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Voravit Wongsa M.D.
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after 24 months, I am still at goal, the procedure was a success. The lifestyle change was a success. My only regrets are that I waited so long to do this for myself.

FIRST IMPRESSION: abrupt and self confident. Office staff are supportive and extremely sweet.

LIKE LEAST: He is pretentious. He knows that he is right. He does not like to have his authority questioned. He is precise. He is perfect. He is meticulously good at what he does, I would trust no one else for the job of cutting and re-plumbing. he makes no mistakes.

WHAT FUTURE PATIENTS SHOULD KNOW: do not think one moment that he is an enabler, he is not. You have a job to do and he does not want to hear your excuses. He has a job to do and he accepts nothing but perfection from himself and his staff. the results are flawless.

After care program:
4 vitamins a day, everyday, forever
first week: liquids
first 6 months: lean meats and leafy green vegetables
after target weight. eat normally but in small quantities

MORTALITY AND RISKS:
freaking scares the crap out of you with 1 in 300 die from surgery.

OVERALL: I selected the best surgeon for the job.
he is flawlessly skilled and very talented.
I hate to admit that he is right. right about the diet before the surgery. right about the diet after surgery. right about the protein. right about carbs sabotaging your efforts. I do not like that he is right, but he is. the most difficult thing for me was that all of the information in books and online stressed protein intake, and while he stressed eating lean meats, it was really hard for me to comprehend how I would be able to stay healthy.

I really felt conflicted, but ultimately, with unbiased blood results, I was able to see concrete evidence that I was really getting all the nutrients that I needed. it would have been helpful to have this explained better during my 'concern' phase rather than a more exasperated discussion at my 'obvious lack of understanding' when I know that I do not know EVERYTHING, I do give myself credit for being smart enough to read the back of a food package (I do have a couple college degrees) and I still had concerns.

10 out of 10, not for his sense of humor but for exactly what he is. a tool to get through this successfully.

SURGICAL COMPETENCE is outstanding.

BEDSIDE MANNER - Tenacious and protective. Many people that are obese are self destructive. He performs the best surgery, and is pretty strict to encourage the patient to maintain the best nutrient / fluid intake so that they can succeed.
Member Interests
  • Movies - TOP 5: A&E Pride & Prejudice, BBC Mothers & Daughters, Twister, The Associate,
  • Music - Metal Rock to Hip Hop
  • Coins - wheat pennies
  • Photography - Primary Business http://www.barefootgiggles.com
  • Computer and Internet Surfing - http://www.lgpphotographers.com http://www.momphotographers.com/
  • Reading - Bertrice Small, Jane Austen

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Katherine A. on 12/13/06 8:33 pm
    awe.. thank you... having just completely emptied my pouch after what I THOUGHT was a good dinner of a reasonable amount (1/2 the amount I had for breakfast, that is a blessed compliment. I am still 10 lbs away from target but at this point, that is not a worry. at this point I am grateful for being alive and healthy. for being completely off medication. my life is a do over. I have a grand baby on the way and I will be there to help raise him. what a blessing!
  • Comment by swangirl on 12/13/06 8:09 pm
    Hey girl your a living doll! What a smile!
  • Comment by Katherine A. on 6/15/06 8:37 am
    I am finding myself drawn to temptation. yesterday it was cheesecake. I know that it is a stress mechanism. my daughter has announced that I will be a grandma on Valentines Day 2007. I was really working towards the title 'hottie' not 'grammy' and so this was a bit of a surreal experience. my weight is not coming off as quickly now. adding 2 miles a day on the stationary bicycle. wondering what in the world I am going to do as a grammy when I am still planning my youngest 5th birthday party this month. every day I wake up and resolve to stick to the basics, lean meat and leafy green vegetables, but each day it is as difficult as a drunk resisting that drink. If I stay home and hide in the house, I am okay, other than those cornbread muffins calling my name, but I go out and the billboards are everywhere, the signs are all over, fast food, yummy food, gloriously quick and tasty food, just pull in and EAT ME! I know that I would do better if I could drink more, but every sip hits like a lead brick on my stomache/esophogal flap. I have researched and pedialyte and powerade are too high in calories/carbs, so I am looking at seltzer water or coke zero.
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I look back and think, yep, I failed that too.  I went from 150 in 1985 AFTER twins to 269 after my 5th child in 2005, down to 147 nine months after surgery,  back up to 199 in 5 years. I am once again SICK and TIRED of BEING sick and Tired.

I am raising 5 kids again, 2 of my own and 3 grand kids while the parents sort thier selves out: rocky relationships, work, school.  I put myself last because I can not see any other way.  Today is #5 of 8's 11th birthday, I need to clean, bake, and get prepared. every day it is something new. last friday it was his Cub Scout Arrow of Light award ceremony, this Friday it is his Brothers first BSA Camp for a week in another state, so packing and organizing.  His brother is babysitting to pay for camp, so there are only so many hours in a day.


The beauty of my body is not measured by the size of the clothes it can fit into, but by the stories that it tells. I have a belly and hips that say, "We grew a child in here," and breasts that say, "We nourished life." My hands, with bitten nails and a writer's callus, say, "We create amazing things."

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. ~Ellen DeGeneres

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a lovely and well-preserved body, but rather a skid to broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "WOW! What a ride!"

    
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