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It took me many years to decide to do anything...
It took me many years to decide to do anything this drastically, finally I had decided to go for it due to serious health issues that were starting to arise. Needless to say, started the process with my insurance and meet w/ my surgeon Dr. Richard T. Nguyen in San Jose, CA back in July, (end of July) and started all my "go see's" for workup / approval in August of 2014 and then in October of 2014 I had my surgery!
It was really brutal, I had to start my liquids for (2) whole weeks before my surgery date. I was constantly hungry and I felt really sick and I was totally starving! I became really weak with little to no energy and I had still had to go to work! I did cheat like twice while I was on the liquids, I couldn't help it, I got really sick! However, I still made it through and had a total of 12 lb weight loss during this phase so Dr. Nguyen did my surgery on Wednesday and boy did I feel like I got hit by a "MACK" truck!
Thankfully, I had my morphine drip in my hands and I can't thank Dr. Nguyen enough! I'm now two weeks post op, I had my 1st appt w/ Dr. Nguyen on Monday and I've already lost a total of 20lbs so far! He's really please with my healing process, I feel like a brand new person, I can see and feel the weight loss in my close, my face, my upper abdomen and I don't have the "FAT GIRL" underwear rolling down on me!!! I don't feel awful anymore and now I'm at the baby food stage of eating, but I have to be honest, I had a piece of bacon today and it tasted wonderful!!! I only ate it because, call me crazy, but I had this strange inclination that I could handle the piece of bacon so I ate it! It went down fine and yes, I took me forever to eat it, but it went down well! I was told that i could eat a scrambled egg, cream of wheat (watery) & I can make soup and blend it up together and eat my veggies that way. I have experimented with other foods, but I know my limit and I eat everything in really small portions, I can't eat much, but I do eat somethings. Otherwise, I'm still eating like in the beginning (pre-op) and it sucks! However, I do love the weight loss, feel great, but I'm still tired a lot, but that's because my body is still healing. What I absolutely can't stand, it's the air I still get, I wish I didn't have this problem anymore. No matter what i eat or drink, I still have air stuck in my chest and it's hard to pass unless I eat two chewable tablets of Gasx, I told my doctor and that's ok by the way for those who still have that issue. Contact me if there is anyone out there with better suggestions on anything I wrote or if you just have questions! Best decision I've ever made! :)
It was really brutal, I had to start my liquids for (2) whole weeks before my surgery date. I was constantly hungry and I felt really sick and I was totally starving! I became really weak with little to no energy and I had still had to go to work! I did cheat like twice while I was on the liquids, I couldn't help it, I got really sick! However, I still made it through and had a total of 12 lb weight loss during this phase so Dr. Nguyen did my surgery on Wednesday and boy did I feel like I got hit by a "MACK" truck!
Thankfully, I had my morphine drip in my hands and I can't thank Dr. Nguyen enough! I'm now two weeks post op, I had my 1st appt w/ Dr. Nguyen on Monday and I've already lost a total of 20lbs so far! He's really please with my healing process, I feel like a brand new person, I can see and feel the weight loss in my close, my face, my upper abdomen and I don't have the "FAT GIRL" underwear rolling down on me!!! I don't feel awful anymore and now I'm at the baby food stage of eating, but I have to be honest, I had a piece of bacon today and it tasted wonderful!!! I only ate it because, call me crazy, but I had this strange inclination that I could handle the piece of bacon so I ate it! It went down fine and yes, I took me forever to eat it, but it went down well! I was told that i could eat a scrambled egg, cream of wheat (watery) & I can make soup and blend it up together and eat my veggies that way. I have experimented with other foods, but I know my limit and I eat everything in really small portions, I can't eat much, but I do eat somethings. Otherwise, I'm still eating like in the beginning (pre-op) and it sucks! However, I do love the weight loss, feel great, but I'm still tired a lot, but that's because my body is still healing. What I absolutely can't stand, it's the air I still get, I wish I didn't have this problem anymore. No matter what i eat or drink, I still have air stuck in my chest and it's hard to pass unless I eat two chewable tablets of Gasx, I told my doctor and that's ok by the way for those who still have that issue. Contact me if there is anyone out there with better suggestions on anything I wrote or if you just have questions! Best decision I've ever made! :)
Provider Review
Richard T. Nguyen
Dr. Nguyen is the best!!! Great bedside manner, very informative, positive attitude and great personality! You can't go wrong with him, just don't cross him, do everything he tells you & he'll be great, it's because he really cares about his patients and truly believes in what he does for us! I'd recommend him to anyone w/ a PPO insurance living in my area.