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Topic: RE: Introduction
Hi, Lisa. Welcome to the Ohio forum.
Good luck with the PS. I had my panni, tummy, and arms done (but in 3 separate surgeries, unfortunately).
Lora
Good luck with the PS. I had my panni, tummy, and arms done (but in 3 separate surgeries, unfortunately).
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Topic: RE: researching options - what do you think?
Check out Riverside and Mt Carmel as well. Insurance companies may only cover certain surgeons.
Topic: RE: Introduction
Good Luck with the plastics! I seriously want a TT but ughh... I need to win the lottery first lol
Topic: RE: researching options - what do you think?
Good Luck!!!! If you have any questions what so ever, do not hesitate to PM me or ask on the forum.
Topic: RE: Need to talk **** for a minute....
Martha, did you recently get your gall bladder taken out?
My stools look like that and the doc calls it something -like diahrea related to removal of gall bladder.
if you havent had your glal baldder out, then you need to call the dr quick! I saw a Dr OZ episide where greasy stools indicate something wrong with your pancreas.
My stools look like that and the doc calls it something -like diahrea related to removal of gall bladder.
if you havent had your glal baldder out, then you need to call the dr quick! I saw a Dr OZ episide where greasy stools indicate something wrong with your pancreas.
Topic: RE: Introduction
Hi Lisa,
I'm relatively new to this forum and haven't yet had surgery--I just consulted with a surgeon yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'm getting the sleeve procedure.
I live in between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in Mahoning County Ohio. I love to visit Pittsburgh, but love the Browns even more!
Good luck with your plastic surgery!
Kim
I'm relatively new to this forum and haven't yet had surgery--I just consulted with a surgeon yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'm getting the sleeve procedure.
I live in between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in Mahoning County Ohio. I love to visit Pittsburgh, but love the Browns even more!
Good luck with your plastic surgery!
Kim
Topic: Introduction
Hi everyone!
I'm new here but not new - sort of... I had my WLS 10/11/01 when I still lived in Pittsburgh. About 2 years later I got married and moved to Cleveland (that's where hubby is from). For the record, I am now a Browns fan.
It took me awhile and a few hard lessons to lose the weight I needed to lose - but I am now finally at a healthy weight. I'm scheduled for plastic surgery at the end of this month and at the end of June (details in siggy).
I've been posting a lot in the plastic surgery forum but thought I'd stop over here, see what my fellow Ohioians are up to and thought it only appropriate to introduce myself.
So hello all!
Lisa
I'm new here but not new - sort of... I had my WLS 10/11/01 when I still lived in Pittsburgh. About 2 years later I got married and moved to Cleveland (that's where hubby is from). For the record, I am now a Browns fan.
It took me awhile and a few hard lessons to lose the weight I needed to lose - but I am now finally at a healthy weight. I'm scheduled for plastic surgery at the end of this month and at the end of June (details in siggy).
I've been posting a lot in the plastic surgery forum but thought I'd stop over here, see what my fellow Ohioians are up to and thought it only appropriate to introduce myself.
So hello all!
Lisa
RNY: 10/11/2001 PS: May 28, 2010: Circumferential body lift with gluteal augmentation and brachioplasty & thoracoplasty June 25, 2010: Bilateral breast augmentation with mastopexy and medial thigh lift
Topic: RE: The best plastic surgeon in Ohio is....
Dr. Jason Leedy is doing my plastics (very soon) - his office is in Hillcrest Hospital but he's doing the surgery at Marymount - all part of the Clinic.
From our discussions, I'm very pleased with my choice so far. I will post updates after I have my procedures.
From our discussions, I'm very pleased with my choice so far. I will post updates after I have my procedures.
RNY: 10/11/2001 PS: May 28, 2010: Circumferential body lift with gluteal augmentation and brachioplasty & thoracoplasty June 25, 2010: Bilateral breast augmentation with mastopexy and medial thigh lift
Topic: RE: researching options - what do you think?
Thanks for your opinions. I appreciate the direct responses. I am going to register for the next WLS info session at OSU and see where it leads me. I will be able to learn about the surgeries they perform and their process and get this ball rolling ONCE AND FOR ALL!
I am a lover of "The Golden Girls" and remember that episode quite well...
Hope you both have a wonderful weekend...
Thanks for your opinions. I appreciate the direct responses. I am going to register for the next WLS info session at OSU and see where it leads me. I will be able to learn about the surgeries they perform and their process and get this ball rolling ONCE AND FOR ALL!
I am a lover of "The Golden Girls" and remember that episode quite well...
Hope you both have a wonderful weekend...
Topic: RE: researching options - what do you think?
There is a 12 week weight loss mgmt program at a local university hospital that will evaluate you and present options of WLS vs. doing it yourself.
