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Andrew Duffy, M.D.
Dr. Andrew Duffy is the best!!! He is with Yale University Bariatric Surgeons - a center for excellence and he is in with Dr. Robert Bell. I went to the seminar on 12/8/06 and listened attentively to all they had so say. Needless to say when Dr. Duffy presented I just knew that this is the guy I was looking for to do my surgery - he knew his stuff and he was kind and sensitive to my questions. I was getting frustrated because I could not get an appointment for my psych eval prior to 1/07 and he was kind enough to give me the name of Mark Gaynor, LCSW and I got an appointment right away. My paperwork was all complete and in Dr. Duffy's office by 1/2/07. Since I did not get a call with an appointment by 1/3/07, the very next day, I decided to e-mail Dr. Duffy on our Groupwise system that we use at Yale and I said \"I am hoping God places it in your heart to read this e-mail - I need a date!!!\" and he read it - I got a call with a date four days after. I feel confident and I know that I made the right decision. The staff is great, Jane, his nurse manager was great - she had R&Y a couple years ago and looks great and she used to work as an OR nurse where I work which is part of Yale too.
Member Interests
  • Artist/Muralist - I paint the most beautiful stills and christian art in acrylics on canvas
  • Basketry - I love making beautiful dolls and gift baskets that are unique
  • Hispanic/Latino - I was born in Panama, Republic of Panama came to US at age 24.

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by MSW will not settle on 11/20/09 2:32 pm
    So glad to hear your brachio has gone well. Here's to a speedy, uncomplicated, painfree recovery. Blessings!
  • Comment by So Blessed! on 9/17/08 8:27 am
    I'm lifting you in prayer today. Praying for a smooth recovery without complications and that the pain will be managed.
  • Comment by darkandlovely on 9/15/08 6:28 pm
    Hey Lady: I know you will be just fine! God has brought you this far and he will not leave you now! I pray for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery! You did your thang this summer in all of your gorgeous outfits! Peace and Blessings!
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a MINDSET and a kick arse ATTITUDE
on August 17, 2011 8:28 am
 In the face of adversity that is ... ... a kick arse attitude and a mindset to give it my best shot ... 
My DD and I .. tag teaming it for life ... me 4.5 years post RNY and mindful of my intake/output/labs/physicals and overall health and mobility and her mindful of diet and exercise and lifetime follow-up of her recent diagnosed condition ... Me with 5 co-morbidities in remission ... Her battling a recent diagnosis of dermatomyositis now in remission ...

We both have before and afters ... she was the one who encouraged me on my pursuit of WLS the day she took a bad fall over 4.5 years ago and I could not make it up the stairs to assist her my mobility impaired ... 

This is our yesterday... ME and my DAUGHTER ....


This is our NOW...



This is me today ... wearing the same outfit I wore over a year ago and had to take in twice since..

This is the same picture taken in May of 2010 and uploaded on that day in my OH photo section here....


and I tracked it all in a digital journal ... A PICTURE A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES  AWAY ... a tool that works for me .. because after ALL .. I CHOOSE NOT TO FORGET WHERE I CAME FROM ... that fat woman is very much me .. her deliverance is my release and my release is her deliverance ... I refuse to forget me ..I loved me then and I love me now .. but I BETTER LOVE HEALTH AND MOBILITY ... the very same things that my co-morbidities and girth impaired in my before ... I will not return to that state if I can help it ... the things that are in my control I will control ... the things that are out of my control I will address medically or in whatever best way there is and keep it moving ...

I embrace joy each and every day in spite of all hell breaking loose around me ... nobody told me that life was going to be easy ... but I have an mindset and a kick arse attitude today ... in the face of adversity I WILL GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT .... 

THIS IS MY JOURNAL ENTRY THIS WEEK...


My DHs foot was acting up this weekend and he was experiencing pain ... so while my DD celebrated her B-day in the Big Apple we stayed home and spent quality time with ourselves ...our 8 ferrets and me with my pallet..my brushes..my canvas and my sketch pad ... I had tons of fun finishing up paintings for my OH friends on my group Share-it! Living Pretty .. opened to all .. Link in my Siggy Line....

These are some of my weekend paintings packed and ready to ship (no costs nor strings attached ever)







Fashion sketches using Charcoal and Graphite....


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I love love love making things ... painting and sewing and sketching are my most favorite hobbies of ALWAYS ... I have been painting/sketching since the age of 3-4 and I love love love to sketch/paint or draw people ... I have done pretty well with some animals and landscapes too but not my strength....

