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  • Username: seanbear66rn
  • Location: Dracut, MA, USA
  • Member Since: 11/24/2006
  • BMI: 36.2
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: VSG (04/06/12)
  • Surgeon: David Lautz, M.D.
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Goals

to lose 50 lbs by my 46th birthday..in June

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be 100 lbs lighter for my 42nd birthday

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Surgeon Testimonial

David Lautz, M.D.
The surgeon was very professional. His office staff is great. His adminstrator is a little rough around the edges but knows her job and is alot a fun. The office staff overall are very nice and professional. The program is very well structured and focuses on presurgery and aftercare. They have a program that is focused on wholistic comprehsive care. They have a hotline manned by R.N.s and N.P.s rnThe surgery risks were explained at the information session which is required of all patients and at the initial consult. I was given many occasions to ask questions. They also gave extensive reading material both times. rnI would rate him and the program excellent.
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  • Comment by Shell Marr on 8/28/07 1:34 pm
    OOPS...I meant WEDNESDAY!! :)
  • Comment by Shell Marr on 8/28/07 1:33 pm
    YEAH...how exciting THURSDAY is YOUR day!! Hubby and I will be thinking about you....See you on the losers bench!! :) Shell Marr (banded 6/21/07)
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BIG BEAR ...LOOKING TO REGAIN   "CUB" status........Well you know the story YO YO...YoYo......I decided I had to do something ........researched lap band.....then saw someone I was aquainted with and he looked awsome.......He told me about his surgery....He was one of the first done in Massachusetts...I was sold...I have a great life and want to keep it that way......My husband...we have been together 13 years is the picture of health...I want to be the same way......        
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The wait is on...
on March 5, 2012 7:59 pm
I have a surgery date of 4/6/2012. I must say I am much more nervious about this surgery. I am a little freaked out they are taking 85% of my stomach...Although I am sure the part they remove would make a great piece of luggage. About the size of a carryon bag. My eating has been off the chart !! Since I had the band undone WHOO HOOH !! I have had a party...non-stop like I was living on a cruise ship on the buffet dack.. Alas this is coming to an end...because I start the dreaded liquid diet tomorrow.....Well I can look forward to being away from my horrid job (love my work as a child Psych nurse....worn out by all the drama). I am so happy I willl be in Florida. I am going to stay at our mobile home. The Park is beautiful...and it is the most wonderful place to walk. I will be bummed that I will not be able to swim...but all in time. My husband is also going to be off the month !!! It will nice to be a place where there is less temptation to eat something I should not post surgery.
I am getting my supplies in order. Russell (my husband) and Kristal (our close friend and roommate) have read all of the liturture I have handed them....Now order protien shakes, vitamins....get my head around what I am haveing done.....EASY...Right????
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tough time
on December 22, 2011 7:46 pm
 I am now 4 years out and I have been advised that I should consider a sleeve.....damn .....I had done well with the band ....but had gotten used to it being very tight.....then got aspiration pneumonia.....really discouraged....I have gone from a low of 200lbs to 260.....gotta decide what to do next.....Life has been good. Work has been challenging. I would love to change jobs to take a break from Child Psych nursing but I am living with "Golden Handcuffs" I would have to take a huge pay cut.....so I am looking 
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UP DATE 1 YEAR LATER
on October 21, 2008 6:26 am

First and Foremost ....This was the best decision I have made since going to nursing school.

It has not been a struggle. I have not been able to workout in months due to my work schedule.

Work has been challenging !!! I love it with all my heart but it does wear on me at times. I have caught myseIf "stress eating" at work. I am excited that I am starting a new schedule that will allow me to workout again. I am hovering in the low 220's. I am so close to the teens...I cannot wait !!! I am now trying to get my diet in order. I am now at a good restriction.
I am hoping to have a 36 inch waist and I hope to have 19 inch arms by Christmas.

There have been so many changes In my life. It has changed my social life emensly !!!! I joined a social networking site. I have several very good friends from it. I started going out to a bar for the first time in out 10 years. I am less self concious in social situations and have been able to give encouragement to other's about getting the surgery. I have a friend from my social group who is having a lap band placed. I am feeling much more comfortable in the sex department. I am getting much more attention from YOUNG guys.
I still look at myself and think that I am still fat. But even that is starting to change.

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SICK OF BEING SICK
on October 8, 2007 12:41 pm
Well i have been sick with the flu for a little over a week now.. ..I have had some difficulty not eating crap . I do not know if it is my body or my brain that makes me crave Carbs IN A BIG WAY. I have been doing O.k. with my diet...but not great.....I have not been food shopping so my choices are limited......The good news is I have not gained back any weight.....I am actually down about 2 lbs.....I knew this would happen....I did not think I would continue to lose the way I was....BUT I REALLY WANT TO GET BACK TO THE GYM !!!  I have less than 1 month until I go to Florida...and I want to be 10 lbs lighter.....well I need to take a nap
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1ST POST OP VISIT
on September 20, 2007 8:58 pm
WELL I WENT IN AND GOT WEIGHED ON "THERE  SCALE " FULLY DRESSED.....I WAS 274......THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT LOOKED AT MY LAST APPT. WEIGHT...IT WAS 305   !!! EVERY ONE WAS GREAT........THE DR. LOOKED ME OVER  (DR. LAUTZ ROCKS). HE CUT OFF A SMALL AMT OF ONE OF THE SUTURES THAT DID NOT DISOLVE. IT HAD BEEN CATCHING ON MY CLOTHES AND DRIVING ME CRAZY.....HE O.K.'D THE ELIPTICAL MACHINE AND SAID "YOU CAN EXERCISE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT STRESS YOU ABDOMEN !!!! I CANNOT WAIT TO GET TO THE GYM TOMORROW       
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MY Story.......fat as a kid would lose and gain.......in my late 20's doing pretty good...met my husband...started a new career.....and back on the yo-yo.........Add in medications ..... non for obesity related conditions....ALL of which reek havoc on weight control...and TA DAH.... forty and 375......385.....395......O.K.   I could add ALL sorts of details about the "KRAZY" in my life but......not what I am here for.......