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Surgery Type: RNY
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Surgeon: Andrew Averbach

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Never Give Up

Welcome To Adrienne's Journey!

I AM A PATIENT OF DOCTOR SINGH AND DR. AVERBACH'S IN CATONSVILLE. I HAVE BEEN BATTLING WITH WEIGHT ALL OF MY LIFE. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE PROCEDURE I WAS NOT OPEN TO IT. THEN IT STARTED TO BECOME MORE AND MORE POPULAR. I STARTED TO RESEARCH IT AND THEN I HEARD THAT MY FRIEND AND HER HUSBAND HAD THE SURGERY. I CALLED LISA DUNLAP UP AND SHE STARTED TO FILL ME IN. SHE GAVE ME DR. AVERBACH'S NUMBER. I CALLED THE NEXT DAY AND I HAD MY FIRST APPOINTMENT IN JANUARY 2003. WE WERE APPROVED RIGHT AWAY. HOWEVER DUE TO AN ERROR ON MY HUSBANDS JOB'S PART HIS INSURANCE WAS CANCELED AND THE SURGERY HAD BEEN DELAYED. AFTER MANY MONTHS OF FIGHTING TO GET THAT STRAIGHT WE FINALLY HAD OUR INSURANCE REINSTATED IN JULY 2003. WE HAD TO HAVE THE PRE CERT AND A FEW OTHER THINGS DONE FIRST. NOW I HAVE BEEN POSTED AND MY SURGERY DATE IS OCTOBER 16, 2003. I AM VERY HAPPY AND FEEL THIS IS THE BEST THING I COULD DO FOR MYSELF. YET I MUST ADMIT AFTER ALL THE MONTHS OF ANTICIPATION I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS. LISA AND SEAN DUNLAP GIVE ME ALL THE SUPPORT ANY ONE CAN ASK FOR. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY NO MATTER HOW ANXIOUS I AM I STILL WANT THE SURGERY.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
TODAY I WENT TO MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR AND HAD MY BLOOD WORK DONE AND MY EKG. I HAVE A NEW DOCTOR SINCE THE PREVIOUS DOC HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY. HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THINKS THIS PROCEDURE IS GREAT. HE WISHES ME THE BEST OF LUCK AND CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE MY PROGRESS. THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, BECUSE THERE ARE STILL SOME DOCTORS OUT HERE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF THE SURGERY. I WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH ONCE I HAVE MY GALL BLADDER ULTRA SOUND DONE LATER THIS WEEK. BYE FOR NOW!!!!

OCTOBER 2, 2003
TODAY I WENT TO SETON IMAGING AND HAD MY GALL BLADDER ULTRASOUND AND NO STONES. I ALSO HAD MY CHEST XRAY DONE. ALL OF THE STAFF AT THE IMAGE CENTER THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT IDEA FOR ME TO HAVE THER SURGERY AND THEY WERE WISHING ME WELL AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SO NICE, NOT TO MENTION IT REALLY HELPED ME OUT A LOT. I AM A BUNDLE OF NERVES THESE DAYS.

OCTOBER 3, 2003
WHAT AM I DOING? I AM SITTING HERE WORRYING MYSELF CRAZY. I JUST FEEL SICK AND SO NERVOUS. I KEEP READING THINGS GOOD AND BAD. I AM TRYING SO HARD TO STAY AWAY FROM THE NEGATIVE PROFILES. I AM HUST A BALL OF NERVES.

OCTOBER 4TH, 2003
STILL NERVOUS, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. I AM AN ANXIOUS PERSON BY NATURE ANYWAY, BUT THIS IS THE PITS. I HAVE WAITED AND STRESSED OVER THIS FOR SO LONG AND NOW IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING. WHY AM I SO NERVOUS?

OCTOBER 5TH, 2003
STILL HANGING, STILL NERVOUS AS EVER. BUT I KEEP LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND I AM LIKE YES. I CAN DO THIS THING....

OCTOBER 6, 2003
I WENT AND GOT MY PROTEIN TO PUT IN MY FOOD AND MY PIONEER VITAMINS, I GOT MY TUMS AND A DAILY PILL BOX SO I CAN REMEMBER TO TAKE MY MEDS DAILY AFTER SURGERY. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A FOOD PROCESSOR TO PUREE MY FOOD.

OCTOBER 7TH, 2003
TODAY I WENT AND HAD MY LAST AND FINAL TEST AND THAT WAS THE STRESS TEST. I SAT IN THE WAITING AREA SO LONG I NEARLY PANICKED TO DEATH. I WAS ABOUT READY TO GET UP AND RUN I WAS SO NERVOUS. I WENT IN AND HAD TO LAY ON THE GURNY AND WATCH THE DOCTOR AND NURSE TRY TO FIGURE OUT DID THE WEIGHT CAPACITY ON THE TREDMILL GO UP TO 350 OR 300. I WEIGH 335 SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TREDMILL DID NOT GET BROKE. WELL I WAS READY TO GO BY THIS TIME. SO FINALLY AFTER THE NURSE CALLED THE MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE TREDMILL. WELL LET ME TELL YOU THAT DARN THING NEARLY KILLED ME. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CARDIOLOGIST SAID MY HEART WAS IN PERFECT SHAPE. HE SAID I WAS DOING THE BEST THING I COULD DO FOR MYSELF AND STARTED TELLING ME ABOUT HIS PERSONAL FRIENDS AND THEIR SUCCESS. HE REALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD HIM AND THE NURSE, THEY EVEN TOLD ME TO STOP BY AND SEE THEM WHEN I START TO LOOSE THE WEIGHT. THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, BUT I STILL CAN NOT LOOSE THESE DARN NERVES. I HAD TO CALL MY DEAR FRIEND LISA UP TODAY AND TELL HER HOW NERVOUS I WAS SHE WAS NOT AT HER DESK SO I EMAILED HER AND SHE EMAILED ME BACK WITH LOTS OF ENCOURAGING WORDS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITH OUT HER AND SEAN, BECAUSE THEY KEEP ME INSPIRED. WELL THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I WILL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS TO UPDATE. I SEE DR. AVERBACH THIS FRIDAY THEN NEXT THURSDAY THE 16TH IS MY DAY. SEE YA!!!!

OCTOBER 10, 2003
WENT TO SEE DR.AVERBACH TODAY AND GUESS WHAT? HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS ALL SET AND READY FOR MY SURGERY NEXT THURSDAY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE MY PYSCH CONSULT. NOW I ORIGINALLY WENT FOR MY INITIAL CONSULTATION WITH DR. AVERBACH IN JANUARY AND THE BEGINING OF FEBRUARY MY THERAPIST FILLED OUT THE QUESTIONAIRE AND SENT IT BACK TO THEM. BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE IT IN MY FILE. GUESS WHAT? MY THERAPIST IS OUT OF TOWN UNTIL WEEK AFTER NEXT. SO YOU KNOW I AM PANICKED RIGHT. I CALLED BACK AND SPOKE WITH LYNN AND SHE GAVE ME B FLYNN'S NUMBER AND SAID TO CALL HER AND LET HER KNOW MY SURGERY IS THURSDAY THE 16TH AND THAT I NEED THIS CONSULT BEFORE SURGERY AND SHE SAID THAT B SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ME IN THERE. HER FEE IS $150 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULD PAY $500 AFTER WAITING ALL THIS TIME. I AM A NERVOUS WRECK.

OCTOBER 11TH, 2003
HI ALL, IT IS ME AGAIN. I WOKE UP WITH BUTTERFLIES LIKE TODAY WAS THE DAY. I AM GOING TO BE A WRECK BY THURSDAY. I KEEP SAYING I AM GOING TO EAT ALL I CAN THESE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT I HAVE NO APPETITE. I AM TOO NERVOUS TO EAT. I WAS SO NERVOUS THIS MORNING I STARTED TO SAY FORGET IT AND CANCEL. THEN I STARTED TO THINK OF ALL OF MY FRIENDS ON THIS SITE WHOM HAVE BEEN IN MY SHOES AND HOW GREAT THEY LOOK AND I SAID, BUMP IT.... NERVES AND ALL, I AM GOING TO GET THIS DONE. I AM STILL AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT FOODS I NEED TO HAVE IN MY HOME FOR THOSE FIRST FEW WEEKS. ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO THE PRE OP CENTER AND READ SOME MORE STUFF.

