Ohio sleevers anyone?

[Lacunn711 2]

Hello RubyDoobie,

I live in Bethel, Ohio, a small town about 40 miles from downtown Cincinnati. I'm so glad to hear your surgery went so well because Dr. Curry will be doing mine. I have my 6th visit Feb. 19th then they'll submit everything to insurance for approval, then we can set my surgery date. I'm hoping I'll be sleeved the end of March.

Boy, do I have a ton of question to ask you!

How long after your approval was your surgery date set?
Did you have your surgery done at the Life Center or in a Hospital?
How long were you there after surgery?
How was the experience?
What Protein Drink did you like best?
How much weight did you have to loose and have you lost?
How soon were you back to work?
Did you have a drain?

I'm so sorry for the tons of questions but your the first person I've had contact with who is a Dr. Curry patient.

[kay_benson 4]

Hi! From Dayton! I have a completely secret wls group on Facebook! 100% drama free and most of the members are in Ohio. Anyone care to join? If u have a Facebook let me know how to find u and I can add u. Being the group is secret only a member can add u because it can't be seen by outside members. Hope to to add some of u! :-)

[TamTam111 4]

I just had my sleeve last week (1/27/14) with Dr. Watkins in West Chester, OH. But I live in NKy. After my first 3-4 days, things have gone very well!!!

[Rubydoobie 12]

Hello Lacunn711:

Very Happy to answer any & all questions you may have.

I believe they scheduled the surgery date within 2 weeks of the insurance approval.

Surgery done at the Life Center.

My experience was very positive---their team is very positive, professional & efficient. My surgery was at 11:00 AM, I spent one night & was out the next morning about 10 - 11:00 AM the next morning. Had the liquid pain medication which I used for a few days at home but the surgery wasn't as painful as I anticipated - I had a C-section with my last child & the pain with this surgery is not as bad. It's amazing how fast our bodies can heal IMO.

Protein Drink - My favorite is Isopure ZERO CARB Creamy vanilla - Note I mix only 6 oz of Water to one scoopful instead of the recommended 8 oz. of Water - tastes much better IMO.

Also like Syntrax nectar strawberry KIWI - same deal I mix 6 oz water to one scoopful. If I mix the 8 oz water I find it tastes nasty diluted.

I have a Protein Drink every morning along with Vitamins which I get from CELEBRATEVITAMINS.COM - the nutritionist will advise you what chewables you will need to take & when you can change to tablets. You will be happy when you can change from the chewables - they are rather chalky.

Weight to lose: Dr. Curry targeted me to lose 60 lbs; don't think he wanted me to have higher hopes than that; however I wanted & have achieved a 90 lb loss effortlessly. I'm now eating more frequently/higher calories to maintain current weight so I don't lose more - I never would have imagined this. Recommend that you use myfitnesspal.com to track your daily diet - you need to verify your protein/carb intake each day.

Work: I work at home so I had luxury of adjusting to surgery rather easily. I was driving 5 days after surgery. I recommend taking at least one week off from work - with the healing & liquid diet, getting familiar with the whole process takes some time.

Dr. Curry doesn't do drains. FYI I had really bad bruising on my abdomen after the surgery but I do bruise easily.

If you have more questions, let them fly b/c we all have been in the same boat & learn a lot from this board.

[Rubydoobie 12]

TamTam111:

Glad to hear things are going well for you after your recent surgery. Wish you well on your weight loss journey!

[Lacunn711 2]

Rubydoobie,

I was soooo excited to get your response to my many questions I totally read over your answer in regards to the question about the Life Center. Please ignore my last email.

Again thank you for answering my many question!

Lacunn711

Edited February 5, 2014 by Lacunn711

[kay_benson 4]

Hi. i have a secret wls group on Facebook. mostly people from ohio.no one can see the group even exists if you are not a member. if you would like to join add my personal page ( a friend has to add u) then i can add u to the group. ill delete u of my personal page afterwards. but its a nice group and good handful from cincinatti/ fairfield area. hope you join us. my name on fb is kay kay benson. my email on fb to find me is cynthia.k.benson@facebook.com

[CynthiaAnn 59]

Just south of Dayton here. Had my surgery on 8/18/15 and it has been a breeze so far! I have lost 22 lbs and feel great!

[RVav 4]

I'm just south of Cleveland. I'm still pre op, I will be done with nut visits in 2 months!

[CynthiaAnn 59]

I have found it so interesting how different pre op is with different doctors, as well as with post op stages! I had to visit my doctor's weight loss center and meet with the nutritionist, psycholigist an exercise specialist for 30 minutes each. My family doctor had to monitor my weight and give advice for 3 months and then it was surgery time. Two weeks before my surgery it was approved by Medical Mutual and the next day all Kettering Hospital doctors were dropped by my insurance! I had to get special transition to have my doctor covered as in-network.

[blacksheep 0]

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[manfordj 0]

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Are you from Ohio?

[manfordj 0]

Hi. i have a secret wls group on Facebook. mostly people from ohio.no one can see the group even exists if you are not a member. if you would like to join add my personal page ( a friend has to add u) then i can add u to the group. ill delete u of my personal page afterwards. but its a nice group and good handful from cincinatti/ fairfield area. hope you join us. my name on fb is kay kay benson. my email on fb to find me is cynthia.k.benson@facebook.com

You are a hard woman to find on Facebook lol I tried looking you up by your name and it didn't match your email and it wouldn't let me search by your email. I am also from Ohio about an hour and a half from Cincinnati and would love to be a part of your group. I had my sleeve three months ago and would like someone to talk to that understands my needs and obstacles. Thank you in advance.

[bengaldude 27]

Dr. Curry did mine 8 months ago. Went very well. Definitely recommend him.

[spatch 0]

I'm from northeast Ohio, about 40 miles south of Cleveland. I had my sleeve done at the Cleveland Clinic. Anyone from my area?

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