Mary W

Hi everybody,
I had my one year follow up with Dr. Callery Friday. I had the chance to meet with both Kelly and Dr. Callery. Here is the summary:

Weight - great told not to loose any more.
Blood Pressure - great
Vitamin Levels - great
Iron - great (was very low at 6 month)
Calcium - on the low side of normal (I will work on bringing it up)
Cholesteral - bad, very bad Could be a fluke, could be genetic could be the high protein, high fat (Atkins) diet. I will switch to a more South Beach type diet and check in 6 months.

I had a chance to thank Dr. Callery for literally saving my life and the lives of the rest of you. I also was able to arrange for a Surgical Resident that I work with to do some training with Dr. C. Got to bring up the next generation right.

Dr. Callery pronounced me a success. I lost 100% of my excess weight and have about 10 - 15 pounds of excess skin. I will give it a year to shrink and will decide then about PS.

My goals for this year are:

Maintain my weight
Increase my fitness (Run a 5K, start lifting weights)
Decrease my Cholestoral
Increase my Calcium
Support others as my as possible.

I have logged on to this site and/or the old yahoo site every week day for the last 1 1/2 years. I would never have made it without the support that I received from Dale, Suzanne, Karla, Charity, Mud, Bethie, etc....

I love you all, old and new
Mary

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Mary
07/08/03
Lap RNY Dr. C
272/138/135?

bridgetgirl

Good news! Thank you Mary for being here for us... one of the "founding mothers" lol. Without you I would be lost. Thanks again for everything you do for those here. Bless you.

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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
What Sawyer would call me on LOST: ladybug

"People will argue with you that getting what you want in life isn’t something you can learn, if you’re destined to be one of the worlds winners as opposed to one of its perpetual whiners, its because you have been born with the right talents and temperament and have a big dose of self-esteem, ambition, and good judgment." Kate White

Christina

Mary,

Congrats on your one year re-birthday and thank you for all of the support you continue to share. I am so glad that everything minus the cholesterol checked out great!! You are doing amazing. I am only 4 months out but still feel so fortunate to be a part of this group.. I feel that the support is what is keeping me going. I am so happy for you.. you deserve all that you have been given because you are such an incredible woman!!!

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Christina
Open RNY 03/31/2004
274/128/137 (131 Per Dr. C)
BMI: 47 / 22

"There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Miller Hemingway

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford

Karen Wright

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~Karen
Open RNY 04/13/04
313/230/158 (still pushing for that goal!)

"Don't take yourself so darn seriously!" Rule # 62

Blueyz

Mary,
You are awesome. You are such an inspration to all of us. I hope to follow in your foot steps. Thank you for sharing everything with us.

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Blueyz
Open 7/14/04 w/Dr. Callery 4 years out
239/103/125 below Goal fluctuating between 108-115
BMI 18.8~Dr. C is ok with my weight...yeah

Official Scale Whore # 27 (Recovered..I threw mine out!!)

Janet

Mary,

You are awesome! Congrads. And on top of that you are giving us all a reality check about the things we still need to watch.

Thank you,

janet

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Janet
7/30/03
339/135/117 to 140

cali4ialuv

Congrats! keep up the good work. I'm so proud of you!

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Tina
June 30, 2003
LAP/RNY Dr. Callery
Surgery Date 294
Current 165
Goal 160

pambragg

Mary, congratulations, that is so awesome!! What a year you have had. I thank you for the inspiration.

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Pam
Open 7/7/04 Dr Callery
333/130/150.........20 lbs below goal now!!
Start/current/goal
TT done 7/19/06
BMI pre-op 57.2
BMI now 21.6....OMG...I'm freaking "normal"

"You are the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it."