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Surgeon TestimonialRichard DiCicco, M.D.I had gone to Dr. Grossbards seminar as well as Dr. DiCicco's seminar and love them both. Dr. DiCicco is very nice, down to business and extremely busy. I felt confident that he takes his job very seriously and does not leave room for error. The one bad thing is he is only at his Tampa office on Mondays and his other office is in Zephyrhills which is quite a drive for me. I wish he had more days in the Tampa office but I will deal with it.
Everyone in his office has been wonderful. Barbara put up with me and all my questions before hand and Erica puts up with all my questions now. The girls that answer the phones are always so pleasant. Latest Surgery Support Comments
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I just wanted to say
good luck tomorrow.
Take care and take
things slow!
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One more full day to
get through!!! I am
so excited for the
both of us!! May
your surgeon's hands
be steady, your
surgery successful,
and your recovery
uneventful and
speedy! I'll
definitely be
thinking about you
(while I'm actually
concious)!! Good
luck friend!
 Comment by Jenn B. on 3/19/08 8:38 pm
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I am a 34 years old, married to my soul mate with a 3 year old son who is the love of my life. I could not ask for a better family. I have a great job in Advertising/Marketing in the music industry my only real major issue in life is my weight. I Am the 200 pound elephant in the room! 
I decided to joing OH.com to find friends who were going through the same things I am, to build friendships and hopefully be inspired and inspire others. I know I cannot do this alone and even though my family is so supportive, they really do not KNOW what we go through. I know after my surgery I will need friends to talk to who have been there, going to be there or are smack dab in the middle.
Cheers to everyone and hope we all have tremdous success!
Goals 17 hours ago
Well i did it, the day after my 6 month bandiversary I got to 45 pounds so I will take it. I was worried this weekend since we went to Disney and stayed all weekend. I packed protein rich snacks and tried very hard but a few times i had some things I should not have so I was terrified to get on the scale this morning. But I was surprised when I was still at 160! I didn't lose anything but even better I didn't gain anything!
I am going to keep my goals simple for October, I want to be down to 155 by the end of the month, that is only 5 pounds so lets see if I can do it. I go to the doc on the 13th and I am going to ask for a fill since I didn't get one last time, I think I am ready for a small one, nothing too crazy. Only 2 more pounds and then I am just "overweight" according to my BMI. YIPPEE, I can't wait for my doc to take OBESE off my chart. I freaking hate that, they always write it so damn big on there. I think they do it for the shock value.
Well off to another week, I hope I can get another pound outta here by next Monday at least. I will try to take new side by side pics today and post them.
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Happy 6 Month Bandiversary To Me! 3 days ago
 Well at this time (8:00am) 6 months ago I was being wheeled into the surgery prep room about to begin a journey of a lifetime. I didn't quite make it to my 45 pounds lost, I am 1 OZ SHORT!!! can you believe it! I'll take it though and I won't claim my 45 pounds until that 1 oz is gone. I am extremely pleased with where I am at this point. My doc said there is no reason why I can't be at goal or very close to goal in another 6 months. I can't even fathom that. This 6 months flew by so I am sure the next 6 months will as well.
I can't believe I am almost 160, I am going to be in the 150's soon! Holy crap! What blows my mind is that I am still in the obese catagory for my BMI. I have to be 158 before I graduate to just overweight.
Well off to trudge through another Friday, we are going to Disney this weekend, we got a hotel room since I found one cheaper than it would be for gas to drive back and forth for two days how sad is that! We live about an hour away. | Click here to leave a comment.
Facing Facts 6 days ago
It is so hard having to admit to yourself that you are the problem. My weightloss has really slowed down and didn't seem to be moving at all, I was getting frustrated and upset then I decided to step back and take a good look at myself. What did I find?
I was eating way too many carbs
calorie intake was higher than I thought
not exercising
forgetting to take my vitamins
and worst of all I started slipping in a bad snack late before bed
So why would I lose any weight!!
So now I have cut the carbs way out, watching what I am eating, back to exercising and vitamins and guess what....
I lost another pound, imagine that!
Do we ever learn? Do we ever kill the fat person mentality or do we just go through phases where we do well, slip back to our old habits then we slap ourselves back into reality?
