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Has anyone out there had there surgery by Dr Graber in Syracuse? He did an awesome job and I highly recommend him. St Joes hospital was so nice to me I couldn't of asked for a nicer stay.

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Had my surgery with dr Graber in 2009. Lost 143 pounds. He does know his stuff. Listen really well and his nutritionist really knows her stuff. It can be very confusing to balance things after surgery

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I am seeing Graber currently with a surgery date of July 2nd.

Good luck lots:-) I'm sure you will do great!!

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I tried to get in with Dr Graber-- they were ready to see me, and were going to schedule my initial consult for a few weeks out from my initial call..... Until they found out my insurance provider. Once they realized I was on Family Health Plus BCBS they pushed my initial consult out to Dec 2013.

I am now in with Dr Oceguera at Cooperstown, and she is a great fit for me!

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Love Dr. Graber and his whole team! I had my surgery in Utica at St. Luke's though.

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Dr. Graber and his team just saved my life. Had blockage went to the emergency room. Saw him he knew right away what was wrong and performed emergency surgery. I will forever sing his praises.

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My wife and I are currently seeing Dr. Graber in Syracuse NY! He is amazing! The staff at the clinic is also very welcoming and understanding! Surgery date August 21!

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Syracuse, ny here!!! Upstate bariactic dr McDonald.... Ironic name lol

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I am in Syracuse,N.Y. I am going through Crouse with Dr.Desimone and Tracy Walker. It's nice to have a women to talk to, she is great!!

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Hey all. Im in Syracuse, NY and I had Dr. Baranov who was Graber's partner 2 yrs ago. Had my bypass at St Luke's since it was before they operated out of St joes. Very happy with the outcome

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i just filled out the paper work for Dr Graber online, how long is the process? How long will it take for them to call im so nervous! Trying to go to the Utica office!

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I'm with Dr. Graber as well, said I'd do either office which ever has a more readily available appt. - I just filled out the paperwork again and am pre op - waiting for orientation. I've gone to 3 orientations with Dr. Graber already, I just never went through with the surgery. I had one surgery date that I had to cancel...

He is a very good doctor, the only problem at all I've faced is he does take medicaid with fidelis and the like - BUT it takes like a year to get the surgery done with medicaid. If you self pay they get you right in but who wants to give $25,000 if insurance can pay for it? Other than that he's a great doctor I would highly recommend him. He's great at listening, and he is very caring as are his whole staff. He came highly recommended from everyone I know who had him do their surgeries as well.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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