Ohio newbie seeking direction/surgeon/opinions
Hi Jen, my name is Jody Hoch, don't mind you asking at all.
Of course you can pet our horses. Springfield is just off of I-70 east of Dayton at exit 59. Should be a short trek for you, our friends from Miamisburg commute back and forth to the show.
As for your friends, hate to say this but they are really afraid that you will succeed. They would rather you all just keep trying and failing over and over and you can commiserate with each other.
What they, and you don't understand is the physical component of obesity. At a certain point your body takes over control of your drive to eat and slows metabolism down because it is sure you are starving and need to preserve your fat stores. Your stomach releases a hormone called Ghrelin that sends endless hunger messages to your brain that get stronger and stronger until you eat. Fat, Carbs, Sweets. This surgery removes the part of the stomach that releases that nasty hormone.
What amazed me, I walked in the hospital a diabetic and walked out off of diabetes meds, blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds. Just like that. Boom. Gone.
One sad thing you are going to learn is that you may lose friends during this journey, you will see a lot of posts to that effect, even marriages are lost. Why? Some people will go out of their way to try to sabotage your diet, spouses and friends will be surprised by your new self confidence. Yes, you will change, for the better. You need to focus on you and if it means pushing some people away, then that is what you have to do.
Haven't had to do that, yet.
Oh, Look on the events tab for info on the conference that OH is going to have in Cincinnati in August. There will be speakers, lots of people just like us, and vendors with samples! I'll be there the entire time, really looking forward to it.
Of course you can pet our horses. Springfield is just off of I-70 east of Dayton at exit 59. Should be a short trek for you, our friends from Miamisburg commute back and forth to the show.
As for your friends, hate to say this but they are really afraid that you will succeed. They would rather you all just keep trying and failing over and over and you can commiserate with each other.
What they, and you don't understand is the physical component of obesity. At a certain point your body takes over control of your drive to eat and slows metabolism down because it is sure you are starving and need to preserve your fat stores. Your stomach releases a hormone called Ghrelin that sends endless hunger messages to your brain that get stronger and stronger until you eat. Fat, Carbs, Sweets. This surgery removes the part of the stomach that releases that nasty hormone.
What amazed me, I walked in the hospital a diabetic and walked out off of diabetes meds, blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds. Just like that. Boom. Gone.
One sad thing you are going to learn is that you may lose friends during this journey, you will see a lot of posts to that effect, even marriages are lost. Why? Some people will go out of their way to try to sabotage your diet, spouses and friends will be surprised by your new self confidence. Yes, you will change, for the better. You need to focus on you and if it means pushing some people away, then that is what you have to do.
Haven't had to do that, yet.
Oh, Look on the events tab for info on the conference that OH is going to have in Cincinnati in August. There will be speakers, lots of people just like us, and vendors with samples! I'll be there the entire time, really looking forward to it.
Hi Jody,
Thanks so much for being so great and answering my ? I'm really hoping to come to the show and meet you and see your mini horses! I do so love animals and like I said have wanted a horse since I was like 3 or 4. You'll probably think I'm such a dork when you see me around them petting them! Which just tickles me that if I come I can pet them!!! My hubby mapped it out for me this morning and said it's a very easy drive. But I am such a CHICKEN when it comes to driving...esp. if I've never been there before and being alone...so I'm trying to talk myself into it. I've told some of my friends and they're encouraging me to go. :)
Now can I poke into your life once again?? You said you were pretty deep into depression when you decided to do this. Me too. And everyone keeps asking me why do I think I can do it with the surgery if I don't think I can do without. I'm not sure how to answer that! And when I say that I can have minimal success on my own but I always gain it back they come back with what makes me think that won't happen with the surgery. And I just don't know how to answer that but I just have this feeling that I can do it with the "push" of the surgery. And it is REALLY making me ANGRY that people keep phrasing it like "doing it the 'hard' way" versus doing it the "easy way." Like it's something to be ashamed of. Kind of like Starr Jones denying it for so long. Ya' know what...I'll be the FIRST person to admit it if I do it! Just like people acting like being on an anti-depressant is something to be ashamed of and you should work towards getting off of it at all costs. Forget that...mine helps me get through my days. And now I'm getting the well I think you're selling yourself short deal. You really can do this if you just put your mind to it. (HEAVY SIGH) It's just so frustrating as most of my friends I talk to and confide in are no where near the weight I'm at. So they can't possibly understand what it's like being me and living how I've lived. And I know I'm heading towards diabetes and probably heart attack...and don't really care...passive suicide as my sister calls it. So if I do the surgery and start losing weight and start feeling good about myself and I CAN DO THIS then that's great! One of my friends says she's heard it could possibly take 10 years off your life. Well the way I look at it...I'd rather have 10 less years of life to live healthy then 10 grueling years of in and out of hospitals and feeling like yuck...ya' know??
