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William Graber M.D.
My First impressions of Dr. Graber was that he was a serious kind of guy but I later learned that he has a great sense of humour. During the consultation both Dr. Graber and his Nurse Educator where thorough in their explanations of the procedures as well as what to expect. Dr. Graber was also very honest about the risks, his complication rates and pain management.rnrnHe's staff at the clinic and at the hospital were phenomenal. Very kind and helpful. I loved the wall of inspiration they had at the hospital with pictures of staff who had WLS. Very inspiring. rnrnI also love the fact that there is a lot of emphasis on after care while at the hospital and even after discharge. More importantly, Dr. Graber and his staff were very prompt in answering any questions that I had after discharge. He is also very prompt in returning calls if you have to page him after hours. rnrnI would strongly recomend Dr. Graber to anyone who is considering a RNY.rn
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  • Comment by DS Facts on 5/7/08 4:48 pm
    Good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you. Wishing you a very speedy recovery and an uneventful surgery. All the best.
  • Comment by Marie R. on 5/7/08 3:19 pm
    Well Eoanna, your big day is right around the corner! I wanted to wish you all the best for your surgery day tomorrow - I'm sure it will go smoothly as Dr Graber and his team are super! Here's to an uneventful and text book recovery!! Life on the losing side is wonderful and soon you'll be able to start doing all the things that weight was holding you back from doing!! CONGRATS!! Cheers, Marie
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1 Year Baby!!!
on May 19, 2009 7:01 am
Well May 8th was my 1st year anniversary.  The year really did fly by for the most part.  I lost 140 bls and feel great. 

Some of the low-lights were the emotional lows brought on by huge hormone surges, fear and just being unprepared for the drastic changes both physically, emotionally and spiritually.  There were times when I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the person staring back.  This sometimes would great such a emotional chain reaction that I avoided mirrors for a while.  LOL  All I know is that I've been seeing a therapist who has helped me deal with all the changes in my life .... because change is like domino's one little change in one area of your life leads to change in other areas like tipping off the the first domino and watching the rest follow suit until there are no domino's left to tip. 

As for the wonderful things that have happened to me:  I have met some wonderful people both in OH.  I am more confident and self assured this means I am taking more risks and am more social than I have been in years.  I am enjoying for the first time getting out there and cutting the grass, doing the weeding and even cleaning the house - although I hate doing all these chores still - I LOVE the fact that it doesn't take as much effort!!!!  I can bend over with more ease and have almost no aches and pains after wards.   My neightbours commented the other day how wonderful my front lawn looks already..... last year I would procrastinate and thus things would get crazy out there. 

The other plus is that I have been dating.  Decided in December that I have been hiding for too long - haven't dated in over 10 years and the thought of getting out there scared me but I decided to start and get some experience - was not expecting more than a couple of blind dates or some coffee dates.  Met a couple really interesting men some I am still friends with but also met someone who is really special.  Its only been a couple of months and of course I am convinced that it will fail or end any day now, nevertheless - no matter what happens I am learning so much about myself and learning that my issues with weight and loose skin and stuff are really not as big as I make them.   Because my boyfriend is sooo supportive and soo loving. 

I also started jogging a couple of months a go - had to stop because of back pain and a really bad cold that wouldn't go away.  Have started back up again and will complete the 5k race weekend even if I have to walk most of it.  In the past I would have just dropped out and not honoured my comittment ... today its important to carry out my commitments.   I have decided what even time I get this year will be my base-line and then I can work towards beating my time.

I am loving my bike - I use to bike alot even when I was overweight but the last 3 years were almost impossible so I had given up.  Now I am on my bike all the time - I haven't been this weight in almost 20 years so its a great feeling.  My dog is loving going out for more walks and I am loving just being out doors now that the snow has melted.  But even in the winter I went skating and would go for walks, shovel snow and of course went to the gym religiously. 

As for health - things have been pretty good.  I am still a bit low in Vit. B and D but everything else is good.  I do have kidney stones which I hope will just pass normally.  May have Gallbladder but waiting to hear about the results from that. 

Over all life is good .... if you would have told me a year and a half ago or even a year ago that all this would happen I would have laughed - I was sooo discouraged and had given up hope at ever losing weight.  I am loving having some hope back.

E
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