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Roc Bauman, M.D.
My first impression is this guy means what he says and is serious. Good I do not want a doctor who plays around. He is to the point and does everything to make sure you know what you are about to get into. Before he show you personal interest he seems to be standoffish. But, as you are his paitient and se him with improvments and are doing what he asks of you "why would you not" He seems to get more laid back and friendly. I CAN NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIS STAFF!!!! They are the sweetest and thoughtful bunch I have ever delt with! They truley care about you as an individual! And that is important. They always so nice to me and to my family! You should know!!!!!!!!> To listen and learn as much as possiable and to take his word to do what he says and not to just go out and bindge. His passion for this surgery and his thoughts are good as gold and do what the staff and he tells you too. Aftercare is great you see a nutrtioalist, trainer, and him and his staff for a life long visits......... The aftercare is great and should be taken very seriously. He goes over with you the risks of the surgery in many different ways. Video, email, staff, paper work all informing you of all risks as well as benifits.... I would give him a 100 out of 100. If you are looking for someone who is deticated to this surgery and know the ins and outs..........you got this with him and his staff!
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  • Comment by BABYPRINCESS on 1/9/07 3:44 pm
    TOMELISSA!HOPE YOU ARE DOING FINE FROM YOUR WLS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD SPIRIT'S AND GOD WILL ALWAY'S BE WITH YOU AND I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU TO MELISSA!FROM AIMEE IN NJ
  • Comment by jannineh99 on 7/19/06 7:58 am
    Melissa Good Luck with your surgery and may God look over your surgeons and give you a great recovery...and just remember you have a lot of people out here pulling for you...so feel free to ask any questions...there is no such thing as a silly question. Feel free to email any time... Jannine 357/249/190
  • Comment by Taffydoll on 7/18/06 6:21 pm
    All the best for an uneventful surgery and a quick recovery!! hugs Sandy
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Been a long time! Update confession..yada yada yada
on May 29, 2007 3:22 pm

So much has happend from the last time I wrote..! I am down to my goal! I am eating like crap but still losing..I need to do better...Man I suck at this! 
 I feel like I am sabotoging this...Trying to. I need to get back to the beginning and refresh me. The kids well they are hand fuls but whos arent. I am not the best of mothers and could improve..Every week I have a thought about doing more and accomplish it so I guess I am the norm. RIGHT?! My husband and I are great! we had a few times to get away and have and MEN are so forward! they come up to me and say wow you are this or you are that and I clam up. Brian has been so great about letting people know I am his and he is so proud of me..He calls me hot momma!!! I love it and am enjoying his flirty ways twards me. He has really let me know on a  daily basis what he thinks of me! We went out and I got the thought in my head I did not look all that great and all the men where letting me know other wise. I did not like it...GOOD thing I think! My husband let me know I looked awesome and made me feel absolutly beautiful! 
 My dad had a heart attach and I went up to see him and the kids and I and Brian went to Kennywood and had a blast! Got to see my family again and I feel full again.Soon I will have the need to see everyone and have to visit but as for now I am good. 
 Now I have my garden blooming and seeing the fruits of my labor.
 I have more to tell you....Brian has been stepping up and doing more around the house. I think he started to see the frustaration in me about things getting half done and left for me to do...Now all the projects are things he can only do and I am maintaning the house and yardwork and kids so he only has to worry about hte things on a "To do List" I wrote for him. he is doing them to. Wow what a difference I feel when I see him taking it to heart and dooing a little everyday to get it done! Makes me happy. He is doing all of what it takes to keep his end of the marage up for sure.....
 Now as for me I am more critical. I still get down, so down I dont want to do a thing for the whole day! I am not doing my excersises the way I should and maybe that is why I get so down. I need a perpose in life..More so than waking up watching the kids cleaning and doing laundry, doing the garden picking up after everyone, cleaning the pool, yard work."big yard" I want to work..comunicate with others, make some money, work hard at something, Get out from the house from time to time. I cant get a job that works for me...I am a mother who has not worked for 5 years because I did not have to..Now that I should, could and will...Its like nobody wants to hire me...All of my past employers are not to be found....Walmart I used to work at.Not even there! Sony I used to work at.Both line cordinators are no longer emplyed there.The list goes on and on...I need a waitress job...I am a people person and work well with others.But, my husband works a shift of 2:30 pm till 12:00am so it really screws me to get a job that can work with that...I need to break it seems..Its nobody's fault or concern but mine and I feel as though I sink....I am a person who needs to be social and vocal and all I got is time with the husband when he has time and my kids..church on Sundays and Brians family on Sunday.....I feel low and I figured I would just type to find myself.I know what it is I need to do just to get there will take other measures that I can not do or help.....
My goals are
*Work out my body more with a written notice on the calander.
*Drink my 64oz a day of fluids and get in my amaount of protein in a day.
*write more...."it makes me feel better"
*start looking and going out to get a waitress job.
* let my husband read this and see what he says...He comes up with better and great advice.
*do it....