OCTOBER 12TH, 2003
WELL I DECIDED TO COOK A BIG DINNER TODAY AND INVITE SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER. SO I COOKED A HAM, BBQ CHICKEN WINGS, BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE SWEET POTATOES, POTATOE SALAD AND KALE AND COLLARD GREENS MIXED, AND WE TOPPED IT OFF WITH A LEMON CAKE WITH LEMON FROSTING. SO I GUESS THAT IS NO WONDER I NEED THIS SURGERY, HUH? LOL.... ANYWAY I FEEL GOOD TODAY AND I AM NOT NERVOUS AT ALL. I WILL UPDATE AGAIN LATER

OCTOBER 13,TH, 2003
LET ME START THIS OFF RIGHT BY SAYING THAT WITHOUT GOD SENDING ME MY HUSBAND OF TEN YEARS TO ME, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. HE IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO. HE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND WITHOUT HIM IN MY LIFE I WOULD BE LOST. WENDELL BABY IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I CONFESS THIS TO YOU IN FRONT OF ALL OF THE WIDE WORLD WEB. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY BEING AND LIFE WOULD MEAN NOTHING TO ME WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE. I REALLY NEEDED TO TAKE THE TIME AND EXPRESS THIS TO MY HUSBAND, BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY DEALING WITH ME AND THIS UP AND DOWN ATITUDE AND ALL OF THE DEPRESSION AND TEARS GOING THROUGH THIS ORDEAL OF GETTING APPROVED. I KNOW I WAS NOT ANY EASY PERSON TO LIVE WITH, BUT HE DEALT WITH ME AND ALL I HAVE PUT HIM THROUGH AND I THANK HIM AND LOVE HIM FOR THAT.

OCTOBER 14TH, 2003
WELL WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE, I HAVE ONE DAY AND A WAKE UP LEFT TO GO BEFORE I CROSS OVER TO MY NEW LIFE. I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THAT IN THIS SHORT TIME ON THIS SITE I HAVE MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE, MY NEW FRIEND LISA COHEN, TAMERA, NINA AND LESLIE KEENE WHO IS ALSO HAVING SURGERY THE SAME DAY AS ME. AT THE SAME HOSPITAL. NINA AND TAMERA ALSO AND VICTORIA ALL ARE HAVING SURGERY ON THE SAME DAY BUT DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND STATES. I ALSO WANNA THANK WENDY AND MY DEAR FRIEND LISA DUNLAP FOR GIVING ME SOME GREAT ADVICE AND OFFERING TO BE THERE FOR ME IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I AM NOT AT ALL NERVOUS, BUT WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT TOMORROW WILL BE LIKE. UNTIL THEN GOODNIGHT....

OCTOBER 15TH, 2003
HI ALL, I AM DOWN TO A WAKE UP AND THEN I AM ON MY WAY. I AM NOT NERVOUS, BUT I AM SURE THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE MORNING. I HAVE TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL AT 5:45 AM SO I AM ABOUT TO RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT TIME I UPDATE I WILL BE ON THE LOOSING SIDE. THANKS FOR ALL OF THE KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT. SEE YOU ON THE LOOSING SIDE......

OCTOBER 19TH, 2003
WELL ALL I AM ON THE OTHERSIDE NOW. I MUST ADMIT IT IS ROUGH. I AM TAKING ALL OF MY FOOD IN OK. I AM JUST VERY SORE. I HAVE BEEN WALKING A BIT. BUT I AM IN GOOD SPIRITS SO THAT IS HALF THE BATTLE. THANKS TO ALL OF THE VISITS AND PHONE CALLS I RECEIVED, IT REALLY MADE MY DAY. I AM A LITTLE TO SORE TO SIT HERE NOW, BUT I WILL TOUCH BASIS AGAIN LATER. BY THE WAY I AM 10 POUNDS LIGHTER I NOW WEIGH 326LBS.

OCTOBER 20TH, 2003
I AM STILL SORE TODAY AND STILL BLOATED. I AM SURE IF I HAVE NOT MADE A BOWEL MOVEMENT BY TOMORROW I WILL NEED TO SHOVE SOMETHING. LOL. ANYWAY EACH DAY IS GETTING A LITTLE EASIER. I AM NOW 323 POUNDS SO THAT IS A TOTAL OF 13 POUNDS GONE. I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU LATER....

OCTOBER 21ST, 2003
TODAY IS MY SON'S 8TH BIRTHDAY. I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT. I WENT TO SAMS TODAY, WHICH I KNOW WAS A STRETCH. THEY HAD NO RIDING CHAIRS AND I AM STILL TO BIG TO FIT IN THE WHEEL CHAIRS, SO THAT WAS A BUMMER. I WALKED THE ENTIRE SAM'S AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT WHEN I LEFT I WAS NEEDING 2 PAIN PILLS INSTEAD OF ONE. I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. I WENT TO SAMS TO GET MY SON A BIRTHDAY CAKE AND I DID GET IT. MY HUSBAND GOT HIM SOME OATMEAL COOKIES AND NONE OF THAT BOTHERED ME. I ATE MY LITTLE PORTIONS AND HAD NO DESIRE FOR CAKE AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.BUT I DID HIT A POINT WHERE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EAT AND THAT BOTHERED ME. I AM FINDING THAT WHAT WORKS FOR ME IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEAL A DAY THAT IS REALLY SATISFYING TO MY TASTE AND IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME IF I AM JUST EATING APPLESAUCE WITH PROTEIN POWDER. TONIGHT I TRIED SOME PUREED SOFT RICE WITH PUREED ROASTED CHICKEN AND I USED CHICKEN BROTH TO SMOOTH IT. THE CHICKEN WAS STILL TOO DRY AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY SMALL IT STILL FELT FUNNY IN MY THROAT SO I DID NOT COMPLETE THAT MEAL. I HAD OATMEAL EARLIER TODAY AND I WAS SO SUPRISED IT WAS VERY GOOD. I MEAN I LIKED OATMEAL ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS VERY SATISFYING. SO I AM JUST LOOKING FOR NEW AND IMPROVED PUREED FOODS.

OCTOBER 22, 2003
NOTHING EVENTFUL TODAY, JUST TAKINGIT ONE DAY AT A TIME. I HAVE BEEN JUST GOING THROUGH THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND JUST LOVING IT. JUST THOUGH I WOULD STOP IN TO UPDATE A LITTLE.

OCTOBER 23, 2003
WENT WALKING TODAY AND HAD SO MUCH ENERGY I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I WAS NOT OUT OF BREATH I WAS NOT PANTING AND SWEATING. I WAS JUST A BALL OF ENERGY.

OCTOBER 24TH, 2003
I FELT LIKE DOING A LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE WORK TODAY. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING BUT SIT ON THE BED AND GIVE ORDERS TO MY KIDS, BUT THE FACT THAT I FELT LIKE IT WAS WHAT AMAZED ME.

OCTOBER 25,2003
ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL DAY, JUST BATTLING WHAT TO EAT AND WHAT NOT. I HAD 4 RITZ CRACKERS TODAY WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND THAT WAS SO GOOD. I WAS NOT SURE IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS, BUT I WROTE IT IN MY JOURNAL AND IF I WAS WRONG THEN MY DOCTOR WILL TELL ME ABOUT IT ON THURSDAY WHEN I SEE HIM. OTHER THAN THAT I FEEL A LITTLE TIRED BUT I GUESS THAT IS ALL APART OF THE PROCESS. I WILL UPDATE AGAIN LATER ON.

OCTOBER 26, 2003
HI ALL, JUST WANTED TO POP IN AND SAY HELLO. NOT MUCH HAPPENING, JUST CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE MY SURGEON ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST FOR MY 2 WEEK POST OP. I AM REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT HE THINKS OF MY EATING HABITS. I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.

OCTOBER 31, 2003

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL. I WENT TO SEE MY SURGEON AND THE NUTRITIONIST TODAY AND I AM DOING GREAT. I GOT MY PRESCRIPTION FOR MY MEDS AND GOT WEIGHED IN. I AM OFFICIALLY 26 POUNDS LIGHTER. I SPOKE WITH THE NUTRITIONIST AND SHOWED HER MY FOOD DIARY AND SHE WAS MOST IMPRESSED, SAID I WAS EATING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, SO I WAS PLEASED WITH THAT. I HAVE TO GO BACK IN TWO WEEKS, I HAD TO HAVE SOME BLOOD WORK DONE. I HAVE BEEN FEELING A LITTLE LIGHTHEADED LATELY SO MY DOCTOR WANTS SOME BLOOD TEST DONE. AT ANY RATE OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.