I'm sorry Jody...I seem to have latched on to you and just type you books. Forgive me? I think it's cuz you used Dr. Myers and I'm thinking of him and you have HORSES and that just makes you freaking AWESOME in my book to begin with...and I just like your honesty, advice and kindness!
So I'll shut up for now and promise to try not to write you a book!
Hugs,
Jen
Thanks so much for being so great and answering my ? I'm really hoping to come to the show and meet you and see your mini horses! I do so love animals and like I said have wanted a horse since I was like 3 or 4. You'll probably think I'm such a dork when you see me around them petting them! Which just tickles me that if I come I can pet them!!! My hubby mapped it out for me this morning and said it's a very easy drive. But I am such a CHICKEN when it comes to driving...esp. if I've never been there before and being alone...so I'm trying to talk myself into it. I've told some of my friends and they're encouraging me to go. :)
Now can I poke into your life once again?? You said you were pretty deep into depression when you decided to do this. Me too. And everyone keeps asking me why do I think I can do it with the surgery if I don't think I can do without. I'm not sure how to answer that! And when I say that I can have minimal success on my own but I always gain it back they come back with what makes me think that won't happen with the surgery. And I just don't know how to answer that but I just have this feeling that I can do it with the "push" of the surgery. And it is REALLY making me ANGRY that people keep phrasing it like "doing it the 'hard' way" versus doing it the "easy way." Like it's something to be ashamed of. Kind of like Starr Jones denying it for so long. Ya' know what...I'll be the FIRST person to admit it if I do it! Just like people acting like being on an anti-depressant is something to be ashamed of and you should work towards getting off of it at all costs. Forget that...mine helps me get through my days. And now I'm getting the well I think you're selling yourself short deal. You really can do this if you just put your mind to it. (HEAVY SIGH) It's just so frustrating as most of my friends I talk to and confide in are no where near the weight I'm at. So they can't possibly understand what it's like being me and living how I've lived. And I know I'm heading towards diabetes and probably heart attack...and don't really care...passive suicide as my sister calls it. So if I do the surgery and start losing weight and start feeling good about myself and I CAN DO THIS then that's great! One of my friends says she's heard it could possibly take 10 years off your life. Well the way I look at it...I'd rather have 10 less years of life to live healthy then 10 grueling years of in and out of hospitals and feeling like yuck...ya' know??
I'm sorry Jody...I seem to have latched on to you and just type you books. Forgive me? I think it's cuz you used Dr. Myers and I'm thinking of him and you have HORSES and that just makes you freaking AWESOME in my book to begin with...and I just like your honesty, advice and kindness!
So I'll shut up for now and promise to try not to write you a book!
Hugs,
Jen
Hi and welcome to obesity help...I had the band placed in feb. 2006 at Barix in Groveport Ohio by Dr Barbara...I am completely satisfied with my band, no complications, and a weight loss of over 220lbs...Dr Curry does my fills for me now, as I travel to Cincinnati frequently...I LOVE Dr Curry, and his staff...
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Wow, that is so sad, that lack of support from friends and family. Well, you have support here sister!
The restriction from the surgery will allow you to eat MUCH less and thus lose weight. Easy way? No, it is the hard way, you are risking your life with surgery and committing to an eating plan for the rest of your life.
This surgery is only a tool, one you can abuse, or use correctly as you decide.
Why use a rock to pound in a nail instead of a nail gun? This is your nail gun. You can get the job done faster and better this way. The ghrelin will go away.
Hey, here is a web site you can go to, and watch their shows from the first one to the most current. It will help you loads and is so funny! Called Bariatric TV. http://bariatrictv.com/
I don't mind your questions at all, you are more than welcome to do this. You might have to stiffen up and tell your 'friends' that this is your decision to make and if they are going to poison you with negativity, there's the door. They don't have a right to control you. Right now you are bigger than them and this surgery will make you smaller and one of them will become the biggest one.
I do hope you come to the show, it would be good to meet you in person.
