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Jack F. Rutledge, M.D.
I first met Dr. Rutledge about 4 years ago when I went to a WLS seminar and I thougt that if I went thru with the surgery..he was going to be the one to do it. There were three other doctors in the seminar with him, but I knew he was the one for me. Fast forward four years and we meet again at a weight loss seminar. He was the only surgeon there but I had made up my mind four years before. I turned in my paper work and requested a consulation appointment with his office. Went to the appointment on December 14, 2006 and I thought he was little distant. Did not feel really comfortable with him after that visit. But I talked it over with some friends and they said his bedside manner was not as important as his credentials. Then one of my friends made me reallize a few things that could have influenced my judgement. 1) I was scared 2) I was PMSing 3) I was scared!! 4) a little personal stress going on at the time. So I knew that the main problem was ME on that visit. His office was very thorough in getting my paper work submitted to my insurance company and I got approval in exactly 10 business days and had a surgery date three weeks later. I had to have one more office visit with Dr. Rutledge and he wanted to met one of my family members. My mom was not really wanting me to have to surgery and did not want to go to visit with me. But she came and I was afraid that would be a disaster but you know what....my mom and aunt both got along great with Dr. Rutledge..which is saying a whole lot. They normally do not get along to well with Dr's. :-)rnrnSo on the day of my surgery I had a few friends and family along with me and he was even great to my friends. My friends Monica and Michelle were back in the surgery prep area with me and Monica called him Dr. McDreamy and he just laughed. He noticed right away that my mother was not present and he went out into the waiting area to talk to her before he started my surgery!! How is that for concern and courtesy? I would give him a five! !(I work for a call center and 5 is the highest score you can get). He came to check me over the next day and I was cleared to go home. I will have a follow up appointment next Thursday and go from there. I think Dr. Rutledges bedside manner and surgical competence are both excellent!
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  • Comment by ibiss11 on 9/22/08 2:43 pm
    U look amazing!! Keep it up, is a never ending battle!
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    Hi Stephanie! I just wanted to wish you good luck with your surgery. I know you'll do great! I wish that you have a speedy recovery. Let me know how you're doing while you're at home.
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    Congratulations on your upcoming surgery! Wishing you all the best an uneventful and speedy recovery.
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Monday Morning Weigh Ins
on December 29, 2008 3:18 am
HW 327
SW 322
LW 191.8
CW 189.8
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Monday Morning Weigh Ins
on December 22, 2008 4:42 am
HW 327
SW 322
LW 191.4
CW 191.8
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The conflict of two natures
on December 20, 2008 5:01 pm
So I was responding to a question someone sent me earlier today and I was asked if I had any regrets since having my surgery...and I said no not any real regrets....so what does that mean?  I have no idea. lol I am not happy right now but that is mainly due to my bad choices and the extreme weight gain I have experienced and have not been able to curtail...but again it is due to the choices that I have made.  And as I was typing the response to the person, this scripture came into my mind......boy does this describe my struggles...I know what I should be doing but I don't do it...and it is hard to not do those things.   The bible really does have answers and examples of all that we go thru! And I am just crazy enough to believe that there is no temption out there that I can't go over with the help of Jesus! He came and went thru so much just so that I might have life and have life more abundantly! 

Romans 7 : 19

The Conflict of Two Natures

14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. 17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

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Praise Report!!!
on December 20, 2008 4:15 pm
So in the midst of my pity party I have been having for the last few months I am please to post that I have lots to be thankful for..one of which is my work out consistency!  This week marks the two year anniversary of my starting my work out program and committing to going to gym at least 4 days a week and working out.  I track my work outs on spark people and at the first of the year I set a goal for my work out and it calculates the time in minutes for the total number of minutes you are supposed to complete in that year.  Well, I met my goal yesterday!! With 12 days to spare! I was way excited about that!  And I will continue to work out these last few days of the year and exceed my goal but several hundred minutes.  And I will increase the time for next year to give my self a little extra challenge.  I have already upped my lunch time routine by 15 minutes.  It just amazes me when I sit back and think about how wonderful God is.  How He makes so many things possible for His children.  As I was working out on Friday and my cardio came to the last few minutes I was just praising Him for the fact that I have a gym on site at my job.  I don't have to pay a membership fee anywhere, I don't have to drive any where to get there, and it is available anytime I need it.  And it is usually empty when I go so I have the TV to myself and can catch up on the court tv shows! They are hilarious and make the time fly.  My weight is still way up but I am not giving up. I have a long way to go to get back down to my goal weight but God showed me the way before and He will guide me there again.  

See you on Monday for my weigh in!! 
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Monday Morning Weigh In
on December 15, 2008 4:29 am
HW 327
SW 322
LW 190.0
CW 191.4
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