NOVEMBER 1, 2003
HI ALL, ANOTHER INTERESTING DAY. I DISCOVERED THIS SNICKERS MARATHON PROTEIN BAR AND IT WAS DELICIOUS. I BET YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHY? BECAUSE I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT AND I THINK I KNEW THAT BEFORE I ATE IT, BUT I DID ANYWAY AND IT WAS GOOD AND I DID NOT DUMP. IT IS WAY TO HIGH IN CARBS AND SUGAR AND ONLY 9G OF PROTEIN, NOW YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I KNEW THIS WAS NOT RIGHT, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE BEAST INSIDE OF ME WANTED TO DO. LOL.
I WILL UPDATE YOU ALL LATER.....

NOVEMBER 2, 2003

HI ALL, I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING TO MUCH THESE DAYS, JUST TRYING TO STAY FIT. DOING MY EXCERCISE AND BEING MORE ACTIVE. IT IS SO FUNNY HOW I FEEL LIKE DOING THINGS THAT I ONCE DREAED DOING. I STILL HAVE MY BATTLES WITH WHAT TO EAT BUT IT IS IMPROVING. TALK WITH YOU LATER.....

NOVEMBER 3, 2003

HEY GANG, JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO. I WALKED FOR A GOOD BIT TODAY AND I WAS NOT TIRED AND I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I AM SO ANXIOUS TO HIT THAT 2 MILE MARK AND I THINK I AM FASTLY ON MY WAY.

NOVEMBER 4, 2003

HEY GANG, ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL DAY JUST BEEN TRYING TO STAY BUSY DOING LITTLE THINGS, MY MIND WANTS TO DO MORE, BUT MY BODY WILL NOT LET ME, LIKE I AM READY TO CHANGE THE KIDS ROOMS AROUND AND I AM READY TO FINISH PAINTING, BUT I KNOW IT IS STILL TOO SOON, BECAUSE WHENEVER I DO A LITTLE TO MUCH MY BODY STARTS TO ACHE AROUND THE TUMMY, SO I STOP BECAUSE I WANT NO TROUBLE THERE....

NOVEMBER 5, 2003

HELLO AGAIN, NOT MUCH TO REPORT, I AM DOWN 30 POUNDS AND I AM NOT SURE IF I AM HAPPY OR NOT, BECAUSE I GUESS I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE LOSS MORE BY NOW.......

NOVEMBER 6, 2003

HEY ALL, NOT FEELING SO GREAT TODAY, I FEEL A LITTLE DOWN IN THE DUMPS. I THINK I JUST NEED TO BREAK THE DAMN SCALE. LOL.

NOVEMBER 7, 2003

HEY AGAIN, I REALLY DID NOT WANNA UPDATE TODAY BECAUSE I STILL DO NOT FEEL GREAT, BUT I KNOW THE PROFILE IS FOR OPENESS AND HONESTY AND SOMEONE MAY BENEFIT FROM MY EXPERIENCES, BUT THIS EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER I AM ON IS NERVE RACKING AND I JUST WANNA FEEL BETTER. I HOPE TOMORROW IS A BETTER DAY, THE POUNDS ARE STILL THE SAME, BUT THE INCHES MUST BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE MY CLOTHES ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER BY THE DAY....

NOVEMBER 8, 2003

HEY AGAIN, I AM FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TODAY, I WENT THROUGH THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND THAT IS LWAYS SO UPLIFITING FOR ME....

NOVEMBER 9, 2003

HEY GANG, I AM DOING EVEN BETTER TODAY. I JUST WOKE UP FEELING REFRESHED AND THE FACT I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IS A BLESSING ALL OF IT'S OWN.......

NOVEMBER 10, 2003

HI ALL, I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT MY PROFILE PAGE, THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB. I AM TICKLED PINK. I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARDS GIVING SUPPORT. I HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO EMAILS AND MAKING PHONE CALLS TO PEOPLE AND JUST REALLY BEING SUPPORTIVE. THIS IS TRULY A DIFFICULT TASK BUT WITH THE GREAT SUPPORT I HAVE MAKES IT JUST THAT MUCH BETTER. FOR THE MOST PART I AM OK AND ALL IS WELL, STILL NO DUMPING OR VOMITTING OR FROTHING. I HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED ABOUT THIS. I STILL TALK TO MY NEW BEST FRIEND LISA C. EVERYDAY. THAT IS A MUST. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO MY LONG TIME FRIEND LISA D. BUT I STILL LOVE HER AND SHE IS A VERY VITAL PART IN MY LIFE HER AND HER HUSBAND SEAN. OF COURSE THERE IS MY WENDY WHOM I JUST LOVE AND MY DEBBIE. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO MY WLS SISTER LESLIE IN A WHILE SO I MUST GIVE HER A RING AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HER. I AM SURE ALL IS WELL. MY HUSBAND IS STILL BEING AS SWEET AS EVER. THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I PLUCK HIS NERVES AND HE SURE PLUCKS MINE, BUT THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT HE.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING SOME NEW THINGS SUCH AS THE ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN 95 VANILLA AND STRAWBERRY, I HAVE THE BANANA I JUST HAVE NOT TRIED IT YET AND I LOVE THIS. YOU CAN BUY IT AT GNC. I AM HAVING FUN WITH THE DETOUR PROTEIN BARS.
I WENT TO THE MARKET TONIGHT AND I GOT DEPRESSED BECAUSE AS I WAS READING THE NUTRION INFO ON THE LEAN CUISINE DINNERS EITHER IT WAS TOO MANY CARBS OR TO MUCH SUGAR. I AM A TRUE LABEL READER NOW, I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS. I PURCHASED SOME EGG BEATERS AND SOME CARB SENSE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM BY BREYERS SWEETENED WITH SPLENDA AND ONLY 10G OF CARBS THAT IS SO GOOD. I MEAN IT TASTE JUST LIKE REGULAR ICE CREAM. I ALSO BOUGHT SOME CARB SINCE BREAD ONLY 7G OF CARB NO SUGAR AND 6G OF PROTEIN. I AM REALLY TRYING TO EAT SMART, BUT I MUST ADD THAT IT IS NOT EASY. LETS SEE, I AM SICK OF THE CHEWABLE VITAMINS SO I HAVE SOME VISTA VITAMINS THAT I LOVE, THANKS TO LISA C. I ALSO FIND THAT THE OVER THE COUNTER ZANTAC WORKS BETTER FOR MY STOMACHE THAN THE PREVACID. I AM NOT A BEAN FAN AND NEVER HAVE BEEN BUT I DID TRY AN ORDER OF THE TACO BELL PINTO BEANS WITH CHEESE, THEY WERE GOOD, BUT AFTER A FEW BITES I WAS SICK OF THE TASTE. I JUST DO NOT LIKE BEANS. I AM NOT SURE IF I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT I JOINED CURVES AND I CAN NOT WAIT TO START GOING. I AM ONLY 4 WEEKS OUT AND MY DOCTOR SAID I HAVE TO WAIT 6 WEEKS SO I AM ALL SIGNED UP BUT CAN NOT WAIT TO GO. I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THERE WHEN THEY OPEN AS SOON AS I GET CLEARANCE. WELL I GOTTA RUN FOR NOW, BUT I WILL BE UPDATING AGAIN REAL SOON. ESPECIALLY AS BEAUTIFUL AS MY PROFILE IS, I WILL BE HERE MORE OFTEN. SEE YA!!!!

NOVEMBER 11, 2003
HEY GANG JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO BEFORE I RUN OUT OF HERE AND START MY DAY. I AM GOING TO TRADER JOES TODAY TO GET SOME OF THE GOOD FOOD MY LISA C. IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT TASTE...

