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04-14-2007, 12:04 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 |
Location: San Diego |
Surgeon: Dr Callery |
Age: 46 |
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So excited!!
Hello, My name is Leah and I've been checking out this site since Jan. I thought I'd introduce myself. I have just been approved for my surgery for May 11th by Dr Callery. I was approved on my first try and I am so excited and ready to start to be part of the losing side instead of the gaining side. I have been eating much smaller meals and chewing my food fully.  The sipping has been difficult, but I'm getting used to it. I have already started taking my vitamins getting a head start. Any comments and advice is welcomed.  |
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04-14-2007, 12:42 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005 |
Location: Southbay area |
Surgeon: Dr. Mueller |
Age: 30 |
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Welcome aboard Leah. I would say you are on a good head start. Big congrats on your re-birthdate. May 11th will be here in no time. Be sure to have a list of stuff you will need befre packing a bag. Also make a list of important numbers to drag with you to the hospital. Last but no least, don't buy to much of one thing pre-op because you may not like it as much post-op.
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04-14-2007, 05:43 AM
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May 11th is my daughter's birthday! You will be fine. Welcome! I am sure everything will be super for you! Good luck.
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242/166/142 5'3"
pre-op/current/goal
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, MA
Dr. Gazmuri
RNY October 30, 2006
76 pounds gone and 24 pounds to go!
TT Gym Rat Club Member #10 (5 days a week)
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04-14-2007, 08:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 |
Location: Culemborg, Netherlands |
Age: 37 |
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Congrats on having surgery date!! And Welcome!
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04-14-2007, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 |
Location: Surrey, UK |
Surgeon: Dr Dillemans |
Age: 32 |
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Woo hoo Leah! Congratulations! What a great choice you have made for your future. It will be here before you know it, along with those size 10 jeans 
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Lap RNY 09/15/06
Starting/ Current/Original Goal/final goal
299/ 148/170/140
5'3''
Brugge, Belgium
Dr. Bruno Dillemans
Space Major Bear
Where did the other half of me go?
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04-14-2007, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006 |
Location: Oceanside |
Surgeon: Dr. Charles Callery |
Posts: 5,007 |
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Hi Leah! You're in great hands! Dr Callery and his staff are awesome! Hang on, it's a wild ride!
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Lynda
July 11,2006
Dr. Callery
309/198/150
Century 6/1/2007
Onederland 8/26/2007
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04-14-2007, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005 |
Location: Lincoln, Illinois |
Surgeon: Dr. John Alverdy of University Hospital of Chicago Il. |
Age: 39 |
Posts: 1,207 |
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pleased to meet you
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Originally Posted by lasimmons
Hello, My name is Leah and I've been checking out this site since Jan. I thought I'd introduce myself. I have just been approved for my surgery for May 11th by Dr Callery. I was approved on my first try and I am so excited and ready to start to be part of the losing side instead of the gaining side. I have been eating much smaller meals and chewing my food fully. The sipping has been difficult, but I'm getting used to it. I have already started taking my vitamins getting a head start. Any comments and advice is welcomed. |
Leah your excitement is very contagious... I am excited for you!!! wow the first time with insurance... thats great!!! welcome to the board. there is a wealth of information here. many members who have been here since the beginning - God love them and the strength they posess.... can't wait for te update on your progress.
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Lady Susie~Q
Lap RNY April~21~2005
09~30~2003...Dr. Phil Rossi's Referal to Insurance
04~21~2005...260lbs BMI49.9
08~01~2005... One~Der~Land
09~27~2005 Century Club...160
04~21~2006...135 BMI 25.5
04~21~2007...110 BMI 20.1
130 personal Goal ~below goal
140 Dr. Phil Rossi's Goal
06~19~07...first plastics apointment
TT Gym Rat Member #47
Groovey Bear
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04-14-2007, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 |
Location: Kentwood, Michigan |
Surgeon: Dr. Randal Baker in Grand Rapids, MI |
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Well you've got less than a month
Now would be a great time to rid your pantry of 'white' stuff; flour, sugar and rice. Replace them with whole wheat, your favorite artifical sweetener and brown rice. Check out your library for cookbooks on high protein foods. Start walking or create an exercise regiment. Start shopping in the ethnic food isle at grocery stores. Practice NOW to put your fork down between bites of food. Avoid people who have a negitive additde towards this surgery, they are downers and you don't need the added stress. And finally, keep coming back here to be in touch with those of us who understand.
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Judy
Lap RNY 10/16/06
If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds.
312/ 290/ 188/ 144
Highest/Pre-op/Current/My goal
ONEDERLAND - 10/16/07
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04-14-2007, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 |
Location: Lincoln, Illinois |
Surgeon: Dr. John Alverdy of University Hospital of Chicago Il. |
Age: 39 |
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words of wisdom
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Originally Posted by Luna Lurker
Now would be a great time to rid your pantry of 'white' stuff; flour, sugar and rice. Replace them with whole wheat, your favorite artifical sweetener and brown rice. Check out your library for cookbooks on high protein foods. Start walking or create an exercise regiment. Start shopping in the ethnic food isle at grocery stores. Practice NOW to put your fork down between bites of food. Avoid people who have a negitive additde towards this surgery, they are downers and you don't need the added stress. And finally, keep coming back here to be in touch with those of us who understand.
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Judy you said that so eloquintly and I never thought of that before my surgery! where were you 2 years ago LOL anyway those were good words that even those of us who have been out for awhile now could stand to hear every once in a while.
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Lady Susie~Q
Lap RNY April~21~2005
09~30~2003...Dr. Phil Rossi's Referal to Insurance
04~21~2005...260lbs BMI49.9
08~01~2005... One~Der~Land
09~27~2005 Century Club...160
04~21~2006...135 BMI 25.5
04~21~2007...110 BMI 20.1
130 personal Goal ~below goal
140 Dr. Phil Rossi's Goal
06~19~07...first plastics apointment
TT Gym Rat Member #47
Groovey Bear
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04-14-2007, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 |
Location: Upstate NY |
Surgeon: Taewan Kim, Syracuse NY |
Age: 37 |
Posts: 3,048 |
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Welcome to the board! I am pre-op and following the same rules. Graz on your date!
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Jen
367/325/227/180
Start/Day of Surgery/Current/Goal
July 9, 2007.. my re-birthday!
Century Club: November 17, 2007
140 Pounds Lost... I'm not Going to Miss them or even TRY to find them.. they can stay lost!! (And if you see them... RUN.. you dont want them either!)
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond to it" ~~ Lou Holtz
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