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  • Name: Rachel L.
  • Username: rllvsjc
  • Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • Member Since: 3/20/2004
  • BMI: 60.3
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (03/27/07)
  • Surgeon: Peter O'Brien, M.D.
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Goals

Not cringe at turnstiles.

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TO SIT IN A AIRPLANE SEAT AND NOT HAVE TO USE AN EXTENSION

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Not have to wedge my ass into the seats at a baseball stadium or hockey arena

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no longer see myself as the fattest person in the room

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Choose any seat I want, not just the one that looks sturdy

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Surgeon Testimonial

Peter O'Brien, M.D.
My first impression was that he was like most doctors. A little impersonal and hurried. Not un-nice. After complications following surgery and seeing more of Dr OBrien I found him to be wonderful. He was there 24/7 when I was having problems, would meet me in the ER, he was genuinely concerned and perplexed at my problems. When I returned for followup after banding was reversed was very helpful saying that he would take care of insurance for me and get me re-approved. His office staff are wonderful. Jodi the insurance lady could have kept me a bit more informed, but she was nice. Dr OBrien prefers shots for pain medicine. I do not. I would say his surgical competence is better than his bedside manner. (I have met VERY few surgeons with better bedside manner-and I probably wouldn't want them to be my surgeon if that was the case)
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Three weeks out
on April 19, 2007 2:34 pm
Well, surgery went well.  I was in the hospital for 6 days.  Dr OBrien performed a modified RNY.  Kind of a sleve gastrectomy because of the scarring from my last surgery.  So my stomach is a little bit larger than the traditional RNY.  I just hope that I am able to lose the weight with it.  I trust Dr. OB and know that he did what was best for me.  I have lost 17 pounds since surgery and 36 pounds all together from 2 weeks before surgery.   
I have started walking on the treadmill, but really need to be better at keeping up with that.  I think that continuing to walk will be the only way that I will continue to lose weight.
I go back to work next weekend.  It went WAY too fast!
385/349/170
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