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Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
If I drive to CC alone and have a procedure done that leaves me unable to drive. I'm wondering where can I stay that is reasonably priced. I hate relying on friends to drive me places. Usually they tell you that a driver is mandatory. I figure how big CC is there must be a shuttle to get you to some place to spend the night. Also if the winter roads get to bad... I may need a place to stay. Just trying to see what accommodations are available and if it's better to stay on campus or a few miles away from CC.
Thanks for the good words about Dr. S. I sure hope things go well for me with him also. Thanks for your post. I appreciate all the info. I can get.
Kathy
Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
Hi Susie,
Thanks for the reply. Oh I can so feel for you with the lapband that just wasnt' ... same as my RNY wasn't. It's amazing how one thing works for one person and then not as good for another. Always seems like I'm on the short end of the stick. (Weight loss included :-)).
I've been checking out the Cleveland clinic website. I'll be traveling alone and worry if I have to have an endoscope done at some point in time I won't be able to hop in the car and drive home. So I'm trying to figure things out ahead of time. A girlfriend is willing to go with me...but I figure I'll save that offer for if and when I need surgery and cant' drive back home.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience at CC. I wish you the best with your situration too.
Kathy
Thanks for the reply. Oh I can so feel for you with the lapband that just wasnt' ... same as my RNY wasn't. It's amazing how one thing works for one person and then not as good for another. Always seems like I'm on the short end of the stick. (Weight loss included :-)).
I've been checking out the Cleveland clinic website. I'll be traveling alone and worry if I have to have an endoscope done at some point in time I won't be able to hop in the car and drive home. So I'm trying to figure things out ahead of time. A girlfriend is willing to go with me...but I figure I'll save that offer for if and when I need surgery and cant' drive back home.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience at CC. I wish you the best with your situration too.
Kathy
Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
HI Robin,
Hope your appointment went well. I can't wait to hear if you got your surgery date. You're so right with support like this we cant' go wrong. Talk to you soon. Kathy
Hope your appointment went well. I can't wait to hear if you got your surgery date. You're so right with support like this we cant' go wrong. Talk to you soon. Kathy
Topic: Crossing Over to Transfer Addictions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/crossingtotransferaddictions/
Hi All,
There is a new OH Online Support Group. The above link will get you there.
It's called Crossing Over to Transfer Addictions.
This group discusses the issue of transfer addictions (also known as cross addictions) after weight loss surgery. there are millions of people who have undergone gastric bypass who are now dealing with issues of addiction transfer.
For a number of people, giving up overeating leads to adoption of a new compulsion. Addiction transfer occurs when someone is unable or unwilling to rely on one compulsion (for us, it was food) and so switches to a new compulsion (alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, shopping, internet, porn, etc) due to not having dealt with the underlying issue behind the compulsion.
***Please feel free (and safe) to join and discuss any and/all issues you have regarding Transfer Addiction. ***
WE WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER WITHOUT JUDGEMENT!
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/crossingtotransferaddictions/
Hi All,
There is a new OH Online Support Group. The above link will get you there.
It's called Crossing Over to Transfer Addictions.
This group discusses the issue of transfer addictions (also known as cross addictions) after weight loss surgery. there are millions of people who have undergone gastric bypass who are now dealing with issues of addiction transfer.
For a number of people, giving up overeating leads to adoption of a new compulsion. Addiction transfer occurs when someone is unable or unwilling to rely on one compulsion (for us, it was food) and so switches to a new compulsion (alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, shopping, internet, porn, etc) due to not having dealt with the underlying issue behind the compulsion.
***Please feel free (and safe) to join and discuss any and/all issues you have regarding Transfer Addiction. ***
WE WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER WITHOUT JUDGEMENT!
Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
Hello,
I also had Dr. Schauer for my RNY this past March. He is a very wonderful and kind man.
I had a very easy surgery and recovery because i believe he is an excellent surgeon.
