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Surgeon Testimonial Chris Sanborn My first impression of Dr. Sanborn was "Hello, Ray Liotta!" Just kidding, it is a running joke around here that he is one doctor who is definitely soft on the eyes! So far, I have had my WLS class and my first consultation appointment with him. Dr. Sanborn seems extremely nice and supportive. He appears to have enough experience with WLS needed to put you at ease. He conducts a very informative Q&A class on WLS before you have your first consultation appointment with him. It is a half hour long power point presentation and afterwards he asks for questions and answers anything we have for him. Dr. Sanborn does require a pre-op checklist covering all necessary tests and multiple visits to the nutritionists and behavioral health, so be prepared for that. However, he does NOT require any weight loss prior to surgery but does tell you that it is healthier for you in the end. Sanborn is a supporter of the support group meetings although the hospital chose to drop the program when the soldiers came back from combat. A group of post-op women has taken it upon themselves to restart the meetings and so far, they are going strong! (I enjoy them, thanks Moe!!!) Dr. Sanborn also treats his WLS patients just like any other surgical patient, he does not feel that we are “bottom of the list” when it comes to scheduling our surgeries. This is one of my favorite things about him! It is a real shame that there is only one of him! (Although there is a new surgeon that just PCSed here and Sanborn is training him up to take part in the WLS program!) So far, my experience with the staff of the Surgical Clinic has not been the best. (Since this is a military hospital, it really should not reflect on the doctor but the hospital itself.) So far, the clinic staff, more specifically the front desk people, have lost my paperwork, been rude on occasions, and given me false information. I admit that sometimes the staff is nice but typically, I get such a cold and aloof feeling from them whenever I go in. It is such a complete difference from Dr. Sandborn and some of his nurses! Member Interests
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Merry Meet, as you can probably tell I have not updated this profile in ages; heck I have not even been to the OH.com since moving to Washington. I still tell people about this resource and of course I still go to (and lead) OA meetings locally, but I have been too busy living life to keep this profile up along with all of the other ones that I have. I recently rededicated myself to “get back to the basics” which has been a challenge since my son developed Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS). So our entire family eats mainly whole foods and we stick to a gluten free diet; although we’re considering cutting Casein too which poses a real challenge to my own dietary needs. For the past 3 years, I have battled severe anemia and with that I have slowly put on 30 pounds that I DO NOT want. With my hubby’s recent deployment and pending retirement form the Army, I have decided to go back to school to become an OTA and really knuckle down on my weight loss so that in the next 8 months I can get that stress weight off! My long term goal is to get my Masters in Nutrition & Mental Health Counseling, unfortunately my chosen school is NOT cheap and I don’t have the $100k for the degree program. Therefore, it will have to wait 5-8 years until my son goes off to college and hubby has finished his schooling as a PA and landed himself a good job so I can afford grad school. LOL! Anyways, I see that OH has a bunch of new and helpful tools so I just might be back more often now. I wonder if there is a crackberry app? 
My Story Where I began this journey~ written January 2005 I am a twenty something mother of one and Army wife. I have struggled with obesity all of my life. All through my youth, I was a competitive swimmer, diver, and track & field athlete but I remained overweight. I remember reaching 200 lbs and a size 16 when I was in 9th grade but no one ever really saw me as overweight because I was a successful athlete and "carried my weight well." I continued to gain weight slowly throughout high school and into college, no matter what kind of diet, exercise program, or nutrition program I tried the numbers continued to creep up the scale. My husband and I tried to get pregnant for 3 years before I finally found out that we had succeeded. For a long time I lost weight during my pregnancy and my doctor was supportive. Unfortunately, during my third trimester, I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and was put on bed rest. Before I knew it, I gained over 50 pounds in less than 6 weeks. After my son was born, I figured I could lose the weight but I never did. Several years later, I peeked at 257 pounds and I found myself taking medications for blood pressure, allergies, asthma, joint pains, insomnia, etc… I had tried every prescription drug, every miracle pill, programs, nutrition programs, etc… and nothing had been successful for me. A turning point in my life came when my six-year-old son looked at me and asked me if I wanted X miracle pill (weight loss drug advertised on television). “I want you to be skinny so we can do karate together.” I just cried right there since I had just finished yet another medically supervised weight loss program, that day, with the label of “morbidly obese.” I thought back to all those bottles of medication my mother has to take for her various illnesses (related to her own weight problem) and I vowed right then and there, that I did not want this to continue, it was time to take more drastic measures. I WANTED to be healthy; I wanted to live life for me and for my family! I wanted to stop the obesity legacy our family was leaving for future generations with me! And so I did it. After much waiting (and fighting the Army healthcare system), I managed to get myself approved for gastric bypass surgery. January 19, 2005 now marks the first day of the rest of my new life as a healthy, young, & vibrant ME! |
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