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Topic: The Post-Thanksgiving regrets weigh-in
Hopefully none of you have any regrets over what you ate this weekend. Despite the fact that the scale went up a bit, I don't have any. I had a great time with family, enjoyed myself, tried a bit of a lot of foods and didn't obsess over it. Back on track this week.
My downfall was my exercising--I had vowed to use exercise to make the difference, but I have a head cold that sapped my motivation.
So I ran the Turkey Trot 5K on Thursday, but was a lump on the couch Friday and Saturday. (Okay, I was shopping on Friday, so at least I walked, and I worked 8 hours on Saturday, so I was on my feet, but still...) Finally got out to run yesterday, but it took a lot of effort. I was glad I did once I got my butt moving.
Starting weight: 298.4 lbs
Last week: 137.9 lbs
This week: 139.8 lbs
Gain of 1.9 lbs
This is another week--make it a good one!
My downfall was my exercising--I had vowed to use exercise to make the difference, but I have a head cold that sapped my motivation.
So I ran the Turkey Trot 5K on Thursday, but was a lump on the couch Friday and Saturday. (Okay, I was shopping on Friday, so at least I walked, and I worked 8 hours on Saturday, so I was on my feet, but still...) Finally got out to run yesterday, but it took a lot of effort. I was glad I did once I got my butt moving. Starting weight: 298.4 lbs
Last week: 137.9 lbs
This week: 139.8 lbs
Gain of 1.9 lbs
This is another week--make it a good one!
Topic: RE: got my surgery date yay
Hope you don't mind having soup for Christmas. LOL! I got the DS 8 weeks ago (whi*****ludes a "sleeve" stomach just like you'll be getting). I'm sure you'll do fine. Congrats and good luck! :-)
Topic: RE: Dr. Baker? Dr. Ikramuddin? Dr. Buchwald?
Hi Jennifer!
I ended up getting my DS in Mexico two months ago (using Dr. Aceves and Dr. Ungson) but I did a lot of research on local surgeons before I made that decision. The only surgeon I would have chosen for the DS in Minnesota is Dr. Buchwald due to his experience with DS and the number of DS surgeries he had successfully completed. Since the DS is less common you might not want someone who has only done a few dozen of them (or less).
Buchwald is known as a published expert on the DS. Plus he's listed on the DS Facts web site (the folks over there run the surgeons through the veritable ringer before they'll even consider adding them to this list):
http://www.dsfacts.com/North-American-Duodenal-Switch-Surgeo ns.html
If you decide to do a VSG instead, I am sure that any of the surgeons you mentioned would be fine.
Another poster indicated that Buchwald only does the DS as an open surgery. If that's true, that might have been a deal breaker for me. I had my DS done lap and my recovery thus far (barely 8 weeks out) has been nothing short of miraculous. My incisions are so tiny and already healed that it doesn't even feel like I had surgery. Because of that I've been really phyiscally active since my surgery which has helped the weight come off even faster... almost 50 lbs. so far. So, if it all possible I would urge you to consider getting your surgery done laparoscopically.
Good luck whatever you decide. :-)
I ended up getting my DS in Mexico two months ago (using Dr. Aceves and Dr. Ungson) but I did a lot of research on local surgeons before I made that decision. The only surgeon I would have chosen for the DS in Minnesota is Dr. Buchwald due to his experience with DS and the number of DS surgeries he had successfully completed. Since the DS is less common you might not want someone who has only done a few dozen of them (or less).
Buchwald is known as a published expert on the DS. Plus he's listed on the DS Facts web site (the folks over there run the surgeons through the veritable ringer before they'll even consider adding them to this list):
http://www.dsfacts.com/North-American-Duodenal-Switch-Surgeo ns.html
If you decide to do a VSG instead, I am sure that any of the surgeons you mentioned would be fine.
Another poster indicated that Buchwald only does the DS as an open surgery. If that's true, that might have been a deal breaker for me. I had my DS done lap and my recovery thus far (barely 8 weeks out) has been nothing short of miraculous. My incisions are so tiny and already healed that it doesn't even feel like I had surgery. Because of that I've been really phyiscally active since my surgery which has helped the weight come off even faster... almost 50 lbs. so far. So, if it all possible I would urge you to consider getting your surgery done laparoscopically.
Good luck whatever you decide. :-)
Topic: RE: Dr. Baker? Dr. Ikramuddin? Dr. Buchwald?
A couple of other things that may help you make your decision, if such things matter to you:
Dr. Buchwald only performs his surgeries open, he does not do lap at all. My open surgery scar is about 10 inches long, from a few inches under my chest to just above my belly button. Dr. Ikramuddin performs lap surgery on all but his heaviest patients. Dr. B does not require any weight loss to perform surgery, but I have been told that Dr. I often requires (most of?) his patients to lose a certain amount of weight before doing surgery.
Dr. Buchwald only performs his surgeries open, he does not do lap at all. My open surgery scar is about 10 inches long, from a few inches under my chest to just above my belly button. Dr. Ikramuddin performs lap surgery on all but his heaviest patients. Dr. B does not require any weight loss to perform surgery, but I have been told that Dr. I often requires (most of?) his patients to lose a certain amount of weight before doing surgery.
-EJ 
"If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up." -cat and girl
5'6" HW 325 / SW 317 / CW 214 / First Goal 190 | Century Club 09/19/2011
"If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up." -cat and girl
5'6" HW 325 / SW 317 / CW 214 / First Goal 190 | Century Club 09/19/2011
Topic: RE: Anyone up for Eagan coffee tomorrow?
Headign out to Fleet Farm for something first, so I'll be a bit late, but there. :)
~ Kim
Topic: RE: Dr. Baker? Dr. Ikramuddin? Dr. Buchwald?
Dr. Ik is my hero. He's smart, easy to talk to, easy to understand, won't talk down to you, and always ends appoinments wanting to know if I have any questions. Surgery was at Abbott and I had a great experience there. You won't go wrong with Dr. Ik.
5'5" Age 63 HW 212 SW 200 Currently 8 pounds below goal
Jacque 
Topic: RE: Anyone up for Eagan coffee tomorrow?
There is a lot going on here this weekend, so I am iffy, but will try.
55# Lost pre Surgery on 2/15/10, 100+ # lost post surgery
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