Posts by electricangler16

Thanks, Olivia Rivera. I suppose it’s too late to bother with these hormone tests now 😢 since my appointment at the Mayo Clinic is set for Thursday, November 26th. I still have thyroid labs from back in the spring—they even biopsied some small cysts on my thyroid, though everything turned out fine in the end. 😁
I’ll definitely share my experience once it's over, as I think it might help people preparing for their visit there. As for the lab requirements, they really should have told me what was needed when I first booked the appointment; instead, they just mentioned the referral. I mean, how am I supposed to know that? 😕
Honestly, if I hadn't been digging through online forums, I wouldn't have even known about this. 🤷
Now, I guess I’m actually more interested 😉 in seeing firsthand how they plan to tackle obesity treatment at the Mayo Clinic than I am in whether it will actually help me.

Thanks Hannah Bishop 🙂. I realized you're actually going now since you wrote November 18th 🤔, though I assume you meant next month—that’s why I was asking about the report.
Anyway, I guess I'll be heading in before you do 🙂, so I'll let you know how it goes.
My thyroid levels are always fine, but I hear there are other hormones I should probably have checked too. I'm not sure which ones, so I suppose I was expecting them to tell me up there. Regardless, I'll bring my thyroid results along, but my hormones are all over the place because I've hit menopause. 🙂

Hannah Bishop said:Hey! So, I have an appointment scheduled for November 18th at Rib... and I'm actually pretty curious. When I booked it, they mentioned I need to bring some kind of test results along with me....

That's just great.👍 Could you please let me know how it went? And what exactly do they need besides a referral? What kind of tests are we talking about here???😲 I guess I'm hoping you'll check back in. Thanks in advance!🙂

👋 Thanks so much Olivia Rivera!!! Finally some actual facts. I really appreciate you responding. I’m heading there next Thursday, so this info arrived at just the right time. You wouldn't believe how long I've been searching for someone who had actually been there before.🙄
I have to say, I’m not exactly shocked by your experience. I’d already started thinking for myself that it probably wasn't much to write home about. If it were any good, people would be raving about it or complaining loudly, but honestly, there's just nothing to say.😢 I mean, I expected them to at least run some tests to see if my issue was medical, but now I know better than to hope for that. Thank you again; at least I’ll be slightly more prepared for the disappointment. 😢
Since you've reached out, tell me—what did you do after that? Are you going for follow-ups up north? Or did you try to handle things on your own??
Best regards 👋

Karen Williams59 and Carol Price79 - thanks for reaching out 👍. Since I'm already scheduled for November 26th with Dr. Cortez over at Endocrinology (maybe > was thinking of him?), I guess I'll just find out what's going on myself pretty soon enough 😲.
Lisa Thompson - thanks for the advice. I've got about 65 to 90 pounds of extra weight to lose (depending on how you define an ideal weight, I suppose), so I'll go ahead and read through those threads to get familiar with the methods. Maybe that's my path too, 🙂.

👋Thanks a ton, Betty Thomas8. This actually sounds pretty promising :klap:. I’m really looking forward to your next update. Definitely let me know if it turns out not to be Rib; I suppose I could always try a different Obesity Treatment Center if they take a more systematic approach to weight loss. Honestly, when I first started, six months felt like an absolute eternity, but now it's almost here. I guess I'm just learning how to be patient 🙂 because fighting these extra pounds is such a long, grueling process.
Also, please write back and tell me if it actually helped your colleague—like, were there any real results?
Best, 👋

Thanks for the heads-up, Betty Thomas8, but I didn't actually say I was signing up for that so-called Weight Watchers. They sent me to an endocrinology appointment at the Mayo Clinic first. 🙄
And yeah, I went back in early May 2009, but then they scheduled my follow-up for November 26, 2009. 😲 In the meantime, I tried to find someone who had actually been there just to get an idea of what to expect. But honestly? I couldn't find a single soul who had used them. I searched Google, posted on a few different forums, and still—nothing. Zilch. 👎
I mean, this whole thing is starting to feel pretty weird to me. ☕
Also, you're right about the referral. You have to get a referral from your primary care doctor to even get sent to the endocrinologist in the first place. 👍

Hello, is there really absolutely nothing anyone knows about this???? 😕😕😕

Thanks for the link, Megan King15, but I’ve been on that site a hundred times and there isn't a single thing about that center. I'm starting to think the whole thing was just an advertisement and doesn't actually exist.

Does seriously nobody know anything about this? Has really no one even been there???
Someone? Anyone? 🙄

At the start of the year, there was all this massive hype everywhere about the new Obesity Treatment Center opening up at Rib. Now, I’ve been scouring the internet and various forums, but I can't find a single mention of it anymore. It's like it just vanished. I can't find anyone sharing their actual experiences there, either. So, I guess I'm asking: does anyone actually know if this center is even operational? Has anyone here actually gone there and have some kind of experience to share?? 😕 🤷