NOVEMBER 12, 2003

WELL I WENT TO TRADER JOES AND I GOT SOME FLOUNDER STUFFED WITH CRAB MEAT AND IT IS A VERY SMALL PORTION, JUST ENOUGH FOR ME. I GOT SOME ORANGE ROUGHY, WHICH I JUST LOVE. AND I GOT SOME PIRATES BOOTY. NOW TALK ABOUT GOOD! I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUNKY. LOL. BUT IT IS LIKE A PUFFED POPCORN OR IT IS MORE LIKE A CHEESE CURL AND IT MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, IT IS LOW IN CARBS NO SUGAR AND LOW IN FAT AND IT IS CHEDDAR CHEESE. IT IS SO GOOD. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANYTHING ELSE YET BUT I AM GOING TO TRY THE FLOUNDER STUFFED WITH CRAB MEAT TONIGHT AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT TASTE LIKE THEN.

NOVEMBER 13, 2003

OMG!!! I TRIED THE FLOUNDER STUFFED WITH CRAB MEAT LAST NIGHT FROM TRADER JOES AND IT WAS AWESOME, THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY IS IT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH LISA C. FOR TURNING ME ON TO TRADER JOES. I AM GOING TO THE DOCTORS TOMORROW TO GET AN UPDATE ON MY BLOODWORK AND CATHY IS GOING TO SHOW ME HOW TO GIVE MYSELF THE B12 SHOT AND I WILL GET ANOTHER OFFICIAL WEIGH IN. I AM SO PUMPED....

NOVEMBER 14, 2003

WELL I AM PISSED!! I WENT TO THE DOCTORS TODAY AND I HAVE ONLY LOST 33 POUNDS AND I AM SO MAD. I JUST KNEW FOR SURE THAT I HAD LOST MORE. DR. AVERBACH AND CATHY THINKS THAT IS GOOD, BUT NOT ME. I GUESS I WANT TOO MUCH TOO FAST.....

NOVEMBER 15, 2003

TODAY WAS MY FIRST DAY BACK TO OPENING MY STORE IN THE FLEA MARKET AND IT FELT GOOD TO BE OUT DOING WHAT I LOVE TO DO AND THAT IS MAKING MONEY AND I AM THE BOSS. LOL. I DID OK WITH MY FOOD TODAY, I HAD AN EGG AND A PIECE OF HAM FOR BREAKFAST AND I HAD THE SAME FOR LUNCH BECAUSE OF COURSE THE BREAKFAST MEAL I COULD NOT EAT ALL AT ONCE, THEN FOR DINNER TONIGHT I HAD A PIECE OF BAKED CHICKEN A BITE OF CABBAGE AND 2 STRING BEANS AND I AM SATISFIED......

NOVEMBER 16, 2003

HI ALL, ANOTHER DAY DOWN AT MY FLEA MARKET AND MY STOMACHE HAS BEEN IN AN UPROAR ALL DAY. I HAD AN EGG, HAM AND CHEESE OMLETE FOR BREAKFAST THAT I HAD 2 BITES OF AND COULD NOT EAT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TOO HEAVY ON MY STOMACHE, SO I ATE A CRACKER AND THAT WAS GOOD. THEN OMG MY STOMACHE STARTED TO RUMBLE AND I HAD TO GO, SO I GOT A FELLOW VENDOR TO WATCH MY BOOTH WHILE I WENT TO THE VENDORS BATHROOM. PEOPLE LET ME TELL YOU, I DID SO MUCH DAMAGE IN THAT BATHROOM UNTIL THEY PUT AN APB OUT ON THE B***H THAT LIT THAT BATHROOM UP. LOL. LOL. I MEAN I COULD NOT STAND MYSELF. LOL. THEN I FELT SO MUCH BETTER AND THE REST OF THE DAY WAS GOOD....

NOVEMBER 17, 2003

NOT MUCH NEW GOING ON IN MY LIFE TODAY. I AM STILL GRIPPING A LITTLE AROUND THE TUMMY, BUT AFTER WHAT I DID YESTERDAY I SHOULD BE SET FOR LIFE. LOL

NOVEMBER 18, 2003

HEY ALL, JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND SAY HI, TOMORROW IS MOMMY'S bIRTHDAY AND i HAVE TO FIGURE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET HER FOR THE BIG DAY. I DARE NOT TELL HER AGE OR SHE WILL BE PISSED. I AM 33 AND SHE WAS 21 WHEN SHE HAD ME SO YOU DO THE MATH. LOL I AM IN TROUBLE IF SHE READS THIS. I AM TRYING MY BEST TO FIND CREATIVE THINGS TO EAT BUT I AM FINDING THAT I TIRE OF THINGS EASILY. LIKE WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED WENDY'S CHILI THAT WAS THE BEST AND I HAVE NEVER REALLY DESIRED IT AGAIN AFTER THAT FIRST TIME I HAD IT. THE NEXT 2 TIMES IT JUST WAS NOT RIGHT. MY TASTE HAS BEEN CHANGED BIG TIME.

NOVEMBER 19, 2003

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY.LOL. SHE SAID SHE WAS TIRED AND JUST WANTED TO GO HOME AND GET IN HER BED AND REST. HAT IS A LOAD OFF OF MY MIND BECAUSE I REALL DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO BATTLE WITH WHAT TO EAT AND ALL OF THAT. THAT ALONE FRUSTRATES THE HELL OUT OF ME. SO I WILL JUST GO LAY MY BACK SIDE DOWN AND JUST RELAX MY SEL TODAY.

NOVEMBER 20TH, 2003

I AM NOT FEELING WELL TODAY AT ALL. I AM NOT SICK PHYSICALLY BUT MENTALLY I AM TAKING A BRUISING. I MEAN MY MENTAL STATE HAS REALLY CHANGED THROUGH OUT THIS WHOLE THING. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING THROUGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION ALL OVER AGAIN AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. I WILL UPDATE LATER.

NOVEMBER 21, 2003

YOU KNOW WHAT TO ALL OF YOU PRE OPS I AM GONNA KEEP IT REAL FOR YOU. THIS THING IS HARD TO DO. I MEAN THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING AND I AM SITTING HERE DEBATING IF I AM GOING TO COOK FOR THANKSGIVING. I MEAN I HAVE NEVER DEBATED ABOUT THAT BEFORE SO WHY WOULD I NOW? I HAD SURGERY NOT MY HUSBAND AND 3 KIDS AND MY BEST FRIEND LEA AND HER FAMILY THAT COMES TO DINNER AT MY HOUSE EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. YOU KNOW WHAT I AM IN A REAL FUNK TODAY I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO THIS AT A LATER DATE.

NOVEMBER 22, 2003

SORRY ABOUT MY TANTRUM YESTERDAY BUT I REALLY FELT DISCUSTED AND I WANTED TO SHOVE MY FACE TO MAKE IT ALL FEEL BETTER AND I COULD BARELY SHOVE A FINGERFUL IN WITHOUT BEING FULL AND i WAS PISSED BECAUSE I JUST WANNA EAT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AGAIN. I AM SO TIRED OF FEELING THIS WAY.

NOVEMBER 23, 2003

YOU KNOW I KNEW FULL WELL PRIOR TO HAVING THIS SURGERY JUST WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO. I HAD NO IDEA OF THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF IT. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH I USED AND ABUSED FOOD. I USED TO LOVE TO GO SHOPPING, NOW I HATE IT BECAUSE THE FUN OF GOING OUT SHOPPING WAS SNACKING ON THINGS ALONG THE WAY. I USED TO LOVE WHEN MY HUSBANDS DAYS OFF WOULD ROLL AROUND WE WOULD DRIVE INTO THE CITY WHERE WE GREW UP AT AND GET ALL THE FOODS WE DESIRED AS KIDS OR EVEN AS ADULTS WHEN WE LIVED THERE. nOE! FORGET ABOUT IT BECASE I CAN NOT EAT A THING AND BE REALLY SATISFIED. I HAVE COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT I WANNA SIT AND EAT LONGER JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I AM ACUSTOMED TO DOING. I WANNA EAT BIGGER PORTIONS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I AM ACUSTOM TO DOING. I AM USED TO FINISHING WHAT I EAT THAT WAS THE WAY I WAS RAISED, YOU CLEAN YOUR PLATE AND NOW I CAN NOT DO THAT SO IT IS REALLY HARD.

NOVEMBER 24TH, 2003

HEY ALL FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TODAY NOT MUCH BUT A LITTLE, I AM DOWN A TOTAL OF 33 POUNDS BUT IT GOES UP AND DOWN I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT BUT I AM STAYING AROUND 33 TO 35 POUNDS TOTAL LOSS.

