Melissa S.
Tammy C. wrote 7 years, 10 months ago
Happy Surgiversary month Melissa!
Melissa S. posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago
A little bit of history. I had RNY Gastric Bypass in June 2010. Over the course of two years I lost 170 pounds and maintained that. I relocated to another state for my job and during the third year I started bouncing up and down within 10 pounds. Dur
Melissa S. posted a comment 12 years, 3 months ago
Hang in there. You can get back on track. It gets harder as it goes. ...
Melissa S. posted a comment 13 years ago
So happy for you. It is an awesome feeling :) Keep up the good...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 3 months ago
Century Club - Today I stepped on the scales and I have made it to the century club! At least since surgery :) I have lost 100 pounds since RNY in June 2010.
I have lost 147 pounds from my h...
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Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 3 months ago
Six months have passed since my surgery.... - Where has the time gone? So much has happened in such a short time. Where to start.... Well on the day of surgery I weighed 333 pounds. My A1C was 8.1 my blood pressure was hig...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Pre-Surgical class tomorrow - I will be attending a two hour pre-surgical class tomorrow with Tabitha, Dr. Nease' nurse. Afterwards I have to go to the hospital to pre register for surgery.
Only six more da...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
Its official! - I heard from the surgeons office today. Its official... June 14th is my surgery. Just a little over two weeks away.
Wow! Finally... after all this time, I can't wait.
Melissa S. scheduled a RNY for Jun 14, 2010. 13 years, 11 months ago
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Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
All is done and now the wait for a date has begun. - Actually, I sort of have a date, it is just not written in stone yet.
June 14th. That is the date that is tentatively set for my surgery. I will hopefully know for sure tomor...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
Three hour class and waiting around for support gr - So, my sister and I go to the nutrition class on May 3rd. She has already attended her class, but went with me anyway.
Marsha, the nutritionist is very through in going over th...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
D-Day or Doctor Visit Day has arrived! - So April 27th came and I travelled to Huntington to have my inital exam and consult with Dr. Nease. I was a little nervous, but not too much. Nothing to be nervouse about. Dr. Ne...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
Do you believe in fate? - So on April 3rd, my sister and I traveled to Ashland, to see Dr. Prater for our physc evaluations. We kind of freaked the doctor out, he didn't know we were together and we each p...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
And here we go... - The day following the seminar, Jackie called me from Dr. Nease's office and scheduled my first office visit. It was set for April, 27th. Oh my, I have to wait a whole month more?...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
OH MY.... I didn't know that I could use money fro - I work on the second floor of my building. The audit department is on the first floor and while working late one evening in January 2010 one of the auditors came up the stairs to ...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
As you can probably guess... things didn't proceed - So back in 2003, I went through the motions of trying to obtain gastric bypass surgery. At the time I was going to Dr. Daniel Stickler and I really was impressed with him and his ...
Melissa S. wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
I posted the following on here when I first began -
I am 38 years old and have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything imagineable to lose weight. I hope that WLS will give me the tool I need to succeed.
It is no...
Melissa S. selected a surgeon: D. Blaine Nease, M.D. F.A.C.S. and left a testimonial. 14 years ago
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About Me
Bristol, VA
Location
38.7
BMI
Surgery
06/14/2010
Surgery Date
Oct 26, 2002
Member Since
