about me, first post

[Gaylebco 11]

Hello everyone, I'm a 44 year old woman who, like so many other is done with the yoyo dieting and weight fluxuation. I am meeting Dr Trace Curry in Cincinnatti Ohio on May 25th for my initial work up. I have seen several of you have seen him and had procedures done by him. He comes highly recommended and i am anxiously awaiting the outcome of 2 insurances to find out if i'll qualify for the sleeve i want. I wanted/needed a support group to help me get through these initial time all the way through the celebrations of success and for advise in every step along the way.

I have 3 kids by a previous marriage and will be married in Nov this year to my loving finance. I live in Columbus Ohio area and work as an RN in the Informantics department of my hospital helping creat the electronic medical record.

I'm not sure what else to say for now so i'll start with this and hope all luck and well wishes!

Gayle

[Raine 170]

Good luck and all the best. This board will give you so much information and support that you may be over whelmed.

[MRSKOUBiK 27]

Good luck

[sunnyd 32]

Good luck to you as you begin this journey!!!

[Gayle 9]

Hi, my name is Gayle too! It worked out for me, so that means it must work out for you! lol. That's just simple logic!

[sarsar 824]

Nice to meet you! Good luck, keep us updated!

[SarahS 13]

Hello everyone, I'm a 44 year old woman who, like so many other is done with the yoyo dieting and weight fluxuation. I am meeting Dr Trace Curry in Cincinnatti Ohio on May 25th for my initial work up. I have seen several of you have seen him and had procedures done by him. He comes highly recommended and i am anxiously awaiting the outcome of 2 insurances to find out if i'll qualify for the sleeve i want. I wanted/needed a support group to help me get through these initial time all the way through the celebrations of success and for advise in every step along the way.

I have 3 kids by a previous marriage and will be married in Nov this year to my loving finance. I live in Columbus Ohio area and work as an RN in the Informantics department of my hospital helping creat the electronic medical record.

I'm not sure what else to say for now so i'll start with this and hope all luck and well wishes!

Gayle

I am in the Cincinnati area and had my surgery at The Jewish Hospital, by Dr. Fegelman. He use to, or still does, work with Dr. Curry. My aunt is an RN at Jewish, and said he is an excellent doctor. Good luck to you!!!! You will love your sleeve!

[Leslie 14]

Hello! My name is Leslie and Dr. Curry is doing my sleeve on 7/12 at Jewish! I love him and his staff. They are so helpful. The insurance team is great!

[TNMOM 0]

Hello, I wish you the best of luck with your surgery. I had the gastric sleeve done on April 19th, 5 weeks ago today and I have lost 30 lbs. I do not regret having the surgery. Your lifestyle will change and that will be a positive change. I have met 4 ladies who also have had the sleeve and we talk on Facebook all the time. They are great friends and we share each others ups and downs and we can offer inspriration to each other when one of us is having a bad week. I just joined this forum and I have found a lot of helpful info. Hang in there.

Hello everyone, I'm a 44 year old woman who, like so many other is done with the yoyo dieting and weight fluxuation. I am meeting Dr Trace Curry in Cincinnatti Ohio on May 25th for my initial work up. I have seen several of you have seen him and had procedures done by him. He comes highly recommended and i am anxiously awaiting the outcome of 2 insurances to find out if i'll qualify for the sleeve i want. I wanted/needed a support group to help me get through these initial time all the way through the celebrations of success and for advise in every step along the way.

I have 3 kids by a previous marriage and will be married in Nov this year to my loving finance. I live in Columbus Ohio area and work as an RN in the Informantics department of my hospital helping creat the electronic medical record.

I'm not sure what else to say for now so i'll start with this and hope all luck and well wishes!

Gayle

[Gaylebco 11]

Thank you all for the wonderful welcome...sorry i am still learning the site and figuring our who replies to me. And the other Gayle...Love the name,...know it's in our Gayleness to do this!!

[MelissaG 0]

Hey Gayle,

I am seeing Dr. Curry in Cincinnati also. I can't wait to hear how your surgery goes. I haven't actually talked to anyone else who has done this, so please let me know. I live in Cincinnati, and I started this process in January. I just had my 6th visit with my doctor last week. I'm waiting for the insurance approval from UHC. Good Luck .

[Gaylebco 11]

MelissaG,

I am leaving in about an hour to Cincy to have my final consent appt and the nutrition class and get that yummy (not) LOL food for my preop diet. I have UHC as my secondary insurance and Aetna as my primary. I was approved in less than 2 weeks. Good luck to you in hearing very soon!

Gayle

[MelissaG 0]

Good luck with your preop diet. Let me know how the nutrition class goes. I think its like 3 hours or something. I work right up the street from Dr. Curry's office, so I'll be sending positive thoughts your way. Have a great day!

[Leslie 14]

Melissa and Gayle- Dr Curry did my sleeve on teh 12th at Jewish. He was great! He even called to check on me since he couldn't make it to the hospital to discharge me Other than the pain, which I should have expected, the surgery went well. He repaired my hernia while he was in there too. If either of you want to talk, send me a message and I will give you my number!

Good luck!

[Gaylebco 11]

Leslie, sounds great how well your doing, so glad you got that hernia fixed as well during that time!!

Melissa, I sooo felt that positive vibe from so close today! thanks for that extra support! The entire appt was from about 11am to 3:30pm for me. It included, labs, ekg, hospital paperwork, picking out the pre op foods, vitals and before pictures and of course the nutrition class. Lots of info and bought a few extras!

then of course ran across the state line to the Gap outlet and did some well deserved retail therapy ( can't wait till I can buy new for me -- next time!)

Time for me to put away all that food, have a great night and thanks for all the support everyone!

Gayle