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I'm in the NW Suburbs and had surgery 3/20/13 at Advocate Good Shepherd. Good luck to those going through upcoming surgery!

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I would also recommend The Kane Center - specifically Dr. Rantis. He was great before and on surgery day - was also great with my family on surgery day. I had two follow up appointments with his PA and recently had my 6 mo followup with Dr. Rantis (more like 7 month). Very encouraging and positive. I met Dr. Kane in the hospital and has a great bed-side manner.

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I would also recommend The Kane Center - specifically Dr. Rantis. He was great before and on surgery day - was also great with my family on surgery day. I had two follow up appointments with his PA and recently had my 6 mo followup with Dr. Rantis (more like 7 month). Very encouraging and positive. I met Dr. Kane in the hospital and has a great bed-side manner.

I second the Kane center and also Dr rantis. Was sleeved 12/10/12 with him. He was amazing preop and also postop. I see him tomorrow for my 6 month checkup.

When did you have surgery or was it your son? Someone in one of my preop nutrition class was there with his mom and also the day I had surgery i saw the same mom and son. I never introduced myself but was wondering if that was you .

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That's awesome!! Congrats!!!

I had Dr. Lahmann on April 29, 2013. Combined with my pre op diet, I am at 59.5lbs down! Follow whatever they say and you will do great, love the staff at BMI and silver cross!

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I had Dr. Lahmann on April 29' date=' 2013. Combined with my pre op diet, I am at 59.5lbs down! Follow whatever they say and you will do great, love the staff at BMI and silver cross![/quote']

Wow, your doing great! I'm down around 32ish including preop. I was sleeved 5/13/13 by Joyce, but I guess I had a hiatal hernia repaired by Lahman. I didn't know I had a hernia until istarted getting the bills.

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That's crazy about the hernia, but thankfully it's repaired! You are doing awesome, feels good right? Have you gone to any of the support group meetings?

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That's crazy about the hernia' date=' but thankfully it's repaired! You are doing awesome, feels good right? Have you gone to any of the support group meetings?[/quote']

I have not gone to any of the meetings yet, but have my month follow up and a nutrition class soon. I do feel really good. I can't believe I even had surgery a month ago. It doesn't even feel like it happened, except that I can't eat much. I'm having a hard time with exercise though. It's tough to get motivated.

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Hi everyone. Im from Chicago in Albany Park on the North Side. Im haveing my surgery done at UIC. Would love to meet anyone nearby or who is haveing it at UIC. Ive just started my journey. Had my first appt a couple of weeks ago. Im haveing trouble looking for a support group. I need a buddy to help me get thru this.

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I second the Kane center and also Dr rantis. Was sleeved 12/10/12 with him. He was amazing preop and also postop. I see him tomorrow for my 6 month checkup.

When did you have surgery or was it your son? Someone in one of my preop nutrition class was there with his mom and also the day I had surgery i saw the same mom and son. I never introduced myself but was wondering if that was you .

I love the Kane Center! I had gone through UIC first and went thru hell! DR. Rantis is an awesome surgeon!

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Hi everyone. Im from Chicago in Albany Park on the North Side. Im haveing my surgery done at UIC. Would love to meet anyone nearby or who is haveing it at UIC. Ive just started my journey. Had my first appt a couple of weeks ago. Im haveing trouble looking for a support group. I need a buddy to help me get thru this.

Im by nw side hanson park, I got sleeved 10/2012. Message me if you like!

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I second the Kane center and also Dr rantis. Was sleeved 12/10/12 with him. He was amazing preop and also postop. I see him tomorrow for my 6 month checkup.

When did you have surgery or was it your son? Someone in one of my preop nutrition class was there with his mom and also the day I had surgery i saw the same mom and son. I never introduced myself but was wondering if that was you .

I had my surgery 9/27/12. I was not there with my son..I was there alone...or actually sitting with a friend I met through this site. Good luck at your 6 month!!!

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Hi everyone. Im from Chicago in Albany Park on the North Side. Im haveing my surgery done at UIC. Would love to meet anyone nearby or who is haveing it at UIC. Ive just started my journey. Had my first appt a couple of weeks ago. Im haveing trouble looking for a support group. I need a buddy to help me get thru this.

Hi Willycq: I am in Sauganash, north of you. I was sleeved 5/15/2013 by Dr. Lutfi at St. Joseph's. Highly recommend. We have an awesome support group. I have had a great experience -- no complications, no nausea, no pain. If I didn't have 5 little belly scars and the inability to eat very much, I might think it never happened.

Also, found a great, local sleever, a prof chef who has started her own company making pre-op shakes and broths, and post-op smoothies, purees, and Soups. She's kept me going with her wonderful, filling shakes and Soups. If you want her contact info let me know.

Feel free to contact me if I can help in anyway.

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I had surgery thru Dr. Lahmann too was wondering if you are on pureed food? What did you have that was good?

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I had surgery thru Dr. Lahmann too was wondering if you are on pureed food? What did you have that was good?

Hi ecteacher. Don't know if your question was to me, but I couldn't do the puréed foods. The woman I am buying my shakes/smoothies and Soups from does puréed soups that have wonderful flavor. I just couldn't handle the texture. So I stayed on smoothies and added some cooked chicken-veggies to the puréed soups for about a week. Then I went directly to soft foods (soups, cottage cheese, eggs, etc).

Today is my five week anniversary, and I am branching out to real food, like meatballs, turkey w/mashed potatoes. But, things I used to eat sometimes upset my little tummy, so I go back to soups and smoothies.

Hope this helps.

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Hello! I had my surgery on 5/31/13 at Alexian Brothers with Dr. Guske of the Kane Center. I've had problems with my incision healing and finally after a culture of the wound, I'm on the right antibiotic. Hopefully I'll be healed soon. I've not felt good a lot of the days - wondering if its the infection. I also haven't lost any weight in over a week - very disappointing. This week I'll get to see Guske again - up until now I've only seen PA's - a bit frusterating.

Anyone else had problems with the incision not healing?

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