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Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Gastric Bypass
>>WANDA: December the 4th I woke up at a girls Christmas party and couldn't walk. I had to
call my husband and say, "Baby come and get me." I was in tears. "Come and get me. You've
got to take me and get a cane." I said, "I've got to do something. I've got to do something."
I went to the doctor to get some medicine for my knee and she goes, "You're looking
at knee replacement." I am going to have the bariatric surgery first, and if I have to
have the knee surgery after that, I will. >>DR.DAVIDSON: Why does a gastric sleeve work?
Well, the first thing, it is a restrictive operation. You can't eat as much because you're
removing 70-80% of the stomach. The good news is, is that you can eat just about everything;
certainly as large a quantities because you'll feel full.
>>WANDA: Yeah, it really happened fast. I attended the seminar, very informative. I
came up to the office because I knew I wanted to do it. I came in and talked to the girls,
and we started getting things set up. My first impression of Dr. Davidson was that he was
very easy to talk to, very easy to understand, very confident. I trusted him just almost
immediately. >>DR.DAVIDSON: Wanda has been a typical success
story for somebody who has a sleeve gastrectomy. She's lost about 100 pounds. Her BMI is now
about 26. She can eat most everything she could before, not in quite as large of quantities.
Wanda does not have reflux after her sleeve. Some people get reflux, but she doesn't.
>>WANDA: I had my surgery a year ago, and I am right at 100 pounds down. I feel awesome.
It is the most wonderful gift I have ever given to myself.
>>DR.DAVIDSON: Wanda is doing great. She's one year post-op this month. She's met all
her goals. She does not have GERD. Her knees don't hurt as much, and she's taking her vitamins.
As she keeps doing these things of doing some exercise, taking her vitamins, we'd anticipate
she should do just great for many more years. >>WANDA: Dr. Davidson changed my life by offering
this surgery to me. He wants you to take care of yourself. That's the awesome thing about
Dr. Davidson. He wants you to be the best you can be. Dr. Davidson gave me the confidence
it took to proceed with vertical sleeve gastrectomy.