They treated me very well and were very funny, friendly, and helpful in anything I needed to know and do.
What I would tell anyone that is going to have Dr. Rosen is...he is very to the point...up front and honest...and no matter if your paying by insurance or a self pay he will run you through the mill with tests and such...there are no exceptions! LOL
He takes NO chances with his patients.
I was informed of the risks, both verbal and watching a movie.
I'm putting my life in his hands 11/4/2008, that should tell everyone how I feel about him and his staff.
Thank you,
Christina A. Lewis aka WyldCheri
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Hello, my name is Christina... I am 50 years going on 30, divorced single parent of 3 adopted teens, still at home...I also have a 34 year old birth daughter who has moved back into the nest!! I live in Indiana....and NO not near any CORN FIELDS! LOL
After putting in for the loan and being approved.....going through 2 months of tests...doctor visits....dieting....the stress of getting yourself, mind, body, and soul ready for what is ahead...........someone comes along and pulls the floor out from under you.....
My mom agreed to help me secure a loan through a place called carecredit....they are credit cards you get approved for that take care of many different medical things...and weight loss surgery is one of them....
My credit is on the road to being repaired due to not having medical insurance since my divorce...so I was not able to get the loan on my own...my mother was the main one on the cards...I was just a user of the card even though I had a card in my name...
The agreement was: I was to pay all monthly payments which I have been doing...early even....because it was my debt not my mothers....
Well my mom went to stay with my sister because we had a disagreement...and now 5 months later...and a week away from surgery my mother cancelled the cards on me and filed a fraud also on the cards...nice huh for a mother to do to her own child.....
So I sent in some things showing I had a written agreement with her that I made up myself which she signed.....and some other things...so now everything is postponed for now till they investigate it all....
As if it wasn't bad enough to get the blow of only a week away from my new start at life taken away from me..but it was done by my family...and I was called a thief... when Trust and Honesty is a major plus for who I am and im very proud of that.....
It is very sad to know they are looking at the value of money, rather than the value of a human life...mine...
Well I had my last visit today before my surgery set for Nov. 4th......wow they cram so much into your head I am going to have to go over it all this weekend and get it all set in my mind...
I have lost 14 pounds so far...I have 2 more weeks on the liquid diet to try and help shrink the liver so surgery can go much better...
Everyone keeps asking are you starting to get excited???
I don't know how you can when there is so much to learn...absorb...and do before......then you are thinking about all the risks...the pain...and what life will be like for the rest of your life.....like will I be well or one the many who are sick...
I am thankful to being having this chance...I want my life back...and I know this is the first step in doing so...but I also know its just a tool....just like a wrench in your hand....and to be able to fix the car....YOU have to pick up that wench and do the work with the help of the tools ie the wrench to get it back to running order....
From all I have learned so far...I now know My sister had this surgery for all the WRONG reasons....
It was just a quick fix for her...she never followed anything she was told to do.....still lives at the fast food places.....never worked out.....and one day I know she will be back to where she once was...because she has made no lifestyle changes...she just used the surgery for a fast way to lose...and has learned nothing about making the changes in your life and eating habits combined with working out to remain at a stable weight for the rest of her life....
That would of been too much work for her...but let me warn any of you who are looking for that....
It will NOT last and you will have wasted your money..and put your body through all the pain...for nothing......
WLS is just a tool to jump start you off to achieving success....but it is YOU who must do the work for it to work, and to reach your goals....
Well tomorrow is my last visit to the Docs before my surgery Nov. 4th....
It will be a 4 hour visit to get me ready for surgery.....wow 4 hours what are they going to do to me lol!
I think about it everyday...I'm in the chat everyday...I don't talk much I'm there to just learn and listen to all I can to get a jump start and any ideas of it all from the start to the end...
I went through it with my sister last year so I do know some from first hand experience......helps some..but also makes it a tad scary....
I would never back out...I know no matter what happens I am making the right choice for my life and health...I have come too far..... I am NOT someone that quits...never have been never will..
Am I nervous???
Hell yes!....About my body being cut on...and if I will make it through...which by the way I REFUSE to die..so I will make it....
I think about the after and going home...and how much my life has to change to make it work and to stay healthy during and after recovery...
I'm kinda scared to meet the me that has been hidden all my life under all this padding...my self made prison....
What will we say when we meet...and then the death of who I am now.....
I know as each day passes God will have everything fall right into place as it was meant to be....
A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New York and is certain that he has a better education than any cop from Texas . He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Texas deputy's expense.
The deputy says, 'License and registration, please.'
'What for?' says the lawyer.
The deputy says, 'You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign.'
Then the lawyer says, 'I slowed down, and no one was coming.'
'You still didn't come to a complete stop, Says the deputy. License and registration, please.'
The lawyer says, 'What's the difference?'
'The difference is you have to come to a complete stop, that's the law. License and registration, please!' the Deputy says.
Lawyer says, 'If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket.'
'That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle, sir,' the deputy says.
At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the daylights out of the lawyer and says, 'Do you want me to stop, or just slow down?'
I was the first grand child and the first child of my Mothers so...that is where my weight started I think....with grandpa bringing home M&Ms in his lunch box everyday...and just being spoiled and rewarded with food back then...I'm not really sure but my pictures show some of the proof...
I'm not at all a big eater....nor do I eat fast food...but here I am.....
Obesity runs on both sides of my family...my grandmother was over 400...and my dad who I never knew..well his sister was a large woman also...
I have lost maybe 300 pounds in my life time...but the problem is not losing the weight...its keeping it off...
So after watching my sister have the surgery last year and going through it with her first hand....and seeing how she went from 293 pounds down to just about a size 4...I gave in and started fighting for it myself...
Even though everyone I trust enough to tell my weight to says WOW I would have never thought you weighed that.... much I do...
I am 5'4" and at present I weigh 384 pounds....My highest a couple months ago was 393...
I have just about lost 10 pounds and I am on the quest to losing more before my surgery on Nov. 4th.
I'm doing this for ME.....for the first time in my life I'm putting myself first...and to improve my health.. to be able to live and feel a part of life I have never known...
YES...I'm nervous of the surgery...but also of what I will see after and later on down the road.....I know it affects Mind...Body..and Soul
Well...All I can say is....I'm happy and very thankful to be here..and I have a great Doctor and his staff rock!
I will keep records so maybe others can feel at ease knowing YOUR NOT ALONE in this!
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