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on March 27, 2007 6:32 pm

Today I was outside all day! I weeded my strawberries and tilled my garden area. Wow talk about a work out. I need to get my pool done! Timmy is gonna be 9 in April 1..wow my first baby is getting so big! I feel sad today a little. It comes in waves. Keeping so busy though. I called gram today to see how she was doing and it seems as though she is doing better. She is having people stay with her to just get her bearings. I miss everyone already. I have to say when me and the hubby are apart we fight more than we spend time and feel better...WINK anyway things are slowly getting done around here. Its hard but we are doing one thing at a time. to much around here to do.......Man I am so tired latley.I think its stress. Well, done for now.See ya

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News and an update.........I am home
on March 26, 2007 3:31 pm

Well,
I am back from Pensylvania from being at my Pap paps funeral. It was the hardest thing so far to go through. They played taps for him because he was in the Korian war and they also had fireman there because at a young age he was a fireman until he opened up his own trucking company.
  You would not beleive how many people were at the funeral....He was such a great man!
  I got to see so many people that I have not seen since I was a little girl and some I have not seen for a year or two....

Here is the wow moments.....
The people who have not seen me for a year or two were amazed at what I looked like and were going on and on..
The ones who have not seen me since I was little they were telling me things like you are beautiful and such nice things!

Oh I saw this older man........I had a crush on when I was about 13 and he was 19.........We used to go swimming in there pool when my grandparents had us."all the time" anyway I saw his sister and made mention I had a crush on your brother and she was like oh yeah........HE is here!!!! Oh my...Well people were still coming in to the viewing and I was not paying any attention and she came up t me and said Missy...............Look here is "Franky" the guy I said I had a cruch on. Well, he looked just as good but older..........he said Oh my really.......then he asked what I was up to now...I told him I lived in NC and I was happily married with two awesome boys. he said I am happy for you but to bad I would never pass up the oppertunity to ask you out like yesterday..I got all red and felt better for the time being....

Other than it being hard there were positives.......people making me feel better, seeing old  friends, staying with my grandmother who I adore, seeing my brother who flew in from London, having wow moments, laughing with family about great stories about my papap.......

So now I am back but, still grieving. I guess it will take time. Its like I cry thne quit then laugh and go on again.

Thank you for the letters, emails, phone calls and posting in my blog.......IT HELPS!

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Grandfather is in Heaven.........
on March 20, 2007 8:07 pm
My grandfather passed away tonight at 9:20 and it was pieceful.
Thursday I will be leaving for PA the viewing is Thursday and Friday. Saturday is the funeral. He did suffer so long now he is with God so no more pain or suffering........

Thank you to all who emailed me and wrote on here giving prayers! I am so grateful!
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Update on Life...........
on March 20, 2007 5:05 pm
If you have read my post over the past few days you would know its been ruff.........Now I guess my saddness is playing a factor on my insides because, I go to the bathroom after I eat...like 5 min after I eat and do not feel like eating.......Just a quick overview of my life right now..Not getting what I diserve from a previous accident settlement from a drunk driver.INsurance sucks. Then "waiting" for my grandfather who I am so close to to pass away. Four days without anything because of his last will and testament. 
This is making me upset and therefore working on my nervous and my eating and going to the bathroom.......
PRAY for me plaese........Thanks!
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Here it is July 6 and I am already a bundle of nervous. I am trying to get things orgaized and put together things to go to the hospital.

i was in a car accident October 15 2004 and to date I have had five surgeries to fix what went wrong....Now I am 31 and I have a new hip.....To young for one but I deal with it.

