Any one in Jacksonville Florida ?

jamieohhh · February 23, 2018

Has any one had VSG or any other bariatric surgery with Dr. Sunil K Sharma ?

ckilpat77 · February 23, 2018

I had my gastric sleeve surgery in Jacksonville, FL. It was with Dr. Abbas at Memorial Hospital.

jamieohhh · February 23, 2018

How was your surgery and recovery ? How do you feel now ? I'm still on the fence trying to decide .

BeckyVSG2b · March 11, 2018

On 2/22/2018 at 11:49 PM, ckilpat77 said:

I had my gastric sleeve surgery in Jacksonville, FL. It was with Dr. Abbas at Memorial Hospital.

I’m having my surgery at Memorial in May. I wanted to know if you can tell me if they provide private recovery rooms after surgery? I’ve heard some hospitals have you sharing rooms with other Bariatric patients.

ckilpat77 · March 12, 2018

Hey BeckyVSG2b! I did have a private room after surgery. Which doctor is doing your surgery? I have a REALLY great experience with Dr. Abbas at Memorial, all of the nurses after the surgery were GREAT too! I am sure you will do very well! Good luck and let me know if you have any questions at all!

ckilpat77 · March 12, 2018

On 2/23/2018 at 8:16 AM, jamieohhh said:

How was your surgery and recovery ? How do you feel now ? I'm still on the fence trying to decide .

Jamieohh,

It was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I wish I would have done it earlier! My surgery and recovery went GREAT! I am still losing weight and I actually have energy to do things! What in particular has you on the fence?

BeckyVSG2b · March 12, 2018

Hey BeckyVSG2b! I did have a private room after surgery. Which doctor is doing your surgery? I have a REALLY great experience with Dr. Abbas at Memorial, all of the nurses after the surgery were GREAT too! I am sure you will do very well! Good luck and let me know if you have any questions at all!

Awesome I’m super excited and so ready too!! Time seems to moving so slow lol My surgeon is Dr. John Deperi. Thanks so much

jamieohhh · March 12, 2018

Jamieohh,
It was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I wish I would have done it earlier! My surgery and recovery went GREAT! I am still losing weight and I actually have energy to do things! What in particular has you on the fence?

I think the recovery - reading a lot about the struggles a lot of people have faced along the way - and then the whole " I can only eat 4 bites of food " thing freaks me out . I truly am terrified of complications too.

ckilpat77 · March 14, 2018

I think the recovery - reading a lot about the struggles a lot of people have faced along the way - and then the whole " I can only eat 4 bites of food " thing freaks me out . I truly am terrified of complications too.

It is very difficult to adjust to not being able to eat the same things you used to eat but the harder part for me is not being able to eat the same amount of food. I stuck to the pre-op diet very strictly and I just told myself that I HAD to have the surgery because it will prevent me from overeating my way to being obese. If you REALLY want to lose weight, you will adapt to these changes better. Good luck with your decision!

Christina