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Brian Gluck, D.O.
My 1st impression of Dr. Gluck was wow! I met him at the seminar and he knew so much and was so willing to help people because he wanted to, not for the money

My impression has only changed for the better. I am recomending him to anyone who will listen. He is a great Dr.


What I liked best about Dr. Gluck is that he will tell you like it is but not to hurt your feelings but to make you wake up and see the picture.

I havent found anything I dislike about him yet. He is great at what he does.


He has a strict aftercare program and also he will call you on it if he feels you are being a slouch.

Risks were all discused at many visits before and after surgery.

Dr. Gluck is great. I don't know how to say it better or more. after I came home he called me the next day to see how I was doing. It was a Sunday. He called me not his nurse. I was surprised and happy.

He is GREAT!!!
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  • Comment by swangirl on 3/16/06 8:14 pm
    Mary, wishing you all the best on your weightloss surgery journey! Linda/Bactrac/swangi rl Name/CB handle/me post op
  • Comment by Sharon Neva on 2/21/06 4:57 pm
    Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking your life day by day. There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road. Don't look back.... you're not going that way!
  • Comment by Judy 52 on 2/21/06 4:41 pm
    Hi Mary, Tomorrow is the day. I know how excited you must be. Don't be afraid It was the best decision that I have ever made. I will remember you in my prayers. God bless. Judy
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The Ups and Downs of this journey
on January 14, 2007 8:58 pm
January 14,07

The ups and downs have meuptight tonight. Well for a while it has. I keep seeing all the posts of what people are eating during the day and I feel like I am eating way to much. I shouldnt campare myself to other people but here I think I am over the edge. I am loosing slowly although I am happy that the weight I have lost is great it still has me concerned. 

I can see myself heading into a path of grazing. I am trying to get in all my protein and find it hard. I seem to keep eating even though I am not hungry. It is hard to tell myself not to eat because of boredom or because I am upset. I just cant seem to pound it hard enough into my head.

Last week I started an aqua arobics classand I really enjoyed the class. I am also trying to talk my husband into joining the local gym. I should have done it a year ago but was hesitant to it. So now almost a year later I am going to do it. 

My labs came back good the last time. My iron was good but my b12 was high. I thought that a person cant have to much because it just goes out of the body. They told me to go from taking b12 7 days a week to only taking it twice,... I have less energy then before and that has always been an issue with me, now it is almost non exsistant. I would rather stay in bed all day long if I could. But I have to go to the bathroom and check my email. I hope that the excersize will help out.

Well I guess I better get going. I just want to enter this day into my blog so I can look back at this and say yes this was a struggling time but I can get through it...
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October 17th
on October 17, 2006 11:55 am
WOW I am so happy. Not only did I make it out of Friday the 13th but I also have a new BMI. When I started the downword slide (a good thing) I had a super morbid obese BMI and today I am only OBESE. Yea!!!!! I am happy with that and the other is gone forever. I hope to keep going down and with this tool I should be able to. I know the honeymoon phase is over but I need to stay possitive and keep working the tool.
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Friday the 13th!!!!
on October 13, 2006 8:44 pm
It looks like I may not be able to go back and get my stuff I had put in the journal area of the old board. I guess that is ok because I wasnt very up to date with things. Maybe with the new blog I can do it easier.
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My Story

I am excited to be having the opportunity to have this surgery so I can fully enjoy life again

surgery date is coming up fast 2/22/06. I am so happy to be making the right decision to have the rny. Soon I too will be on the loosing side.

2/21/06
Wow this day came fast. I am so excited that everything is going to be anew tomorrow. I am taking my last dose of bowel prep now and it is NASTY. Very NASTY. I know I will go through with everything now because I don't want to have to go through this again. Oh my that was gross. I will be leaving for the hour long ride to the hospital as soon as my hubby gets out of work in the morning. I am almost packed and ready to go. Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight as I have been told I will be doing a lot of walking tomorrow night. Thank you to all my OH friends for helping me get this far.

