- Name: Twinkie K
- Username: lindy7767
- Location: Forney, Texas, TX, USA
- Member Since: 1/3/2007
- BMI: 19.0
- Post Op
- Surgery Type: RNY (01/24/07)
- Surgeon: Wade Barker, M.D.
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Surgeon TestimonialWade Barker, M.D.The first time I met Dr Barker was at one of his WLS seminars @ Pine Creek. My sister had heard about it and signed us up. I was very impressed with the sincerity Dr Barker displayed in genuinely trying to make life better for those who are overweight. I have had a few appointments with Dr Barker so far, and my impression is still the same. I feel that does a good job of explaining the details of the procedure, but doesn't pressure the patient in any way to do one procedure over another. I liked this, because it let me explore within myself what option I felt was best for me. He did explain why he felt RNY was better than Lap Band, but said that he would do both, if I chose one over the other. After research, I decided that better results are achieved with RNY. Dr Barker doesn't stress going to the aftercare meetings, but does impress upon the value the support groups bring to each persons individual success. I do wish that he had a more developed aftercare program, with individualized nutritionist, etc. The doctor's office went over the risks from a sheet of paper; most of the risks just appear to be somewhat similar to almost any risks involved in surgery in general. I haven't had my surgery yet, so I can't comment on bedside manner within the surgery/hospital setting. It seems so far that he just gets to the medical issues and moves on. Not a lot of social discussions. He has a very busy office, I am sure he has to be prompt, courteous in order to get moving to the next patient. The waits at his office have been rather long, but his office is comfortable and there is always a movie showing. So, just come prepared to relax and think about the questions you have for him, this will help ease the frustrations of waiting for so long. I am very happy that I chose Dr Barker. I just felt a connected sense that he is the surgeon who I wanted to put my life in his care. In addition, I discussed him and the surgery with 4 of my other doctors and they all and all felt I was making a good choice. I have had two follow ups now. Dr Barker and his team are simply the BEST!!! I love they way they make me feel important, even when they are swamped. Dr Barker is much more personable than I ever realized. |
My twin sister, Cindy and I both went to a seminar of Dr Barker's. After lengthy research and several other seminar's, I decided to move forward with a consultation. I grew up being too thin. I didn't really have a weight issue until I was 27 yrs old, and even then it wasn't too bad. I gained the majority of my weight when I went on Lupron for endometriosis in 1999. I have been trying to get pregnant since early 2002 with no success. I have had 10 failed IUI's, 3 failed IVF's and now have been advised that I have poor egg quality. My husband and I have decided to look into alternative ways to become parents. I feel going thru the infertility treatments, I have had so many health issues that I wanted to get healthy before we bring a child into our world. This is what ultimately helped me make the decision to go thru with WLS surgery. In addition, my maternal side has a family history of gaining weight in their 30's and 40's, so I feel that my genes were working against me in any attempts to loose weight. I only wish that my twin sister, who desperately wants this surgery could be doing this along with me. I am very anxious and know that I have work ahead of me. 
Update on status on December 8, 2008 9:17 pm
It's almost been 2 years since my WLS. I am excited to report that I have maintained a consistent weight of 107 now since June time period. For a while, I was actually very concerned about my weight being below 110, which is considered normal for my height. However, I basically teter between 105-110 and that is it. But the majority of the time, I remain constant at 107. I feel good at this weight, I am no longer feeling self conscious about loosing too much weight and feel that I look and feel the way I did growing up all the way through my early college years.
I am also excited that my twin sister is taking her first step tomorrow towards possibly going down this journey to have the WLS. It will be neat if she gets it before or around the same time I did and can possibly use all of my data to help her track her progress and success based on the fac that we are identical and have similar features.
Tomorrow I go for my first appointment with a breast surgeon due to a problem with my mammogram showing calcifications. I spoke with the radiologist and she said that she has seen it whereby a WLS patient has ended up with calcifications due to the extreme weight loss. Due to where they are, it has to actually be a surgical cut out versus a needle biopsy. 85% of calcifications are benign, and since the other 15% is such a high number, that is why I have to have the surgery to rule it out. I am keeping positive and not letting it get to me so far. We will see how tomorrow goes.
I don't post much on OH anymore, mainly due to the fact that I took a new job in February that has require a tremendous amount of work on my part in setting up and implementing process improvement. I have worked 80-90 hours weeks at a time and I am just too exhausted to get online and update or chat anymore.
I do still participate and lead the WLS Support group in Terrell Texas and we have been able to successfully meet all year long bi-monthly, except 2-3 meetings, which we had to cancel due to low participation.
I continue to be a leader and I hope to continue to keep this group going, because I know how critical and how supportive and positively motivating it was for me in my journey. I just wish that more people in the area would jump in and offer up to lead and help manage the group, so we can add new members to ensure that it never dies. I don't really need as much support now, but I do still find that the friendship that I find in the group and the social aspect of it helps me feel good about the long journey that I have been on. I hope that I am giving back as much as I have received out of it.
Well best of luck to those still reading and I hope you have great success.
Hugs,
Lindy
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Measurements on July 11, 2008 11:40 pm
I measured today for the first time in a real long time. Wow what a wake up call.
Breast 32
Waist 25
Hips 32
Buttocks 35
Thigh 18
I couldn't believe that my waist was under a 27. I know growing up it was always around a 24-26, and I know my mom said that I just l look like I did in high school, but this really made me realize it is true.
I still know i need to gain weight. I am hoping to at least get to normal again, that would be a start. I worry about eating and gaining too fast and getting into old bad habits that I won't be able to control when I need control again.
