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  • Username: slhoffman
  • Location: LaGrange, NC, USA
  • Member Since: 2/1/2007
  • BMI: 37.4
  • Surgery date scheduled
  • Surgery Type: RNY (12/17/07)
  • Surgeon: Wade Nazari, M.D.
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Have a baby

19 People
 in progress, 
3 People
 achieved this

Not have to take insulin shots anymore!

2 People
 in progress, 
3 People
 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Wade Nazari, M.D.
I want to say in my opinion Dr. Naziri is the best surgeon. I am very pleased. I have had no complications and feel like if I ever do, he will be there for me. everyone in the office seems to care. I can honestly say that I have no complaints about Dr. Naziri or any of the staff.
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Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by judyanne on 12/15/07 11:24 am
    Monday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench! ~ JudyAnne
  • Comment by SOSAngel on 12/14/07 6:23 pm
    Hey Stacy we're gonna get through this it sounds like you have a great family support behind you common twinkie we'll make it on that loser's bench after all!!
  • Comment by Amanda F. on 4/26/07 3:07 pm
    You are on your way! Keep your head up and your spirit strong and everything will turn out the way you want it to. ((((((hugs))))))
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Over a year later.........
on October 18, 2010 7:02 pm
I haven't posted in over a year.  So much has changed and I have been so busy.  I have been going to school full time and am almost finished with my AA Degree.  The biggest change is that my second baby girl is due on December 8.  I can't believe that I am going to be a mom again.  I tried for so many years and couldn't get pregnant.  I had surgery Dec. 07 and was pregnant May 08.  I quit taking my birth control in December of 09 and was pregnant in March of 10!  I am so glad I had by surgery.  I have gained some weight back, but that is my fault.  I am still free of illness.  I love my life.  I recommend this surgery to anyone who is considering it!!!!!
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1 year 7 months post op
on August 1, 2009 5:05 pm

My baby is 5 months old now.  She is so sweet.  She is smart too.  I love her so much.  I can't believe that I tried so many years to get pregnant and only 4 months post op I was pregnant.  But, I think God and Dr. Naziri.  I stalled at 235 pounds.  I never made it under 200, but this is my fault.  I can do it.  I just have to try.  I would love to hear from my old friends to see how they are doing.

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Doing good!
on October 25, 2008 1:19 pm
I am 5 1/2 months pregnant with my little girl Emily Michelle.  I am so happy. I never thought I would have a baby.  I have gained 4 pounds with my pregnancy.  I am still losing in some parts like my face and my shoulders, but my baby is growing.  My weight is evening out, what I lose, she grows and makes me keep the same weight.  I am still watching what I eat, so I don't get my bad habits back.  I will keep everyone posted.  Hope everyone is doing well.  I am sorry that I haven't had time to support everyone, but I don't have a computer at work or at home.  So, maybe soon I will have one. 
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Update
on August 12, 2008 11:32 am
Gosh, I don't even know how many weeks post op I am now.  Tomorrow I will be three months pregnant.  Now, I am doing well.  I haven't gained any weight yet, but I have stopped loosing.  My tummy is growing though.  I have had a terrible month though.  My husband all of a sudden decide he wanted to start drinking and getting violent.  Then he told me that he doesn't love me anymore and is not ready for children.  So, my dad loaned me $ to move out.  Now I live on my own.  One Saturday after I moved out, I stopped by my husbands house to get some shoes.  I still had a key, so I went in.  Well, he had a woman in our bed.  He had been seeing her for about 2 months.  Let me tell you that I jumped in the middle of the bed with them and was hitting them both.  That finally did it for me.  I don't love him anymore.  He is trash.  So, now I am going to be a single mother.  I had a hard time when I first moved out.  I had to go to the ER, b/c I was bleeding.  I had lost more weight, due to depression.  But, now I am free from him and very happy.  I am taking care of myself and preparing for my new baby.  It is still hard to believe I got pregnant after all the years of trying.  I thank God everyday.  And as for the man, he is not worth me.  I am so much more than him.  My baby and I will have a very happy healthy life.  I hope you are all doing well.  I miss talking to my friends, but I have been so depressed, that I didn't want to talk.
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29 weeks out
on July 9, 2008 9:51 am

So much is going on now!  I have lost 90 pounds since surgery and 130 since my heaviest.  I am doing well.  Today I am 7 weeks pregnant.  I am actually doing good.  No morning sickness at all.  I haven't actually talked to Dr. Naziri, but I see him next week.  I called and they told me some extra things I can do to take better care of myself.  I went to a party Saturday where there were people I hadn't seen in years.  They were amazed by the difference in me.  I am so proud of myself.  I am so excited now that I am almost normal size.  I don't feel like I am 3 times larger than everyone that I am around.  And now I am going to finally have my baby that I have so long wanted. 

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I am 30 years old, 5'6 and weigh 331 some days more, some days less.  I have been heavy since about the 3rd grade.  I was always the heaviest in my class.  I can still remember the song they sung as I got on the bus. "Fatty, fatty 2 by 4 can't fit through the bathroom door".  It hurt so bad.  I wanted quit school, yeah in the third grade.  I cried every night.  I still face comments and looks.  I am the only really overweight person at my job.  I am the heaviest in my family.  I am the heaviest of all of my friends.  I don't have anyone that I can shop with, because I am so ashamed of the size of my clothing.  I have honestly tried to loose weight.  Every doctor tells me that all of my medical problems are due to my weight, then in the next sentence they tell me that the PCOS causes the heaviness in the mid-section.  I am so tired of having to take shots every morning and stick my finger two - three times a day.  I want to have a baby more than anything in the world.  I haven't menstated since May of 2006.  I have taken provera for two months now and it hasn't made me menstrate.  I am so tired of wearing the 3 pairs of jeans I have that fit and mens tee shirts.  I want to be able to dress up and look good in the clothes.  I was in a very abusive marriage for 10 years.  I now have a fiance who is very supportive of me, but I know he has to feel embarrassed when he is with me and his friends see us in the stores.  He has never said anything but "I love you like this, this is how I met you".  Well, that just gave me the go ahead to continue on my eating and weight gaining.  I think I am 20 lbs heavier now than when I first met him.  Our main problem is that he gets mad at me when I don't want to go to a restaurant full of people where I know the booths are small.  He just says why do you care what people think.  You are with me.  And we always fight if he wants to be intimate in the day time or when the lights are on.  He says I am not attracted to him.  He used to think I was cheating on him b/c I was in a depressed time of my life and I didn't want him to touch me at all.  He just can't understand how I feel and how embarrassed I get.