Darren W. Soong MD FACS My surgeon was very good at filling me in with the proper information, giving me all my options, and following up. I saw him before surgery three times, and also just as I was about to go in. He then spoke to my husband right when I got out and me later that night and first thing in the morning after. He is accessible and does not rush me through. The surgery went well and after care with him is very good. I would recommend him any day. I really am not trying to paint him as perfect, it is just that I have not had any negative things happen with him to report.
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Thanks guys! I am
sooooooo excited and
will be sure to keep
you updated. Edie
McGee is my contact
day of surgery and I
or Pete will call
with details of how
I wake up with thick
blonde hair, perfect
cheekbones and a
size 5!
Good luck with your
surgery. I can't
wait to follow your
progress here on OH,
because I have faith
in you. You're
already a winner,
and will soon be
winning the war with
obesity, too. Keep
up that positive
attitude!
I am 46 (MAKE THAT 47 NOW!!) years old and I finally realized a life long dream to become an attorney. Now it is time to focus on getting healthy so I can enjoy the fruits of my efforts. I have battled my weight for years. Here are my attempts starting back in 1977: Liquid protein diet, weight watchers, TOPS, Over-eaters anonymous, Nu-Day, Perricone, South Beach, Jenny Craig, Diabetics Eating Plan, starvation; American Heart Association Diet. Atkins, Slim-fast, Nutri Systems, Richard Simmons,
I have had one fill and will go in again on 2/12/08 for the second one. Though I do not feel real restriction in the sense of a sort of chokie thing, I am beginning to learn more about what restriction is........it is both physical and a mind set. Not trying to see how much can fit in, but eating an adequate amount and learning what THAT feels like. Amazing how that can teach on what real hunger and real satisfaction are. And the band is a great tool for both weight loss and behavior modificaiton. Other surgeries work and work well also. BUt for me, I always wanted ot be a person who ate good things in moderation. If I had gotten another surgery, I would not be learning the tools I need to learn to be an entire healthy me....if I could eat anything, like DS patients can, I would still hide behimd my food. If I could lose fast, I would not learn to see ME. I have always seen a elusive picture of myself...never correct.....when I was dieting, I thought I was bigger than I was...when I was on the gain, I thought I was not getting that big.........The band is a part of a system that allows me to take my time without near as much struggle as before. At two months into a diet without the band I would be cranky, guilty feeling if I cheated, and ready to quit. I am now doing great at making each day a way to learn about the new me I am creating......and I like that! 28 ponds down since 11/29/07.
Well, 10 days ago, I officially joined the club. It went easy for me and I was thrilled with my surgeon and the care I got at the hospital. I am healing very well and had very little gas pain, though I did have the gas pressure and am still a motor boat. I have lost 9 pounds in teh first week and then holding the last couple days. I am midway through the three week thick liquid diet that I was required to be on post op.
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Today I started the second part of my recovery. I went to Whole Foods and bought fresh fruit and veggies and will make fresh fruit protein shakes and vegitable juice. I want to get the best nurtrition I can in the amount of food I am allowed to ingest so that my hair and skin are healthy and I can get to my best potential health. I am excited to be my old hippy self instead of teh simple carb, fast food maven I had turned into!
I went to pre-op on Wednesday. I weighed in at 314.6, so down a bit from my consult. I am getting anxious to get in there and get this done and really am excited to begin the losing game. Let me try to recollect:
Pre Op: 314.8
Consult: 319.3
Seminar: 310.0
So, during the limbo I gained waiting. My suits at work are a tad tight and I am hoping that will end rather quickly with some initial loss. I have protein shakes, popcicles and soups ready for my 3 week post op liquids.
I met with the surgeons team today. What a great team I have. They want you to be sure your fills are adjusted so that you are not hungry between meals. That is the first criteria when considering fills.
I was so excited I found myself driving home, thinking about playing my trumpet, playing my guitar, riding my bike, hiking, burning CD's, doing, doing doing. It was FLOODING in! What was all that??????
It was HOPE! Plain and simple. It hit me that I am going to get my life back and I got all misty eyed at the thought.
My official date is November 29. I have to stay overnight because of my insurance. I get the 10cc band that has pillows all the way around. They told me that in tracking their patients since the new band, they find weigh loss at the same rate as their RNY patients, which they were not expecting at all. I really don't want to loose too fast.
No preop diet, just don't gain any weight. I get the Q-pump pain thingy. I am going to actually impose a diet on myself as I have gained while in LIMBO and want to get a little of that new weight off.
Three weeks post op thick liquids. Anything I don't have to chew.
I am LOVING life now....Really am on my way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So. Got a call from the program coordinator. I only have the Nutrition consult to go and on November 26 I meet with Dr. Soong. I will get my date at that meeting. Looks like December will be the surgery target now.
I was always a Tom-boy. I LOVED nothing more than to run faster and jump higher in my PF-Flyers. I played sports from the time I was about 8. I know it saved me from having bigger problems than I did have with my weight as a youngster. I played softball, but by third grade, I was a bit chubby. I kept active and in Jr. High was chubbier yet. But then I started with basketball to add to softball, track and bike riding. Even though I grew up in Seattle, I did not let the rain stop me from playing outside.
Once I left for college, though, things changed and dieting took the place of being as active. Later yet, I traded my cleats in for a spot on the couch and from there, things went south fast. Also, I hurt my back, only making activity more problematic.
I want to hike, ride bikes, golf. I want to enjoy life, nit just survive the pain. So here I am, looking to take drastic measures to take charge of my future!
I went to law school and got my law degree at 44. I am a practicing attorney doing everything I ever wanted. This is my big challenge now, to get my physical life together!
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