Dr. Stickler is just AWESOME!!!!

My daughter had WLS on 5/17/05. So far she is doing great. I would just like to say that Dr. Stickler and all of his staff are absolutly wonderful. The staff at Womens and Children are awesome as well. We made such good friends with Bev, Gina, and Delihla. Dr. Stickler is so dedicated to his patients and I really appreciate that. My daughter has lost 25pounds as of 1 week out. We will be going back for 1 month checkup on Monday. It's so exciting watching the pounds melt away.

I totally agree 500%. Bev was my evening nurse and I can't remember the name of the morning nurse. Both were wonderful even the other nurses that were not assigned to me. Keep us posted. It is exciting watching the pounds melt away.

I had Bev as an evening nurse and I just LOVED her. She kept me in line and walking!!! -Amber

Betsey... I'm so glad you posted this. First.. congrats to your Daughter for doing so well. In addition.. congrats to YOU for being such a supportive Mom!!! I have my first visit with Dr S on Thursday. I've heard wonderful things about him but LOVED seeing your post of your experience! Keep us posted how things are going! Barb

Hey all!!! My daughter went back for her 4 week check up, well we actually went back at 3 weeks do to her starting her job next week and she had lost a total of 32 pounds. She was soooo excited. She is really doing well so far. I am scared about the window of misery but hopefully she will do ok with it. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Glad things are going well. For me, the calcium supplements were harder on me than the window of misery. Hopefully she will go thru like a breeze.

Janet, A patient told me that they found a chewable calcium citrate at Healthy Life market and they said it does not taste too bad, you may want to give it a shot. Dr. Stickler

Thanks! I will check on that. Right now I am able to drink 3 to 4 glasses of milk per day. My personal physician suggested the Viactiv chews but they were not recommended on the list I got at the 3 month seminar at your office. So I have just stuck with milk.