I'm just curious to know if there are any Cincinnati Ohio Sleevers?

i agree, I haven't met any yet either that would be nice! lol oh and Stephanie, ( My name is rachel btw) I scheduled my procedure right after I hade my EGD, they were nice friendly and fast , everything is going well! and the egd is a sinch let me tell ya lol I worried myself to death about it and it was super super easy lol

Hey Rachel.. Glad you have had a great experience so far.. I am scheduled for my edg on the 6th.. I am a little nervous.. Are you in a twilght state or are you completely under?? Did you have an iv?? My surgery was then sceduled for the 24th.. So excited but very nervous.. Are you having your sleeve at journey lite?? Im guessi g youll be on liquids soon... Ughhhh!!! Hope we can

keep in touch.. Stephanie..

Hi Everyone, I am going to Dr. Curry as well. I live in northern ky.. I am glad to hear keldolbeth you had a good experience.. Thanks for your posts.. I was approved on Friday, and was hoping I would hear from the scheduler by now.. Getting anxious.. Zebrasprinkles.. Did you have to wait till after your edg to schedule your actual procedure?? Hope we can keep in touch.. Stephanie

Because journey lite was just like 2 doors down after I woke up from the egd, we walked over and spoke to Chastity ( I think that is how you spell her name ) and got an appointment right then! It was super quick and easy.

Hey Rachel.. Glad you have had a great experience so far.. I am scheduled for my edg on the 6th.. I am a little nervous.. Are you in a twilght state or are you completely under?? Did you have an iv?? My surgery was then sceduled for the 24th.. So excited but very nervous.. Are you having your sleeve at journey lite?? Im guessi g youll be on liquids soon... Ughhhh!!! Hope we can

keep in touch.. Stephanie..

Stephanie,

Do not be nervous at all! I know easier said than done because I was super nervous too! You do get an IV and I have huge veins so they stuck me in my arm, the worst part about the whole this is right before you pass out.. they have the friendliest nicest staff, he was like this is the numbing spray fro your throat, it tates delicious, I said don't lie to me lol and he said yeah this is the worst part it's nasty, but I remember my oxygen nose thing being put on my nose, the spray going down my throat and the next "minute" I was waking up from recovery! I could not believe it lol apparently I said a lot of things... I woke up saying " I'm wasted!" and about " I had a dream" the nurse said about what? I said A cup of water! lol I was thirsty I guess?! and talking about how ham and greenbeans are my favorite food... lol wtf? I don't remember annnnny of that! don't stress! It's super easy, and I am having my surgery done at journey lite on september 10th and yes I would like to stay in thouch! Keep me updated on y our progress as well!

So glad it wasn't as bad as I am expecting.. I am so nervous.. Just the thought .. I'm glad everyone is friendly, that helps so much!!! When do you start your two week pre-op diet?? Is it all liquids.. ?? Talk soon.. Stephanie..

Hey Stephanie! I start my diet August 23 and I dunno what its gonna be lol. They said I pick it up and do my nutrition class then. So hopefully it's not too bad lol! I'll keep you posted for sure. Hope to hear from u soon! -Rachel

How long are you going to be on the pre-op diet? If it's just a week or two, it will be ok... I had to do four weeks and it was brutal.

It's basically packets of flavored "food" that you just add Water to. You get to select what you want. You are supposed to have 5 packets a day plus one Protein bar. They were pretty gross so it was hard to get 5 in. After two weeks I was getting very dizzy and weak from the lack of calories. I almost passed out while working out then I threw up when I got home. I talked to Rebecca and Dr. Curry and they told me to just stop working out! Can you believe that? lol

I still have several boxes left over because I just couldn't stomach it and cheated at least once a week (since I had already lost 65 lbs). These are my suggestions from the choices for the diet, the only things I liked were the crispy Protein Bars (variety pack), most of the Breakfast food is pretty good- pancakes, eggs, and the oatmeal is great (sometimes I ate it 3x a day), the chicken Soup with noodles, chili, Jello. I hated the other Soups, smoothies, pudding, chocolate bars, drink mixes. But, that's just my opinion. I wish someone would have given me a heads up because I ended up going back there and trading a few unopened boxes for more oatmeal. lol

I'm at the other end of the state, in Toledo. I don't think anyone from Toledo is on here. I still have one month of nutritional counseling to do. Getting anxious.

Thank you so much keldobeth for telling me the scoop lol the one chick said I'm going to be on the preop diet for 2 weeks.. blehhh hahaha but I am a little scared about it. Not having my chips anymore makes me a sad fatty lol but I'm sure I'll get through it some how

Howdy neighbors I am in Cinti and just got started with the process so right now we predict about nov for my surgery. I am my emg done Oct 13. So just readinf what you guys wrote it seems like I am in good hands. So Rachel how long did it take you to get approved after your first visit. WELL ANYONE CAN ANSWER THAT QUES it they want. It seems like their staff is very experience and that they are quick to get everything going. Good luck RACHEL!!!

Hey Lynn2win!

I started my process in july, July 18th actually. I had my consult with dr curry and psych and introduced to the staff that day, it was a 3 hour visit. I had my EGD scheduled for August 29th but I goofed and somehow thought it was August 15th but they were nice and understanding and took me in (oops! lol) and they submitted my stuff to insurance on August the 3rd they approved it on august 6th and I got my letter on August 10th. So after my egd on the 15th we walked over to the office and they scheduled me for September 10th, so only 21 more days to go! eek! Hope your process goes as quickly as mine!

Oh me too but I am having insurance pay for mine so I am hoping that in 7-8 weeks they say lets go and getter done. I have an appt for the egd but what do I expect I mean is it going to be painful what are they looking for???? yes I am nervous I wish I had done this back in May but I was nervous. I am sure not looking forward to that liquid diet. .....I am wishing you look thanks you make me wanna cry I hope we both have a successful weightloss and surgery. I figure I will join weightloss classes

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I am only about an hour from Toledo in nw Ohio. My mom and brother live in Toledo! Well I'm in the beginning stages, but pretty excited that I got my pcps approval today! One more thing checked off the list, now onto the psych eval! Once that is done how much longer should it take to start classes?

ZebraSprinkles, Congrats on getting your date! After I get my insurance approval, I won't get to see the surgeon for maybe a month and then the date will be about another month!!! For me it's all too slow!

September 10 is just around the corner! Going to the losers bench. YAY!!

I had to my doctor and like I said we talked about my weight and things I was doing to help lose weight but she

said I am best going to Dr for surgery and follow their program I could scream because I think I would get approved at

least a month earlier but oh well.