Dealing with Diabetes2 and remembering Goldi Community Group
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I am not very overweight and would not qualify for a real gastric band
but I have heard that it often cure;s diabetes
I must get on to the Doc to see if they will fund it for me, going under the hypno seems safer than the knife
Just a wee bit worried about becoming anorexic
As Marianna Zega lies on a gurney minutes away from the start of her gastric-band "surgery," she can smell the anesthetic, hear the operating staff shuffle about and even feel doctors put the band around her stomach.
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It's an operation that happens tens of thousands times a year. But what makes this procedure unique is that none of it is real. It's all in Zega's mind.
The procedure, or lack thereof, is called "gastric mind-band" and it's done through hypnosis. The treatment is the brainchild of hypnotherapists Martin and Marion Shirran, who run a clinic in Spain. The married couple got the idea, they said, from a neighbor.
"She said, 'My next door neighbor's just been in the hospital and paid a lot of money and had a gastric band fitted. And I just thought maybe if I came to see you, you could hypnotize me to make me think I've had it done,'" Martin Shirran said.
The idea is to fight obesity mentally. An intense four-day program also includes behavioral therapy to help patients learn to resist temptation, and culminates in the gastric-band hypnosis session.
"We create smells in the room and have background noises, because the more senses that are involved in the whole process, the stronger the suggestion is," Marion Shirran said. "It's got to come from the person themselves."
The relatively radical approach appealed to Zega, who was 325 pounds when she sought out Hazel Newsom, the only hypnotherapist in the United States trained by the Shirrans in the gastric mind-band. Newsom is a partner in the Elite Clinics in Olympia, Wash.
"My weight controlled my life," Zega, 47, said. "I was more a homebody. It probably prevented me from dating a lot and just doing everyday things."
After the fake surgery about 10 months ago, Zega said she feels as though she actually has a band around her stomach.
"Immediately after I left, I felt different," she said. "[The weight] felt like it melted off my body overnight. Yesterday was 10 months and I've lost 120 pounds. ... My mind controls what goes into my body."
but I have heard that it often cure;s diabetes
I must get on to the Doc to see if they will fund it for me, going under the hypno seems safer than the knife
Just a wee bit worried about becoming anorexic
As Marianna Zega lies on a gurney minutes away from the start of her gastric-band "surgery," she can smell the anesthetic, hear the operating staff shuffle about and even feel doctors put the band around her stomach.
WATCH: What Is Medical Hypnosis?
WATCH: Quitting Smoking Through Hypnosis
WATCH: Hypnosis Decreases Pain
It's an operation that happens tens of thousands times a year. But what makes this procedure unique is that none of it is real. It's all in Zega's mind.
The procedure, or lack thereof, is called "gastric mind-band" and it's done through hypnosis. The treatment is the brainchild of hypnotherapists Martin and Marion Shirran, who run a clinic in Spain. The married couple got the idea, they said, from a neighbor.
"She said, 'My next door neighbor's just been in the hospital and paid a lot of money and had a gastric band fitted. And I just thought maybe if I came to see you, you could hypnotize me to make me think I've had it done,'" Martin Shirran said.
The idea is to fight obesity mentally. An intense four-day program also includes behavioral therapy to help patients learn to resist temptation, and culminates in the gastric-band hypnosis session.
"We create smells in the room and have background noises, because the more senses that are involved in the whole process, the stronger the suggestion is," Marion Shirran said. "It's got to come from the person themselves."
The relatively radical approach appealed to Zega, who was 325 pounds when she sought out Hazel Newsom, the only hypnotherapist in the United States trained by the Shirrans in the gastric mind-band. Newsom is a partner in the Elite Clinics in Olympia, Wash.
"My weight controlled my life," Zega, 47, said. "I was more a homebody. It probably prevented me from dating a lot and just doing everyday things."
After the fake surgery about 10 months ago, Zega said she feels as though she actually has a band around her stomach.
"Immediately after I left, I felt different," she said. "[The weight] felt like it melted off my body overnight. Yesterday was 10 months and I've lost 120 pounds. ... My mind controls what goes into my body."
I wonder if self hypnosis will work?
I am getting sleepy, sleeepy sleeeeepy :-]
so tomorrow
you"ll be on target for weight loss and your diabetes. will be a thing of the past.
to make it I think a yellow for the 2mg version and a red for the 5mg
i will also make it available in liquid for those who may find the pills hard to swallow.
If this goes well I may try a baldness cure