Minus 2.2 this week after a salty 1 lb. gain last week.  Slower lately, but that's ALL me.  Today I ate some feelings and I'm not proud of it!  At least it was protein bars and not a box of girl scout cookies!  I don't feel totally out of control and am confident I'm not done yet and will leave that behavior behind again, but wow- it sure jumps right back out at you, doesn't it?  I'll always be an addict, I guess...

Here's to a good week ahead, everyone!

I had Dr Schwartz and it was a great experience with him and his clinic. I'm 13 months post op and have no issues so far.  I have a friend who's part of the new program in Chaska and go to some meetings there too. They are a great group in Chaska also.

       They are all excellent. Dr Schwartz had the surgery so he totally understands what you are going through. Dr Drew was my surgeon. He is the one that did the operation on Dr Schwartz. Dr Drew spent 40 minutes with me explaining everything I needed to become successful. He is every bit a gentle and understanding soul. Their combined success rate is better than Ivory soap (99 44/100th pure.) Both of the nurses I visit with there have had the surgery. They have an excellent team.

Paul

 I had Dr Schwartz and think very highly of him, he had the surgery himself.  He is very personable and willing to answer ?'s and no rushing.  I felt no pain after surgery, felt like no difficulty drinking or eating.  I highly recommend Dr Schwartz

I LOVED Dr. Chute!  Don't cross him off your list.  He is great!

He is conservative in his approach, and I probably flouted some of his rules, but I would much rather have a conservative surgeon than one who takes risks.

I spent one night in the hospital, and the day after I got home I felt good enough to go out and get a pedicure!  I really felt like he cared about me, both at surgery time and in follow ups.  He is a more reserved person, but he certainly answered any questions I asked him very thoroughly.  I always get my questions answered by the NUT and others at the office, so that would apply to Dr. Drew as well. 

I can't say that I was overwhelmingly thrilled with Abbott, but I was only there one night.  It's the hospital--nobody is comfortable at a hospital, LOL.  The care was good, I just hate hospitals in general.

Anyway, I healed up perfectly, and you almost can't see any of my incisions anymore.  I had 8 incisions, because he took my gall bladder out, too, but I don't even remember where some of them were.  And I've lost 160 lbs, which is the most important part!!

Good luck with your decision.