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starr1202    38

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Hey guys' date=' I live in Boston and had my sleeve done recently 6/17 at Tufts. I felt it was a little disorganized but I loved my surgeon Dr. Shah[/quote']

How are you feeling? What happened with them

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starr1202    38

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I'm in one FB group called "Drama Free WLS Buddies". I'm so sorry to hear of your leak--how long ago was your surgery?

I'm in that one to along with about 5 others. My surgery was 10/30 and my last 4th was 12/20

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teeny1202    71

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Teeny we have the same numbers on our name Lol mine is for my b-day. I took the very 1st appointment they gave me I was to excited to wait. Do u know who your classes are with I had Maria do u have Kruger to?

My numbers are also for my birthday. I do not know who the classes are with never thought to ask and Mt surgeon is actually Streeter

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teeny1202    71

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I ended up with the very 1st sleeve leak in Wareham. 4 surgeries and 2 months later I went through hell but def no regrets here and Kruger is the absolute Best. Are you ladies on any if the Facebook sleeve groups?

I am glad you are feeling better now. I am not on any of the Facebook groups. Honestly didn't know they had any

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starr1202    38

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Nice!! How do you like Streeter I had a bad experience with him a few times :( there's quite a few groups on fb some of them are secret groups

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teeny1202    71

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I have had no issues with Streeter so far. He does express his opinions about his choice for my surgery but oh well it's ultimately my choice.

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Vixynne    695

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I think all of the surgeons at Tobey are a little...ummmm...abrupt in their personal styles. I call Dr. Kruger "Lightning McQueen" because his exams/consults go something like "Heyhowyadoing, everythinggood? That'sgood,okaymakeafollowupappointmentwiththenurseonyourwayoutVrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooom!" Blink, and he's gone! 046.gif

But as one of my good friends (also a Kruger patient) reminded me, "Who cares about his people skills--you care if his hands are good in the O.R., and he is an amazing surgeon!" B)

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starr1202    38

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I think all of the surgeons at Tobey are a little...ummmm...abrupt in their personal styles. I call Dr. Kruger "Lightning McQueen" because his exams/consults go something like "Heyhowyadoing' date=' everythinggood? That'sgood,okaymakeafollowupappointmentwiththenurseonyourwayoutVrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooom!" Blink, and he's gone!

But as one of my good friends (also a Kruger patient) reminded me, "Who cares about his people skills--you care if his hands are good in the O.R., and he is an amazing surgeon!" B)[/quote']

All of the surgeons there are like that I felt the same way u did pre surgery they all lack bedside manners

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teeny1202    71

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Well i am glad i am not the only one to notice that. Did get a call from nurse practitioner today that Vitamin D is low but i for some reason expected that. So i went out and bought some only to find a bottle in my medicine cabinet. Oh well. I also bought the sublingual B12 because it was on sale. Need to find a Multivitamin that fits all the requirements.

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starr1202    38

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They usually recommend Flinstones complete I bought a big bottle from bjs. I don't know if Streeter does a leak test besides in surgery but if so your gonna want to get some sugar free Gawain punch drop ins crystal lite isn't strong enough to add to that god awful taste I got the chills and puked from it and almost passed and didn't find out that I could stuff to it till my very last leak test

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Vixynne    695

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Well i am glad i am not the only one to notice that. Did get a call from nurse practitioner today that Vitamin d is low but i for some reason expected that. So i went out and bought some only to find a bottle in my medicine cabinet. Oh well. I also bought the sublingual B12 because it was on sale. Need to find a Multivitamin that fits all the requirements.

Flintstones chewable Complete Vitamins fit all the requirements that I got from Stacy at St. Luke's--and they're not too expensive!

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Vixynne    695

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Dr. Kruger only does the leak test during surgery--I think I'm glad about that. I just hope I don't get a leak after the surgery, when swelling goes down a bit.

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Dr. Kruger only does the leak test during surgery--I think I'm glad about that. I just hope I don't get a leak after the surgery' date=' when swelling goes down a bit.[/quote']

You should be fine I don't want to scare you my intention is to just let u know to grab them drop ins just in case :)

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Dr. Kruger only does the leak test during surgery--I think I'm glad about that. I just hope I don't get a leak after the surgery' date=' when swelling goes down a bit.[/quote']

Are you from the New Bedford area?

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