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Topic: RE: The OAC is creating a database
Thanks for the info Carla. I will spread the word.
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Topic: RE: Dr. Champion is retiring
For me what is funny and interesting is that only Dr Macik's patients came here to talk bad about Dr Champion's reputation. 
I am VERY HAPPY with the choice that I made choosing Dr Champion as my surgeon- I completed 3 months yesterday aWhile tnd I had a wonderful surgery , wonderful recovery and he could not have been better to me. Dr Macik was a disapointment !
I don't care and don't mind about Dr Champion's drug addiction - that's his and his family's private problem . What matters to me, is how GREAT he was to me when I literally put my life on his hands.
I am VERY HAPPY with the choice that I made choosing Dr Champion as my surgeon- I completed 3 months yesterday aWhile tnd I had a wonderful surgery , wonderful recovery and he could not have been better to me. Dr Macik was a disapointment !
I don't care and don't mind about Dr Champion's drug addiction - that's his and his family's private problem . What matters to me, is how GREAT he was to me when I literally put my life on his hands.
Topic: RE: Looking for.......
Sorry that I didn't see this sooner, I hope your surgery went well. You are always welcome to come to the Augusta meetings. Let me know if you want info on the meeting times and location.
Carla
Carla
CJ H
Proximal Open RNY 11/2003
"No tool works if it's been forgotten in the drawer"
Proximal Open RNY 11/2003
"No tool works if it's been forgotten in the drawer"
Topic: The OAC is creating a database
From facebook...
The OAC is creating a database of Georgia state employees/teachers who have been denied access to bariatric surgery under the new rule. If you have been denied such coverage, please share your story and contact information by writing to [email protected]. Our goal is to recruit state employees/teachers to call key legislators and officials and share how the cut to this benefit would impact their health and well being.
Carla
The OAC is creating a database of Georgia state employees/teachers who have been denied access to bariatric surgery under the new rule. If you have been denied such coverage, please share your story and contact information by writing to [email protected]. Our goal is to recruit state employees/teachers to call key legislators and officials and share how the cut to this benefit would impact their health and well being.
Carla
CJ H
Proximal Open RNY 11/2003
"No tool works if it's been forgotten in the drawer"
Proximal Open RNY 11/2003
"No tool works if it's been forgotten in the drawer"
Topic: You alreeady know
Highest Weight/Surgery Weight/Current Weight/Goal
426.4/356/216.8/165?
Haven't been hanging out here at all lately, but I got an email from the Obesity Coalition about the SHBP removing weight loss surgery from the health plan. Just came here to mention it, but you've already posted about it. Glad to know you guys are on top of it.
Oh, and just thought I'd mention, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Smith this summer when I was an emergency admission to Kennestone Hospital. I was having stomach pain, back, pain, nausea and dry heaving 1x a day for about a week. it would last an hour and then I'd be fine. Then one day, it wouldn't stop. My hubby (had the DS with Dr. Smith in 2003) took me to Kennestone because he wasn't driving down to Northside during rush hour. They finally admitted me around 2 am and the general surgeon who admitted me came by around 7am. He said I had a hernia and his goal was to get me out of pain and get me out of there...let me go to my own docs (didn't want to come within 200 ft of me with a scalpel). Hubby called Dr. Smith's office and asked if he would come by and look at the CT scan for a 2nd opinion. Though I knew full well bariatric surgeons don't take on other surgeon's patients. Dr. Smith came by in the early afternoon. He was on his way into surgery, but he had looked at my scan. I had a hernia with a "corkscrew bowel obstruction" and needed surgery that day. Dr. Smith did the surgery.
The whole hernia/bowel obstruction thing is just one of those fluky things to happen...but I'm a rheumatology patient and as the rheumie and I discussed the other day, fluky things always seems to happen to rheumie patients. And Dr. Smith had the standard bedside manner of a surgeon, but he was a good surgeon...as well as the team he had with him. And I'm glad he didn't send me out, 'cause it really was an emergency. I guess if he really didn't want to touch me, he could have put me in an ambulance and sent me to Northside.
