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Surgeon TestimonialDavid Dyer, M.D.My first meeting with Dr. Dyer was a social one. It was at a retreat banquet that the Yahoo Group put together called L2L the first one ever in 2007. I'm sure the first of many. And his wife Nina was with him. My impression of him was that he was a very caring and compassionate man. But, when him and her came to the hotel the next morning, that even surprised me more. (He was the ONLY Dr. from the center that came.) He had breakfast with us and sat through the morning sessions. He's very much like us....very comfortable!!! My second encounter with him was the Walk from Obesity and he was with his wife again and I got the same response. I am just very comfortable around him. I even felt comfortable enough to give him huggs. He seems really proud of the progress that you as a person are making individually. And I really do like that. My third encounter with him was at my consult. He was very professional there. He talked about all the procedures with me in detail, like at the seminar. Waited on me to ask any questions that I might have. He knew that I was very active in the online support group, so he encouraged me to go to Dr. Frye's groups and I told him that I attended several support groups and he was glad of that. I am so glad I got him as a surgeon. I didn't pick him, he was the one that my insurance chose for me, but he was the answer to my prayers. His wife Nina was also in the waiting area when I first arrived and she remembered me. She came up to me and started talking to me. I was very impressed with that, that she remembered me and thought I wouldn't remember her. Very nice couple...seem to care a lot about you as individuals. |
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Wow Moments For Me This Month!!! on August 20, 2008 6:53 am
Hey Ya'll,
I've really been having some FUN these last couple of weekends and just wanted to share what I've been up to. Weekend before last I went to a water park, Point Mallard. Can you believe that? I sure can't!! I rode EVERY slide there! Even one called the toilet bowl! And believe me, it's called the right name to! I enjoyed riding the waves on my float in the wave pool too, that was so much fun. Wow, what loosing all this weight has done for me and my self-esteem!
Last weekend I went to the Wilson County Fair and rode a bunch of rides at the Fair. That's something that I've not been able to do in YEARS and I so enjoyed that too. I even got on the ferris wheel, or what they had for a ferris wheel. It was like a bucket instead of the typical 3 seater, but still it went wayyyy up in the air. Something I would have NEVER considered earlier.....I'm afraid of heights or always thought I was. Maybe it was because I was always scared everything would break with me, reckon?
Now I'm looking for something else daring to get into. I'm ready for thrills.....GOT ANY?????? Holler at me, I'm ready to go!
Love and Hugs,
Tammy P
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July Update.... on July 10, 2008 8:20 am
I know it's been a while since I've posted anything on here, but I've been going through a "funk" stage here lately. I really don't know why, I don't know if it's because it's almost my birthday, which is this coming Sunday or what. Or if it's taking this stupid computer class online that's driving me crazy, I hate it!! I'll be so glad when it's over. I'm not learning anything at all. It's a class that should be taught in class instead of online and the software that we need I thought I had bought it, but the one thing that I needed when I bought the student version wasn't on that one. Sucks, doesn't it? You would think they would have put it on the student version, wouldn't you? I'm filling in for my niece this week while she's on vacation in Florida with her family...I'm delivering papers for the Times-Gazette. This has come at a time when I need to be off cause of the homework I have for computer class and can't get to another computer with the much needed software that I don't have. STRESS!!! Like I need extra of this!! Boy, will I be glad when she gets back. I've only managed to loose one pound this month, but I guess that's better than gaining one or more. I'm at 214.6 right now. I haven't weighted this small since I was in grade school. I'm wearing a size 14 to. Kim went to a yard sale and found a size 16 husky and brought them to me, that's a kids size and they fit me. I couldn't believe that! I couldn't believe that she actually brought them to me and told me that they looked like they would fit ME!!! Oh well, just thought I would update you all on what was going on with me. Hope you all are doing great.
