Obesity surgery

well just a little update. I had surgery 3 1/2 months ago on Nov 18th, 2003.
I started out at 365 pounds in a tight 30/32 elastic waist pants. I am now
down to 275 pounds and in a comfortable 26 button waist pants. I am able to eat
ANYTHING with no problems. Including sugar and fried foods. But I watch what I
eat Very Carefully!! I have been really slacking on the exercise and know I
need to get that started back up. Its really hard. I know thats no excuse
but…I babysit from 6am to 7pm then cook supper, bath my 3 year old, spend a
little time with hubby and daughter before putting her to bed..spend a little
time
with hubby..then he is off to bed and i get on the computer to work my second
job which is building websites and making web banners. I know…Thats NO
EXCUSE. I have no room in my house for any time of equipment and i live 35-40
minutes away from the nearest facility. I even bought a tape and cant get that
into
the day either…LOL But I will HOPEFULLY be able to stop the day
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thanks so much for all the good words about my up coming date. the
filter they are putting in is called a greenfield filter. it will be
put in the week befor i have surgery.it is used on people who have a
bmi larger then 50 or if they had trouble with swelling and and blood
clots. i had a brother die from a blood clot to the lungs. so they
are doing this for a precaution. i didnt know if anyone else has had
this. i know it is an out patient surgery. they go in through the
vein in the leg. that is all i know so far. im getting very excited
but have a ways to go before my date. 6/08/04
sclady

after many months of going back and forth with my insurance i now
have a doate for surgery. i will have to have the greenfild filter
first then i will have surgery on june 8th. i had to put it off for a
month due to travel schedules i have. i am not yet excited. it has
been very up and down so it is hard to believe it is going to
happen.im an just now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
reading all the posting have helped me alot and kept me going. i was
wondering if anyone has had the filter put in and how was it for
them. also is there anyway to prevent your hair from thinning. if you
eat enough protien will that help. im sure as i get closer i will
have more question. thanks so much for everone one this site.
sclady

Queens Metro Surgical Weight Loss Support Group

The next meeting of the Queens Metro Surgical Weight Loss Group is to
be held on Tuesday March 16, 2004 at 7:15pm.

At this meeting, we will have our first guest speaker. Dr. Moses
Wexler PhD. will speak about motivation and commitment. The meeting
will be at
C.A.P.
163-59 17TH Avenue
Whitestone, NY 11357
Walk down the ramp

There is ample street parking and easy access from Manhattan via
express bus or the Queens Transit Line.
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Hello,
I just finished up my 6mth supervised diet plan with pcp. This was a
requirement from health alliance. Now all my paperwork will be sent
to the insurance on March 8th. My question is I have lost about
17lbs with the supervised diet. I was 312 to start and now and
around 295. Does anyone know is health alliance now going to turn on
me and say you can lose weight on your own you don’t need the
surgery? I just don’t know what to prepare myself for. Any help
would be grateful.
Thanks,
Diana

i know this has been answered but i am having trouble with aol and lost all
my emails…
Thanks
Crystal
11/18/03
365/283/2nd mini goal 250

who it was. Could that person please email me privately…THANKS

I am doing a research class in my degree program and need to get
some answers from anyone that will help me out. I won’t be using
any names so don’t worry that you will be giving information that
others may see. This survey is how people felt before surgery. .
Please answer the following questions in this manner so that I may
collect accurate information for my report. SA, A, D, SD, or DA, at
the end of each stated sentence.

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Doesn’t apply
(SA) (A) (D) (SD) (DA)

1. I have fought weight most of my life.

2. I use to feel ashamed around other people.

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Recap of the February 19, 2004 Meeting

To begin I would like to thank Carroll for her assistance in making
our meeting dedicated to new sources of protein successful. Carroll
always has endless energy and enthusiasm and her efforts are deeply
appreciated.

I have written thank you letters to the manufactures that donated
product samples:
1) Premier Nutrition- Great tasting high protein bars (30
grams of protein)
2) Unjury the best tasting High Protein drink I sampled (20
grams of smooth and no after taste protein.
3)PSI HOLDING (aka Pacific Gold) for the contribution of
Turkey Jerky (one ounce of jerky is 13 grams of protein Purchased at
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I just wanted to say, thank you for the warm welcome. It has been 2
days since I have contacted my doctor about the referral, I know he
is real busy, so I will give him until this coming Wednesday, then
I’ll refresh him again. My doctor has told a few times in earlier
visit to him, that I was a candidate for the surgery, so I am hoping
that he will keep those words he said earlier true. How did any of
you get in touch with a doctor who preforms this type of surgery?
Did you just contact a hospital or did the doctor refer you? Sorry,
but I have alot of questions. What am I expected to do after the
referral? Thanks, Ed