Hello everybody , Iam Dr.Samar from Sudan , I lives in UAE , unfortunetely I am an obese doctor and this makes things worse because being a doctor you will now all the complication of obesity in and out , morever it is very shameful to advice your patients to loose weight while you are very fat, so i decide to do gastric sleeve on 10 / 3/ 2011 , I was vary scuured and hesitated but after i read the success storeies in this website i decide to do the surgery , for my health , my family and my beloved job, thanks ,,for all who share us with their storeies and iwill continue my story after surgery ,,

Dr. SAMAR

Congratulations and good luck with your surgery.

It's strange how a person can have all the information in the world about how something affects your health and still end up trapped in a bad cycle. Medical professionals who smoke, for example (and I"m sure there are plenty who do).

If I may ask, what kind of doctor are you in UAE? Are you a general doctor or a specialist?

I look forward to hearing more from you.

Good luck friend!

It is sometime typical that this situation can occur. It seems the mechanic drive a jalopy, the painters house is peeling paint and a doctor is fat or etc. It happens.

What is important is that you are taking care of it.

Hi, I am six months post sleeve and a retired RN so I understand where you are coming from. I am so happy with my sleeve and glad I made the decision to do it I am off my blood pressure and cholesterol medications and I can really feel a difference in my overall health even my workouts are easier.

Best of luck with your upcoming surgery.

Congratulations on making this decision. I have to say that you are right in how people take the information you are giving out. The first surgeon I saw was significantly overweight and, as much as I hate to say it, it was a factor in my deciding on a different surgeon. I felt that if he could not follow the guidelines he was giving me, what did that say about him.

I am a nurse and I know that I have felt bad trying to give any lifestyle advice to patients, thinking they were judging me on my weight. Who was I to advise them when I could not do so for myself.

Good luck on your journey.

I can understand where you're coming from, I'm a Doctor, and what's even worse I did a masters in Nutrition and Psychological Sciences! I've been sleevd 7m onths ago. Good luck, you won't regret it

glad you made the choice for a healthier life...you are a doc but you are human and have all the same struggles keep us posted

Hello everybody , Iam Dr.Samar from Sudan , I lives in UAE , unfortunetely I am an obese doctor and this makes things worse because being a doctor you will now all the complication of obesity in and out , morever it is very shameful to advice your patients to loose weight while you are very fat, so i decide to do gastric sleeve on 10 / 3/ 2011 , I was vary scuured and hesitated but after i read the success storeies in this website i decide to do the surgery , for my health , my family and my beloved job, thanks ,,for all who share us with their storeies and iwill continue my story after surgery ,,

Dr. SAMAR

That's cool, I'm gonna be a doc in about 2 years and I had the surgery about half a year ago. I do think that it's harder to counsel your pts about weightloss if you are very obese yourself. Even though you know more than most about weight struggles, some people are just too quick to say "physician, heal thyself." And like leeblewb said, even I myself would be leery of a weightloss surgeon who was significantly overweight. My surgeon actually performed the sleeve on another physician on his staff, which was a huge selling point for me - it showed that the other doctor trusted my surgeon well enough after working with him for years to let him operate on himself! Plus it was nice to arrive there and see that he was even thinner than his "after" picture posted on my surgeon's website. Maybe if you are open about your personal experience with the sleeve, some of your obese patients might be more likely to consider WLS.

I am so happy for you. I hope yo will have a successful and uneventful recovery and weight loss and that you will be able to motivate many others to have this surgery. I agree with you, this forum is a great motivator for all of us.