islandmom

Good to hear from so many fellow Texans.
Posting again to update my success story.
Started the program last year at 420 lbs. was sleeved on Aug 29 by Dr. Kim, so am a touch over 8 months out post surgery.
I weighed in at 270 lbs yesterday, for a total weight loss of 150 lbs, including the pre surgery liquid diet. Pretty pumped up this week over that milestone! Feeling GREAT!
The only side effect I had was 6-8 weeks of excessive fatigue after the surgery.
My wife Robin was sleeved by Dr. Kim around the middle of July and is also doing great and has lost around 120 lbs so far.
Am surprised to see so many negative comments about Dr. Kim and his staff.
I would not hesitate to reccomend Dr. Kim to anyone. My wife and I have had excellent support from his staff and my opinion and my personal doctor's opinion is that there is no better surgeon in north Texas performing this type of weight loss surgery.
I suppose if you need extra hand holding and lots of personal attention by the doctor, Dr. Kim could disappoint you in that area. Personally, I think it is more important for him to be improving as many folks lives as possible by focusing on the surgeries and letting his staff support you after the surgery. We found his staff to be awesome, very friendly and professional and supportive.
I would choose him again in an instant.
Some complain about the cost of the Protein Shake he sells. I have tried other protien shakes in the past and none works nearly as well for me as the Bariessentials do. I still do two shakes every day. In my opinion, his shake is a top quality product and completely worth the cost of 2.50 per serving.
I hope all the Texas buddies have nothing but the very best results with their sleeves. My sleeve has changed my lIfe and saved my life!

This is the rant and rave section so please don't flame me ...
Of all the words we use in this forum that are specific to being sleeved or common terms in weight-loss discussions, "lose" is probably the most often used.
To Lose - To be deprived of, or cease to have or retain.
Loose - Not firmly or tightly fixed in place.
It just drives me bonkers to see people constantly misspelling lose, "I can't wait to loose 100 lbs!" AAAARGH!!!! wrong. Clothes are loose, nuts and bolts are loose, a dog can get loose from his leash, but you LOSE weight, you will LOSE inches. It is called The Biggest LOSER, not the Biggest LOOSER. hello.

I now wat you meen, their. I hate it wen peaple misspeel words.

Okay folks, clearly some of you failed to read Diva's earlier post regarding our rules. I am going to move this thread to the "rants and raves" section, as at this point, it is not really proving to be a topic of giving and receiving advice, but more of a "lets see who can out slam who" type of thread.
I suggest you go back, read Diva's post, review our rules and treat each other with respect. We really don't wish to have to close topics and send out warnings.
Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Good Afternoon:

This thread has gotten a little off course. Typically we don't prefer to hand hold anyone's discussions here, however - Name calling of any type will NOT be tolerated, for any reason.

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I had my revision surgery with Dr. Kim on 1/23. My experience w/ Dr. Kim and his office since last April has been positive. Everyone always took time to explain things to me when I had questions. My surgery was at Baylor Trophy Club and I saw Dr. Kim all 3 days I was there and the facility is top notch. Had my 5 week check up yesterday and I am down 34 lbs!!! Yippee!! Just my 2 cents...btw I live in the Keller-Southlake area. :-)

I've posted on a couple of other threads about this. Mine came 1 week after surgery and it was the period from HELL! :mad2: I wouldn't have wished that one on my worst enemy!

after feeling great, doing great for the last 2weeks.. i have a friggin leak!!!!!!!!!!!!! dr is admitting me as we speak. im sitting in the ER waiting for a room. ill update u guys on details in a bit

Have to be at hospital at 5:45 am on Monday, which is perfect as I probably won't sleep all night anyway. They are calling for sleet Sunday night and I don't want anything to keep me from getting there so I am staying in a hotel Sunday night. Maybe my sis and I will catch a movie. :purplebananna:
I'm not nervous yet, maybe won't be, just excited!

Reading this board with everyone describing their feelings as we wait for our surgery dates is so comforting because it makes me feel like I'm not alone. I am on day six of the liquid diet eight more to go. It is So hard! I have ate a few bites of cheese the last two days. Other than that, I have stuck to it. I am down 6.6 lbs. so that is encouraging too.
I hope everyone that has already been sleeved are continuing to improve and feel better. Those of us still waiting, we can do this!!

Day 13 of liquids...oye...This is also my last day of work...getting kinda nervous now for sure! Come on Monday!