When I think about it and run through my checklist..
Improved Mobility 100% CHECK!
Diabetes in remission CHECK!
NO MORE GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX CHECK CHECK CHECK! Goodbye Nexium...
No HYPERTENSION CHECK! CHECK! CHECK!
No Dyslipidemia CHECK!
No more SLEEP APNEA...CHECK! CHECK CHECK!!! Good bye C-Pap...
NO Shortness of Breath CHECK!

I AM MORE DETERMINED NOT TO FORGET EVER! I HAVE FUN .. I HAVE MOBILITY .. I ENJOY MY 4 AM MORNING RUN WHICH BTW I RAN 12 MILES MONDAY MORNING PUMPING IT UP 7 MORE MILES FROM MY REGULAR 5 MILES AND CAME IN TO WORK INVIGORATED ... YUP!!! I AM LOVING IT!!!


Thanks for allowing me to share snippets from my journey.  

 ..."there is misery and joy in equal parts in this world. Misery will find us if we make ourselves a target. Joy is just waiting for us to acknowledge it. I find joy every day in all parts of my life and I just let it happen to me. Misery is there but I'm sure as hell not going to invite it in".....


 
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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!!!
on August 15, 2011 6:31 am
 a picture taking/sharing trollop that is ... what is the Internet lingo AW???? call me what you want ...

I am loving my RNY AND my healthy LIFESTYLE and my my my MOBILITY YES!!!! got up at 4:00 am this morning and with my friends and we decided to PUMP IT UP and guess what ... WE RAN 12 MILES INSTEAD OF 5 WOOT WOOT ... guess what? we were .5 miles short of a 20K .... and we ALL ran together ... same pace ... no me lingering behind ... AWESOME ... INVIGORATED ... I want to do it again .... it was FUN running in the morning rain....

This is a far cry from me being impaired to make it up a flight of stair four and a half years ago? WHY SHOULD I FORGET? I DON'T WANT TO!!! I WANT TO REMEMBER ALWAYS ... PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO FORGET ME ... MY COWORKERS CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER THE OLD ME LOOK EVEN THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE WORKPLACE OVER 10 YEARS WITH ME ... BUT ME? I WANT TO REMEMBER ME ... 




Because I can run a 20K and get dressed for work and have a twinkle in my eye and beaucoup energy for DAYYYYYYYYYYY ... YES!!! it feels good ... I REFUSE TO GO BACK to co-morbidities and impaired mobility .... I LOVE THIS FREEDOM ... Me on my way to work today...


Me farting around the house all weekend having fun just LEISURELY ... painting and sketching and having quality time with my family and ferrets and friends who came by....



I recorded it all ... in my digital empowerment journal A PICTURE A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES AWAY .... 



I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE MY RNY.....
Improved Mobility 100% CHECK!
Diabetes in remission CHECK!
NO MORE GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX CHECK CHECK CHECK! Goodbye Nexium...
No HYPERTENSION CHECK! CHECK! CHECK!
No Dyslipidemia CHECK!
No more SLEEP APNEA...CHECK! CHECK CHECK!!! Good bye C-Pap...
NO Shortness of Breath CHECK!

With those stats who wants to EVER go back??? The things that I can control I will control.  The risks benefits and alternatives were ALL perfectly well explained to me and I AGREED TO PROCEED.... Should any event OUT OF MY CONTROL and/or the eventuality of ANY one of those risks rise to affect me at any given point in my journey I will address it PROMPTLY and keep it moving ... I will fix along with my excellent medical team whatever goes wrong IF and WHEN it goes wrong AT the time it goes wrong ... if I survive it I WILL TESTIFY ... as I go through it I WILL NOT CURSE MY FIRE ... because I KNOW ... there is VICTORY in the valley.... I am a living proof...

I can stand on a scale on display for the WHOLE WORLD TO SEE ... I love being me and ALWAYS DID ... at any given size I COULD LOOK AT THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR ... SHE IS STILL ME ... MY RELEASE IS HER DELIVERANCE AND HER DELIVERANCE IS MY RELEASE!!!


I will embrace JOY over Misery and LET JOY happen to me each and every day...
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GREAT GIFTS ON MY 4.5 SURGIVERSARY....
on August 5, 2011 7:18 am
 I GOT TWO GIFTS .... THE BEST GIFT EVER IS ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF MY AW POST.... EVER SEEN TITTIES IN A BAG? WELL I GOT THEM ... AS A GIFT ... MY SECOND PAIR TOO...  