3/13/06
The past 2 weeks have been very hard on me emotionally. I have had a lot of crying spells. I worry that my antidepressants arent working the way the did before. I take cymbalta for depression. I have asked it it came in a liquid form and it does not. Darn! I couldnt sleep in my bed so I wasnt getting very good sleep. I slept in the recliner. I really want to be happy about this surgery and I want it all to work. I knew the risks going into this but the things just didn't register to me until now. I guess I was all caught up in the wow I have a chance. And I know this will work out, I just have to stick with it.

The weather was nice over the weekend and I did get out and shopped a little bit. The family still has to eat and being in for 3 weeks I had to get groceries. By the time I got home I was exausted and went right to bed. Before I was able to shop all day and not have a worry. But I was pooped to say the least.

Tomorrow I see the nutritionalist for the phase 3 diet. I am so excited that I will beable to have refried beans. YEAH!!! Isnt that pitiful. Jumping for joy over refried beans. Before surgery my daughter and I use to eat them a lot with cheese and sour cream and so it isnt a bad thing. I am just glad to be able to move to the next level.

I have a hard time getting in the protein yet. I just can't get the shakes down. I am using the protidiet stuff that Dr. Gluck sells but it takes me all day so I have been just doing water. I figure that getting in the water is important to get in because I don't need to go back to get an IV for fluids. I did that a week ago and I don't want to go there again.


3/17/06
Well I am feeling better. The ugly depression seems to be at a stand still for now. It always seems to be there in the back but as long as it stays in the back I am happy.

I tried some ham today chopped up and my pouch seemed to think it was ok. I heard some little noises but that was all. I have been getting my protein in most days since my doctor said I had to do it even if I didnt like it. So I have been doing isopure already mixed and it has to be ice cold. I like the blue raspberry and the apple melon isnt to bad either. Oh and I like the pineapple orange banana too. The peach mango is a little sour but I mixed it with propel and drank it that way. Anyway I also added beneprotein to each cup and that got me into the 60 range. YEAH!!!

People keep telling me they were noticing a difference in my face of me loosing weight so I took another picture and added it to my profile. When you put the 2 pictures together you can see the difference. YEAH!!! I am wearing the same shirt in each picture but I like that shirt. It goes in the wash and with in a few days I have it back on. Besides soon I wont be able to wear it.


4/3/06
Wow what a nice site we have now.

I am dow to 280 now. I am so happy at how things have been going. It was and still is hard to get use to or I should say hard to change too. I am doing better at it and as long as I remember how to eat now instead of how I use to eat I think things will be ok.

Today I went out with the girls and had a good time. I ordered a 5 oz sirloin steak and it came with grilled onions and mushrooms. It sure tasted good. I had enough for dinner too. The meal also came with a house salad that I ordered to put in a take home box. Tonight I finished the steak and tried the salad and oh my lettuce does not like me yet. I thought maybe it was a bit early but it sounded so good. Oh and I was a little bit naughty, I had 2 spears of batter deep fried asperagas. (sp) Oh that was so good.

5/30/06
I think I am at my first plateau and Im not liking it in the least. I know my body has to catch up with the weight loss but I still dont like it. I have been at 270 for almost 3 weeks.

I had my labs drawn today and that wasnt too bad. They took 7 viles of blood. I hope it doesnt get to be more than that.

I am feeling pretty good overall. I am finding I can eat more things and not get sick. Im not pushing sugar in any way because I am afraid to I might find that it is tollerable. So for now I am staying away from sugar.

I have been eating more fruit recently and that has been good. My daughter thinks I am addicted to watermelon but I just like the coldness of it and my pouch likes it.
Thants it for now!

8/8/06
I am doing great, Feeling good and looking good (jmo) I am down to 248 now and loving it. I havent weight this amount since 1991 after the birth of my first child. Yeah. I feel great.

It has been hard getting in the amount of protein but I am going keep working hard at it. My hair is falling out and I am wondering if I will have any hair by the time it stops. I use to have thinck hair. Oh well it is worth it.

10/13/06

Well I have managed to get this page on the new page. Im not sure if I am doing this right or if I should be doing the blog thing. I will have to wait a few days and see what is said about it.

All is going well. I am at 238 pounds and once I can get the depression back under control I hope to enjoy it. I haven't been this weight since I came home from the hospital after having my first child and that was almost 16 years ago.
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