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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.

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  • 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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HOOCHIE ME?????
posted on 6/29/12 5:32 am
I DON'T THINK SO!!! lol ... I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE COORDINATES ... AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE SEXY TOO!!! SCREW DRESSING LIKE AN OLD SPINSTER OR A NUN BECAUSE OF AN AGE RELATED NUMBER ... I CHOOSE HOT AND APPROPRIATE LOL...... SO when that voice in my head said this morning I can't wear this dress it is a bit too big ... I whipped it under my Project Runway sewing/embroidery machine and I made it fit .... and when that voice in my head said ..you can't possibly wear that to work you look like a hoochie ... and I said .. I certainly can! and I silenced that voice .... so I started out totally hoochie... in a size 3/4 too big Junior dress that I had to take in (the bodice) ... I am going somewhere after work and no time to go home and change... 

Hoochie meeeeeeeee?
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Let me fix that... gimme a blazer..
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and after buttoning it up I am off to work...
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I made an entry into my digital empowerment journal ... A Picture a Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away ...

Loving coordinates ... taking a little bit of this and a little bit of that and painting my own picture ..
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This IS my empowerment collage TODAY... walking the walk and enjoying my journey away from morbid obesity and five related co-morbidities one day at a time one choice at a time.... I am loving Health and Mobility ... 5 years 4.5+ months post RNY Gastric Bypass the BEST thing I ever did for ME!

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From a size 4-5 X to 0-2 and sometimes 4 - no stretch WOOT ...
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE CLOTHING AND FABRICS ... always did ... like my mom (RIP) I think I was born with the touch and smell of fabric on my hands ... I am the daughter of an awesome couturier (RIP) ... and even today I can't even come close to her sewing but I certainly try ...

I love love love taking pics of my tags and to think this is a Juniors dress too... not that size matters but just the idea that 5 years and 4.5+ months ago I could not even get my calf in the neckline makes me go WOOT! I am loving it....

Thanks for allowing me to share another useless goofy thread to encourage myself or maybe someone else on the journey... I plan to keep obesity and all its related illnesses under my feet ... day by day... choice by choice ... I am loving it!!!


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