It is my 4.5 years wls anniversary ... Want to know why it is so important to me to celebrate? To me it is very important ... because... On post-op day 2 I was rushed back to the ER for a second intervention and was under for over 6 hours ... Woke up in ICU days later with tubes coming out of all areas of my anatomy ... Was out of work on temporary disability for 3 months following surgery ... Came back to work and had a syncopal episode and had to be hospitalized for another week ... Have a crater scar on my left quadrant thanks to the ileostomy bag i wore to catch the secretions that burned through my skin ... But I am alive and well today and totally recuperated after those first week weeks of turmoil ... with no regrets ... and Icelebrate ... Because I am healed and it got better and better ... And today makes four and a half years .... All Isaid in that room before passing out is dear Lord please let me live and I promise I will take care of me and this .... I am living my promise ... One.day.at.a.time ...

It is my 4.5 years wls anniversary ... Want to know why it is so important to me to celebrate? To me it is very important ... because...  My daughter took a bad fall and in my morbid obese state I could not make it up the stairs to assist her ... the paramedics and fire department had to remove me from the stairs where I was dragging myself up belly down to get to her ... I promised myself NEVER EVER to let this happen again ... if I could help it ... and I CAN HELP IT NOW..

It is my 4.5 years wls anniversary ... Want to know why it is so important to me to celebrate? To me it is very important ... because... I worked hard all my life several jobs to bring my family forward .... we sacrificed through 8 years of dialysis for my husband when his kidneys (both) completely shut down ... when he started losing his toes ... and his vision ... and the tram flaps started happening ... along with removal of toes ... and more dialysis... and copays .. and money here there and everywhere for treatments ... for long hospitalizations ... for for for ... for the ONE glorious day when at 2 AM we got a call ... that a kidney as being flown in ... and he had his kidney transplant ... and last year he had a partial foot amputation ... and and and ... I am alive and well and healthy ... and I LOVE AND CAN TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY WITHOUT BEING WORRIED ABOUT ALL MY CO-MORBIDITIES AND BEING SICK IN MY STATE OF MORBID OBESITY..

It is my 4.5 years wls anniversary ... Want to know why it is so important to me to celebrate? To me it is very important ... because... CHECK TO THE END OF MY THREAD FOR MY GOOD NEWS AND BEST GIFT EVER...

AND. AND.AND. LEAVE IT TO MY DD ... I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BRA LIKE AN AWESOME ONE I GOT OVER A YEAR OR SO AGO AND FOUND SIMILAR BUT NOT THE SAME ... YOU JUST STICK EM ON AND GO ... AND I GOT UP THIS MORNING ... ON MY 4.5 YEAR SURGIVERSARY AND MY PREZZIE IS ...

TITTIES IN A BAG FOR MOMMY .... AND PICTURE AW THAT I AM ... I GOT IT ALL RIGHT HERE...


 I LOVE MY LITTLE SUMMER DRESS ... AT MY BIGGEST I HAD DD BOOBS ... AND NOW ALL I HAVE A SHRIVELED UP APPENDAGES THAT LOOK LIKE FLATTENED TORTILLAS WITH RAISINS TOPPING FOR NIPPLE ... BUT NOT WITH GOOD ACCESSORIES .. I HAVE TITTIES IN A BAG ... I SLAPPED THOSE JOKERS ON AND THEY ARE UNDER ALL MY DRESSES IN THE FOLLOWING PICS...
Loving my stick on tits ....

ohhhhhh sooky sooky ... and tonight I am going out with DH and my friends from our oldies keeping the flame going group .... we plan to drive up to Norwich at midnight to have some late casino fun... and I am wearing my very own ... green backless dress...



AND THIS SUNDAY OH LAWD I COULD SHOOT AL HERE I WAS THINKING I HAD SOME TIME ... SEVERAL COUPLES WITH ANNIVERSARIES ARE HAVING A BLESSING DONE AT CHURCH ... SO I WILL BE WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND DON'T KNOW YET WHICH ONE OF THESE TWO .. IT IS VERY INFORMAL SO... I NEED TO DIG FOR SOME WHITE HIGH HEELED SANDALS THAT I HAVE SOMEWHERE IN MY CLOSET ,,, GOT TO FIND THEM...




THIS IS MY BEFORE...


this is my journal entry in my digital empowerment journal A PICTURE
A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES AWAY!!


Congratulations to me on my 4.5 year surgiversary ... I am celebrating me ... I am celebrating my family ... I am celebrating my friends IRL and here in cyberspace ... And Iam celebrating my enemies for encouraging me to keep moving forward with a press and a praise ...

And my best gift yet .... Drum roll please....

My daughter who has been on temporary disability for the past 2 months ... Is in remission and is returning to work and monday and...and.. And.... Drum roll please .... She will be at the clinic teaching a zumba class on Saturday .... Just re-starting .. 2 classes a month... She is not ready yet to embark on her routine at several gyms ... She is going back to her regular job starting half days on Monday ...... Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..... The best present ever..... Oh ... Can someone celebrate with me???? ... I AM CELEBRATING ANYWAY!!!
 
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