The Cleveland Clinic is attached to the intercontinental hotel which would be the easiest place to stay. If you feel like some activity when you are done with your appointment, you could stay downtown cleveland at the Renaissance which is in walking vicinity of the Rock n Roll Hall of fame and some nice restaurants and shopping.
Good luck,
Susan
I also had Dr. Schauer for my RNY this past March. He is a very wonderful and kind man.
I had a very easy surgery and recovery because i believe he is an excellent surgeon.
The Cleveland Clinic is attached to the intercontinental hotel which would be the easiest place to stay. If you feel like some activity when you are done with your appointment, you could stay downtown cleveland at the Renaissance which is in walking vicinity of the Rock n Roll Hall of fame and some nice restaurants and shopping.
Good luck,
Susan
Topic: RE: Goal Weight
Congratulations!! I am just getting ready for my surgery, am very excited!! (Dec.10th)
Jamie
Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
I'm really happy w/ Dr. S.
I live in the CC area, can you let me know a little more of what you are looking for and a price range for a hotel? I have good luck w/ priceline.com. The CC has their own hotel, however it is VERY costly.
I also have Dr. S, I'm very happy with him ... and I'm VERY picky about my doc's :D
I live in the CC area, can you let me know a little more of what you are looking for and a price range for a hotel? I have good luck w/ priceline.com. The CC has their own hotel, however it is VERY costly.
I also have Dr. S, I'm very happy with him ... and I'm VERY picky about my doc's :D
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Topic: RE: Accommodations available at the Cleveland Clinic ???
Kathy... Go to www.clevelandclinic.org for more information about the hospital. When I had my surgery for the lapband on July 1, 2008, my husband and I stayed in the motel the next street east of the clinic. They have done a lot of landscaping since then, so it may be harder to get to the motel from the clinic's parking lot. I, too, had a 4 hr trip (one way) to get to the CC from my house, and I live southwest from it.
I am one of the unfortunate ones whose lapband just didn't work. I am a post menopausal woman of 61 years and have many medical conditions that I believe has kept me from losing any weight. I did lose 23 lbs initially, but stopped shortly after my lapband was placed. And I, too, am slowly gaining my lost weight back a little at a time. I feel like such a failure at this, as I have with all the other diets I've been on since I was in my 30's. Diets just don't work for me, and apparently the lapband won't either. I am taking a hiatus from dieting for now and may "regroup" in the near future again. So frustrating.
I hope you get the info you need from other posters and the website I sent you. Good luck to you.
Susie
I am one of the unfortunate ones whose lapband just didn't work. I am a post menopausal woman of 61 years and have many medical conditions that I believe has kept me from losing any weight. I did lose 23 lbs initially, but stopped shortly after my lapband was placed. And I, too, am slowly gaining my lost weight back a little at a time. I feel like such a failure at this, as I have with all the other diets I've been on since I was in my 30's. Diets just don't work for me, and apparently the lapband won't either. I am taking a hiatus from dieting for now and may "regroup" in the near future again. So frustrating.
I hope you get the info you need from other posters and the website I sent you. Good luck to you.
Susie
Allergan 10 cc band: First fill: 4cc'c 9/8/08 Second fill: .9cc's 10/13/08
Third fill: 1cc 2/11/09.... Total in band -- 5.9cc's Very slooooow weight loss!
BW- 273 / CW -250 / GW- 170 Total weightloss to date: 23 lbs. ( in 10 months ) 
Sept. 22, '09-- Had .2 cc's removed from my band. Slowly gaining back the weight. Up 10 lbs. CW- 260 Lapband not working for me!
Topic: RE: Tightened stomach skin
Can I get an Amen for Lycra and Spandex!
I don't have any overly insane issues with loose skin, but I swear, I put on some body armour and I feel like 1,000,000 bucks!
I don't have any overly insane issues with loose skin, but I swear, I put on some body armour and I feel like 1,000,000 bucks!
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