NOVEMBER 25, 2003
THE SCALE DID NOT MOVE TODAY AND I AM HOT. I WANNA TAKE THAT DAMN SCALE AND BREAK INTO A MILLION PIECES. WHEWWWWWWWW AM I HOTTT!

NOVEMBER 26, 2003

WELL IT IS THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND I NOT ONLY DECIDED TO COOK, BUT MOST OF MY MEAL IS DONE, THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO COOK AND GET DONE IS THE TURKEY AND THE SPIRAL HAM, WHICH I WILL PLACE IN THE OVEN IN THE AM. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES....

NOVEMBER 27, 2003

I AM TOO UPSET TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT. THANKSGIVING DAY AND I COOKED THE BEST MEAL I HAVE EVER COOKED IN MY LIFE AND I AM PISSED BECAUSE MY PLATE WAS NOT RUNNING OVER WITH FOOD LIKE IT USED TO, BUT WHAT MAKES ME EVEN MADEDER IS I AM NOT HUNGRY AT ALL, THIS IS ALL THE HEAD HUNGER THEY TALK ABOUT.

NOVEMBER 28TH, 2003

ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT THANKSGIVING IS I AM GLAD IT IS OVER. I MADE SOME OF SUSAN MARIE'S GARLIC RED SMASHED POTATOES AND THEY WERE DYNAMITE I MEAN JUST AWESOME. THE WHOLE 2 FORK FULS. LOL. WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT HOME AND STARTED TO CARVE THE TURKEY THAT IS WHEN I SAID I AM GOING UPSTAIRS WHILE YOU ALL EAT BECAUSE I COULD NOT BARE SEEING THEM EATING OFF OF HUGE PLATES AND I AM EATING OUT OF A SODA TOP!!! SO ONCE I HELPED PILE EVERYBODY'S PLATE I HAD A REVELATION OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE NEXT SUMMER AND I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT GOING UPSTAIRS AND DECIDED TO STAY AND NOT LET IT BOTHER ME.LOL.

DECEMBER 9, 2003

I AM VERY SORRY THAT I HAVE NOT UPDATED BEFORE NOW, BUT SO MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON IN MY LIFE NTIL I JUST HAVE NOT FELT LIKE UPDATING MY PAGE. I AM DOING GOOD THESE DAYS OR SHOULD I SAY I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER. I AM JUST TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. I HAVE MAINTAINED A 33 POUND WEIGHTLOSS FOR THE LAST WEEK OR TWO IT SEEMS LIKE I EVEN GOT DOWN TO A 36 POUND LOSS WELL IAM BACK UP TO JUST A 30 POUND LOSS, MEANING I HAVE GAINED AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE I EAT RIGHT AND I EXCERCISE AND DO ALL I AM SUPPOSED TO AND THE WEIGHT IS JUST NOT BUDGING. TODAY I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME. I TELL YOU, WHATS A GIRL TO DO. I WILL UPDATE LATER AND HOPEFULLY WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.

DECEMBER 10, 2003

NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY, JUST DROPPED IN TO SAY HI, I AM FEELING PRETTY GOOD AND THAT IS A PLUS.

DECEMBER 11, 2003
TRYING TO GET THIS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE. WITH 3 KIDS AND ALL OF THEM WANTING DIFFERENT THINGS IT HAS BEEN JUST A MESS. HOWEVER I HAVE LOTS OF ENERGY AND THAT IS HELPING ME ALOT.

DECEMBER 12, 2003

MY JASMINE IS STILL SICK SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING A FEVER IN THE 100 FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS AND IT IS WORRYING ME, I HAVE BEEN RUNNING TO THE CODTORS WITH HER AND GETTING NO SLEEP.I AM SO VERY TIRED TODAY UNTIL IT IS JUST UNREAL, BUT A MOTHERS WORK IS NEVER DONE. NO REAL FOOD ISSUES, STILL ABLE TO TOLERATE ALMOST ANYTHING I EAT AND THAT IS GOOD. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO LISA COHEN AND I KNOW SHE THINKS I AM CRAZY BUT I LOVER HER TO DEATH SHE IS MY BESTIS NEW FRIEND!!!!

DECEMBER 13, 2003

WENT TO THE FLEA MARKET TODAY AND HAD SOME BEEF AND BROCCOLI IT WAS SO GOOD. THE BROCCOLI WAS NO WHERE NEAR AS SOFT AS I COOK MINE AND MY STOMACHE IS SAYING SOMETHING TODAY. I MEAN I AM CRAMPED AND GASSED LIKE HELL. I KNOW WHEN I FINALL CUT THIS ONE LOOSE THEY ARE GONNA GET A WARRANT FOR MT ARREST. LOL.

DECEMBER 14, 2003

MY STOMACHE IS STILL NOT RIGHT. I WENT TO THAT BATHROOM AND NEARLY PASSED OUT FROM THE JUNK I CUT LOOSE. I KNOW THE SHERIFF S LOOKING FOR ME. I MEAN I CUT ONE LOOSE. I AM NEVER EATING BROCCOLI THAT I DO NOT COOK MYSELF AGAIN, EVER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE REALLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO ME IN LIKE THIS AND IT IS HORRIBLE.

DECEMBER 15, 2003

MY STOMACHE IS STILL NOT COMPLETELY BETTER YET, BUT AT LEAST I AM NOT LETTING THAT BATHROOM OUT AS BAD ANYMORE. BY THE WAY I AM OFFICIALLY UNDER 300 POUNDS NOW AND I AM PUMPED. I WORE TONY LITTLE'S ASS OUT THIS MORNING. THAT GAZELLE IS A MIRACLE DRUG FOR ME. I AM FEELING SO PUMPED NOW. BUT I AM STAYING AWAY FROM THAT BROCCOLI. GEESHHH!!!!

DEEMBER 29, 2003
I AM SO SORRY IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I UPDATED LAST. I AM SO GLAD THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER, BECAUSE AS A PARENT YOU STRESS YOURSELF WAY TO MUCH OVER THE HOLIDAYS. THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE KIDS THAT AFTER YOU HAVE WRAPPED EVERYTHING THEY TEAR THE PAPER OFF AND ONLY PLAY WITH ONE DARN THING AFTER ALL YOUR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. I BET THEY CAN NOT FIND HALF THE JUNK I BOUGHT THEM. AT ANY RATE I AM FEELING GOOD THESE DAYS. I DID FIND OUT OVER THE HOLIDAY THAT I DO NOT DUMP ON REAL SUGAR. I HAD A SMALL SLICE OF PINEAPPLE CAKE ON CHRISTMAS AND A SMALL PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE ON THE DAY AFTER AND YESTERDAY I HAD 3 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. YES, I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS. LAST YEAR I WOULD HAVE HAD 2 MAYBE 3 DOZEN CHOCOLATE CHIPS BY THE END OF THE NEWYEAR. I WOULD HAVE HAD A HALF A CAKE AND NOT JUST A THIN SLITHER. I ALSO HAVE COME TO THE REALIZATION, THAT ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND IS A BIG EATER AS WELL, I WAS THE CULPRIT IN EATING ALL THE LEFT OVERS. I HAVE BEEN COOKING AND IT SEEMS WE HAVE TONS OF LEFT OVERS. SEE I DO NOT WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME SO IAM HERE ALL DAY. BEFORE SURGERY I ATE ALL DAY, NOW I AM ON THIS SITE ALL DAY. THE FOOD LAST AND ALL THIS TIME IT WAS ME. LOL. I WAS THROUGH WHEN I REALIZED THAT. SO I AM VERY HAPPY NOT TO BE THE BEAST I WAS LAST YEAR. SO I HAD MY FEW LITTLE TREATS AND NOW IT IS BACK TO BUISNESS AS USUAL. MY HUSBAND WILL KNOW BY THE END OF THIS DAY WHEN HIS SURGERY WILL BE AND WE ARE SO EXCITED. I CAN NOT WAIT. SO THIS WAY HE WILL FURTHER UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM DEALING WITH. HE SAYS THAT HE WILL NOT HAVE THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE, BUT WE WILL SEE. PLUS YOU KNOW THAT MEN ARE BIG BABIES. SORYY MEN, JUST KEEPING IT REAL. HEY THANKS FOR READING MY PROFILE, I GET INSPIRED EVERYTIME I LOOK AT THAT COUNTER AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TO MY PROFILE, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, THAT I JUST MAYBE GIVING INSPIRATION TO SOMEONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT THIS SURGERY OR A NEW POST OP WHO WANTS ANSWERS.
I WILL UPDATE AGAIN SOON. I PROMISE!!!

