I Just Talked To My Surgeon....................

A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with my
husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128 lbs in
5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
call. He said my weight loss is fine. When I addressed the issue of how
my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of heart
trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a heart
attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for enlarged
heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post operatively and I
dont suspect you're having trouble right now. Not to worry, you've been
a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44% reduction
in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also reminded him that I
had surgery a month ago and have drank down gallons of soup to keep
stools small and thin thus causing the excelerated weight loss
Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!

Laureen
410/282/180

"Laureen" wrote in message
oups.com...
Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!

Good to hear. Keep it up, please! : )

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/4.5/6 T2 DX 05/2004
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
95/76/72Kg

Laureen wrote:
A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with my
husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128 lbs in
5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
call. He said my weight loss is fine.

Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what your
nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.


When I addressed the issue of how
my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of heart
trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a heart
attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for enlarged
heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post operatively and I
dont suspect you're having trouble right now.

Covering his ass. He did the required tests so he is off the hook when
you keel over.

Not to worry, you've been
a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44% reduction
in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also reminded him that I
had surgery a month ago and have drank down gallons of soup to keep
stools small and thin thus causing the excelerated weight loss
Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!

Laureen
410/282/180

Flattery will do amazing things for vain people.

TC

I see you're still the same old negative **** you have always been!

wrote:
Laureen wrote:
A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with my
husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128 lbs in
5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
call. He said my weight loss is fine.

Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what your
nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.


When I addressed the issue of how
my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of heart
trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a heart
attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for enlarged
heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post operatively and I
dont suspect you're having trouble right now.

Covering his ass. He did the required tests so he is off the hook when
you keel over.

Not to worry, you've been
a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44% reduction
in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also reminded him that I
had surgery a month ago and have drank down gallons of soup to keep
stools small and thin thus causing the excelerated weight loss
Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!

Laureen
410/282/180

Flattery will do amazing things for vain people.

TC

wrote:
|| Laureen wrote:
||| A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with
||| my husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128
||| lbs in
||| 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
||| call. He said my weight loss is fine.
||
|| Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
|| different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what
|| your nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.
||
||
||| When I addressed the issue of how
||| my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of
||| heart trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a
||| heart attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for
||| enlarged heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post
||| operatively and I dont suspect you're having trouble right now.
||
|| Covering his ass. He did the required tests so he is off the hook
|| when you keel over.
||
||| Not to worry, you've been
||| a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
||| Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44%
||| reduction in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also
||| reminded him that I had surgery a month ago and have drank down
||| gallons of soup to keep stools small and thin thus causing the
||| excelerated weight loss
||| Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!
|||
||| Laureen
||| 410/282/180
||
|| Flattery will do amazing things for vain people.
||

|| TC
Do you honestly believe that you -- a casual internet acquaintance -- know
more about Laureen's condition than her surgeon -- a medical professional
who has been working closely with her for months?

If this weren't so sophomoric it would actually be laughable!

Peter

Laureen wrote:
|| I see you're still the same old negative **** you have always been!
||
|| wrote:
||| Laureen wrote:
|||| A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along
|||| with my husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss.
|||| 128 lbs in
|||| 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
|||| call. He said my weight loss is fine.
|||
||| Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
||| different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what
||| your nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.
|||| Laureen
|||| 410/282/180
|||
||| TC

Laureen, you should show this post to your surgeon. I'm sure he'd get a
kick out of the fact that this mindless dip**** thinks that a surgeon who
specializes in gastric bypass has no knowledge of nutrition and isn't
trained in it.

Peter

Marengo wrote:
wrote:
|| Laureen wrote:
||| A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along with
||| my husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss. 128
||| lbs in
||| 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
||| call. He said my weight loss is fine.
||
|| Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
|| different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what
|| your nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.
||
||
||| When I addressed the issue of how
||| my heart is handling it he told me this: "You had no evidence of
||| heart trouble via your cardiac enzyme test to see if you had had a
||| heart attack, your EKG for any abnormalities, your chest Xray for
||| enlarged heart or lung trouble, nor from your stress test post
||| operatively and I dont suspect you're having trouble right now.
||
|| Covering his ass. He did the required tests so he is off the hook
|| when you keel over.
||
||| Not to worry, you've been
||| a star patient and at the rate your going I think when you see me in
||| Feb you will be at goal" (BTW, his goal is 237ish with a 44%
||| reduction in total body weight) My goal is 180 to 190. I also
||| reminded him that I had surgery a month ago and have drank down
||| gallons of soup to keep stools small and thin thus causing the
||| excelerated weight loss
||| Thank you for your concern everyone and I am ok!
|||
||| Laureen
||| 410/282/180
||
|| Flattery will do amazing things for vain people.
||

|| TC
Do you honestly believe that you -- a casual internet acquaintance -- know
more about Laureen's condition than her surgeon -- a medical professional
who has been working closely with her for months?

If this weren't so sophomoric it would actually be laughable!

Peter

If he knew anything about basic nutrition, he would know that gastric
bypasses are completely unnecessary.

TC

Marengo wrote:
Laureen wrote:
|| I see you're still the same old negative **** you have always been!
||
|| wrote:
||| Laureen wrote:
|||| A couple of people in here have emailed me privately and along
|||| with my husband have expressed concern about my rapid weightloss.
|||| 128 lbs in
|||| 5.5 months, so I called my surgeon this morning and he returned my
|||| call. He said my weight loss is fine.
|||
||| Of course he will say that. Do you think he would say anything
||| different? To him you are a success. But he also has no clue what
||| your nutritional status is and isn't trained to think that way.
|||| Laureen
|||| 410/282/180
|||
||| TC

Laureen, you should show this post to your surgeon. I'm sure he'd get a
kick out of the fact that this mindless dip**** thinks that a surgeon who
specializes in gastric bypass has no knowledge of nutrition and isn't
trained in it.

Peter

Better yet, Loreen should ask him exactly how many hours of course work
he's had in his curriculum at med school. Ask to see his transcripts
and see how many course he took on nutrition and what his marks were.

My bet is that he may have gotten one very basic nutrition course in
his junior year. If he got that.

TC

wrote:

Marengo wrote:

Laureen, you should show this post to your surgeon. I'm sure he'd get a
kick out of the fact that this mindless dip**** thinks that a surgeon who
specializes in gastric bypass has no knowledge of nutrition and isn't
trained in it.



Better yet, Loreen should ask him exactly how many hours of course work
he's had in his curriculum at med school. Ask to see his transcripts
and see how many course he took on nutrition and what his marks were.

My bet is that he may have gotten one very basic nutrition course in
his junior year. If he got that.

TC


That's just about the number of hours some of them
get in handwriting and bedside manners.

Marsha/Ohio

Nutrition as it relates to gastric bypass surgery is different than general
nutrition. I'm sure that as part of his study for his specialty which
likely was derived in specialized training by other surgeons, not in a
university setting, and part of his ongoing experience with his practice, he
has considerable knowledge about the nutrition side of his practice.

In oups.com,
stated
|
| Better yet, Loreen should ask him exactly how many hours of course
| work he's had in his curriculum at med school. Ask to see his
| transcripts and see how many course he took on nutrition and what his
| marks were.
|
| My bet is that he may have gotten one very basic nutrition course in
| his junior year. If he got that.
|
| TC