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Those of you that are post op, what was your downtime?? I drive a bus and was wondering about how long to take off, when the time arrives...

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For the record, I had RNY and hiatal hernia repair. I took three weeks of work.

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Welcome! Dr. Wheeler is my Surgeon as well.

I'm from stl my sleeve date is feb 10... I'm with dr wheeler at DePaul Ssm weight loss institute! Congrats to you all!

Did u have surgery already??? If so how was it? I'm soooooooooooo nervous! ???????? you're the first person I share a surgeon with I'm so glad u responded!!

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Welcome! Dr. Wheeler is my Surgeon as well.

I'm from stl my sleeve date is feb 10... I'm with dr wheeler at DePaul Ssm weight loss institute! Congrats to you all!

Did u have surgery already??? If so how was it? I'm soooooooooooo nervous! you're the first person I share a surgeon with I'm so glad u responded!!

I had my surgery (Gastric Bypass and Hiatal Hernia repair) 12/18/14 at DePaul. I have surpassed my goal. In fact he wants me to gain weight back. But, that is a whole other issue for me that I am working on with myself, Dr. Wheeler, Nutritionist and Counselor. Sigh

Having said that, Dr. Wheeler is awesome! You will be very happy with him.

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Hello Everyone, I'm from St. Louis and Dr. Eagon will be doing my surgery on March 21, 2016 at Barnes West.

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I had my band to RNY revision done by Dr Wheeler on 11/30/15. He is amazing and so glad I went with him. I was 258 day of surgery and currently 219.8. I am very happy! He has an excellent bedside manner and he truly does care about his patients.

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Welcome! Dr. Wheeler is my Surgeon as well.

I'm from stl my sleeve date is feb 10... I'm with dr wheeler at DePaul Ssm weight loss institute! Congrats to you all!

Did u have surgery already??? If so how was it? I'm soooooooooooo nervous! you're the first person I share a surgeon with I'm so glad u responded!!

I had my surgery (Gastric Bypass and Hiatal Hernia repair) 12/18/14 at DePaul. I have surpassed my goal. In fact he wants me to gain weight back. But, that is a whole other issue for me that I am working on with myself, Dr. Wheeler, Nutritionist and Counselor. Sigh

Having said that, Dr. Wheeler is awesome! You will be very happy with him.

Wow that's great to hear!! U must have really been working hard if u lost too much weight!! Hopefully I can say I lost too much one day!! CONGRATS TO U!!!

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Those of you that are post op, what was your downtime?? I drive a bus and was wondering about how long to take off, when the time arrives...

You don't have full energy until around 6 weeks according to my surgeon. My experience matched that.

It depends on how long your shifts are and your own personal energy levels.

Ask your surgeon when they will clear you.

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I'm also in St. Louis in the Tower Grove/Bevo south city area I didn't have the sleeve though... instead I had a Roux-en-Y revision for a stoma (hole leading out of my pouch) repair via Endoscopic soft tissue re-approximation by Dr Snow out at Jefferson Mercy Hospital in Festus on Feb 9th.

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Hey St. Louis peeps - had my follow up visit today with Dr. Snow and he's really happy with my healing/progress. I asked if I should be seeing a bariatric nutritionist and he said absolutely and that he was fine with me finding someone closer to me (he's in Festus) so with all that being said do any of you have a suggestion for a bariatric nutritionist in our area?

Thanks!

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Hey MxKitty! I think Dr. Snow is a partner with my Doctor, Dr. Van Wagner. His office is right across from St. Anthony's in South County, and they do have a dietician on staff. I know it's not right by TGS, but it's closer than Festus! Hope that helps!

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Hey MxKitty! I think Dr. Snow is a partner with my Doctor, Dr. Van Wagner. His office is right across from St. Anthony's in South County, and they do have a dietician on staff. I know it's not right by TGS, but it's closer than Festus! Hope that helps!

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Dr Snow & Dr Van Wagner no longer share a practice :( as of Feb 1st. I will call Dr Van Wagner's office though and see if their nutritionist takes outside patients. Thanks so much!!!

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Hey St. Louis peeps ;)

I have some chocolate soy Protein powder that I don't tolerate well so before it ends up in the trash I thought I'd offer to give it away (free of course!) to one of you. I used 3 servings out of it. I'm attaching a couple of photos so let me know soon if you'd like to take it off my hands as I plan to toss it Thursday morning.

Lilmskitty@gmail.com.

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