Oh, if you want to see some of the horse pictures, go to my website. www.stonehavenminihorses.com
The restriction from the surgery will allow you to eat MUCH less and thus lose weight. Easy way? No, it is the hard way, you are risking your life with surgery and committing to an eating plan for the rest of your life.
This surgery is only a tool, one you can abuse, or use correctly as you decide.
Why use a rock to pound in a nail instead of a nail gun? This is your nail gun. You can get the job done faster and better this way. The ghrelin will go away.
Hey, here is a web site you can go to, and watch their shows from the first one to the most current. It will help you loads and is so funny! Called Bariatric TV. http://bariatrictv.com/
I don't mind your questions at all, you are more than welcome to do this. You might have to stiffen up and tell your 'friends' that this is your decision to make and if they are going to poison you with negativity, there's the door. They don't have a right to control you. Right now you are bigger than them and this surgery will make you smaller and one of them will become the biggest one.
I do hope you come to the show, it would be good to meet you in person.
Oh, if you want to see some of the horse pictures, go to my website. www.stonehavenminihorses.com
I just wanted to add what I have experianced. I had the sleeve done on November 10th 2009 with Dr Myers and it's went very well. I have to agree with not wanting to recomend a particular surgery but I am very happy with my choice. I have lost almost 100lbs so far and the weight loss has slowing but thats predictable. The Fresh Starts program has been great. Before the surgery there was an in depth evaluation both diet and psycological, very thorogh.After surgery they monitor you closely and have visits with the dietician. Also there is an exer**** program to help the weight loss. This has been a very positive experiance for me. Good Luck!
I RNY on 2/9/10 and I'm doing GREAT! The only thing I regret is that I didn't do it sooner1
I choose RNY because I was over 300 pounds with many co-morbidities. After talking with my surgeon we both agreed that RNY would help me lose weight quickly and would resolve many of my health concerns. I'm off over 1/2 my meds. Insulin has gone way, way down & my GP is confident as I lose more I can come off it completely.
My surgeon was Dr. Trace Curry of Cincinnati (Evandale). I'm actually closer to Columbus but after attending a seminar with Dr. Curry I really felt good about him. He has had adjustable band surgery himself. Many of those who work in his office have had one surgery or another. The staff is very caring & helpful. They were great about helping me meet my insurance requirements, getting the info to them as soon as it was ready & staying in touch with me through the process.
If you want any more info please PM me or if you just would like to talk with some who had RNY.
God Bless!
Lorraine
I choose RNY because I was over 300 pounds with many co-morbidities. After talking with my surgeon we both agreed that RNY would help me lose weight quickly and would resolve many of my health concerns. I'm off over 1/2 my meds. Insulin has gone way, way down & my GP is confident as I lose more I can come off it completely.
My surgeon was Dr. Trace Curry of Cincinnati (Evandale). I'm actually closer to Columbus but after attending a seminar with Dr. Curry I really felt good about him. He has had adjustable band surgery himself. Many of those who work in his office have had one surgery or another. The staff is very caring & helpful. They were great about helping me meet my insurance requirements, getting the info to them as soon as it was ready & staying in touch with me through the process.
If you want any more info please PM me or if you just would like to talk with some who had RNY.
God Bless!
Lorraine
(40 lbs. lost pre-op)
D.I.E.T. = Did I Eat Thoughtfully?
Jen,
I had the gastric sleeve done with Dr Curry and I don't have one regret. I've lost almost 40 lbs in 2 months and have had no complications. Dr Curry is located about 40 minutes south of Dayton Ohio and he has done tons of surgeries. He also does the lap band as well. I chose the gastric sleeve for several reasons... one of the top being that once I recovered from surgery I did not need to go in for fills... plus I did quite a bit of research and for me and my lifestyle, the sleeve was the better choice for me. As someone said before, make sure you check out a few surgeons, you'll know when you have found the right one!!
I had the gastric sleeve done with Dr Curry and I don't have one regret. I've lost almost 40 lbs in 2 months and have had no complications. Dr Curry is located about 40 minutes south of Dayton Ohio and he has done tons of surgeries. He also does the lap band as well. I chose the gastric sleeve for several reasons... one of the top being that once I recovered from surgery I did not need to go in for fills... plus I did quite a bit of research and for me and my lifestyle, the sleeve was the better choice for me. As someone said before, make sure you check out a few surgeons, you'll know when you have found the right one!!
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