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My seccond goal after surgery is to weigh less than my husband.

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My first goal after surgery is to weigh less than my dad.

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My third goal is to get under 200 lbs!

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Surgeon Testimonial

Thirumalairaj Jayakumar M.D.
I picked Dr. Turnquest to perform my surgery He has a great personality, very soft spoken, nice guy. The first time I met him was at the seminar, he was very informative. The seccond time was at his office for my first visit. His staff is great! Ericka is working very hard to get everything I need to submit to my insurance co. She is very helpful, nice, and knows her stuff, that alone is very helpful. This is what I thought in the beginning. WRONG!!! Hope if you use them you have a cut and dry case. If there is any work to be involved, forget it. They seem to only want to work on case's that don't require any effort. I have now switched surgeons, and have gone to NuWeigh. They know what they're doing.
Member Interests
  • Hobbies - Love fishing, country music, movies, bowling
  • Parenting - I have 3 wonderful children: Rex 18, Morgan 10, BreAnna 6
  • Romance - I have a loving, devoted, supoortive husband

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  • Comment by butterflyjen24 on 1/2/09 11:40 am
    Wow...so it looks like it's coming up on our 2 year surgiversary!! YOU look amazing!! I have been wondering about you for a while now! I'm sad that we've lost touch but such things happen in life! Well, i'm still around! Give a call sometime, 832-512-5050 or send me an email, jweeks@caprock.com. Jennifer Weeks Your Surgery Buddy!! :)
  • Comment by butterflyjen24 on 3/1/07 9:35 pm
    Hey girl!! Congrats on the weight loss and I'm so glad that we have become friends! I'm surprised your hubby is still sane after sitting with my family for those few hours at the hospital!! hahahahaha!! Well, keep in touch! :)
  • Comment by Teresa D. on 2/20/07 10:32 am
    Welcome to the loser's side, girl ! I was happy to read that your surgery went well and that you're now back in your room and resting comfortably. Remember... walk, walk, walk and sip, sip, sip ! ;-)
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on June 3, 2007 8:56 pm

Wow, been a long tme since I've updated! I am now almost 4 months out and am down 60 lbs. WOOHOO!! I went from a size 22 to a 16. Not doing great with my water, still trying. All my blood work comes back good, glad for that. I feel so much better now! Glad to know I only have 1 neck instead of 3! I actually can see that I have knee caps! Been looking for them for along time. I actually can cross my legs now, wow that feels wonderful! I am trying to like the new me, I guess i'm the only one that can't really see the differance. I've been fat for so long, I geuss I still see me that way. Anyway, all is well and I'm very happy, will update again when I get more news!

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I'm home and feeling great!
on February 22, 2007 10:49 am
Well today is Thursday, I had surgery on Monday, came home Tues afternoon about 4. I'm really sore, I had to have a hyadal hernia repaired during surgery. I am up walking around, doing everything I'm supposed to. I feel pretty good as far as pain goes, I'm a little uncomfortable because of the gas that is still in my belly, my meds make me very sleepy. I have already lost 10 lbs. in 3 days. WOW, that was neat.  I was woried to death about becoming constipated after surgery so I started adding 2 tbsp of milk of magnesia to my daily regemen of meds. Well now I have the runs! Oh well, still tring to figure out how all this stuff works. I'm getting in about 60 g of protein a day, so I guess thats good. I'll up date more later, just took pain meds, have to go lay down.
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APPROVED!!!!!!
on February 12, 2007 8:00 am
WOW, just got a phone call from Kim at NuWeigh, she asked me how I was doing, I thought she was calling to give me results from testing. I told her I was fine, she said well, would you like to be finer? I said excuse me? She said Aetna just approved me for surgery!!! I am hysterical at this very moment!!! So I proceed to ask her how far are they scheduling out? I'm thinking at least into March, she said how bout Monday? I said Monday as in next week? She said yeah. Well then I almost fainted! I said heck yeah, sign me up! Now I'm going nuts trying to get everything done in time. I'll post later with the hosp phone #. I'll be at the First Street Hospital, it's about 3 months old and is a bariatric hosp. I'll update more on Thurs after I pre reg at the hosp.!!!
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on February 2, 2007 4:54 am
WOW!!!! It's already February! How time flies. Well to update, we moved into our new house, love it! Got through the hollidays, they were great! Now just waiting for approval from insurance. Nuweigh said I should know something in 5-10 days. Cross your fingers, will update again when I know something.
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on November 7, 2006 9:06 pm
Well, tomorrow I have to go get my EGD, and ultra sound of my gall bladder, Plus we have to meet with our lender to sign the papers for closing on our house. We went by the house today, we now have all 6 columns up, grass, dishwasher, and stove are in place. Now all we have to do is get a refrigerator. They are so expensive! I hope we'll be able to get one before we move in. My stupid washing machine is going out I think, it's making funny noises. Oh well, we shall see what happens. I will update late when I get my results from the tests.

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Hi, I am 36 years old, very happily married, and mother of 3. I have been overweight for most of my life, especially after childbirth! Tried everything there is on this earth to lose weight, obviously not succesful. I don't really have any life threatening health concerns at this time, that I know of, but have family history of obesity, CHF, stroke, and cancer. I don't have HBP, Colesteol, diabetes. But I do have reflux really bad and my joints and back hurt so bad at times I can't hardly move. I have chosen the RNY. I've never had surgery before or been put to sleep, rather nervous about the procedure. I have chosen my surgeon, Dr. Dexter Turnquest in Houston. He is such a nice person, very soft spoken, informative, his staff is great too! I am in the process of getting approval from my insurance co. We have Aetna. Have heard they are hard to crack, so trying not to get my hopes up to soon. I have already done my psych eval and nutrition appt.. I have researched this procedure in depth and am very excited about getting healthy and losing the extra person I've been carrying around, lol as my Doc described. I know once I lose this weight, I'll be able to do the things I so long for, like being able to walk without getting so winded, or tying my shoes without tuning beat red and sweating to death before I can get back up! Energy, I can't wait, concidering that I have none, lol wonder what it's like to have some. I'll be able to keep up with my kids. Please pray for me, and my family as we journey through this life changing experience! I'll update as soon as I have more info.




My top 10 list of things I want to do AFTER surgery:

1. Shop at a regular store and buy regular clothes!

2. Cross my legs

3. Breath without such effort

4. Ride amusment rides with my kids

5. Weight less than my husband

6. Take a nice vaction and enjoy it

7. Renew my wedding vows

8. Start dancing again ( l love line dancing CW dancing)

9. Walk tall, get some self respect and self esteem

10. Not be so hot all the time.