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Surgeon Testimonial Christina Li, M.D. I had attended 2 pre surgery seminar's at Sinai prior to my initial consultation with Dr. Li. I had seen her speak to a group and was impressed with her level of compassion for an entire group gathering to make a huge decision. When I met her for my initial consultation her personality continued to be one of positive, supportive, sensitive, and friendly. Coupled with her obvious skill, knowledge, and record, I was feeling pretty good about her. At the end of the appointment she huggedme and said "welcome to the group" and I instantly knew I was home! One of my pre op tests had a questionable something on it, and she was very responsive to my concern, and even had a staff member make a CAT scan appointment for the next morning to rule out anything serious without postponing my surgery. (Thankfully it was nothing!) The entire office staff has been fantastic, responsive, flexible and friendly. My surgery went off without any complications, I am 1 week out and feel fantastic. The Sinai program emphasizes that this is not a 1 time operation -there is preparation to be done before hand, and a path to follow afterwards, forever. They provide the tools, support, and information needed to do so, and they present it in a fantastic manner! ************************************** After returning to Sinai for an abdominal obstruction 11 days post op, I need to update here! Unfortunately I had this little bump in the road, and when I did, Dr. Li was out of town. But thankfully, Dr. Koppman and Dr. Gandas were available to take care of my problem on a Sunday night. I was amazed at how compassionate Dr. Koppman was throughout the day on the phone and while I was waiting to be seen in the ER. He had called ahead to arrange a CAT scan with the surgeon on ER duty, and as soon as it was done, he was there. I was in surgery within a couple of hours, and throughout a 6 day hospital stay, all 3 surgeons of the Sinai program were in my room checking on me daily. (including Dr. Gandas via the Robot! AMAZING!) The entire Sinai Bariatric program staff have been amazing throughout the orginal surgery and the set back. Latest Surgery Support Comments
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Smilesy's Blog
8 Months out and counting....
Still feeling absolutely amazing! I just can't believe how this has gone! Since my last blog entry on October 5, I have lost 10 more pounds and am feeling great! (I am down a total of 121# since January) To be this far out and still losing 8 - 10 a month is just fantastic! I have become a bit relaxed in some areas, and I think if I kicked them up a bit I'd be doing even better. First and foremost, I am not exercising like I need to be! I have an elliptical at home, but average 1 x a week on it. And I have the tension bands and dumb bells at home too, and have NOT been doing my toning! However, I have been trying to make my weekend activities more active (i.e. walking/parks/hiking Happy Thanksgiving all! 0 Comment(s)
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.JPG "This one makes me look REALLY good n ow! :) Taken Nov 06, 2 mos before my pre op diet started.")