It hurts to hear people say they don't want to loose to be skin and bones...well do they think that I purposely did this? Hello no, I don't like it anymore myself. I want to be healthy and normal, what mjore can a person wish for. People don't understand that all I did was follow the rules exactly like the doctor said to. It wasn't until the last month that the nut said I had to kind of start eating more of the good carbs and eating more meals etc and to eat more meals a day to gain.
I do extremely well at hibachi grill, I can put away a lot of food. I don't know if it is because it is served in courses or what, but I just seem to do so well. It helps that I really really like the food too. I also do well with the Chili's guiltess chicken platter. I can eat a little over half, barely leaving much meat. I eat the rice the corn and get black beans. I have almost gotten to where I can eat a complete plate of spaghetti with marinara from olive garden, that is after a saland and half of a bread stick. I just have to rest a while then start eating again.
Well that is all for now....Keep up the good work, following the rules and being diligent about getting to support meetings is the key. Give back to others and pay it forward, this will be your best reward and it will help you to set an example not only for the person you support, but it will force you to be accountable to do the right thing in order to not fail in their eyes. Be competitive within yourself and give yourself self talk to be true to yourself. Too much work to have this surgery to not reach your goals.
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Continue to be around 105 on July 8, 2008 12:04 am
It has been a very long time since I have been out on the boards. I am just so busy with work, it is incredibly hard for me to get online. I guess that I am settling down and realizing that 105 just might be the weight were I remain. I go up to 108 over the weekend, but by Wednesday's I am back down to 105. I am still fitting size 0/1's and some 2's, if I am lucky. Clothes shopping is absolutely no fun anymore because I don't like to wear juniors or kids clothes. I want professional business clothes in my size. I have a lot of clothes that I just need to get altered. I just fear as soon as I do I will gain weight and then have to let them out, etc. Don't get me wrong, at this point, I do want to gain weight. I need to gain about 10-15 lbs to look healthier.
I have to eat very often. I went to the dr office and they did a REM study and my metabolism is extremely high. I have to eat 1725 calories a day just to maintain 103 (that was almost a month ago). I eat often and small meals. The dietician wants me to get more protein in. I try, I really do. With work it is hard to journal. I was never very good at that anyway.
I can pretty much eat whatever I want in moderation. I do not do well with sweets though. They make me extremely exhausted and just an overall sluggish feeling. So I try to not ever allow these. I feel best when I just resist and don't have them, but periodically I give into my desires. Then I say never again. Oh well, I guess we all know how that goes.
We are going on a Hawaiin cruise in late Aug early Sept. I am hoping to build up some endurance to be able to do lots of fun excursion. I am very week in my upper arms now, so I have got to get to the gym and get with it. I swim in the pool but I just don't feel that giving me the strength or energy I will need.
Well, I hope everyone is doing weel. I am still feeling extremely happy about my choice to have this surgery and if I had it to do over again, I would definitely do it.
Hugs,
Lindy
Still hanging in around 114-115 on March 14, 2008 11:12 pm
I guess I am where I am going to be. I am okay with it and like the size I have become. I am wearing size 2 and 4's in misses and size 3/5 in juniors. I don't like many juniors because of the small zipper.
My labs have been awesome, I feel great and am so thankful for this surgery.
Praying for my twin to have it sometime soon too, so she can feel as wonderful as I do.
Hugs,
Lindy
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Beware of Internet Trolls on January 9, 2008 8:18 am
Sensitive post on TMB - Beware of Trolls, not all are just trying to put up discord, make statements, bring up interesting conversations, controversy, get topics back to real weight loss issues, but instead, they lurk there trying to delv into personal life, make unwarranted, un-neccessary convserations about you on the internet like a High school teenager, then others try to go out and defend them and act as though you were the perpetrator that began the crisis.
All I can say is posting fuming emails on the message boards or internet is similar to "Road Rage". People easily make statements, comments and do not care what they say or do, because they can hide behind a the wheel of the keyboard and mouse and lash out uncivilized in a way that they feel there will be no backlash, no cops involved and that they can get by with it. The problem is that everyone who posts on the boards, regardless of where they live, what stage of weight loss they are in or not is a real valid human being. No one should present bodily harm, via threatening messages or defamation of character on the internet without realizing that it has true negative impact on peoples lives.
Just yesterday I watched a Dr Phil show where a teenager, who was 14, killed herself, because a neighborhood (friend or ex-friend's) mother perpetrated in creating a fictisous myspace page as a 20 year old male to find out if the girl was slandering her daughter. Her employee, daughter and herself were involved in pretending to be this guy. Then they basically said they no longer wanted to be friends with the person, started lashing out at her on the internet, etc...It hurt the little girl so much, she hung herself. Now, I know I don't know all of the police details, but what I know is there is enough internet bullying. I read it, see it in posts to my 14 year old niece, I see how she puts on her space that she is depressed and sad. People, like I said, feelings and emotions are real. All I ask is don't do on the internet, what you would not do, sitting in the same room with a person. Be your true self, no matter where you are on the boards, in person, in a car, etc. Be kind, caring, understanding, that not everyone has a good day, drives properly in their lanes, knows proper internet etiquitte, etc.
Just be a good person, because what comes around goes around.
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/TX/a,messageboard/action,replies/board_id,4845/cat_id,4445/topic_id,3493990/
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/TX/board_id,4845/cat_id,4445/topic_id,3493014/a,messageboard/action,replies/#27339408
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/TX/board_id,4845/cat_id,4445/topic_id,3489333/a,messageboard/action,replies/#27292426
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