Paresh Shah, M.D. very easy to speak to, makes things easy to understand....
and much taller than I had imagined him LOL.
office staff was SUPER friendly and helpful.
overdue update 3/6/07 I know it's been a while... I guess that's what happens when you can actually get out and LIVE.
I went the other day to Salvation Army to drop off a few bags of clothes... 2x and 3x shirts, 46 and 48 waist pants.... while I was there, I picked up 4 pairs of like-new pants for $14 total... waist sizes were 36 (fit me now), 34 (I could button them, but they were tight) and 32 (I could pull them on and zip half-way... they should fit me in a month or two.
my shirts (depending on the type and cut) are either XL (which fit perfect in the shoulders, but a bit loose in the belly) or LARGE which fit just about perfect in the belly and chest, but are a bit snug in the shoulders... I think I'm always going to be XL in my shirts because of my shoulders, though I may end up needing what they call an "athletic cut".
I'm now a little shy of 4 months out... and am down about 105-110 lbs. I've been (when it hasn't been snowing or blisteringly cold) walking 5+ miles at a time with NO pain to my knees, I've been sledding with my son... yes, I've been posting here and there on the boards, but not so much time to post blogs like I started out doing.
this has been the BEST thing I have EVER done for myself, and would do it a MILLION times over.
my only regret is that I didn't get off my fat ass years ago to get this done... but then, I wouldn't have had the ammo to fight the "experimental" claim my insurance tried to make.
Finally, thanks to our own lovely LeaAnn of the DS boards, I can proudly display this: