I am having my surgery at NY Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Anyone else out there whose had theirs there or nearby?

and listen, the first few months for me were rough .. it took a while for me to get accustomed to my sleeve and my new life/habits, etc. ... so don't get discouraged if it's a little rough around the edges for a bit -- I promise you, it will all work itself out and everything will magically click for you when you are ready and your body adjusts .. just work through all the changes & stuff you will need to adjust to, and you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it all will eventually fall into place -- you can do this! You really can -- and you will look back a few months down the road and be sooooo happy you decided to get healthy! Again - congrats & have a wonderful journey to the new you waiting right around the corner!

Has anyone used Dr Vohra at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside?

Has anyone used Dr Vohra at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside?

Hi Redhead...My cousin had her sleeve done with Dr. Vohra. She was very pleased with him. She had the lapband to sleeve revision. Lap band was also done with Dr. Vohra.

Thanks for sharing that. I got a really good feeling about him and his staff but it's always good to hear about other people's experiences.

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Happy to say, I will fianlly be sleeved May 29th. My insurance company took through it, but I prevailed. Now that it's approaching, I am a little nervous. Not sure what to expect. Looking foward to the new me though.

Happy to say' date=' I will fianlly be sleeved May 29th. My insurance company took through it, but I prevailed. Now that it's approaching, I am a little nervous. Not sure what to expect. Looking foward to the new me though.[/quote']

Where are you having surgery

My surgery will be at Lennox Hill hospital

Anyone have surgery in either Elmira or Syracuse? Those are my 2 options and I have yet to see anyone post about either hospital

I'm from Brooklyn. I just wanted to come and and say hello.

Hi,

I'm not sure if I signed on this one already but just in case, I'm from the Bronx was sleeved 3/14/12 at Presbyterian Hospital and I have lost 41lbs so far.

Hi fellow new Yorkers! I am from Queens. having my surgery on August 20 2012 @ Lenox Hill with Dr. yatco. Glad to read all the positive comments about his practice.

So many NY sleevers here!! I live in Manhattan but had my surgery in Dallas, TX due to the high self pay prices in the NY area.

Greetings NY sleevers! Last year there were not so many of us here on VST -- and considering the Empire State is pretty

darn big I was worrying NY wasn't being represented. Glad to see there are more, and more NYers on VST.

I had my surgery on June 1, 2011 at NYU with Dr, George Fielding. Surgery was fine. 3 day hospital stay. My big issues were nausea and trouble switching to solid food. I was eating Soup for a long, long time. But everything that was problematic improved over time. I learned to be patient. Everyone is different adjusting to their sleeve. Even now after one year -- there are times when I either take to big a bite, or eat fast or who knows what -- within minutes of eating my stomach hurts. It doesn't happen frequently but when it does I know in a few hours I will feel better and try eating some food again. Now I worry when I can eat more often -- formerly morbidly obese people have LOTS of issues. I still worry my sleeve is magic and suddenly the magic will wear off and I will eat myself back to nearly 300 pounds. Maybe that fear will motivate me to keep finding non-eating self soothing behaviors!

I wish everyone just starting out a lot of luck, patience and perseverance.

EJ

Just checking in. I had my surgery March 27th 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Long Island. Dr. Garber is my surgeon. I am so happy even though it was rough in the begining. I would do it again.

I was sleeved 6/27 in the daks. Saranac Lake to be precise. Anybody from my area?