Anyone heard of this?????
My friend got referred but yesterday she got a call from Hamilton General Hospital they have a program there and that is where they want here to go it is shakes for 4-6 months and she has to pay $80 per week and she has to drive to hamillton once a week, over a hour drive....has anyone ever heard of this program? And any suggestions would be appreciated?
Sounds like Optifast to me. Did her referring Dr. ask for her to try that first maybe? That is odd. Maybe based on her weight, it was obvious that she didn't qualify for surgery. The only thing that comes to mind is that if she were too big, the might put her on shakes for a while first to try and eliminate more risk for the surgery. Conversely, if she is considered too light, but still overweight, maybe this program is the only option?? That is all speculation though. I have never heard of that happening. Curious....hmmmm...
Referral Sent: March 19, 2010
Surgery date with Dr. Denis Hong: December 9, 2010
A friend just mentioned to me that she is going to be part of this program. So yup I've heard of it. Shakes for a number of weeks then a gradual weaning off of the shakes on to real food along with psychological support and help with the "head" part of eating.
They wanted me to try this program too instead of surgery. My BMI is barely 40 so they wanted to offer me this alternative first.......you go on STRICKLY Opti-fast for 4-6 months, lose a lot of weight that way and they work with you once a week steering you into the right direction for proper eating once you go off the shakes. I refused this option and said that I wanted the surgery...... I advocated for myself and said that I would probably just regain all my weight back after going off the shakes.....so I said NO to this option and my surgery is now set for 19 days away and I start my 2 weeks of opti fast Monday morning :)
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on 1/23/13 4:21 am - Straford, Canada
Every couple of weeks there is someone on here asking about the same program. As the previous posters said its a crash diet on optifast and as they get you lighter they try and support you into exercising and eating well. My understanding is the success numbers long term are very low, but that is hearsay!
I wonder why, if they are also tending to the psychological component of it, the program is not successful. Obviously living on JUST Optifast for months would be hard unless you added in the 2 cups of veggies (If you have a set "date" of when the Opti is going to end-ie like your surgery date, that makes it harder)
Interesting. I think it's probably part of another study.
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