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Goals

Complete a Half-Marathon

73 People
 in progress, 
24 People
 achieved this

Run a 5K without stopping

2 People
 in progress, 
2 People
 achieved this

Run 1 mile without stopping

117 People
 in progress, 
32 People
 achieved this

Walk in public in a bathing suit and feel good about it

4 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this

TO LOSE 100 LBS.

87 People
 in progress, 
61 People
 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Cynthia Long M.D.
I love Dr Long! So much so that I followed her to Baltimore and would probably want to continue aftercare with her no matter where she'd work! :)
My first impression was that she's very skilled & detailed. Her plan was easy to follow and she gave all new patients a binder that explained the process step by step She made things clear at surgery & right after, which assuaged some worries I had early on. I had no complications from my surgery. My positive opinion on Dr Long has not changed over time. However, I feel that she could have better staff at Sinai - they did not make for a smooth transition from her private practice to working at Sinai and I have had some problems in them relaying messages & communicating. Future patients should know that Dr Long is an employee of Sinai, which already had an established bariatric program. If a future patient does not feel comfortable with any aspect of Sinai's program, they need to weigh that carefully and discuss their concerns. For example, I decided to return to my original nutritionist instead of continuing aftercare with the nutritionist at Sinai; their plan did not coincide with what worked for my body, but it may work better for other people.
I've heard alot of stories of surgeons either having good competence but bad bedside manner - Dr Long has good skills on both, which is a hard find. One cannot base their success on a program or a surgeon, so it is important for potential patients to know the great majority of the work & success will be the patient's, but it is extremely important to have a supportive & understanding surgeon. I have nothing but good things to say about Dr Long!
nfarris79's Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I had been overweight and obese for most of my childhood and all of my adult life. I had begun to consider weight loss surgery in my 20s but had neither the insurance coverage nor emotional resources to pursue the surgery at that time. I had been on diets since age 12, had struggled with binge eating, unhealthy eating concepts, and even a brief brush with bulimia until I failed my last diet (Weight Watchers) at age 30. I got married in a size 22 wedding dress, was profoundly unhappy with my body image, and had been a success in so many other areas of my life - except the one that was most visible and representative to others!
Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Kenyatta W. on 4/13/11 3:57 pm
    Hey you! I know that your surgery went ok and now your on the road to a new you! Congrats!
  • Comment by heygiz00 on 4/13/11 12:00 pm
    Hope everything goes great today! Jules
  • Comment by hmd77 on 4/13/11 6:48 am
    Good luck on your surgery. :)
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You gotta be kidding me....
posted on 10/18/11 1:09 pm
 I think God is having a good laugh at me. Humor at my expense. That must be it, because I can't imagine I deserve this crap.
So, I was coping ok with my FIL diagnosis of prostate cancer. Unfortunate, but there's a good plan of action so I was feeling pretty confident on that. Then the financial stuff. For yet another quarter, I can't afford to pay the IRS. Come April, we're gonna have to come up with a ton of money. The fun of independent practice.... Um, then there came the renewals - condo warranty, malpractice insurance, car insurance, condo insurance, national certification, professional membership. Oh, and the HUGE AmEx bill. And the alleged Christmas gift (my mom told me to book our Christmas flight last month and she'd send me the money to cover the tickets. Yeah. Right. Never happened. Because she was too busy to buy stamps. Let me call AmEx right up and tell them I can't pay my bill on time because of lack of stamps.). Blood pressure is ratcheting up slowly at this point. 
So getting to today - we have our first visit with the new oncologist. Our eldest cat was diagnosed with 2 types of cancer a year ago and had been doing great in fighting it. Today was our follow-up to do an ultrasound and bloodwork. The good news is her intestines look clear. But the bad news is she has fluid accumulation in her abdomen that may indicate that the cancer has spread to her mesentary (tissue within the abdomen). Considering I've had 2 grandmothers who have died from metastatic cancer, all I hear from the vet is "you're not going to have another Christmas with your baby". I don't want to be ungrateful, because when she was first diagnosed, I prayed to God that if He could just see her thru my surgery, that's all I would ask. I just couldn't deal with losing her right at such a difficult time in my life. But cancer doesn't care about difficult times, or the right time, or the "if onlys". Cancer doesn't listen to rationale or bargaining. 
My husband is VERY unraveled by this. I'm thinking of pushing the therapy idea again, seeing someone who specializes in grief. I really don't think we'll be able to get thru this without some professional help. In front of him, I'm trying to keep strong and not let on what I'm feeling. I know that he needs to hear the positive and the hopeful or he'll really fall to pieces. Between his father's diagnosis and having to face that cancer may have come back in our fur-baby, he's holding on to his composure with just a tenuous thread; it's hard to be the stoic & realistic one, when I want to just succumb to emotional reactions too. I also feel incompetent in this. I can't do anything to change Princess's health. I feel insufficient to buoy my husband from what he feels. Alot of life is feeling like I'm grasping at sand.
My hope is that tomorrow we get good pathology results and there could be another cause for her fluid buildup, something less insidious. But somehow I feel like cancer will get her and I worry that I may not have it in me to fight this again. It's not just the financial thing - who knows how many thousands we've already spent on her care - but it's an emotional battle that may be fighting something inevitable. I just really hate cancer.....


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