JANUARY 5, 2004

HAPPY NEW YEARS ALL. I AM NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH, JUST THAT I HOPE THE YEAR TURNS OUT BETTER THAN LAST. I AM REALLY NOT FEELING WELL THESE DAYS MENTALLY. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW AND ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD BE THE HAPPIEST TIMES EVER THEY ARE NOT. I AM GOING THROUGH AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER. I JUST DO NOT FEEL LIKE MYSELF. I AM VERY, VERY DEPRESSED. I CAN NOT AND WILL NOT SAY IT IS DUE TO SURGERY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS. I AM ANGRY THAT I CAN NOT COMFORT MYSELF WITH MY BEST FRIEND FOOD ANYMORE. 3 TO 4 BITES AND THAT IS IT. I TELL YOU, THE PRICE YOU PAY TO BE THIN THESE DAYS. WHEWW!! AT ANYRATE, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS FEELING BETTER THAN ME. TALK WITH YOU ALL SOON.

JANUARY 8, 2004

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, THIS IS THE DAY OF MY BIRTH, I AM 34 YEARS YOUNG. NOT DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL TODAY. I FEEL WEIRD NOT HAVING A PIECE OF CAKE, BUT I THINK I WILL PUT A CANDLE IN A PROTEIN BAR. AT ANYRATE ALL IS WELL TODAY. I AM GOING TO SEE MY SURGEON THIS FRIDAY THE 10TH FOR MY 3 MONTH VISIT. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

JANUARY 10TH, 2004

I AM SOOOO PISSED!!! I WENT TO THE DOCTORS TODAY AND THE NURSE PISSED ME OFF. I WAS WEIGHED IN. ACCORDING TO THEIR SCALE I HAVE ONLY LOSS 43 POUNDS, ACCORDING TO MY SCALE I HAVE LOSS 48 POUNDS. THAT IS NOT WHAT PISSED ME OFF. THE NURSE SAID THAT I HAD NOT LOSS ENOUGH WEIGHT IN 3 MONTHS. NOW MIND YOU PRE OP I WAS WEARING A 30/32 AND NOW ALMOST 3 MONTHS POST OP, I AM WEARING A 20/22. I WAS SO MAD WITH HER. I WENT IN TO SEE MY DOCTOR AND HE WAS NOT CONCERNED WITH MY WEIGHT, HE SAID I HAD LOSS 11 POUNDS SINCE MY LAST APPOINTMENT 4 WEEKS AGO AND THAT WAS FINE. HE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE FACT I HAD NOT BEEN TAKING MY CALCIUM RIGHT. I FELT THAT THE NURSE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HER COMMENTS TO HERSELF. WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS IF I HAD NOT HAD THE SURGERY I WOULD HAVE NEVER LOSS 11 POUNDS I WOULD HAVE GAINED IF ANYTHING. AND THE NURSE HERSELF IS A POST OP RNY OPEN PATIENT SO SHE KNOWS THE UPS AND DOWNS. AT ANYRATE, I WAS JUST VENTING I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER....

JANUARY 20TH, 2004
HI EVERYBODY, I KNOW THAT IT HAS TAKEN A MINUTE FOR ME TO UPDATE, BUT A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I LAST POSTED. FOR STARTERS LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE TAKEN SOME MAJOR HEAT FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE OF MY LAST ENTRY IN MY OWN PROFILE. AT ANY RATE, I AM FINDING MORE AND MORE THAT IT IS OK TO BE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT YOUR WLS EXPERIENCE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT STEP ON ANYONE'S TOES. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS ENDEAVOR, NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, JUST KNOW THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN AND HONEST IN MY PROFILE AS I BELIEVE THAT IN EVERY SITUATION THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED.
ANY HUE. I HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT, I HAVE UPPED MY PROTEIN INTAKE AND I AM NOW STARTING TO SEE THE POUNDS SHEDDING EVEN FASTER NOW.
I AM DOWN TO SOME SIZE 20'S COMFORTABLY.DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ARE MADE. I AM STILL ACTIVE WITH MY VOLUNTEERING ON OBESITY HELP AND VERY ACTIVE WITH MY OWN SUPPORT GROUP AND I AM STILL ADDRESSING AS MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT SUPPORT AND HONESTY AS I CAN.
FUNNY THING IS, ON THE OPEN BOARD I GET TONS OF CRITICISM FOR BEING OPEN, BUT IN PRIVATE EMAILS SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY THE THINGS I DO NOT. OH WELL, YOU WIN SOME YOU LOOSE SOME. MY HUSBAND WENDELLS SURGERY IS COMING UP FASTLY AND SO IS MY SISTER ROCHELLE. I WILL BE MOST BUSY IN FEBRUARY WITH POST OPS AS I HAVE JUST FOUND ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE R L D IS HAVING SURGERY THE DAY AFTER MY HUSBANDS SO I WILL DEFINATELY BE BUSY GOING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. MY TEN YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IS COMING UP ON THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH, I CAN NOT BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO THIS MAN FOR SO LONG, AT ANY RATE WE ARE HAVING A PARTY THIS SATURDAY THE 24TH AND IT IS GOING TO BE 70'S STYLE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF 70'S FURNITURE AND PROPS AND FOOD AND CANDY. MAGAZINES FROM THE 70'S AND MOST OF ALL WE HAVE THE PLATFORMS. LOL. THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME, I CAN NOT WAIT. WELL I THINK I HAVE RAN MY MOUTH FOR LONG ENOUGH, I WILL UPDATE YOU AGAIN SOON, PROBABLY AFTER THE PARTY BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO.

JANUARY 22ND, 2004

I AM JUST SO EXCITED. I AM 2 DAYS AWAY FROM MY TEN YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 70'S STYLE. I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY IT IS UNREAL. I HAVE BEEN CLEANING AND DECORATING AND HANGING CURTAINS AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT, THAT IS WHAT'S SO AMAZING. I JUST CAN NOT BELIEVE THE ENERGY THAT I HAVE THESE DAYS. I MEAN A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS AGO IT WAS A CHORE FOR ME TO WIPE MY OWN BUTT, LET ALLONE BE CLEANING FOR HOURS ON END WITH NO BREAK IN BETWEEN. I AM TOO PLEASED WITH MYSELF. I CAN NOT WAIT TO PUT MY LITTLE SHORT MOO MOO ON FOR THE PARTY. THE SKIRT I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT FOR THE PARTY IS, GUESS WHAT? TOO BIG SO I HAVE TO WEAR SOMETHING ELSE. USED TO BE THAT THINGS WERE TOO TIGHT AND I HAD TO CHANGE. OH, BABY I AM BACK. I WILL UPDATE LATER.

JANUARY 25, 2004

WE HAD A BLAST LAST NIGHT, WE HAD OUR 10 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PARTY 70'S STYLE AND IT WAS OFF THE HOOK. MY SISTER ROCHELLE WAS THERE AND SHE WAS SO MUCH FUN, I REALLY ENJOYED HER COMPANY. MY BEST FRIEND LEA WAS THERE AND HER DAUGHTER NIKKI AND HER BOYFRIEND, WE JUST HAD A GOOD TIME, MY MOM AND STEP DAD WERE THERE AND MY MOMS BEST FRIEND DIANE. I MEAN I SAW PEOPLE WHO I HAVE NOT SEEN IN YEARS AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM AND BETTER YET THEY WERE GLAD TO SEE ME AND HOW MUCH I HAD LOSS.NONE OF THEM KNEW I HAD SURGERY BUT THEY NOTICED THE LOSS. I FELT REAL GOOD AS WELL. I HAD ON A SHORT SILVER MINI DRESS WITH KNEE HIGH WHITE PLATFORM BOOTS AND ALL THE JEWLRY TO MATCH AND A BLACK BEADED DYESHEEKI.I HAD SO MUCH ENERGY AND FUN. WELL THAT WENT OFF WELL AND NOW I AM GOING TO KICK MY FEET UP AND REST TODAY ALTHOUGH LEA AND HER FAMILY IS ON THE WAY,BUT THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY. OH WELL THATS MY SAGA FOR TODAY, I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.
OH ONE LAST TIDBIT, MY FRIEND LISA DUNLAP WHO IS ONE YEAR OUT WAS HERE AND OMG SHE LOOKS FABULOUS, I MEAN JUST GREAT, SHE IS DOWUN 134 POUNDS AND LOOKS GREAT, WAY TO GO LISA......

