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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

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Not have to take insulin shots anymore!

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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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6 weeks Post op
on January 30, 2008 11:10 am
I feel so great.  I am down 32 pounds.   I feel so different.  I had to buy some new pants.  I have squeezed into a size 28 for years.  I bought some size 26 at Wal Mart.  And I still have breathing room.  WooHoo.  I haven't been able to find pants to fit me in Wal Mart for years.  I went to Cato's and bought a pretty shirt.  It looks so good.  I feel like a whole new person.  Um.....I kinda forgot to mention that Saturday I got married.  hahaha It was a real spur of the moment kind of thing.  I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years.  We have talked about marriage, but since I had a terrible first marriage, I was afraid he would turn out the same as my ex.  But, he has been so wonderful to me during my surgery and after.  He really gives me confidence and praises me.  I really saw a side of him that I had never seen when I came out of the operating room.  He showed me that he really cares and does love me.  He looks at me so different.  He stares at me and hugs me.  It feels so good to have my man be proud of me.  And just to thank that I have all these changes with just 32 pounds.  I can't imagine how things will be when I lose 50 or even 100.  Again, I am so glad I had my surgery and do not have any regrets.  If anyone is reading my blog that is considering surgery.....I recommend it.  I have had no complications.  I have been out to eat several times with my family, friends at work, and my new husband.  I have been able to find something to eat everywhere I have been.  I am not tempted to cheat or over do it.  If I get a plate of food, I share with my husband who eats ALOT and does not gain weight.  And, I get a to go plate as soon as I get my food.  Go ahead and move it out of your plate.  I have found very few things that I can not eat.  The ones that I have had trouble with is b/c it was too dry or I ate too fast.  I am not tired either.  I honestly feel better now than I did before surgery.  No pain, nothing.
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4 weeks post op
on January 16, 2008 10:37 am
I went to my 4 week visit today.  I am down 24 lbs.  I had expected more, but looking at the big picture, that is great.  I have been over 300 lbs for so many years.  I was thinking on the way home.......24 lbs in one month, in 5 months that is over 100 lbs.  I am sure I will have stalls and slow weeks, but I am confident that it will come off.  I am so pleased.  I am off of the pureed diet now!  I had a small hamburger patty for lunch.  It was so good.  I felt really full.  I have some frozen turkey burgers that I bought pre-op.  They have no carbs, few calories, and low fat.  This surgery, like they say is a tool to help us.  We have to do the hard part.  Changing habits is so hard.  I look at food different now.  I know that I made myself the way I am, no the way I was.  Because I will no longer be over 300 lbs.  And soon I will be able to say I will no longer be over 200 lbs.  I also made my blood pressure high and my gluclose levels high.  I did it to myself by eating the way I did.  NO MORE!!!!!!!  I want to eat only foods that give me the nutrients my body needs.  I walk a mile everyday and yesterday, I walked twice......2 miles.  I feel like an ass now for complaining about not losing enough.  I should feel pleased, well I do now.  I see so many people who need and want the surgery and can't get it done for different reasons.  I feel bad now when people ask me all the time how much I have lost.  I know other people who have weight issues get tired of hearing it everyday.  I feel bad for my mom.  There is no way her heart could with stand surgery.  Anyone who is considering having surgery and is reading this.......I recommend you do it.  It works. 
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3 weeks post op
on January 7, 2008 7:56 am
I am feeling 100% better today.  I am going to start walking on my lunch break with my sister.  I have done well with eating.  I still don't feel hungry.  I still feel like I am not losing weight fast enough.  I have not weighed myself this week.  I am going to wait and see what the scales at Dr. Naziri's office says.  I can't wait until I can really see a difference and my clothes get too big for me.  I have no pain now.  I even did a Tae-bo video yesterday. 
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2 week post op
on January 2, 2008 8:11 am
I had my 2 week post op appointment today.  I am down 16 lbs.  Honestly I thought I would have lost more, but I am not complaining.  Everything went well.  I am so happy I had the surgery.
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