-talksoup
Oh, and just thought I'd mention, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Smith this summer when I was an emergency admission to Kennestone Hospital. I was having stomach pain, back, pain, nausea and dry heaving 1x a day for about a week. it would last an hour and then I'd be fine. Then one day, it wouldn't stop. My hubby (had the DS with Dr. Smith in 2003) took me to Kennestone because he wasn't driving down to Northside during rush hour. They finally admitted me around 2 am and the general surgeon who admitted me came by around 7am. He said I had a hernia and his goal was to get me out of pain and get me out of there...let me go to my own docs (didn't want to come within 200 ft of me with a scalpel). Hubby called Dr. Smith's office and asked if he would come by and look at the CT scan for a 2nd opinion. Though I knew full well bariatric surgeons don't take on other surgeon's patients. Dr. Smith came by in the early afternoon. He was on his way into surgery, but he had looked at my scan. I had a hernia with a "corkscrew bowel obstruction" and needed surgery that day. Dr. Smith did the surgery.
The whole hernia/bowel obstruction thing is just one of those fluky things to happen...but I'm a rheumatology patient and as the rheumie and I discussed the other day, fluky things always seems to happen to rheumie patients. And Dr. Smith had the standard bedside manner of a surgeon, but he was a good surgeon...as well as the team he had with him. And I'm glad he didn't send me out, 'cause it really was an emergency. I guess if he really didn't want to touch me, he could have put me in an ambulance and sent me to Northside.
-talksoup
Highest Weight/Surgery Weight/Current Weight/Goal
426.4/356/216.8/165?
Topic: RE: Dr. Champion is retiring
Highest Weight/Surgery Weight/Current Weight/Goal
426.4/356/216.8/165?
It's a matter of public record that Dr. Champion is a drug addict and has his licence suspended a number of times.
Personally, if he had been suspended once and cleaned up his act, that wouldn't have ever bothered me. The fact that he couldn't stay clean and sober bothers me and I never would have chosen him for my surgeon.
Personally, if he had been suspended once and cleaned up his act, that wouldn't have ever bothered me. The fact that he couldn't stay clean and sober bothers me and I never would have chosen him for my surgeon.
Highest Weight/Surgery Weight/Current Weight/Goal
426.4/356/216.8/165?
Topic: RE: It's That Time Again! Clothing Exchange November 12th 2011
It will be this November 12, 2011.
Please spread the word with Dr. Smith's support group!
Please spread the word with Dr. Smith's support group!
Topic: RE: It's That Time Again! Clothing Exchange November 12th 2011
Is it this Novemeber or Next november?
Thanks
Thanks
Topic: WLS Support Group Meeting Thursday, September 15th, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Hello,
Our next WLS Support Group meeting is Thursday, September 15th, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
North Atlanta Church of Christ
Room 109
5676 Roberts Drive
Atlanta, GA 30338
Hope you can make it!!
Open RNY 3/27/01 400 lbs - 170lb. Please visit my blog at www.gingerrock.blogspot.com. You can also find me on facebook www.facebook.com/GingerRock and Twitter www.twitter.com/GingerRock
~Ginger~ 
Topic: It's That Time Again! Clothing Exchange November 12th 2011
Saturday, November 11th, 2011
Hey Ladies,
It's time to start cleaning out your closets for the Fall 2011 Clothing Exchange!
A tentative date has been set for Saturday, November 12th, 2011 11:00 am-noon. Location will be Henry Medical in Stockbridge, GA.
There will be lots of free product samples, door prizes, and lots and lots of clothes to swap!
Saturday, November 11th, 2011
Hey Ladies,
It's time to start cleaning out your closets for the Fall 2011 Clothing Exchange!
A tentative date has been set for Saturday, November 12th, 2011 11:00 am-noon. Location will be Henry Medical in Stockbridge, GA.
There will be lots of free product samples, door prizes, and lots and lots of clothes to swap!
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