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Topic: RE: Struggling with myself
I don't know about the smokes part but the eating part is hard. I guess I wanted the surgery more than I wanted the food I was craving.
Maybe this will help motivate you,,,some surgeons check for nicotine in the blood before starting surgery. How wouold you feel if he cancelled your surgery because you had had a smoke or two?
Good luck,
Holly
Maybe this will help motivate you,,,some surgeons check for nicotine in the blood before starting surgery. How wouold you feel if he cancelled your surgery because you had had a smoke or two?
Good luck,
Holly
Topic: Struggling with myself
Hello Everyone...I am really struggling with myself! I am on week 2 of Chantix as well as healthy eating before my surgery. I am here at home all day except to go to store or doc. I am bored as hell!!! NO motivation at all. I can talk the talk all day long but WHY can't I seem to walk the talk.? I know i have to be smoke free and healthy somewhat for surgery. I know this but getting there seems impossible! Well today it seems impossible. I wake up thinking of food and a smoke. Had to go grocery shopping yesterday...did NOT buy a pack of smokes. But I did smoke 2 yesterday from a neighbor. It is driving me nutts that I have disapointed myself and my family once again.
Ok gotta go wipe the tears.
So the question is:
How did you kick yourselves in the ass to get where you needed to be?
Ok gotta go wipe the tears.
So the question is:
How did you kick yourselves in the ass to get where you needed to be?
May the wind always be at your back and the shinning sun be on your face.
Connie
Topic: Runway Models Needed for New Orleans OH Event!
Hello from OH Events! Time is drawing near for our September 9th and 10th OH event in New Orleans at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Canal at Bourbon! We need runway models for our closing party fashion show on Saturday night! Please email your high resolution "before" photos to [email protected] and we will put them all together for a fantastic slide show presentation!
If you don't have pictures, just send us your name, surgeon name, type of surgery and (optional) weight lost so far. Then show up with an outfit that you want to be photographed in! This may appear online or in our OH magazine, with your permission of course!
Please send them in right away! We want this to be a wonderful event! Tell your friends!
Visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/events/2011-new-orleans-event.htm l
Thank you!
Kim
Hello from OH Events! Time is drawing near for our September 9th and 10th OH event in New Orleans at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Canal at Bourbon! We need runway models for our closing party fashion show on Saturday night! Please email your high resolution "before" photos to [email protected] and we will put them all together for a fantastic slide show presentation!
If you don't have pictures, just send us your name, surgeon name, type of surgery and (optional) weight lost so far. Then show up with an outfit that you want to be photographed in! This may appear online or in our OH magazine, with your permission of course!
Please send them in right away! We want this to be a wonderful event! Tell your friends!
Visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/events/2011-new-orleans-event.htm l
Thank you!
Kim
Kim Gyurina, Event Manager
Topic: RE: August Newsletter from Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
Our pleasure!
Pam Davis, Certified Bariatric Nurse, Bariatric Program Director
Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
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Topic: Need Help Finding WLS Malpractice Attorney
I desperately need some help finding an attorney who can take on a wls malpractice case in the TN area.
I prefer someone who has experience in a wls malpractice case.
If you want this to be confidential, you can send me the info by PM.
Thanks a bunch!
I prefer someone who has experience in a wls malpractice case.
If you want this to be confidential, you can send me the info by PM.
Thanks a bunch!
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WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I 
MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
Topic: RE: August Newsletter from Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
I am already signed up to attend. Really looking forward to it! I see many of these speakers at the Meet and Greet in Vegas this year, and of course, BTV interviewed Erin recently. Thanks for hosting this!
Topic: RE: August Newsletter from Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
Sorry, the original link didn't work, it's now been corrected!
Pam Davis, Certified Bariatric Nurse, Bariatric Program Director
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Topic: August Newsletter from Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity
Click here to read the latest news from Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity! Including a special announcement regarding the Bariatric Guru coming to Nashville for the Bariatric Breakthrough Challenge. You do not have to be a Centennial patient to register for and attend the Bariatric Breakthrough Challenge.
Pam Davis, Certified Bariatric Nurse, Bariatric Program Director
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Topic: Dr. Weaver's leave of absence
A patient of Dr. Weaver at St. Francis/Memphis posted on the band forum that Dr. Weaver has been on an extended leave of absence since this spring and won't return until November. I like and admire Dr. Weaver and hope she's OK. Also, I've heard from other patients that the new bariatric surgeon at St. Francis is anti-band, which makes a bandster like me worry about having to deal with him if I have problems in the future. Does anyone know what's going on?
Thanks,
Jean
Thanks,
Jean
Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com
Topic: RE: So very confused!!
This won't directly answer your question, but it's something I think you need to consider when deciding how to proceed.
I live in NW Tennessee and know a variety of WLS patients in this area. I've also listened to other patients talking in the waiting room at my surgeon's office (Dr. Weaver at St. Francis in Memphis). Not once have I heard anything good about Dr. Woodman. Apparently he's technically a good surgeon but has the bedside manner of Attila the Hun. I've heard a lot of stories of Woodman chastising, scolding, and/or yelling at struggling patients, and stories of patients leaving his office in tears, and stories of patients desperate to find a new surgeon after dealing with Woodman. Since success with the band requires a lot of aftercare and a good working relationship with your surgeon, I would not have band surgery done by Dr. Woodman.
Jean
I live in NW Tennessee and know a variety of WLS patients in this area. I've also listened to other patients talking in the waiting room at my surgeon's office (Dr. Weaver at St. Francis in Memphis). Not once have I heard anything good about Dr. Woodman. Apparently he's technically a good surgeon but has the bedside manner of Attila the Hun. I've heard a lot of stories of Woodman chastising, scolding, and/or yelling at struggling patients, and stories of patients leaving his office in tears, and stories of patients desperate to find a new surgeon after dealing with Woodman. Since success with the band requires a lot of aftercare and a good working relationship with your surgeon, I would not have band surgery done by Dr. Woodman.
Jean
Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com
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