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Topic: SUPPORT GROUP & INFO SESSION!
We are finally starting our Support Groups!! To register visit www.tempenewday.com
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MAY 8th 2010 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
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LAP RNY 12/2000 -- Pre-Op: 314 lbs BMI 44
Current: 125 lbs BMI 19
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StacysMom
on 4/20/10 3:01 pm
on 4/20/10 3:01 pm
Topic: RE: Why do DSers persist in posting on other message boards? Why the Surgery Wars?
I would never have even HEARD of the DS surgery if it had not been for DS'ers paying it forward on a bunch of other boards! 
Diana ... you GO girl!! And, that goes for all your minions too!
Diana ... you GO girl!! And, that goes for all your minions too!
Topic: RE: Need a lil help post op 6yrs have a lil regain!
Hey thank you so much for the encouragement and information! I knew there had to be others out there like me. . . . i will look forward to coming down that Saturday cant wait some other wls friends!!
Topic: RE: Need a lil help post op 6yrs have a lil regain!
Hi friend!
There's oodles of us in AZ trying to get Back on Track or who need to turn ourselves completely around! A bunch of us met a few weeks ago and we're all trying different approaches. Some are attending Weigh****chers, some are getting back to their Surgeon's basics. ...some are getting therapy.....some just needed a support group to rev them up.... It's a bummer that we still have some struggles even after we've had WLS....but, it's a tool and not a magic lifetime bullett!!!! Surgeries malfunction....our hand & mouth routine malfunctions too! We need to practice the art of lifetime health and not just the post-op losing honeymoon!
A support group here in the area is hosting a Super Saturday. It's for everyone but much of the discussion that day will be geared to getting focused and either staying on track or getting back on track. Here's the details.....maybe if you plan this far in advance, you can make the trek here?!
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Need a U-Turn?
Need to Get Back on Track? Need a Plan to STAY on Track?
June 5th, 12 noon to 6 pm: Super Saturday Seminar
(hosted and planned by the Westside Support Group)
Banner Estrella Hospital Conf Rooms
FREE and open to everyone!
RSVP required and seating is VERY limited so email us ASAP!
DJ: [email protected], Nita: [email protected], or Joyce: [email protected]
Speakers include:
Dr. Ara Keshishian, well known DS and Revision surgeon from Los Angeles (free consults available that day),
Michelle Curan aka Vitalady, world renowned post-op & vitamin-supplement guru (bring any questionable lab #’s for Q & A), in Phoenix with her 2010 Vitatour! www.vitalady.com --
Darcie Edelkraut, Post-Op & Author of Bariatric Cookbooks, with a presentation and recipe tasting,
Live Makeovers with Candace & Terri from Dr. Mazaheri’s Plastic Surgery office (a door prize drawing for those interested),
Katie Jay, MSW and wellness coach, is the director of the National Association for Weight Loss Surgery (www.NAWLS.com). The author of two books, Dying to Change and Small Bites, Katie is an obesity survivor, who underwent RNY gastric bypass in 2004. She founded NAWLS to provide a safe, nonjudgmental community for bariatric patients who struggle with weight maintenance and regain, carbohydrate sensitivity, transfer addiction, and emotional eating.
***Bring a small snack to share (no kitchen available).
Dinner will follow at a local restaurant, for those interested in extending your fun day with some munching and mingling. This is a HUGE package for a support group event!
Fun + FREE = FANTASTIC!!!!
Joyce
Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
On April 20, 2010 at 2:37 PM Pacific Time, splendajack wrote:
As i said have about 40lbs of regain need a little help getting back on track any advice and or tips i really need all and any in out wanna get the weight back off ? oh an does any one know of any support groups in the yavapai county area?There's oodles of us in AZ trying to get Back on Track or who need to turn ourselves completely around! A bunch of us met a few weeks ago and we're all trying different approaches. Some are attending Weigh****chers, some are getting back to their Surgeon's basics. ...some are getting therapy.....some just needed a support group to rev them up.... It's a bummer that we still have some struggles even after we've had WLS....but, it's a tool and not a magic lifetime bullett!!!! Surgeries malfunction....our hand & mouth routine malfunctions too! We need to practice the art of lifetime health and not just the post-op losing honeymoon!
