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Good afternoon ;)
We were up and out early (for us) this morning to go to a baby food class... So many things to know. As a result I'm going to try making salmon tonight. I don't eat fish so this is a real adventure for me. I'm going to make some spiced for us and some plain for the little nugget. I also have some Indian curry chickpeas to go with it -- you may see my plan is to hide the fish lol.
QOTD: I didn't see the moon... We were up around 1am but I didn't look outside.
Post-op three years and eleven months.
They called me with all my appointments. 2 are complete, 3 are booked for the end of the month. Fingers crossed, everything is okay and I will get a surgery date!!
Hey all! I am here braving this bitterly cold day. We fly out tomorrow to Antigua. I'm getting run around from the ortho surgeon/hospital. I went on Friday to have xrays repeated because the surgeon's office can't access them from the place I had them done originally (2 weeks ago). So I went to the hospital (where the surgeon has privileges) and the technician wouldn't do them because I just had them done and didn't want to expose me to more radiation. So I called surgeon's office and they confirmed no they need to be done at a hospital. Good grief. Now I'll likely have to wait until I get back before I can get an appt at the hospital again. The surgeon is in a private office and can't access what the hospital can apparently.
I so need this vacation!!
Over 100 lbs lost! and 13 lbs below goal weight!
Hello all. We can definitely be jealous of Ginny today, the temperature dropped again here so back to scraping windows in the morning.
QOTD: I had no idea there was even a super Moon in the forecast so I missed it ;(
B - greek yogurt
S - low fat sugar free bran muffin (made with applesauce)
L - Homemade spring rolls (Broccoli slaw, ground turkey, beansprouts)
S - 1/2 protein shake
D - Spring rolls
S - turkey pepperette
Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a good long weekend. Ginny is off to the sunny south this week so we can all be a little envious.
This morning I'm taking my kitty into the vet for biopsies. This afternoon I have an appointment with the internist. No exercise for me today, but hopefully tomorrow.
QOTD: I was up early this morning and saw the super Snow Moon. Did anyone else see it?
The eats today at 4 years post-op are:
B. Protein mocha latte, coffee
L. Salad with salami, HB egg, spinach, bacon, pepperoncini, Rene's Greek Feta dressing
D. Bunless burger, baked mushroom cap with bacon and cheese, broccoli
S. Crio Bru before bed.
Have a great day everyone.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
my orientation was Nov 13 and I still didn't get a call, I will give them a call tomorrow. can you send me facebook group link?
wow, so happy for you. have you got called for the appointments? looks like it will be fast from this point. I am waiting for the appointments as well.
thanks for your explanation... my take on it was... "i haven't lost all my weight or i've had a regain.. so i'll see if i can get a DS".. unfortunately that's how i was seeing it! and yes i understand Dr Hong seemed to be the only surgeon at St Joe's... and that's great there are other surgeons performing the DS as well! i've moved away from the hamilton area and not too many are getting the DS where i now live. i was just wondering if that's what was happening.
take care of you! and thanks again!
I may be entirely wrong here but I'm going to throw my hat into the ring on this one. :)
My understanding is that there are very few surgeons who are qualified to do the DS surgery. I know for a fact that for the longest time Dr. Hong was the only one in Ontario and anyone having a DS was being referred to him. I have heard that one of the other surgeons at St. Joes, either Dr. Gmora or Dr. Anvari is now qualified as well.
As a result you see a higher number of DS surgeries coming out of St. Joe's.
The next part of the equation seems to be the process of a 2 step surgery process. I don't know why so I won't wade in, but the original plan is for the patient to eventually have a DS but they don't seem to do them right away. They start with a Sleeve or an RNY. They hope that it will work well enough that the second step won't be needed. For some reason, the Sleeve or RNY doesn't work. The patient stalls and regain starts and it doesn't seem to matter what they do, but they can't halt the regain.
So they move forward and do "the revision" to DS.
I don't think it's "that easy" to get a DS. I know several who have had the two step process and it is arduous and difficult. I do believe you see a lot of them at St. Joe's because the surgeons that do DS surgeries are there. It's probably appearing disproportionate but I think overall it's not.
Referral - May 31/17; Orientation - June 15/17; First Appt Nurse - June 26/17; Bloodwork and ECG - June 27/17; Sleep Study - July 5/17; Dietician Appt - July 10/17; Counsellor Appt - July 10/17; Abdominal Ultrasound - July 10/17: Endoscopy/Colonoscopy - July 25/17; Second Dietician Appt - September 14/17; Internist Appt - October 2/17; Meet the Surgeon - November 21/17; Pre Surgery Nutrition Class - January 12/18; Surgery - January 16/18
OK.. i'm really not a dumb person... old maybe, but not dumb. I keep reading about people having or asking for a revision... usually from a VSG or RNY to a DS because they have usually had a regain. Is this common practice and most of the people are patients from St Joe's.. (where I had surgery 7 yrs ago and YES I too am one of those who have had a regain.. but I know why I regained!!!)... Is it that easy to get a DS these days?? and wouldn't it be a better option to receive some sort of counselling or therapy re: how we can beat food addiction, etc.? I know I went through some big changes and even an unexpected passing of my only sister so I turned to food for consoling... and yep, the frig became my best friend. I need to beat that addiction but that's MY story and issue. I'm not saying everyone has this problem... but was just wondering if the DS is that easy to get these days.. because we have gained 20, 30, 50lbs or even more??
