Wednesday Roll Call

Good luck Monica...hope all goes well.  Hey nothing wrong with lounging on the couch... Lynne

Hi Lynne,  I see Dr. Cahill is doing your surgery...are you having lap band or bypass?  I went to a seminar at St James, but wasn't sure how many surgeries he has done, and his rep. Tina said he does lots of endoscopes. Those really scare me.   I had a consult at UIC last Friday with Dr. Vitello.  It went really well. My pcp says it's up to me where I have the surgery, I thought maybe UIC would be better since it is a bigger hospital.  Don't know if you can help me with any answers or not. Thanks, Paulette

Yes I'm actually going to Little Company of Mary...I'm having LapBand....I don't know the number of surgeries he has done, I know it was a lot, he was on the Cover of Chicago Magazine in January. I know he has a website, he is linked to this site too, if you want to look up his #'s....Tony is the RN at Little Company of Mary..... I noticed on the St. James website Dr. Cahill was there too, I found that strange.  All my doctors at Little Co. of Mary , said he's the best???   Hope I helped??? Lynne

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Good morning everybody! I think I broke my plateau this morning I was 262 on my scale,  Yipee! I've been stuck at 265 since Mar 1st. I see the dietician Friday so then I'll know if it is official. Her scale and mine are usually within 1 pound. This week I added walking everyday and playing at the park with my granddaughters. Also have lots of new physical therapy things to do that won't hurt my back, mostly arm and leg things to do., hopefully will help rev up my metabolism.   Thanks for inviting me to Roll Call Carol.  I'm usually more introverted about joining new things, but as I read others progress, fears and hopes I realize how much I have in common with this group.  Hopefully I'll be able to help someone too! Today it will be a slower day. yesterday the girls and I went to 4 different parks to check them out. We all had a blast. Today is the last day of school for Cheyanne, she has a movie party celebration. Samanatha and I are going to work on her writing her name.  But we'll get  a walk in for sure, probably just down to the playground. maybe I'll swing some more toda. LOL! Have a great day everyone! Paulette

Hi everyone.... So how is everyone?  Sorry I didn't write early, busy day at work...LOL Paul, I too am a die hard Cubs fan...but Sox park is nice.  

Hi Paul and all of my Illinois friends...I had my doctor visit on monday with my blood workup....what a dissappointment they called this mporning..my cholestrol went up 10 points its 200 so they are raising my lipitor to 40 mg...also my thyroid was very low so they increased my synthrois to 225mg..I am on a downer today..don't know what happen.  hope everyone is having a great day...you are in my prayes as always.

Hello everyone!! I had my last appointment with my surgeon, and met with the dietician today. I think everything finally hit me today... I got in the car to go to my appointment, and just felt sick. I did feel much better after I left though. I know I can do this!! Well, I am off to a night out with my moms meetup group! Hope everyone has a good day! (what's left of it....)