A support group here in the area is hosting a Super Saturday. It's for everyone but much of the discussion that day will be geared to getting focused and either staying on track or getting back on track. Here's the details.....maybe if you plan this far in advance, you can make the trek here?!
**********************
Need a U-Turn?
Need to Get Back on Track? Need a Plan to STAY on Track?
June 5th, 12 noon to 6 pm: Super Saturday Seminar
(hosted and planned by the Westside Support Group)
Banner Estrella Hospital Conf Rooms
FREE and open to everyone!
RSVP required and seating is VERY limited so email us ASAP!
DJ: [email protected], Nita: [email protected], or Joyce: [email protected]
Speakers include:
Dr. Ara Keshishian, well known DS and Revision surgeon from Los Angeles (free consults available that day),
Michelle Curan aka Vitalady, world renowned post-op & vitamin-supplement guru (bring any questionable lab #’s for Q & A), in Phoenix with her 2010 Vitatour! www.vitalady.com --
Darcie Edelkraut, Post-Op & Author of Bariatric Cookbooks, with a presentation and recipe tasting,
Live Makeovers with Candace & Terri from Dr. Mazaheri’s Plastic Surgery office (a door prize drawing for those interested),
Katie Jay, MSW and wellness coach, is the director of the National Association for Weight Loss Surgery (www.NAWLS.com). The author of two books, Dying to Change and Small Bites, Katie is an obesity survivor, who underwent RNY gastric bypass in 2004. She founded NAWLS to provide a safe, nonjudgmental community for bariatric patients who struggle with weight maintenance and regain, carbohydrate sensitivity, transfer addiction, and emotional eating.
***Bring a small snack to share (no kitchen available).
Dinner will follow at a local restaurant, for those interested in extending your fun day with some munching and mingling. This is a HUGE package for a support group event!
Fun + FREE = FANTASTIC!!!!
Joyce Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
Topic: Need a lil help post op 6yrs have a lil regain!
As i said have about 40lbs of regain need a little help getting back on track any advice and or tips i really need all and any in out wanna get the weight back off ? oh an does any one know of any support groups in the yavapai county area?
Topic: RE: Banner Gateway
Hi Jena.
Hang in there. Dr Pod is a awesome surgeon. He is really focused on the surgery and after care. I had surgery in Oct and haven't had any trouble with them. Banner has been really busy lately trying to get Certified.. I would call Ileen (insurance person). Her number is 543-2297 maybe this will help.
Hang in there. Dr Pod is a awesome surgeon. He is really focused on the surgery and after care. I had surgery in Oct and haven't had any trouble with them. Banner has been really busy lately trying to get Certified.. I would call Ileen (insurance person). Her number is 543-2297 maybe this will help.
Wendy 
1st fill 4cc, 2nd fill 1.5cc 3rd fill 1.5cc 4th fill .5 Total 7.5 cc in my 11cc Realize Band.
Reached 1st goal weight 158 on 6/8/10, My Starting weight 235
Hit final goal of 145 10/25/10
Current weight 143
If you work the band the band will work for you.
1st fill 4cc, 2nd fill 1.5cc 3rd fill 1.5cc 4th fill .5 Total 7.5 cc in my 11cc Realize Band.
Reached 1st goal weight 158 on 6/8/10, My Starting weight 235
Hit final goal of 145 10/25/10
Current weight 143
If you work the band the band will work for you.
Topic: RE: Banner Gateway
Jeannie,
Thank you so much for the kinds words! Good luck and I hope you have alot of success!
Jena
Thank you so much for the kinds words! Good luck and I hope you have alot of success!
Jena
Topic: RE: Banner Gateway
Hang in there Dr. P is totally worth it. I had a little bit of the same frustration pre surgery waiting for insurance approval etc. but since surgery none. I have had a few complications post surgery and have NOT had to wait to get help or to get an appointment to be seen. Hang in there, Good Luck!
With Positive Thoughts, JeannieO. 