Day 13 of liquids...oye...This is also my last day of work...getting kinda nervous now for sure! Come on Monday!

Congrats on a successful surgery!! I am in the hospital as we speak about to go back and have mine done. I am really excited but thanks to the Percocet I am also very calm! Lol!! Here's to a new us!!!!

Holy smokes. I've never had the impression that anyone was trying to make their post seem more important. We are all here to learn and share the knowledge that we have regarding any number of topics.
Personally, I find the tone of your initial post and then the above reply to Pdxman more offensive than anything else I've seen here. I've never had a conversation with him, but I've read his posts to other people and have not read anything even remotely negative. He's articulated his experience(s) or shared knowlege that he's read. Correcting someone is not bringing someone down.

Well I'm sleeved! yesterday was the first day to my new life! Surgery went great! hardly had pain, got up and walked around by 4ish, did that a few more times, eating ice chips and doing well.
Today us a different sorry, though! I'm sore and have a hard time taking deep breaths. Can't do the same stuff I was doing yesterday but I was able to eat a small piece of Jello. No buyers remorse here!
Congrats EM!

I am sleeved. Yesterday I was in horrible pain. Got up to walk finally at 4 am . Super tired. Still waiting to drink something. Hard part is over though. I made it to the losers bench!!

GREAT NEWS!!!!! ive been eating & i feel so much better. i snack all day & it keeps the gas gone & i have so much more energy! THANK GOD!!!!! i went from about 10 gas x chewables a day to 2 a day! im not 100% but im a lot better than before.
im not dehydrated as i stated before so the IV is not necessary & i went to see my nurse practioner on thursday & she thinks im doing great!!!

I used Dr. Kim. He was very nice. Like the others, he didn't come see me after the surgery but oh well. His office staff is great! They made the entire process so easy, and they even helped me set up most of out of office appointments (psych/heart/etc). They even set me up with a sleep study (insurance paid for it) to find out that I had sleep apnia. Then, after getting all of my weight history from my primary physician, they submitted my case to the insurance company in which case I was approved fairly quick.
I would highly recommend Dr Kim. They will make it simple for you!

Thanks everyone for your information about Dr. Kim and his staff. I finished everything last week so I am just waiting on the insurance approval. I wish he would go ahead and schedule the surgery with the anticipated insurance approval. But I know it will get here soon enough. Thanks for everyone's open and honest information about the pain and all. I think it is going to be much better going into it knowing all the good AND the bad.
What I think I have liked most so far about Dr. Kim is that they are a center of excellence and seem to handle alot of the things in their office that other people on these boards have had to do themselves. That is a great help!

My very first post! I am a newbie that is just too excited, scared, thrilled, nervous (repeat in any given order) not to post. I am scheduled for VSG with Dr. Kim on January 9th. I am driving from 4 hours away so that goes to show how impressed I am with Dr. Kim and his staff. They have been nothing but accomodating. It took me a good year or so to finally comit to surgery but decided I would not waste the rest of my 30's living in this body. I don't have what is considered in the medical world as high BMI (36, but PLEASE don't take that as "bragging" because, honestly, being overwieght and unhealthy is being overwieight and unhealthy. I am so excited to start this journey!
10.27 - initial consult, barium swallow test, NUT consult
11.3 - psych evaluation
11.11 - submit to insurance
11.29 - insurance approval, surgery day set
12.23 - pre-op at hospital, cardiac stress test, nurse consult
12.26 to 1.9 - liquid diet
1.9 - surgery date

Dr Kim did my sleeve on the 14th of Nov. So far so good for me. I think that he is pretty conservative as far as pre and post op diets. I'm sure it's a little tougher staying on liquids longer, but in the long run I want this thing to never give me a problem so I'm fine with the sacrifice. Since beginning my pre op diet I have lost about 35lbs(about since 10/31) He has always been straight forward and no nonsense with me, and I appreciate that. Staff has always been pleasant. He's a good surgeon which was first and foremost on my list.

I've had a great experience with Dr. Kim. He and his staff have been great every step of the way so far. He completed my surgery on Oct 31 and I've had zero complications. I've dropped almost 30 lbs already, including the liquid pre op diet. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions. I'll be glad to help in any way I can.

Tenna, I'm the 23rd, too! Triplets!

We all have to stay in touch being that we are related and all! Monday will be here before we know it!

January 23, 2012