Maybe I am starting to waiver due to reading a few too many failure posts??? I'm not sure if this is a normal thought process??? Any of you who have been through the surgery ever feel this way???
Thanks!If you think you're going to fail you will. Harsh right?
Weight loss surgery is a tool; nothing more, nothing less. It's what YOU make it out to be... that's what matters most.
I had over 200 lbs to lose. I had a bmi of 50+ These two reasons alone opened up the doors to all of the available weight loss surgeries.
My suggestions:
1. Examine why your past diet attempts failed (Write your responses down so you can physically look at them)
2. Discover what your weakness are. Are you a sweat eater, a carb eater, a bulk eater, a stress eater, eat when you're happy etc (Write them down)
3. Research the various surgeries. Look at the band, sleeve, RNY, DS, etc Look at all the pros and cons of the surgeries. Write them down.
You need to decide for yourself which surgery you think will work best for YOU.
I keep stressing YOU because you need to take pride in the surgery you choose. Your surgery is not going to be a get out of jail card free. It's going to be a tool to help you lose weight and keep it off for life.
Do you watch Golden Girls? There's an episode where the housekeeper gives Blanche a special bottle of "Love Potion" Blanche believes that this is truly a love potion and uses it every day religiously... guys are all over her like white on rice. It's later that she finds out that it's not a love potion, it's Chanel #5.
What's my point? My point is she BELIEVED it was a love potion. Those good vibes and that strong will alone will help even the weakest person out.
You need to say to yourself "No matter what I hear, this time I AM going to succeed"
You need to do your home work, you need to find out what makes a successful WLS patient sucessful. Stay off of the WLS failures. Go visit the surgery boards as well as the graduate boards. Ask these people what they've done to make their surgery a success. I'll tell you this much; 95 percent of all successful weight loss surgery patients attend some sort of support meeting. They hold themselves accountable for what they've put their body through.
What do I think about the 12 week weight loss program? I say go for it! Most insurance programs require some sort of pre-op program to make sure the patient is ready for surgery. Take that 12 weeks and learn as much as you can about weight loss. Invest that time in yourself to make sure that this time around you are going to be a success. You can do it! You just need to believe in yourself.
On May 7, 2010 at 9:04 AM Pacific Time, Mama477 wrote:
I just started researching WLS options. I have 100 - 125 # to lose and the only co-morbidity i have is high cholesterol, big BMI and lots of aches and pains. After reading quite of few posts on this site I wonder if it would be wise to start with the therapy route first? There is a 12 week weight loss mgmt program at a local university hospital that will evaluate you and present options of WLS vs. doing it yourself.
Maybe I am starting to waiver due to reading a few too many failure posts??? I'm not sure if this is a normal thought process??? Any of you who have been through the surgery ever feel this way???
Thanks!
Weight loss surgery is a tool; nothing more, nothing less. It's what YOU make it out to be... that's what matters most.
I had over 200 lbs to lose. I had a bmi of 50+ These two reasons alone opened up the doors to all of the available weight loss surgeries.
My suggestions:
1. Examine why your past diet attempts failed (Write your responses down so you can physically look at them)
2. Discover what your weakness are. Are you a sweat eater, a carb eater, a bulk eater, a stress eater, eat when you're happy etc (Write them down)
3. Research the various surgeries. Look at the band, sleeve, RNY, DS, etc Look at all the pros and cons of the surgeries. Write them down.
You need to decide for yourself which surgery you think will work best for YOU.
I keep stressing YOU because you need to take pride in the surgery you choose. Your surgery is not going to be a get out of jail card free. It's going to be a tool to help you lose weight and keep it off for life.
Do you watch Golden Girls? There's an episode where the housekeeper gives Blanche a special bottle of "Love Potion" Blanche believes that this is truly a love potion and uses it every day religiously... guys are all over her like white on rice. It's later that she finds out that it's not a love potion, it's Chanel #5.
What's my point? My point is she BELIEVED it was a love potion. Those good vibes and that strong will alone will help even the weakest person out.
You need to say to yourself "No matter what I hear, this time I AM going to succeed"
You need to do your home work, you need to find out what makes a successful WLS patient sucessful. Stay off of the WLS failures. Go visit the surgery boards as well as the graduate boards. Ask these people what they've done to make their surgery a success. I'll tell you this much; 95 percent of all successful weight loss surgery patients attend some sort of support meeting. They hold themselves accountable for what they've put their body through.
What do I think about the 12 week weight loss program? I say go for it! Most insurance programs require some sort of pre-op program to make sure the patient is ready for surgery. Take that 12 weeks and learn as much as you can about weight loss. Invest that time in yourself to make sure that this time around you are going to be a success. You can do it! You just need to believe in yourself.
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