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Surgeon TestimonialPratibha Vemulapalli M.D.I was actually referred to Dr Gibbs but when I met them both at the seminar I instantly knew Dr Vemulapalli would be my choice. She had a kind smile and a no nonsence attitude. My opinion of her never changed. Instead with time I just verified why she had to have been my only choice. There was nothing I did not like about Dr V. I highly recommend her to anyone and everyone.
Well the switchboard is not that great but her staff is fabulous. I would not have been able to get thru this without Janice, AJ and Marilyn. Kristen was also great, whenever I had a question about my protein or diet,she was an email or call away.
I knew before I signed those papers, how importnat it was for me to take care of myself not only before the surgery but most importantly after the surgery. Dr Vemulapalli never led me to believe that all I needed was to get the surgery done and then snap, she waved her wand I'm thin. She always let me kow this is a rough road and if you fight well you will win. As to which aspect of her is better, well I can't choose. She had me confident and smiling when I was nervous before surgery. She had me confident, carefree and smiling after surgery. Each appointment was always a pep talk in a way, to let me know, no matter what people say, this isn't the easy way out, so if you are not ready, say it now and we'll stop.
Sorry if this sounds to good to be true, but it is. She is 100% the best. Realize you will have impatience with your health insurance and the pre surgical tesing and diet but every aspect I have had interaction with her was great.
During the operation she found a MASSIVE hernia taking up almost a good half of my lower right belly. As far as other doctors made it seem, they said they doubted the surgery would be completed. But she did it. And I will be returning to her or one of her colleagues later on, after I have lost weight to get the hernia removed .
If this were a rating she'd have a 10.0
She is perfection. I and my family are forvever indebted to her. I have a better lease on life because of her.
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- Books & Literature - I am an avid reader. I love to read from all genre's, especially romance.
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- Parenting - I love being a mom. And my co-captain is a great dad.
- Board Games & Puzzles - We have a family game night and we love it.
- Christianity - I am a devout Catholic. My love for God is my strength and will power.
- Video Game Systems - IN LOVE w my Wii!!!
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OK this is a rant on February 26, 2010 7:54 am
OMG I feel like choking my mother. She has never been helpful or supportive and now that she actually sees me losing weight and ENJOYING my new life, she says that I took the "EASY WAY OUT" OK yes I wanted to beat the crap out of her. Its not my fault that she has all her sickness that are related to obesity but refuses to do anything about it.
What is now bothering me the most is that my kids are good eaters until she starts offering them things I refer to as treats WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY HUNGRY. My kids are ultra polite and find it hard to say no. They woke up late because of NYC's Snowicane, school is closed.
So they just had breakfast at 9:50 am. Tell me why at 10:44 my mother was serving them soda crackers and cream cheese. Not a few crackers, nooooooo, like 10 each with globs of cream cheese on it. I asked my kids if they were hungry, they said no. Then she has the nerve to tell me that I have no right to starve my kids!!! How can you starve a child that 1 just ate 2 says they are not hungry, but want to eat it cause grandma says they have to.
I have been this way with my kids since they each hit 2 years old. I am making sure they don't end up like I was. Even my husband agrees because he was a fat kid. We remember how it was to be picked on for being the fat kid. My kids are not fat but with her pumping them with hourly "Snacks" when she is around, which are the size of most meals, obesity is not too far away.
Ahhhh ok I think I have expelled my demons.
She cries at the drop of a hat and at this point her tears did not affect me. I have the right to worry about my kids. I am tired of her saying they are too skinny when there doctor says that my son should lose about 3 lbs to be considered average and that my daughter is fine because she is short for her age.
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Looks like I'll hit my first goal faster than I thought on February 23, 2010 1:25 pm
Went to the doctor and I lost another 13 lbs!!! Brings my total to 34 lbs lost in 27 days! Woooohooooo!!! My PCP is very impressed with my weight loss and the fact that I have none of the complaints mostly all of his patients have. Guess I am part of the lucky few. Life is not all roses but at least I am blessed enough not to have complications like others have.
Some down moments and some WOW moments. My Achilles heel on my right foot still hurts but I am having less joint pain in my knees. When I walk I feel like I am bouncing and a walk that usually takes me 40 minutes from my house to the kids school now takes me 20 minutes!!! I FEEL FREE!!! And just imagine. . . . . this is only the BEGINNING of my NEW LIFE!!! Ahhhhhh Thank you God for the health and for the strength to keep me going on. I can not ask for more, but I will work for it instead.
I know soon will come the plateau but I will rise above that and keep working at it.
Thanks to Herc, Liza, MsCandee, Andrea and all my other OH friends and members for the support and advise.
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Has been unable to eat, not due to RNY, due to FLU on February 18, 2010 9:01 am
It always happens every time I get the flu. I have never been able to hold in anything not even fluids. Well luckily this time around, the only time I feel OK is when I drink and it is the only thing that stays put. Even packaged baby food fruit isn't keeping put. And the creaminess of the protein isn't keeping put either. I am drinking it in 1 oz increments hourly in order to try to get it down. I have been i torture since Monday and can't wait for this to pass.
Other than that even tho I refuse to weigh myself I know I have lost weight. The clothes that were super tight on me are now loose.The tee shirts that were tightly worn under sweaters are now flowing freely. WOW if I didn't have the flu, I would have jumped up and down from the sight.
I gotta keep this short cause I feel like crap. But a mother's work is never done, so have to get myself together to go pick up the kids.
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Was last weighed on 1/30, now 10 days later on February 8, 2010 9:47 am
I am 21 lbs lighter!!!!! Wooooohooooo!!!! I can't even believe it. I am now super psyched. It took a lot of pain and hard work to get those first 20 lbs off but I am confident that I can continue and prove I beat obesity.
I am now on Stage 2 post op, so I am boiling an egg and am going to have egg salad puree. Oh my mind is more hungry than my tummy.
She did tell me she wants me to try to get to 200 lbs, but that if it isn't possible when she goes in to take out my hernia she is going to give me a revision because she is just now admitting she didn't make it small enough because she was afraid my huge hernia would cause a issue with severe malabsorbtion.
I am so happy and grateful that I have such a great support system of family, friends and internet buddies. You guys have gotten me through so much and are like a second family to me.
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Changed some of my goals to motivate me more. on February 3, 2010 11:26 am
Motivation and hard work are key. So to motivate myself more, I changed some of my weight goals. Each goal is to lose weight in 50 lb increments, and then I am also going to reward myself. A new pair of shoes, a nice outfit (even tho I will just grow out of them),or some nice accessories. I'm also doing this cause in cause the weight loss is slow or I plateau, I don't want to lose confidence.
I've started to include some resistance bands into my daily routine. Even tho 'm walking I feel as if my arms are on puppet strings lately. My daily arm exercise used to be lifting and carrying my 34 lb daughter. I can tell she misses my throwing her up in the air and carrying her everywhere, but I really don't want to risk any injuries.
I'm happy overall, but I hate the protein right now. Suddenly almost everything has a bad taste to it. If I don't add lemon or lime to my broth, I can't even have it. I HATE jello. Can't wait for to have jello only occasionally, instead of multiple times a day. I do love tea tho.
I am going to admit something. I attempted solids, but not to swallow. I just chewed it and spit it out. Less than 5 minutes later I was keeling over in pain. So yeah you know that is not ever happening again EVER!!!!
This is not quite what I expected but yet I am very happy everything is going well. MY appointment is Monday the 8th. And I can't wait til they weigh me. Sorry I don't own a scale, its because of my over 400 lb days. But not anymore. I'm going out to buy one next week.
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