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Surgeon TestimonialJohn Morton, M.D.I drove 3 hours to have an appointment with Dr. Morton, only to be met by a "fellow" (in training) and asked a few questions that I had already submitted in my paperwork and told to come back a week later for an educational seminar. I went to the seminar, which was helpful, in hopes to get Lap Band. After submitting records showing a history of Barretts Esophagus, I was denied Lap Band but offered Gastic Bypass. I was told I won't meet the doctor face to face until pre-op appointment. I would have liked to have a meeting with the person doing my procedure. The seminar was helpful, but as each case is different it would have been nice to ask some questions on a more personal level instead of only having that opportunity in a room full of 30 other people. Thankfully, his nurse Meg is very helpful and has a way of communicating that made me comfortable. I look forward to my pre-op appointment where I can meet him, but until then I appreciate the information I am able to learn about him here from other patients' experiences.
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Have since met with Dr. Morton...very nice and set me at ease with some of my anxieties. Latest Surgery Support Comments
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FOOD OPTIONS THAT SAVED ME... on February 19, 2008 1:36 pm
PUREED MEAT??? BLECHHHHHHHHH!
So, I got creative and made something tasty to get meats into my soft diet and get some protein from food, not just supplements.
8 ounces cooked steak (1 ounce of meat has 7 grams of protein...woohoo)
6 ounces LIGHT cream cheese
2 tbsp worchestershire sauce
1/2 onion, sauted
2 cloved garlice, minced and sauted w/onion
2 tbsp FAT FREE mayo
add ingredients to blender and mix until smooth consistency. eat on thin slice of cheddar cheese
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DANNON LIGHT N FIT YOGURT SMOOTHIES *CARB AND SUGAR CONTROL*
I still drink one of these for breakfast each day...delicious and sooooo satisfying, and it is made with Splenda
One 7-ounce bottle has only 2.5 grams of fat, 60 calories, 4 carbs, and 3 sugars. It also has 6 grams of protein.
Dannon has 2 different Light n Fit yogurt smoothies...be sure to check the label for the one that says "carb & sugar control" on top of front label.
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WOW...the inches are shedding on December 6, 2007 2:13 pm
12/6/07
I am one month post-op today, so I took new measurements and I am amazed!!! I have lost 30 pounds, and several inches...my BMI started at 44.9, and that has dropped to 38.3...woohooooo!!!
Face: 1.5"
Neck: .5"
Arms: .5"
Back: 2"
Waist: 5" (wow!)
Hips: 4"
Bunners: 4.5"
Thighs: 3.5"
Calves: 1"
I am ecstatic about my results so far, and it is worth every bit of commitment put into this new life. I can't say I haven't had my struggles, but they have been minimal and nothing that I don't overcome in 5 minutes.
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WEIGHT AND INCHES LOST 1/6/08 2 months post-op
12 pounds = 42 pounds total
Face: .5 = 2" total
Neck: 1 = 1.5" total
Arms: 1 = 1.5" total
Back: 2.5 = 4.5 total
Waist: 2 = 7" total
Hips: 3 = 7" total
Bunners: 2.5 = 7" total
Thighs: 1 = 4.5" total
Calves: .5 = 1.5" total
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WEIGHT AND INCHES LOST 2/6/08-3 months post-op
14 pounds lost = 56 pounds total
Face: same as month 2
Neck: .5 = 2" total
Arms: .5 = 2" total
Back: 1 = 5.5 total
Waist: 2.5 = 9.5" total
Hips: .5 = 7.5" total
Bunners: 1.5 = 8.5" total
Thighs: 1 = 5.5 total
Calves: .5 = 2" total
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WEIGHT AND INCHES LOST 3/6/08-4 months post-op
8 pounds lost - 64 pounds total
Face: .5 = 2.5" total
Neck: .5 = 2.5" total
Arms: same as month 3
Back: same as month 3
Waist: same as month 3
Hips: 2 = 9.5" total
Bunners: 1.5 = 10" total
Thighs: 2.5 = 8" total
Calves: same as month 3
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My name is Vanessa, but i have been called "Nesi" for so many years that Vanessa feels as foreign to me as this body I have been tossed into. All my life from teens to pre-30 I was a yo-yo that toggled between size 10 and size 14...comfortably, and without any issues with it. I had the fairy tale of a time meeting my husband and starting our family. I had my children 12 months apart, the second one coming just a couple months after turning 30. I ALWAYS dreaded turning 30, and when I looked around and saw the beautiful family I had created, I thought "aw 30 isn't bad at all. I have achieved the ultimate goal...not bad at all". Pfffffffft!!!!! Thirty proved to be the time in my life that even though I had met all my goals in family and love, everything else fell apart. Shortly after that day I was diagnosed with thyroid issues...9 months pregnant, the most I have ever weighed...and I get an issue that will make it difficult to lose weight?! UGH!!
I tried Weight Watchers, and loved it...lost about 20 pounds, and hit a plateau. I tried Medi-Fast...didn't have any progress there. I hired a personal trainer and went to the gym often...nada. Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis started to appear, which made my endeavors even more of a task. Going to the gym was painful...not the "no pain, no gain" kind of pain either. Swelling in my joints, unable to walk, etc...so there went my trips to the gym and allllll existing hope I still had in losing the weight. I don't know what my exact issue is, but it isn't from the lack of effort that the weight didn't come off. Last year I had a hysterectomy...BAM!!! another 30 pounds stacked on...and without any change in diet or anything. Seemed the odds were stacked against me. So, a few months ago I got to looking into weight loss procedures. I originally wanted Lap Band, but my history of Barrett's Esophugus throws that option out the window. When Meg, the nurse at Stanford, mentioned RNY, I immediately shut the idea down before she could complete the sentence. It sounded scary to me. After having a weekend to think about it, and to chat with some friends who have had it, I tucked my tail between my legs and called Meg back to tell her I was up for it.
Originally, my insurance denied the authorization. I called and was told it would take several months to go through the appeals process. All shame went out the window at that point in the conversation...I CRIED!!!!! Oh my goodness, the poor lady on the phone probably was havign an anxiety attack. I begged, I pleaded, I prayed...I don't know how much of that she could even understand through my sobbing. An hour later, she called me back and the denial had been overturned...something she had never seen before. Don't let anyone tell ya cryin' won't do ya any good...lol.
This is my last resort...the only option I see for success. Knowing it is really happening has me buzzing around with butterflies in my tummy. I am giddy, I feel like I am falling in love...I feel the same as I did when I was awaiting my wedding day 5 years ago. I want my "self" back...I want my children to have the mommy they deserve, the one they have never known...I want my husband to have the active woman he fell in love with, though like a good hubby he insists things seem the same to him...I want to have my picture taken without having to strategically place children and objects around me to hide this body that I am just not loving...I don't EVER want to hear my mema say "but you have such a beautiful face, and nice legs...if you would just lose 50 pounds" again (though she is old fashioned and means it with all the love in the world, she doesn't get how hurtful that "compliment" is)...I want to rise and SHINE in the morning, not rise and creep out of bed with achey bones...I want to LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am kicking this stranger outta my shell, and I am going to reclaim everything I was in the past, and all the things I had planned for myself and my family that I haven't been able to achieve. Aaaaaaah...I can breathe more clearly just thinking about it!!!!!
God bless!!!!!
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