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  • Name: margaret odom
  • Username: mamasebay
  • Location: sumner, GA, USA
  • Member Since: 8/21/2005
  • BMI: 25.7
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (01/27/06)
  • Surgeon: Titus Duncan
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Surgeon Testimonial

Titus Duncan
I first met Dr. Duncan at the Seminar and he has a great humor about him. He didn't leave any stone unturned about the surgery. He doesn't try to talk you into the process at all and lets you know ALL of the risks and benefits of it.I had been very determined to have the WLS before I got there but after the deminar I was over the top with enthusiasm.I also had an office visit the same day as the seminar and there staff if very nice. They even came out into the waiting area and asked if anyone needed anything like water. or anything else. I wouldn't change my mind at all on the choice I made of him.
Member Interests
  • Family & Friends - Have 3 beautiful girls, 3 great son in laws and a twin sister(im the good one)
  • Humor - If you don't have it in this life, you'll miss out!
  • Interior Decoration - My alltime favorite. Wallpapering, Painting, Designing!!
  • Grandchildren - Have two, David 6, Anslee 3, HEAVEN SENT TO ME!!!
  • E-Bay - LOVE IT!!! Passes the time away......;o)
  • Married - Married 28 years!! Love him , but never turned him into eatting partner lol
  • Shopping - Man, is there anything else better than eatting EXCEPT shopping!

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by piperkc on 2/5/06 8:29 am
    "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~George Eliot “The Greatest healing therapy is friendship and Love.” ~ Hubert Humphrey "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start from now and make a brand new ending" " The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, but in what direction we are moving." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow." ~ O. S. Marden "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." ~ James Allen "I asked God to give me happiness. God said, "No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you." ~ Author Unknown "Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. "Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~ Anthony Robbins " ~ Harvey Mackay "Life is a challenge, but if you don't stand and risk you will never know if you were able to win or lose. Challenges are not a thing of winning or losing; they are a way of learning from them to become a better person every day! ~ Alexsander Rodriguez, P.R "Don't ask for it to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." Dan Kuschell "The most important question to ask is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." ~ Jackson Brown "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly "Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron "The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~ Thomas Carlyle "Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure." ~ Sydney Harris "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT." ~ Nike advertising campaign "I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude - your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people - determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself." ~ Carolyn Warner "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." ~ Author Unknown "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~ Author Unknown "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A wish changes NOTHING; A decision, changes EVERYTHING "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will,they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeves "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn May you always have an Angel by your side. Watching out for you in all the things you do. Reminding you to keep believing in brighter days. Have a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5
  • Comment by Margaret F. on 1/26/06 8:55 am
    Never look back, and keep on looking forward to tomorrow! Tomorrow there will be less pain, tomorrow there will be more energy, tomorrow is filled with hope, tomorrow is already on it's way, tomorrow is bright and full of wonder, tomorrow is a new day, and keep making plans, keep hoping, and keep looking forward because tomorrow is coming! Yesterday is gone, it is the past, tomorrow is the future, and today it is a gift, that's why you call it the present. -unknown
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Tanja is my graphics designer
on September 30, 2005 10:11 am
I want to shout out at my girlfriend Tanja!! She is a member of our SMO's club,and is my graphics designer!!! She done a great job!! Thanks Tanja.... I owe ya!!
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Hemitologist Visit and I lost 22lbs
on September 29, 2005 7:38 am
First off let me say... I have lost 22lbs since I last weighed. YEAH!!!! I was so happy. I have been eatting religiously and exersicing at the gym almost everyday. Glad something is paying off finally. I went to the hemitologist yesterday and all I had was low iron. Man, being sent to a specialist just for that. I got a pat on the back and apresciption for iron tablets. She did say she was gonna call dr. chhinna and tell her I was fine. SO now two more to go, JEEZ! I have appointment Tues with Pulmonologist and Wednesday with the Cardiologist for a ecocardiogram. So after that though buddy she BETTER write my clearance letter or else!!! I can be going back to atlanta pretty much and take my nutritionist class and finish that up and go see lolita at dr. duncans office about the ins things. I am so ready. so Will update later when something to tell ya..

Pre-op weight loss... 22 pounds gone:

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Ecocardiagram and Pulmonologist
on September 27, 2005 7:36 am
I went to the gym for the second time last night and MAN! Not that easy..... I am giving it every effort though...Well, my pcp office called yesterday and want me to go for a ecocardiagram at the hospital instead of stress test. OK.... And then said my pulmonary funtion test wasnt as high as she liked and are now wanting me to go to a pulmonologist. Yeah, thats right... Another specialist. Which means in my eyes.. cha ching cha ching..Its crazy. My pcp wont give the go ahead for the clearance till then. WHatever... I am getting so UUGGHH!!!So the only thing that keeps me from going crazy is my weight loss buddies on the boards...Deb goes to dr. duncan to and she said to just do the best you can to lose weight before I go back to see him and dontthink so much about the sixty pounds they want me to lose. So I am..... SMO's RULE!!!!!
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Gym here i come
on September 24, 2005 7:35 am
Well, Im offically a member at a gym! What a joke that is. Nearly 400lbs and going to a gym. Don't know what I can do as far as exercising there but gonna give it EVERY effort I have. My daughter is signing up with me so thats cool. Did't really want to go by myself. I went to JcPenney and bought a nice light pair of shoes. Called New Balance 600, whatever that means lol. So will let ya know how that goes. I have been eatting just enough to get by. No junk food at all and no sugar. Started taking Vitamins like the surgeon says to do before surgery. So on the right road I guess...
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Pysch Doctor
on September 22, 2005 7:30 am
Well, been a ride I tell ya since I last wrote on here. Let me begin. I went to Macon to see the pchyc dr. and he was SO SO nice. It went great. He was a really concerned type of dr. which really makes ya feel good when you have so much going on like this type of stuff.His name was Alan Williams out of Macon Ga. Any of you out there ever need to see one and you live around here in Ga I HIGHLY recommend him.He even told me he was sending out a letter that I passed. See, thats what Im talking about. He didnt have to even tell me that I passed the test.. Next day I had the Dr's visit with the surgeon in Atlanta. Dr. Duncan. Well, I saw his other associate Dr. Fields. She was really nice and concerned and all but was slammed in the face that I needed to lose SIXTY pounds... I was so SHOCKED.. NEVER did they tell me this. And she got upset because I came all that way and noone told me ahead of time. So that was fun. I weighed 397 at the office so that was good. Some gone huh? I was really bummed about it but figured that NOTHING is gonna keep me from getting this done so.... so be it. Next, I called my pcp office and YES the platelets are still elevated. So now I have an appointment with a hemotologist next wednesday to see whats up with that. My pcp Dr. WONT give clearance letter till all is ok with me. I understand her point but UUUHHHGG...After the surgeons office visit the seminar was at 5:30. That lasted till about 8:00. Well, with all the questions and all people asked. It was very nice but I had done so much research on the net for years till it wasnt nothing I hadnt known.Then yesterday I had the pulmonary test done. Wasnt to bad Id say. Just was so exhausted from all the walking from offices to hospitals to you name it. They even gave me a heads up on the test. Said I passed it ok. So here I am now chilling and catching up on all my things to do around here and get started REALLY being religious about the weight issue's. I am even joining a local gym down the road from us. It is a small town so the gym is nice and all and not to expensive. I just wonder if cant hardly go with my knee killing me now, how will I do it at a gym??? Well if determination counts for anything....... IM THERE!!

Down some from my heaviest weight at my first official weigh-in:







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