JANUARY 26TH, 2004

NOT MUCH OF AN EVENTFUL DAY, JUST LAID AROUND AND RELAXED A BIT. I WENT BACK TO THE BASICS AGAIN, HITTING THE PROTEIN FIRST AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. JUST ENJOYING LIFE. WENDELL GOES FOR HIS PRE OP VISIT WITH DR. AVERBACH FRIDAY AT 4:45PM WEATHER PERMITTING. ROCHELLE HAS HER SURGERY ON NEXT TUESDAY. THEN WENDELL THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY SO I WILL BE SO BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. THATS ALL FOR NOW.

FEBRUARY 2,2004
HI ALL, I AM ON A HIGH THIS MORNING. I HAVE LOSS SIX AND A HALF POUNDS OVERNIGHT. I WAS 288 YESTERDAY AND I AM 281.5 TODAY THAT IS A TOTAL OF 54.5 POUNDS. I AM SO PUMPED. NOW YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS DAY WHEN I AM ON HERE CRYING AND FEELING DOWN IN THE DUMPS. JUST EMAIL ME AND REMIND ME OF MY NATURAL HIGH I WAS ON. I HAVE BEEN DOING A WATER CHALLENGE WITH SOME FOLKS ON THE BOARDS. WE CHALLENGE TO GET AT LEAST 64 OUNCES OF WATER IN EACH DAY. I HAVE BEEN DOING 110 OUNCES AND I ALSO GOT A PEDOMETER. THAT IS TO MEASURE HOW MANY STEPS YOU TAKE IN A DAY. THE GOAL IS TO TAKE 10,000 STEPS. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT BUT YOU CAN DO THAT BU ACCIDENT. I HAVE ALSO BEEN UPPING MY PROTEIN AND I AM GOING TO GET ME SOME KETO STIX TO TEST MY URINE TO MAKE SURE I AM BURNING FAT LIKE I AM SUPPOSED TO.
WELL YOU KNOW MY SISTER ROCHELLE'S SURGERY IS COMING ON THIS THURSDAY AND MY HUSBANDS SURGERY IS NEXT TUESDAY AND I KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE BUSY NON STOP. I CAN DEAL WITH IT THOUGH. I KNOW IT IS FOR THE BEST. ALSO MY BEST FRIEND LEA HAD HER CONSULT MOVED UP FROM FEBRUARY 23 TO LAST WEDNESDAY SO SHE IS JUST WAITING ON A DATE. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR HER TO GET A DATE. I AM SO EXCITED FOR EVERYBODY. JUST REMEMBER ANYTHING THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE IT CAN ACHIEVE. LOVE YOU ALL.UNTIL NEST TIME.....

FEBRUARY 5, 2004
WELL MYSISTER ROCHELLE HAD SURGERY TODAY AND ALL WENT WELL, I WAS NERVOUS BUT SHE WAS VERY CALM AS USUAL. SHE WAS TORE UP WHEN I SAW HER AFTER SURGERY, THAT MEDICINE HAD HER GOOD. AT ANYRATE I AM VERY HAPPY FOR HER AND THEN I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE EMOTIONS ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE WENDELL IS HAVING HIS SURGERY ON TUESDAY THE 10TH, OH BOY. I AM DOING WELL, I AM STEADY DROPPING POUNDS AND FEELING GOOD. GOTTA RUN, BUT I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.

FEBRUARY 6, 2004
I AM SO TIRED AND WORRIED AT THE SAME TIME, MY SISTER ROCHELLE HAD HER LEAK TEST TODAY AND THEY SAW SOME SWELLING AND SAID THAT THE FLUID IS GOING THROUGH SLOWER THAN THEY WOULD LIKE, HOWEVER I HAVE TONS OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT IS SENDING UP PRAYERS FOR ME AND HER, SO I AM SURE ALL WILL GO WELL. FOR ME, IT WAS AN UNEVENTFUL DAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO CURVES IN OVER A MONTH. TERRIBLE ME, BUT ONCE I GET DONE WITH SURGERY FOR ROCHELLE AND WENDELL, I WILL BE GOING BACK, REAL SOON. OK, GOTTA RUN, BUT I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.

FEBRUARY 7, 2004
ALL IS GOOD WITH MY SISTER, SHE WENT HOME TODAY AND SEEMS TO BE DOING VERY GOOD. I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING SHE SURE IS MOVING AROUND BETTER THAN I WAS. AS FOR ME, I WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER TODAY AND GOT MY HAIRDONE, SO I CAN BE DONE UP FOR MY HUSBANDS BIG DAY ON TUESDAY. I ALSO DID A LITTLE SHOPPING FOR MY KIDS AND JUST HAD A DAY FOR ME. THAT IS IT FOR NOW, WILL UPDATE LATER...

FEBRUARY 9, 2004
WELL YALL, I AM ON PINS AND NEEDLES. MY HUSBAND WENDELL IS HAVING SURGERY TOMORROW AND I AM SO UPTIGHT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. I AM MORE UPTIGHT ABOUT HIM THAN I WAS MYSELF. I GUESS BECAUSE HE IS MY ROCK AND WHEN I FEEL SCARED AND DOWN HE COMFORTS ME. AND SINCE I AM SCARED AND WORRIED FOR HIM, HOW CAN HE CALM ME DOWN THIS TIME. LOL. I KNOW IT IS CRAZY. I JUST LOVE MY HUSBAND SO MUCH AND WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING, AND I GUESS THE FEAR OF WHAT IF IS SCARRING ME. I KNOW HE WILL BE OK, I KNOW GOD IS GOOD AND ON HIS SIDE, BUT I STILL AM WORRIED. I WILL BE SO GLAD WHEN IT IS THIS TIME TOMORROW, BECAUSE HIS SURGERY WILL BE DONE AND HE WILL BE RECOVERING. ANYWAY. I DID SOME SHOPPING FOR ME TODAY AND IT WAS FUN, BECAUSE I AM NOW IN A SIZE 20, THAT IS DOWN FROM A 32 IN ALMOST 4 MONTHS. I AM SOOOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT TO SAY THE LEAST. I AM 38 PONDS FROM 100 POUND LOSS AND MY FIRST GOAL. SO I AM GOING TO PUT MY FOOT TO THE GRIND AND DO THE DAMN THING BY MY 6MONTH ANNIVERSARY. I KNOW I CAN DO IT. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY SELF. WELL ALL WHEN I POST AGAIN MY HUSBAND WILL BE ON THE LOOSING SIDE. PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

FEBRUARY 15TH, 2004

HELLO EVERYONE, I AM SORRY I AM BEHIND ON THE UPDATES. I AM JUST SO TIRED AND BEAT. BETWEEN MY SISTERS SURGERY THEN MY HUSBANDS, I AM JUST BEAT. WENDELL IS HOME AND DOING VERY WELL. I KNEW I LOVED THAT MAN, BUT I NEVER REALIZED JUST HOW MUCH UNTIL I WAS SITTING THERE WAITING WHILE HE WAS IN SURGERY AND IN RECOVERY. I WAS SO WORRIED, I FELT LIKE I COULD NOT BREATH AND I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL ALONE AND TRYING TO READ MY BOOK, BUT I JUST COULD NOT FOCUS. THE FIRST DAY OUT OF SURGERY FOR WENDELL HE JUST WAS OUT OF IT, I MEAN TOTALLY OUT OF IT AND THAT JUST DEVASTATED ME, BECAUSE I AM NOT USED TO HIM BEING THE ONE WHO IS DOWN, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ME. I KNEW HE WOULD BE OK, BUT LORD. I REALLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING. GRAB YOUR HUSBAND, PARTNER, SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR WHATEVER AND JUST HUG THEM AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A LIFE SAVING SURGERY, IT REALLY GAVE ME SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AT ANY RATE HE IS RECOVERING VERY WELL AND I AM TRYING TO GET MY REST IN AND RECOOP. I AM STILL LOOSING AND CLOTHES ARE STILL GETTING LOOSE. I AM EATING SO, SO. NOT THE WRONG THINGS, JUST HAVE REALLY HAD NO APPETITE THESE DAYS. PLUS LET ME SAY THIS, BECAUSE I NEVER REALIZED BEFORE THAT I NEVER MADE MENTION OF PROTEIN DRINKS. I DO DRINK PROTEIN DRINKS DAILY, AT LEAST 2 A DAY, SOMEDAYS MORE. I DRINK GNC ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN 95 VANILLA AND I DRINK A HEALTH CHOICE VEGGIE BOOSTER PROTEIN DRINK. THIS ONE IS FLAVORLESS AND I MIX IT IN MY JUICE OR FOOD OR IN MY FRUIT 2 O WATERS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NOTHING NEW TO REPORT. I AM VERY TIRED AND AFTER I GO TO THE MARKET I AM GOING TO REST. I WILL UPDATE YOU ALL LATER...