Topic: RE: Why do DSers persist in posting on other message boards? Why the Surgery Wars?
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4159143/Did-a-surgery-w ar-open-your-eyes-to-the-DS-If-so-post-to/
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/3484967/Who-benefited-f rom-DSers-posting-on-other-forums/action,replies/topic_id,34 84967/page,1/
The second thread was started in 2007, and is still being added to.
By the way, if you look closely at the threads that devolve into Surgery War, you will see that the vast majority of the time, a DSer will post FACTUAL information (supported by peer-reviewed references) demonstating the superiority of the DS for most people, and someone with another surgery will get their knickers in a twist because they take that FACTUAL information to be a personal insult, and we're off and running. But that doesn't matter to me, because these threads always get information about the DS to the attention of someone who needs to hear it.
If you are pre-op, I hope you will take a look at these threads and then do further research into the DS before you make your surgery choice.
That's some seriously GREAT reading!
Thanks Diana!
I can't wait to get my DS!
Anyone interested in finding surgeon's who do the DS, check out www.dsfacts.com
Joyce
Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
On April 19, 2010 at 2:27 PM Pacific Time, DianaCox wrote:
In case you were wondering why we DSers "pay it forward," check out these threads:http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4159143/Did-a-surgery-w ar-open-your-eyes-to-the-DS-If-so-post-to/
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/3484967/Who-benefited-f rom-DSers-posting-on-other-forums/action,replies/topic_id,34 84967/page,1/
The second thread was started in 2007, and is still being added to.
By the way, if you look closely at the threads that devolve into Surgery War, you will see that the vast majority of the time, a DSer will post FACTUAL information (supported by peer-reviewed references) demonstating the superiority of the DS for most people, and someone with another surgery will get their knickers in a twist because they take that FACTUAL information to be a personal insult, and we're off and running. But that doesn't matter to me, because these threads always get information about the DS to the attention of someone who needs to hear it.
If you are pre-op, I hope you will take a look at these threads and then do further research into the DS before you make your surgery choice.
That's some seriously GREAT reading!Thanks Diana!
I can't wait to get my DS!
Anyone interested in finding surgeon's who do the DS, check out www.dsfacts.com
Joyce Rny 2/11/03-> ERny 12/26/07-> Duodenal Switch 5/12/2010
www.dsfacts.com , www.dssurgery.com , & www.duodenalswitch.com
Topic: Why do DSers persist in posting on other message boards? Why the Surgery Wars?
In case you were wondering why we DSers "pay it forward," check out these threads:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4159143/Did-a-surgery-w ar-open-your-eyes-to-the-DS-If-so-post-to/
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/3484967/Who-benefited-f rom-DSers-posting-on-other-forums/action,replies/topic_id,34 84967/page,1/
The second thread was started in 2007, and is still being added to.
By the way, if you look closely at the threads that devolve into Surgery War, you will see that the vast majority of the time, a DSer will post FACTUAL information (supported by peer-reviewed references) demonstating the superiority of the DS for most people, and someone with another surgery will get their knickers in a twist because they take that FACTUAL information to be a personal insult, and we're off and running. But that doesn't matter to me, because these threads always get information about the DS to the attention of someone who needs to hear it.
If you are pre-op, I hope you will take a look at these threads and then do further research into the DS before you make your surgery choice.
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4159143/Did-a-surgery-w ar-open-your-eyes-to-the-DS-If-so-post-to/
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/DS/3484967/Who-benefited-f rom-DSers-posting-on-other-forums/action,replies/topic_id,34 84967/page,1/
The second thread was started in 2007, and is still being added to.
By the way, if you look closely at the threads that devolve into Surgery War, you will see that the vast majority of the time, a DSer will post FACTUAL information (supported by peer-reviewed references) demonstating the superiority of the DS for most people, and someone with another surgery will get their knickers in a twist because they take that FACTUAL information to be a personal insult, and we're off and running. But that doesn't matter to me, because these threads always get information about the DS to the attention of someone who needs to hear it.
If you are pre-op, I hope you will take a look at these threads and then do further research into the DS before you make your surgery choice.
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