Hello newbie wanna be DSer
Here I am! Busy weekend, and we had reasonable temps & sun, so I was outside a lot. Just trying to catch up, so let me know if I missed anything big.
~ I am the proud wife of a Guatemalan, but most people call me Kimberley
Highest Known Weight = 370# / 59.7 bmi @ 5'6"
Current Weight = 168# / 26.4 bmi : fluctuates 5# either way @ 5'7" / more than 90% EWL
Normal BMI (24.9) = 159#: would have to compromise my muscle mass to get here without plastics, so this is not a goal.
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my DS. Don't go into WLS without knowing ALL of your options: DSFacts.com
Good luck getting all your ducks in a row. I've just started a 6 month process to get mine. It seems like decades away!
Just today, it seems that a whole lotta folks over at the VSG forum thinks that the DS has turned us ALL into a bunch of *****es. No joke ... They have a theory that the DS cuts a nerve and renders us unable to be polite, lol.
Personally, I think the folks over there on that board have a reading comprehension problem. They don't understand the concept of Paying It Forward. Glad you "got it"!!!
Anyway ... WELCOME!! We are here to help you thru your journey.
I'm sure some of Kemmeter or Foote's patients will come along shortly ...
Laurie
PRE OPS ... Want a surgery that has the least chance of long-term re-gain, is BEST at curing your Diabetes (98%+), removes much of the hunger hormone Ghrelin, NO DUMPING, NO MARGINAL ULCERS and NO STOMA / STRICTURES? CURIOUS WHY I CHOSE THE DS? VISIT MY PROFILE.
Welcome to the forum ..I have not heard of Dr. Foote, although Dr. Kemmeter seems familiar .. Is he new to DS? What is his record as far as # of procedures, if you know?
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
