wanted to scream all day long I was so miserable. That was the very worst day for me though.
DR also decided to place me on antibiotics longer. This past weekend I had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics and developed a full body rash. I stopped taking them and the Dr ordered a different kind. The rash is slowly going away.
Guess I'll just take it one day at a time for now. I do keep wondering if in a year from now I'll look back and think it was no biggy? HAHAHAHA I told my husband while we were waiting in the Dr's office last week, remind me of all this next time I say I want to have an elective surgery!
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Sept. 14, 2009 on September 14, 2009 11:36 am
Still under house arrest!
I went to the PS on Friday and he told me there was too much fluid to remove the 2 remaining drains. Since we drive a bit of a way he said to call when the fluid levels got to be under 30 cc's total per day. As of today I'm still around 50 cc's. He really wants these out by Friday since it'll be 3 weeks and I'll have a higher risk for infection in them.
It sounds so wonderful to be told to sit around and do nothing, but when it's almost 3 weeks, it sucks! I feel so bad watching my husband do everything. He's so good about it but dang it I want to cook and clean.
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Sept. 10, 2009 on September 10, 2009 6:57 am
Here I am one day short of 2 weeks post-op from my tummy tuck. The Dr removed 12 pounds of skin and told me I happened to have the honor of being the patient he's removed the most skin off of in one surgery. He went and looked it up to make sure.
I had 1 drain and all stitches removed on Tuesday. Boy oh boy, did it make a difference. I really can't say anything has been painful, just very uncomfortable. Once the stitches came out it was nice not to have then being irritated by the binder.
Today should be my last full day of house arrest. After surgery my orders were to sit around read a good book or watch "chick flicks," sounds wonderful until you have to do it! Dr said not moving much would help the skin he lifted to re adhere. I guess he knows what he's doing as of today I'm down 15 pounds and really don't have much swelling. It seems to reach it's worst early evening and that's when I'm the most uncomfortable. It's always in my pubic area and I'm sure that's because of the drains. Tomorrow I have an 11:00AM appointment and hopefully the remaining 2 drains are removed.
Yesterday I put on a T-shirt that I've worn on a regular basis the last few months, it just hung on me! Guess it's close to time to clean the closet and go shopping!
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My Story I'm one of those people that feels like they've been on a diet since day one! Well, OK, maybe not that bad but you know what I mean. I was only 6lbs. when born, but my Grandma loved to spoil me and helped change that. Not that I'm blaming anyone but me for my weight! Looking back at childhood pictures I was a little bit over weight by the age of 6 or 7, really not bad, but not skinny, when puberty hit at 10 things changed. I inherited my fat genes from my Mom's side of the family, darn it! On my Dad's side everyone is thin. He did give me his love for sweets though, darn him! I've been trying for two years to get approved to have a consult for GBS, Pacificare HMO just wouldn't let me have it. My PCP tried and tried, they keep denying it saying I had to do this or that, and basically gave me the run around. My PCP finally looked at me one day and said there is nothing more I can do to help you, you'll have to fight with them now. That made me mad, really made, I felt like he was giving up on me. I filed a grievance with Pacificare, wrote a long letter telling them my history and what not, begging them for help. A couple days later I was still in a down mood, and was having my hair done. My hairdresser and I were talking and I started crying, I'm just so tired of being fat. Turns out she has another client that working on having RNY done, and she called her and got the info for me. The very next day I called The New Program, got set up to attend an info seminar and they sent me all kinds of info on their program.
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