Wichita WLS
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Topic: If you are a Facebook user..
There is a group for Wesley Weightloss. There is also a discussion section there if you are interested.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Wichita-KS/Wesley-Weight-Lo ss/152197721465797?v=wall
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Wichita-KS/Wesley-Weight-Lo ss/152197721465797?v=wall
Topic: RE: Introduction: Jc
Hi JC! Welcome to the group! 
I have heard good things from several people about the DS. Nina, who comes to our local support group meeting had it and is thrilled as well. I am sure there are nay-sayers, as with all WLS types, but everyone has to decide what option is best for them. Education is key!
It might be a long drive for you, but if you would like to come to a support meeting, please feel free to join us! We take everyone! The meetings are the third Tues of the month at Wesley, in the Jayhawk conference room (right inside the door from the parking garage).
Also, since you are a veteran WLS patient, please feel free to post any tips you might have for the newbies!
I have heard good things from several people about the DS. Nina, who comes to our local support group meeting had it and is thrilled as well. I am sure there are nay-sayers, as with all WLS types, but everyone has to decide what option is best for them. Education is key!
It might be a long drive for you, but if you would like to come to a support meeting, please feel free to join us! We take everyone! The meetings are the third Tues of the month at Wesley, in the Jayhawk conference room (right inside the door from the parking garage).
Also, since you are a veteran WLS patient, please feel free to post any tips you might have for the newbies!
Topic: Introduction: Jc
Hi - I'm two years post-op, living in Winfield. Dr. Bernita Berntsen is my surgeon; it was lap and without any complications, although I should have been a high risk patient due to my (very) high surgical weight.
I have not yet made my goal, but I continue to lose steadily, approximately 8-10 pounds a month, as long as I watch the carbs and follow the rest of the "rules" of WLS: protein firs****er, and vitamins. I have NO regrets about the surgery except that I did not do it sooner. Even my worst day post-op was better than weighing what I used to weigh.
I highly recommend the DS procedure and would suggest that you do your research carefully when choosing a surgery. It has the best stats for total weight loss and for maintaining weight loss after surgery. It sounds more invasive, but I don't think that it really has been, and I've had none of the problems that are sometimes mentioned here on the message boards.
Anyway ... nice to meet you all!
Jc
I have not yet made my goal, but I continue to lose steadily, approximately 8-10 pounds a month, as long as I watch the carbs and follow the rest of the "rules" of WLS: protein firs****er, and vitamins. I have NO regrets about the surgery except that I did not do it sooner. Even my worst day post-op was better than weighing what I used to weigh.
I highly recommend the DS procedure and would suggest that you do your research carefully when choosing a surgery. It has the best stats for total weight loss and for maintaining weight loss after surgery. It sounds more invasive, but I don't think that it really has been, and I've had none of the problems that are sometimes mentioned here on the message boards.
Anyway ... nice to meet you all!
Jc
Topic: RE: Introduction- Shayla
I know!! I am so...... I don't even know how to feel!! Thank You for thinking of me on Tuesday, I need all the positivity I can get!! Talk to you soon.
Topic: RE: Introductions
Glad to see you here Chris!! Go for Nov. 10th... That was a good day for me (my surgery date) . I am hoping after our next local support meeting, we wil have a few others join the board too! Shayla is having the sleeve Tues, so she might be able to share some stories with you by the time you have yours!!
WELCOME!!!
. I am hoping after our next local support meeting, we wil have a few others join the board too! Shayla is having the sleeve Tues, so she might be able to share some stories with you by the time you have yours!!WELCOME!!!
I will be thinking of you Tues! Topic: RE: Introduction- Shayla
40 lbs lost Pre-Op
Hi!
I am working on a list of post op supplies, going to the store today. My Mom is staying with me for a week thank goodness! I am nervous but keep reminding myself I am in great hands. I will post when I can afterwards, I keep telling myself that the pain couldn't be worse than a c-section, but I imagine I could very well be wrong!!
Thanks for checking on me, I appreciate it!
I am working on a list of post op supplies, going to the store today. My Mom is staying with me for a week thank goodness! I am nervous but keep reminding myself I am in great hands. I will post when I can afterwards, I keep telling myself that the pain couldn't be worse than a c-section, but I imagine I could very well be wrong!!
Thanks for checking on me, I appreciate it!
40 lbs lost Pre-Op
Topic: Introductions
Hi ya'll!
My name is Chris(tina). I don't have a surgery date yet, maybe by the end of the year. Dr. Villanueva is my surgeon. I am going to have a VSG. I live in Wichita.
My name is Chris(tina). I don't have a surgery date yet, maybe by the end of the year. Dr. Villanueva is my surgeon. I am going to have a VSG. I live in Wichita.
Topic: RE: Introduction- Shayla
Glad to see you here Shayla!! I am sure you are nervous and excited! Have you gotten all your post surgery supplies? Water, SF Popsicles, soups to strain, protein shakes....? Do you have someone staying with you for a few days to help with your son?
Please let us know how you are doing after surgery when you are up to it!
Let me know if you need anything!!!
Please let us know how you are doing after surgery when you are up to it!
Let me know if you need anything!!!
Topic: Introduction- Shayla
40 lbs lost Pre-Op
Hello Everyone, My name is Shayla and I am pre-op getting ready for my VSG surgery next Tuesday, October 19th! I live in Pratt Kansas and am a patient of Dr. Villanueva's.
40 lbs lost Pre-Op