I currently weigh 238 and I feel like crap about me and my body. i know this will help.

I am a mother of two boys 8 and 4. My husband and I are scared but, he is a big support. And here recently has been really loving on me.... LOVING IT!

I will go see Dr. Bauman this coming Monday and I will let you know How that goes.

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wow that was scary... I got back for the doctors office and I am emotionally drained. He is intimidating to "me" But, he knows his stuff. he told me I was on track and needed a counsler to talk to because I mentioned it in my evaluation with the phycologist... WOW he reads stuff about you...

Good thing though.. I did not put on weight so I was glad. he does not like it if you do because he is so serious about your success!

so I went to anestesia today as well and seen where I will be coming in at for surgery.

I cried today! Just new for me to go through this and know the risks and being scared.....!

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Today is ok waiting game is so hard! 7 more days and I am getting everything ready.
Today I am tired..........
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Hello everyone! I had my surgery the 20th of this month and DH wrote in to update. I felt as though I was alone and wondered why in the world did I do this to myself...!

I was grieving and missing my food that took care of me all negatively speaking. This is not easy and for those who think that they have prepared themselves you are in for a rude awakening.

I was doing great and in my hospital room walking nothing really hurt. I did not need the nurses as I plugged my own IV unit in and my leg inflatables in as well.
When I was home I smelled good food and seen it all around. Hubby cooks great and we have boys so they cant help it....




I had a very bad day yesterday and felt like I could not take it anymore...... I have snapped out of it. But, want to say this is a huge huge huge change in our lives!

I am so grateful for my husband who has been on my toes to keep my fluids going and protein.......

I am tired a ton and am waiting for this pain in my left side to go away!
I went to the doctors this morning and he said it was a pocket of blood behind some plate thingy........ So a hematoma. And it is so painful pain medication is not cutting it!

It will get better and I thank all of you who have emailed me and reply to my post!
Melissa
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8-18-06
I am weird! One day I am doing everything to walking eating all my protien and getting all my water in then the next day I want to sit and watch TV all day and have no motivation. I was at 219 for weeks and now I am down to 214 so I am now seeing the weight move. But, wow it was really getting to me. I see a theripist for a ton and now I added my wonderful mood changes to the mix. My hubby is loving what I look like but I wish too that it would be faster. My doctor appt was today and he said I am were I should be so I guess that is good. I started off at 244 so I am oh so looking forward to 200. I am so cold now. Caught football with the boys........BIG mistake I hurt that left side so bad and today I feel like laying around all day.

Melissa

9/10/06
I am down about 55 pounds from July. I went from 240 to 184 today. I have my ups and downs. I really did not expect to get so down in the dumps but I am going day by day. I am really glad I got it done but, no one prepares you for the down days. So understand that you will get really depressed because of missing foods you cant have. I went to my brothers wedding this weekend and I have not seen my family for 2 years and they saw me at my biggest and they were amazed at the difference and how much more energy I have. I still get really tired to the point if I don't lay down I get useless. Email me all you want to ask what I am going through. I will answer if I can.
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    Surgeon: Roc Bauman, M.D.
    My first impression is this guy means what he says and is serious. Good I do not want a doctor who plays around. He is to the point and does everything to make sure you know what you are about to get into. Before he show you personal interest he seems to be standoffish. But, as you are his paitient and se him with improvments and are doing what he asks of you "why would you not" He seems to get more laid back and friendly. I CAN NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIS STAFF!!!! They are the sweetest and thoughtful bunch I have ever delt with! They truley care about you as an individual! And that is important. They always so nice to me and to my family! You should know!!!!!!!!> To listen and learn as much as possiable and to take his word to do what he says and not to just go out and bindge. His passion for this surgery and his thoughts are good as gold and do what the staff and he tells you too. Aftercare is great you see a nutrtioalist, trainer, and him and his staff for a life long visits......... The aftercare is great and should be taken very seriously. He goes over with you the risks of the surgery in many different ways. Video, email, staff, paper work all informing you of all risks as well as benifits.... I would give him a 100 out of 100. If you are looking for someone who is deticated to this surgery and know the ins and outs..........you got this with him and his staff!
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