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Frank H. Chae, MD FACS
My surgeon was sitting at his desk in his office with the door open when I first saw him. I thought that the \"open door\" was significant in that I think it made him seem very accessible. He said during our first interview that I would have a direct telephone number to speak to him should I have any questions or concerns. This was AWESOME! He is loaded with excellent credentials as well. I know I am in good hands when he does surgery on me. I have another appointment with him before surgery where I will be gathering more information. I think his surgical competence is better than his bedside manner; but both would rate excellent in my opinion.rnrnI have seen my surgeon again (the last time before my surgery) and I am more convinced than ever that he is going to take great care of me. He has given me a telephone number to contact him directly if I need to. (I won't have to go through anyone else! How cool is that?) rnrnSusan at the front desk is incredibly kind and helpful--and funny! She makes the entire visit more comfortable and enjoyable.rnrnOn the negative side, they have one of those automatic blood-pressure cuffs in the office. They hurt like crazy and no amount of yelping will influence the cuff to stop adding pressure! Ugh!
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  • Comment by karebear_76 on 10/19/06 11:09 am
    hope everything went wonderfully. thank you so much for the kind words. hope to get to know you better in our jounrey to being little women. kearbear
  • Comment by Debbie W. on 10/15/06 7:29 pm
    Theresa, My thoughts and prayers will be with you tomorrow. May your surgery go smoothly and your recovery be complication free! debbie
  • Comment by Britt on 10/15/06 7:08 pm
    Congrats on your big day tomorrow ...I pray that you have a text book surgery and FASTY recovery! hugs, Britt
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A scale I can/will look at
on November 13, 2006 7:59 am
I have a scale that weighs up to 350 pounds.  That is really a laugh because the balance beam hits waist height; and I carry an awful lot of my weight around the middle.  When I weigh, then, I have to move my body in unnatural ways to actually get the beam to be free of interference.  This last weekend, I ordered a scale that will weigh me digitally and not have that same interference.  I should get that scale via UPS one day this week or next.  At that point, I will begin weighing myself once a week.  I plan to keep a spread sheet or something to track my losses.
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on October 14, 2006 7:34 am

Okay, I admit it.  My profile is desperately yukky.  I promise to fix it as soon as I get back from surgery--Next Thursday perhaps?  I have been so focused on getting my ducks lined up for surgery that my profile just fell by the wayside.  For now, I am thrilled to be less than 48 hours pre-op.   Yesssssssssssssss.

Saturday afternoon 10-21~
I am home from the hospital and I feel great!  I have been so afraid to have this surgery; and now I feel silly to have been such a scared-y cat!  I guess I gave the recovery-room staff a good round!  They say I wanted to get off the bed and would not listen to reason.  I didn't know who I was or who my surgeon was...but I gave them a real go!  They tell me it took 5 recovery-room personnel to hold me in my bed :-P  Yikes!  I feel so well, though!  It is surely the best thing I ever did for myself!

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My Father died of a heart attack at age 48.  I know he was 6;3" but I don't know what he weighed.  He was, without a doubt, obese. 

I am 56 (as of 10-8) and I had my RNY 10-16.  When I got married (some 18 years ago) I weighed around 160 pounds.  About July 2005, I allowed myself to be weighed for the first time in probably 10 years.  At that time I weighed 367.  I was perhaps 50 pounds heavier than my highest estimate at the time.  I was so shocked and ashamed.  That is when I began to really look hard at weight loss surgery.  When I checked with  the insurance company, they notified me that WLS was specifically excluded from my policy.  If I was going to do it; I was going to have to pay for it.  Ugh! 
     The last time I weighed at my surgeons office (a week before surgery,)  I weighed 373.  On surgery day, I weighed 370.  At my 2-week checkup I weighed 353.  Since then I have been weighing on a scale at home.  I am not thoroughly convinced that the weights I have gotten on that scale are good, though, because I can't really balance myself easily.  The balance beam hits waist height; and I carry an awful lot of my weight around the middle.  When I weigh, then, I have to move my body in unnatural ways to actually get the beam to be free of interference.  This Friday, I will weigh again at my surgeon's office.  Then I will know what my true current weight loss is.
     The reason I am telling you all of this is that I have been very "shamed" by my weight--particularly over the last few years.  I would not even let my husband or my family know what I weighed.  I have become particularly adept at "not seeing" my weight when I am grooming; and I don't really look in the mirror otherwise.  I, for one, am not in any position to make any judgements about anybody else's weight.