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My Visit With Dr. Dyer.... on June 11, 2008 2:28 pm
Hi Gang,
Just wanted to give all of you an update before I started my day of how my visit with Dr. Dyer went yesterday. It went great!! I had lost another 15lbs since I had been to him last, which brought my total loss for him to 87lbs. I'm now at a weight loss of 50% by his calculations and he seemed to be pleased with where I was at. We didn't even talk about getting another fill. He ask me when my last one was, I told him Feb, and he said I was doing GREAT!! As long as I was feeling restriction, which I am and things look good I didn't have to come back till Sept.....YEAH!!!
Love you all,
Tammy P
Dr. Dyer
Lap Band
526/305/218
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POUNDS FOREVER GONE!!! on April 30, 2008 8:26 am
I've finally did it...  ...lost over 300lbs as of this morning...  ..YIPEE FOR ME!!! I'm doing the happy  dance all around my house!!! I knew it would feel this good, but never dreamed it would get here this fast. LOOSING WEIGHT IS WONDERFUL!!!  I would recommend this surgery to any one that was overweight, obese or like I was.....HUGE!!! It doesn't matter, IT WORKS!!!
I still have cravings,  but I've learned that I can substute other things for those cravings and get by without those old evil things that I always had to have. This journey by no means is "easy" but it is sooo worth it!!! I guess I'm preaching to the quior on that one, huh? We all feel that way, don't we?
I've put a pic of me weighing on my scales  this morning in my file on the main board. Of course all you can see is my sock feet and the numbers on the scales, but it's me...lol. Hope everyone has a great day. I know I am.....
Love ya'll,
Tammy P
Dr. Dyer
Lap Band
11/29/07
526/305/224.6/150 (-301.4 lbs)
Fat Girl.... on April 21, 2008 10:58 am
I think sometimes it's a whole lot easier being "the fat girl" or "the fat kid" than it is trying to be the person that everyone wants you to be. It's just that you already know how to be THAT person. You've been them all your life. You don't know how to be this person now that you're looking at in the mirror everyday that's looking back at you now. Who is this person, what do they want and who are they looking for? What is their deal??? I find that it is just easier to be fat. Go figure??? Being fat means you don't have to worry about anything, really! No one cares if you even exist if you are fat. You can be in your own little world and come and go as you please and only maybe a few people will ever notice you. Maybe a couple will make snide remarks, but you'll get over that, right? Being thinner is a lot of pressure, mentally, especially if you're not ready for it. Oh well, this does bring on a whole lot more thinking.....How did I get this far????? I don't guess I'll ever know. I'm almost 300lbs down and still it don't seem real to me. Even when I look in the mirror all I see is the fat girl. Spandex can ONLY hide so much of the nasty fat before it rolls over and reveals it's ugly self. More later..... | Leave a comment.
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My story starts out probably like most on this site....I've been heavy all my life or as long as I can remember. My fondest childhood memories are me as the chunkiest kid in my family. I remember my sister, in particular, calling me fatso! I hated that!!! She was a bean pole then. I was probably as big around as I was tall when I started first grade. At the age of 12, I was at least 100 #'s overweight. But I was always active too! I wasn't one of those kids that laid up and watched tv all the time....I worked, played hard and went to school. Through the years I've went on numerous diets to lose weight. Some worked...for a few months.....some didn't! YoYo dieting I think they call it. Then came the PhenFen out! Wow what a drug that was! My life saver!!! I'll give that drug 10 stars! In less than a year I lost 162#s. Life as I had never known it was finally MINE! I had a figure....which I had NEVER had before! It was like seeing someone else in the mirror......that wasn't me! A stranger! Then in Feb.'98 myPCP found cancer! Hodgkin's Lymphoma Stage 4B..I was given a death sentence with less than an 8% chance of living. I've been through chemo, radiation, miscarriage, more chemo, a stem cell transplant, transfusions and pneumonia several times. From the chemo I've ended up with CHF and from the pneumonia I have scared lungs. And I have no cartlidge in both knees and 3 spurs in my right one. Anyway..now I'm in remission for 2 years. While going through all this chemo and stuff I DID manage to gain 300#'s from all of it. I was on alot of steroids too! This brings me to were I'm at now. I went to Centennial to a seminar on Nov. 4, 2006 given by Dr. Olsen.
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