Dr. Tom is the best doctor I have ever been to.  He really cares about his patients and is good to them although he will fuss if he thinks you are not following the rules.  He will also fuss if you do not have water with you to drink while waiting.  I have to say I rarely ever had to wait more than 15 minutes unless he had an emergency surgery.  I drove 4 hours to see him when he was at Georgetown and I am following him to Columbus and that will be about a 6 hour drive for me but as far as I am concerned he is the best.  He did my RNY in Jan. of this year and I switched to him prior to that because I had a bad experience with the doctor that placed my lapband.  Long story so won't go into it, but I followed all the rules and could never lose but about 30 lbs with it and gained most of them back prior to my revision.  

So I am enrolled in the Fresh Start program at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  I just (Tuesday) completed my 6 months of dietitian appointments and was told that my surgeon, Dr. Steve Myers is no longer with the program and that Dr. Thomas Sonnanstine is replacing him.   I have read most of his reviews and what I am looking for are "the facts".  I want your honest exeriences with this doctor.  I am positive he will be my surgeon and want to know more about him.  Please tell me anything and everything that you can.

Thanks for your time and thoughts. 

Carbs went wild so I had to take drastic measures.  Yes, I went low, low, low, low, low on carbs today.  Calories good, protein great.  30 minutes of exercise completed and on my second powerade zero that I did not log in.  Vitamins were take too.  I other thing that I would require of myself is to repeat, repeat, repeat.  Fats could have been lower but I'm happy.

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,262	75.5	37.5	106.7
Water, bottled, unsweetened		cup fl oz bottle (12 fl oz) bottle (8 fl oz) bottle bottle (16.9 fl oz or 500 ml) bottle (1 liter) grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Coffee, decaffeinated		fl oz coffee cup (6 fl oz) mug (8 fl oz) grams kg lb oz	3	0.0	0.5	0.5
Creamer		liter fl oz cup pint quart gallon tablespoon teaspoon	52	2.2	7.5	0.0
PoweradeZero/32oz		serving grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ViennaSausage/Chicken/can		serving grams kg lb oz	250	20.0	0.0	15.0
Egg, whole, boiled		cup egg extra large jumbo large medium slice small grams kg lb oz	77	5.3	0.6	6.3
BeefJerky/Sweet&Hot/1oz		serving grams kg lb oz	120	1.5	7.5	21.0
TurkeyBites/Bridgeford/7pcs		serving grams kg lb oz	225	12.5	2.5	25.0
ProteinSuperWheyShot		serving grams kg lb oz	110	0.0	1.0	26.0
Salad/RomaineMix/w/veg/3cups		serving grams kg lb oz	15	0.0	3.0	1.0
Dressing/BalsamicVinaigrette		serving grams kg lb oz	100	9.0	5.0	0.0
Peanuts/Hot		serving grams kg lb oz	310	25.0	10.0	12.0
		Total	1,262	75.5	37.5	106.7

I am going to bed soon so this day will not be sabatoged.  Hope all of you enjoyed your day.  Until tomorrow, take care.

I am not in KY but I have a friend who has a friend in Louisville that had WLS n her surgeon doesn't have a support group.  Do any of you know of one around Louisville she can go too? 

Thanks

To thine ownself be true.  Guess I was just in crazy mode today.  Could not decide what I wanted to eat.  A little this, a little that and ended up messing up.  Planning is very important.  When u r in crazy mode try to keep busy.
Here's what I did:

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,935	87.3	152.6	134.7
Water, bottled, unsweetened		cup fl oz bottle (12 fl oz) bottle (8 fl oz) bottle bottle (16.9 fl oz or 500 ml) bottle (1 liter) grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Coffee, decaffeinated		fl oz coffee cup (6 fl oz) mug (8 fl oz) grams kg lb oz	3	0.0	0.5	0.5
Creamer		liter fl oz cup pint quart gallon tablespoon teaspoon	52	2.2	7.5	0.0
Oatmeal, cooked, instant		cup, cooked cup, dry, yields oz, dry, with fruit, yields oz, dry, plain, yields packet (fruit) dry, yields packet, dry, yields packet (plain), dry, yields packet (spice/sugar), dry, yields oz, dry, yields oz, dry, with spice/sugar, yields grams kg lb oz	106	1.4	21.3	2.9
Butter		cup tablespoon individual container pat Guideline amount per slice of bread/roll grams kg lb oz	36	4.1	0.0	0.0
Tomatoes, raw		cup cup, cherry tomato cup, chopped or sliced oz, raw, yields Italian tomato cherry large whole (3" dia) medium whole (2-3/5" dia) medium slice (1/4" thick) plum tomato small whole (2-2/5" dia) thick/large slice (1/2" thick) wedge (1/4 of medium tomato) thin/small slice grape tomato grams kg lb oz	4	0.0	0.8	0.2
Banana, raw		cup cup, mashed cup, sliced oz yields slice small (6" to 6-7/8" long) extra small (less than 6" long) medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) extra large (9" or longer) large (8" to 8-7/8" long) linear inch grams kg lb oz	53	0.2	13.5	0.6
Cookies/VanWafers/8		serving grams kg lb oz	240	4.0	48.0	2.0
PorkCracklinStrips		grams kg lb oz	560	35.0	0.0	56.0
ProteinShake/SpecK/FrenchVan		serving grams kg lb oz	180	5.0	29.0	10.0
Pudding/Strawberryprotein		serving grams kg lb oz	100	1.5	7.0	15.0
ViennaSausage/Chicken/can		serving grams kg lb oz	250	20.0	0.0	15.0
Bacon, cooked		cup, pieces oz, cooked oz, raw (yield after cooking) medium slice (yield after cooking) thick slice (yield after cooking) thin slice (yield after cooking) grams kg lb oz	81	6.3	0.2	5.6
Chicken or turkey vegetable soup, home recipe		cup grams kg lb oz	271	7.6	24.8	26.9
		Total	1,935	87.3	152.6	134.7

It's been a long time since I consumed these many calories.  Hoping and planning for a better day tomorrow.