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Paula Warner
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Have you encountered any significant weight gain?
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Are there any MGBers more than 6 yrs after MGB
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- Hometown:
- Coudersport, PA
- First Name:
- Paula
- About Me:
- This is my experience. My name is Paula Warner. I contacted Dr. Rutledge over eight years ago via another email list I was on called OSSG. I was considering many different methods of weight loss surgery. At that time, I wasn't sure it was for me. I wasn't ready to admit failure to everything else I tried. But as time past, my weight kept going up and up. I really wasn't doing it on purpose. I started researching Dr. Rutledge's procedure and did not feel threatened by it because it was not invasive. I joined this email list and started talking with folks. Again, I wasn't sure. I stopped the list for about three months and then rejoined. It wasn't until about December 1999 that I really started on my "steps" to get this procedure done. I asked my sister in law, who happens to live in Durham, if she would support me. She said yes. I started ordering my medical records be sent. I was really scared that my husband would not support me and because we traveled so much, having a PCP was almost impossible. Then it was March 2000, and. all of a sudden, I knew it was right! I met Amy Poe who lives near me and she told me her doctor would support her so I decided to ask too. It was a scary experience since I was asking a total stranger to support me. He did. When I found out when clinic was in April, I talked my husband into taking me to Durham the weekend of clinic. He thought he was going to visit with his sister while I went to this clinic, but I took him. He was totally clueless as to what it was about. I was that scared! By the time the clinic was over and we had our personal interview with Dr. Rutledge, he was completely supportive. At that time, I weighed 214 pounds; I'm 5'2". Everything happened so fast after that. I got my insurance approval, my contacts, all my supportive documentation in and a date of May 29th. My experience with the surgery is hazy. I remember reporting in at 7am on May 29, 2000. I signed a bunch of papers. About 10:30am I got shown to a back room, filled out more papers, changed into a gown, answered a bunch of questions, had to have an EKG because they lost mine from my PCP. A few minutes later, my limo, gurney arrived and I was taken to the holding area. There, they put in my IVs and some medicine. I was really getting restless just laying there. Dr. Rutledge walks by and wiggles my toe and says see you in a few minutes. The anesthesiologist came by and someone else who gave me some knock out stuff. Next thing I know I am in my room. I stayed overnight. I was out of it most of the day between soreness and haziness. I couldn't sleep that night. The next day I went home after I walked around a bit. The complications I had were minimal and the adjustments were tolerable. Getting used to a meds schedule and a different eating pattern was the only challenge. I suffered minimal depression because everything happened so fast and the shock to my system. Now I eat anything and am feeling so much better. I have experienced a true awakening! I am a new woman through and through. Dr. Rutledge and his staff were excellent! My new website: http://minigastricbypassrus.ning.com/profile/shoutjoy. My lowest weight was 107 and my highest post-op weight was 156. I don’t weigh any more. I wear a size 8-10 and that is fine with me.
Advice? Well, I would suggest that you don’t compare your weight loss with others. Each person loses at their own rate. We don’t have a lot of control over that really. Exercise will help but realize that muscle weighs more than fat. So the scale is not all that accurate when you are building muscle mass to replace fat as you exercise. I would use clothes as an indication of weight loss. The first two years is the best opportunity for the most weight loss studies have shown across the board for most weight loss surgeries. There MAY be some weight gain as the years go by. A lot of this is shown in studies as well, however, many of us sabotage ourselves by getting lax in exercise and poor eating habits. Sometimes a little weight gain, again is due to building a lean, mean muscle machine! (teehee).
- Email:
- shoutjoy@yahoo.com
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Awakening!
Awakening! What kind of awakening did I have? It is not easy to talk about things that hurt. When my life was at it’s most trying time, it took a wonderful dance instructor named Luana to help me find that positive energy and force within me that changed my life.
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Adrienne
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I am in Hershey Pa and 3 months out from surgery with Dr. P..I am down 48 lbs so far....When I saw where you live I remember my uncles had a cabin in Slate Run and we would go to Wellsboro for a laural festival and I think that Coudersport was near there..for some reason I remember that name for something maybe a general store or resturaunt was there...but it is really out in the boonies like you say.....it is good to read your story since you are so far out...have you had any problems at all in your blood work...?
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