FEBRUARY 23, 2004

HI ALL, I WENT TO THE DOCTORS TODAY. I HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE NUTRITIONIST. I AM LOOSING REASONABLY, BUT I NEED TO INCREASE MY EXCERCISE AND WATCH THE THINGS I EAT. I DO NOT DUMP WHICH IS BAD FOR ME, BECAUSE AT TIMES BY ME KNOWING I CAN EAT ANYTHING I DO. I WENT AND CLEANED OUT 6 BAGS OF CARBS THAT I SENT TO MY AUNT. I KNOW THAT I NEED TO START MORE EXERCISIING AND I HAVE NOT BEEN TO CURVES IN OVER A MONTH. SO I WILL BE THERE TOMORROW, AND I DID GET ON GAZELLE AND WALKED 15 MINUTES NO STOP AND IF I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE LONGER. WELL ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. WENDELL IS DOING GREAT, HE IS DOWN 41.5 POUNDS IN TWO WEEKS. SO I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I AM GOING TO DO IT. I WILL UPDATE YOU LATER.

FEBRUARY 25TH, 2004

HEY YALL. I AM IN A LOT BETTER SPIRITS THIS DAY, I HAVE LOSS 6 POUNDS IN 2 DAYS AND I AM EXERCISING AND EATNG ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. I HAVE BEEN USING FITDAY.COM AND THAT IS A GREAT TOOL. I HAVE ALSO BEEN PLANNING MY MEALS OUT SO THAT I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT I AM GOING TO EAT. THIS IS MUCH EASIER. I WROTE DOWN LIKE A WEEKS WORTH OF MEALS IN EACH DAY THERE WERE 3 MEALS AND 3 SNACKS. I JUST CHOOSE ONE MEAL PLAN AND GO FOR IT THAT DAY AND SO FAR SO GOOD. FOR ALL OF YOU FOLLOWING MY PROFILE, JUST KNOW THAT I AM NOT TRYING TO SCARE ANYONE WITH MY UPS AND DOWNS, BUT I AM SO TRUTHFUL, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS ROAD IS NOT EASY, THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LOOSE GOOD ONE WEEK AND THE NEXT NOTHING. I TRY TO KEEP IT REAL AND TRY TO BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HURTING ANYONES FEELINGS. I AM SO DEDICATED TO THIS WEIGHT LOSS CAUSE. AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW I HAVE A SUPPORT GROUP ON YAHOO CALLED OBESE NO MORE. WELL OBESE NO MORE HAS BECOME A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION LEGALLY. WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS IN STORE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED FUNDING FOR SURGERY AND HEALTH AND AWARENESS. FOR MORE DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP OR BE HELPED JUST EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
I WAS HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND VAL AND RHONDA N, REALLY PULLED ME OUT OF THAT SLUMP. THEY REFUSED TO ALLOW ME TO WALLOW IN SELF PITTY AND THEY DID NOT FEED INTO MY NEGATIVITY, THEY KEPT MAKING ME SEE ALL THE POSITIVE AND I LOVE THEM DEARLY FOR THAT. AS MUCH SUPPORT AS I GIVE AND AS MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT AS I SHELL OUT, YOU WOULD THINK I COULD TAKE MY OWN ADVICE. NOT. LOL. AT ANYRATE, I AM FEELING BETTER TODAY AND I AM TRYING SO HARD NOT TO LET MR. SCALE PIMP ME TO DEATH. LOVE YOU ALL, I WILL UPDATE LATER.....

MARCH 1, 2004

HI EVERYONE. I AM JUST JUMPING IN TO SAY HELLO. I DO NOT HAVE MUCH TO SAY. THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY GOOD. I WENT TO GNC TODAY TO TAKE BACK THE BIG THING OF SOY PROTEIN I HAD. I DID NOT KNOW IT UNTIL I TALKED WITH MY NUTRITIONIST AND FOUND OUT THAT SOY IS NOT GOOD FOR US. SHE SAID WE CAN NOT MALABSORB IT. SHE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE WHEY PROTEIN. THAT IS WHY WHEN MY HAIR WAS FALLING OUT AROUND THE EDGES AND THAT IS WHY I WAS RETAINING FLUID. I HAD NO IDEA. I WAS PERPLEXED BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS DRINKING AT LEAST 2 PROTEIN SHAKES A DAY, BUT IT WAS THE WRONG KIND. SO NOW I KNOW. I TELL YOU IT IS A NEVER ENDING DRAMA WITH THIS THING. LUCKILY GNC HAS A 30 DAY REFUND POLICY NO MATTER WEITHER THE ITEM IS OPEN OR NOT. SO THAT WAS GOOD. BUT I WILL UPDATE YOU AGAIN SOON....

MARCH 4, 2004
HI EVERYONE, I WENT TO CURVES THIS MORNING FOR MY WORKOUT AND I FINALLY LET THEM DO MY MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGH ME IN. WELL I AM SO EXCITED I MUST SHARE THE GOOD NEWS, SO HERE GOES.

12/30/03 03/04/2004 Inches Loss

Bust 56.25 52.25 4
Waist 54.75 50.75 4
Abdomen 60.50 54.75 5.75
Hips 59.00 50.25 8.75
Thighs 30.50 28.75 3.50
Arms 17.75 17.50 .50
Weight 319 276 43 pounds

Body fat 49.9 43.60 6.30%

Total Inches loss 26.50 Total Pounds 43 and Body Fat Bounds loss 38.85

Need I say how good I feel this morning....

IT IS DAYS LIKE THIS THAT MAKES IT ALL SO WORTH IT. I JUST HOPE I STAY THIS POSITIVE WHEN THE DAYS ARE NOT AS GOOD.I WILL UPDATE YOU ALL LATER ON.

MARCH 7, 2004
HI ALL, JUST WANTED TO JUMP AND AND DROP A FEW LINES. I AM STILL DOING GOOD WITH MY DIET AND EXERCISE. I AM A LITTLE SWOLLEN TODAY, AS IT IS THAT TIME OF THE MONTH. AT ANYRATE ALL IS WELL. I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY I GET ON MY OWN NERVES. I HAVE BEEN JUST BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK I H

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Hospital Reviews

(Baltimore, MD) - St. Agnes Hospital

Surgeon Info:
Surgeon: Andrew Averbach
FROM THE DAY I MET DR. AVERBACH I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY NICE. MY OPINION HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL ABOUT HIM. HIS STAFF IS EXCELLENT AND I KNOW DUE TO MY OWN ISSUES I WAS A BIT MUCH TO DEAL WITH BUT THEY WERE VERY PROFFESSIONAL THROUGH OUT. THERE WAS NOTHING I LIKED LEAST ABOUT HIM. HE IS A VERY NICE DOCTOR AND WILL ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.HE STRESSES THAT HE AND HIS STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU ANYTIME YOU NEED THEM. HE DOES HAVE A STRUCTURED AFTER CARE PROGRAM. HE ADDRESSES THE RISK OF SURGERY TRUTHFUL AND CLEARLY. I WOULD RATE HIM AT THIS POINT A TEN PLUS AND I DO NOT SEE THAT DOING ANYTHING BUT GOING UP IN MY RATINGS. I THINK SURGICAL COMPETENCE AND BED SIDE MANNER ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.
Insurer Info:
STATE OF MD BLUE CROSS, PPO
THE TRANSACTION WITH STATE OF MARYLAND BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHEILD WAS VERY SMOOTH. I GAVE DR. AVERBACHS OFFICE THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED AND THE NEXT I HEARD IT WAS APPROVED. THAT WAS IT NO TROUBLE WHAT SO EVER.