When can I have crawfish again???? And how many?

@shnyinside check out Southern Surgical Hospital in Slidell. Their website is www.whyweight.com They are on LindbergDr' date=' it's the i10 service road. They have a group of doctors, like 6 of them, that all preform the surgery. Dr Moore did mine and she was fantastic. Their main office in in Mandeville in the Premier Building on the 190 service road near Lakeview hospital and they have a smaller office in Slidell near the surgical hospital. Everyone in the office was great and were accommodating. They do surgery at several hospitals in the area and I was able to choose and had it here in Slidell at southern surgical.[/quote']

I think this the same office Dr Lavin works out of he's goes to Slidell as well as Mandeville

Hi everyone. First time here. I am looking for a surgeon on the Northshore area. Covington, Mandeville or Slidell. Will go to New Orleans or Baton Rouge if I need to, but would prefer not to go that far. Any and all input appreciated. The surgeon I wanted to use is leaving his practice. Such a waste of talent. He's an awesome surgeon. Sooooo, that leaves me looking for a replacement. Would prefer someone with privileges at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. I'm so needing to do this for my health. This is a wonderful site!

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Hi everyone. First time here. I am looking for a surgeon on the Northshore area. Covington, Mandeville or Slidell. Will go to New Orleans or Baton Rouge if I need to, but would prefer not to go that far. Any and all input appreciated. The surgeon I wanted to use is leaving his practice. Such a waste of talent. He's an awesome surgeon. Sooooo, that leaves me looking for a replacement. Would prefer someone with privileges at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. I'm so needing to do this for my health. This is a wonderful site!

Dr. Andrew Hargroder is who I was going to go with. He works out of St. Elizabeth in Gonzales as well as the we Woman's. His staff is super sweet. He is also one of the first surgeons in the US to use the single incision.

Was u going to Dr Karl Orydone love him ..Dr Lavin is in Mandeville I here good this about him as well but Dr Karl did mine I'm 9 weeks 50 pounds down

Yes! I love Dr. Ordoyne. He's the bomb-dot-com! He was rounding a couple of weeks ago and he broke my heart when he told me he wasn't going to be doing surgery anymore. He was the only one I was considering. I know his track record.

Oh, and definitely not Lakeview! That's our competition! LOL Gotta be STPH!

@bittahoney - I had someone mention Dr. Moore to me just this weekend. Will have to get more info. She seemed very happy with it and her surgery. Was EMS. She also told me about this site. Really good information!

@ prettynpink. Thanks! I am checking out all mentions!

I got my date today-APRIL 17. Now it seems so real that I begin this journey. Yes, I am nervous. It is major surgery and elective.

Today my husband said he would not do it for himself. He will support me but does not want to tell me to do it. Men do not like to commit incase you come back at them and blame them for agreeing with you.

So any help or encouragement would be very much appreciated from you.

Congratulations on getting your date. I'm just starting and fear it will be a long wait. At least your husband is being supportive of you. Who is doing your surgery? Was it difficult to get approved? This seems like a very supportive community. I know I'll be pulling for you!

I had my surgery two days ago with Dr. Drake Bellanger. He works out of St. Elizabeth in Gonzales, Woman's in Baton Rouge (this is where I had mine), Andrew other in Livingston parish, but I don't know the hospital name.

My surgery was super easy, he said, and I had no complications except for nausea from meds and my usual high bp. I would recommend him in a heartbeat.

Today I still have some nauseam but cut my pain med dosage in half to reduce that, and it seems to be working.

Wow! Two days out and doing so well. Great news! Glad it is going so beautifully. I've heard Dr. Bellanger's name a few times now. I contacted a surgeon in Covington yesterday and am going to a seminar April 16th. But I am not yet decided 100% on surgeon. Did you spend the night at the hospital? So glad you're doing so good. Thanks for the information. I may check into him a bit further. Baton Rouge is a bit more than two hours away from me, but worth it for good outcome.

Thanks again!

There are 6 different surgeons at Southern Surgical, so if you don't get along with one, try another. And they seem to each have priveliges at different hospitals, or you can go to their hospital in Slidell. Since it's a specialty hospital it wouldn't be a direct competitor of STPH like Lakeview is.

I saw Dr. Moore 7 years ago when I chickened out of the lap band, and see Dr. Redmann now because he's on my new insurance and Dr. Moore isn't.

Anyone know if we can have snow balls?? Im 3 weeks out.

Anyone know if we can have snow balls?? Im 3 weeks out.

sugar free? Of course

sugar free? Of course

They're sugarfree snowballs?!

They're sugarfree snowballs?!

Hell yes there are! I don't even miss the full-sugar ones. Those always made me sick so I switched in my teens.

Y'all. Cream of Brie and crab. It's what's for dinner and a-freaking-mazing.

I'm 5 days out so I know crawfish isn't a option for me yet but man do I miss them!!! Can't wait to have them although it'll probably be next season but even shrimp will do for now!!

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