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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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    U look amazing!! Keep it up, is a never ending battle!
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12/31/11
on December 31, 2011 6:49 am
 WOW! The close of another year......exactly one month away from my 5 year surgery anniversary......time has gone by quickly.  I am thankful that these 5 years have been complication free.  God is good and He sustains me.....He does what He says He will do but too many times I fall short on my end.  With that being said I am so thankful that I serve a God who gives us many chances to get it together....He is still working on me.  I am thankful for the peopke that God has placed in my life, family and frirnds, to love and spport me even when its hard to do.  And for the ones who stay when its hard to stay when they dont have to....family cant leave 'technically' lol but friends can choose to not be friends, and i can say that Not only was I blessed with a very loving and suppirtive family....I have the most amazing friends.  I am also thankful for the ones who walked away when it wasnt easy to stay......their season was over and I am one to try to make seasonal friends lufetime friends...God knows better than I do so He gives the other person a stronger resolve than I have so they can walk away.....what can I say I am a person pack rat.  

I still have the same fears of not maintai i g the weight loss...this journey is HARD. I remember last year before going in for my 4 yr check up with my surgeon i really went back to basics with my eating and increased the intensity of my work outs because i thought my weight was up from what it was the year before.  Well it turns out I wasnt, so when I weighed in I had lost weight since my visit the year before. And my surgeon asked me 'were u sick last year or did you have surgery?" most pts dont lose weight between their 3rd & 4th yr.  I was like wow......a little offended and like know I worked out at the fitness center where they train football players and atheletes for most of last yr....and i work out 4 days a week at least.....but  anywho......

Last year was an interesting year to say the least.....I turned 40 on August 4, 2011 and about a month and a half before my birthday i went back to the basics cause you know I had to be Fit Fine and Fabulous for my Fortieth...took a trip to Jamaica to celebrate and then went to Vegas to celebrate my fr


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