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Demesvar A. Jean-Baptiste M.D.
Dr. JB is a great guy! I went into the office for the first time on 9/27/05! I was really nervous. Thinking that they would push me away. Maybe say I was just on the border! BMI not enough to get the surgery. I was scared and didn't know if the doctor would look down on my b/c I was obese! My first impression was NOT like any of those bad thoughts at all! Dr. Jean Baptiste talked to me like a was his friend. I was very comfortable. I had many questions. He took all the time I needed to answer them until I felt comfortable enough with the answer. rnrnThe other staff were all very warm! Very friendly. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Even my first phone call to schedule the apt. I spoke to Bonnie and she helped me get onto the website and everything. rnrnThen there is John! He's the food guy! He's sooo funny! We get along good! I always come in there with all of my crazy questions and vitamins. He always has an answer for me! No matter how off the wall I am! I think and talk to much! rnrnI was open to both procedures, the lap band and Lap RNY, but leaning more towards the band. DR. JB explained both procedures to me! Showed me the pros and cons of both! He never pushed me one way or another! Just gave me the facts and said we'll work with what we have and I'll get the best out come possible!! I was very excited! I couldn't wait to start my pre opt testing!!rnrnIt was stressed to me the whole time before hand that this is a tool and by no means is this a solution! It's a solution to being obese as long as learn how to use my new tool and keep up with it! I was told that I can easily gain weight back if i don't do my part! Which is making the right food choices, exercising 3-5 times a week for at least 30 minutes a day! It was also stressed that afterwards my body would need stuff that it always has, but will need to get it differently! So I was told from the very begining about the different vitamin suppliments that i would need to take for the rest of my life. rnrnThese guys don't sugar coat it for you, I feel they are honest with you and let you know what to expect. They also won't let you get over on them! If you're not on track they will let you know! rnrnI would HIGHLY recommend them to anyone! They have a really good program and I believe that if I follow the rules and do my part, my surgery will be a HUGH success! Thank you to my doctors who are looking out for me! rnrnMary Kate C.
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  • Comment by piperkc on 2/9/06 7:10 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 penthilisea on 2/8/06 4:37 pm
    Good luck MK! Can't wait to hear the good news!
  • Comment by sherleb on 2/5/06 7:05 pm
    MaryKate hope everything is going well you are in my prayers
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