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  • Username: tinkerbell025
  • Location: Fargo, ND, USA
  • Member Since: 6/15/2008
  • BMI: 23.6
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (08/12/08)
  • Surgeon: Luis Garcia, M.D.
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Goals

to lose 75 pounds

6 People
 in progress, 
5 People
 achieved this

become a smaller person,step by step.

1 Person
 in progress, 
0 People
 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Luis Garcia, M.D.
First impressions are lasting ones. He had a small dry humor about him.I knew months before that he was who I wanted after reading his profile online from our Gastric bypass web site. His office staff have been nice,smile alot and offer lots of information and keep you posted on developments. Others that are meeting him for the first time some may think he is to laid back. Give him the chance,all around nice guy. He was VERY up front about the risks of surgery and the risks of not having surgery. He cuts right to the chase. I think he is a nice doctor and like I said has that dry humor and good bed side manner about him. After meeting with him over the past two years and trusting him for 3 (yes, not a typo) surgeries, I can say that I totally trust my life to his hands.
Member Interests
  • Animals - Like to visit zoo's in different states.
  • Birds - I have 2cockateils (Tiki and Tilly)
  • Dogs - I have a pom (Teddy Bear).
  • Theater - Love going to High school plays
  • Cars - I have a Nissan Rogue
  • Running & Jogging - I like to walk and put in a mixture of jog/run, but not all one thing.
  • Grandchildren - They are very important to me.
  • Horses - Have rode horses most of my life until back surgery
  • House Boats - This would be cool to live on for one month in the summer.

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by dolfinluvr77 on 8/11/08 12:10 pm
    Good luck tomorrow!!!!! You will do great, and MeritCare rocks the patient care. Just don't be afraid to ask for whatever you need and push that pain pump every 5min if you have to. PM me when you get home! Before you know it you will be 1-week post op!
  • Comment by Erika S. on 8/11/08 10:48 am
    Sending prayers and thoughts your way for a safe, uneventful surgery.
  • Comment by kymberleew on 8/11/08 8:17 am
    Good Luck tomorrow. I will keep you in my thoughts! :)
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Silly Me!
on November 11, 2009 7:07 am
                                                                                           

I often reflect back on the days gone by and notice where I have went and what I have become. I know others most likely do this too, but for me it is always like a WOW moment.

I have learned one valuable thing in the past couple of weeks. One I think needs to be shared. Maybe that way others will not make the same mistakes.

A couple weeks ago while at work in class, I had a desire to chew on a piece of gum. Knowing the rule is no gum, I only put in a small (half) stick of gum and basically would let it sit in my mouth without chewing it all the time. Don't get me wrong I have been chewing gum throughout this past year, with no issues!

This was my unlucky day! The gum slid down my throat and I was in a place I could not just run out of class and hack it up, I had to deal with life as the card was dealt. I really was not worried about the gum being swallowed, it was only a small piece, right?

So very wrong on most levels! At the time everything was fine. Went to eat lunch could only eat a small bit of my half cup of food. No big deal, thought it was a grouchy pouch day. After lunch I got that oh so full feeling and tummy kind of cramped. I walked it off in the hallways and after 45 minutes I was feeling ok.That eve during dinner, the same thing happens, the cramps returned. I then had a bell of brightness come on in my little head. ITS THE GUM! it is stuck!! Mind you this only took like 6 hrs to figure out, shakes head in amazement at how slow I can be sometimes. I ate some papaya tablets and nothing helped. I finally gave up and went to bed at like 6pm,for the night. Telling myself if I felt this bad in the morning I was not going in!

By morning the gum had finally made it to another junction in the body and I felt ok, a bit sore from the cramping but, good to go!

The moral of this story?
I will never eat just half a piece of gum again! Always full pieces that will not slither away from me
That's my story and I am sticking to it!
Kelly/tink
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