I don't want the fat girl mentality, I want the healthy girl mentality damn it and no matter how hard she tries to surface I will just have to keep kicking her aside.
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Still no word on the liver issue, I am now on a new BP med with a beta blocker so hopefully that helps my migranes. Although I have heard this medicine can make you dizzy and have a hard time thinking clearly or communicating clearly. OH GREAT!!! Just what I need, to be more loopy than I already am. I will be glad when I am just done with medication period!!!
Making Me Nervous on September 19, 2008 5:27 am
Well things are going pretty good, I went for a fill last week and we both decided not to do one since I was so tight from the last one. It is finally loosening up a bit but I have to be REALLY careful how I eat and pay attention. I am down another pound putting me at 163 which is cool with me. It is slowing way down but I have not been allowed to exercise for a while. My doc is running all sorts of blood tests on me since I have been having so many strange issues such as SEVERE fatigue, leg cramps, severe lower back cramping, heart palpitations, dizziness and all sorts of fun stuff. These are signs of many things, it could be potassium, B-12, Iron, not enough protein to kidney failure or thyroid so she is running the gamut on me.
So I got a call last night from the doctor and my liver enzymes are off the chart and have her concerned. She did a Hepatitis test and it was negative so now I have to go for an ultrasound. I have started using a protein supplement too so hopefully that will help out with everything.
Other than that things are going good, I got my hair cut, my mom bought me a bunch of new clothes, I am fitting into Large in junior or medium in misses and my jeans range all over the place, I have fit into everything from 8's to 12's just depends on the pants.
I hope everyone is doing well and I will update more on my health issues once I know more.
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Changing the Way You Eat on September 10, 2008 8:26 am
Wow, this last fill I had a few weeks ago has completely thrown me for a loop. I almost went and got a little taken out but decided to hang in there and figure out what works for me. I am glad I did and I think I am getting the hang of it all. I was not loosing any more weight but I think I figured out I was not eating enough. I have now been able to get in more calories and I am down 41 pounds so hopefully I can get back to losing. This is teaching me (FORCING ME) to eat slow, cut everything into rediculously tiny pieces and there is NO WAY I can drink with my meal or I barf it up. I was worried because I had threw up several times but I have it under control now and have not in a while.
On the down side I think I have a severe lack of potassium, I have been getting dizzy, bad leg and feet cramps, SEVERE fatigue and muscle weakness. I went yesterday and she took a ton of blood and my doc is going to run the gammut of tests for me. She thinks it is either B-12 of potassium either way she will get me all fixed up.
This whole trip has been an amazing learning experience, it has been everything from scary to wonderful. I would not trade it for anything and I am so glad I did this. I look and feel better than I have in years, I cannot wait to see the difference as the scale moves farther down.
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My Story I have always been overweight since I can remember. I was average with a slight bit of pudge until I hit about 20 then the weight slowly started coming on. I bounced around diets and lost weight and gained weight just like everyone else. When I quit smoking I really packed the weight on, being married didn't help either. You get that comfortable feeling and seem to lose control of your body. I was doing really well with weight loss in 2004 then I found out I was pregnant. It was the best thing that ever happened to us as a family and to me emotional but it turned out to be one of the worst things to happen to me health wise. Over the period of 9 months of pregnancy I developed high blood pressure, gestational diabetes; pre-eclampsia then they noticed something was wrong with my heart. I was hospitalized a gazillion times and put on bed rest for 3 months (even though I still pulled about 60 to 70 hours a week at my job via laptop). During birth I basically had a heart attack. After my son was born we started extensive testing to find out what happed and is happening.
It was discovered I have a complete left bundle branch block which in basic terms means the left side of the electrical system in my heart no longer functions. It causes your right side to work a lot harder, can get your heart all out of rhythm and eventually I will need a pace maker to keep things right.
The problem is I am not allowed to get my heart rate up past a certain level and because I am overweight when I barely exercise it goes past that safe level. But I need to lose weight for my health so where do you go from there?
I am hoping to get a lap band to help me get the weight off, I can't seem to do it myself and every diet has failed. I have no will power and seem to be hungry 24/7 I never really feel full.
I want so bad to get this weight off, if I don't I will not be able to have another child and I may not be around long enough to watch my son grow up.
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