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Yall are cracking me up....lol!!

You have the greatest support system in the world, right here!! Update us when you feel like it. I will be praying for you....

I completely agree with this! I started out only telling a few people, and then now that I am just days away, everybody knows....lol I usually just feel people out. If they seem like they are gonna be one of those people that says something negative, then I just tell them that I prayed about it for some time, and I asked for peace if I was doing the right thing. And that is exactly what I feel! Who can argue with that?? lol Good luck with your decision. You have to do what works for you.

Sounds like you are doing great! I love to hear about all of the breezes!! I hope mine is a breeze too!

Congrats to you both!!! Sounds like thing are moving right alone for the both of you... Keep us posted... Karen p.s. I love the name font too!

Good luck to you....I am scheduled for my sleeve on your birthday, June 21, so we will be going thru this at about the same time. Keep us posted on your progress...

I also did a google search on how to calculate your target weight based on your bone structure size. I had to measure my wrist, and based on the # of inches that my wrist was compared to my height, it figured if I were small, medium, or large boned. Then I could determine about where in the weight range I should be. Good luck to you!

welcome aboard!! Keep us posted on your progress....

awesome! Thanks for posting this....

20 days and counting!!! WOOHOO!! Anybody else scheduled for the same date??

Congrats on your date!! I am having my surgery June 21, so I am the week after you. Keep us posted on how you do.... Karen

Congrats!!

I have my pre-op consultation with Dr. Borland in New Iberia, La scheduled for next Monday, May 17th. Can anybody give me some advice about what questions to ask during that visit?? The closer I get, the more excited I get, and my mind is going blank.... Thanks in advance!! Karen

I am so sorry to hear about your complications. I will be praying for you....keep us posted on your recovery.

I am scheduled for June 21 too!!

Found out last week that my insurance has an exclusion to any type of WLS.....which I expected. So now I am gonna be cash-pay.....just have to pick the right doc for me and get the ball rolling. As of right now, I am looking at two docs. As of right now, I am looking into going to Mexico and using Dr. Aceves who charges $8750 or Dr. Borland in New Iberia, La who charges $9800. If I choose to go to Mexico, I will have to have a passport and airfare. The passport I am pretty sure will cost about $150. I have looked at airfare from New Orleans to San Deigo, and that will probably run me $400 round trip, give or take a little bit. (So thinking Mexico is gonna be $9300-$9400 out of pocket.) Dr. Borland in New Iberia will require me to stay in a hotel for 2-3 days post surgery. I havent checked the rates on hotels there, but I will do that.....Will be good to have a comparision between the two. I have been approved by Dr. Aceves for surgery. All I have to do is call and set the date if I choose Mexico. I did make an appointment with Dr. Borland for a consultation for May 18, 2010. They could have gotten me in sooner; I just couldnt go sooner than that due to my schedule for work. Now, the hard part....I have to talk to my husband. I have been reading and researching anything I could find on VSG before I talked to him so I would have all the answers to any question I thought he might ask. Or, reason why he thought I shouldnt do it....I am praying that he will be supportive in my decision. My dad and my sister have both had RNY. My dad had a lot of complications immediately following surgery, but he was very high risk because of his weight, and we knew all of that going into it. My sister was not high risk, but also had complications. Her small intestine got a kink in it and the Dr. had to go back in and repair it. Since then, she has recovered very well and has had great success with her weightloss. She does experience what I have come to know as "dumping" and last time I asked her about it, she was not taking any vitamins, or protein supplements. Therefore, her hair is thinning and I dont think she looks as good as she could. So, after all of the reading I have done, and the several times I have watched the procedure being done, I have decided on the VSG....wish me luck!

I went for my consultation with Dr. Borland in New Iberia. On my way there I turned my radio off, and I began to pray.....is this the right thing for me to do? Is this the right doctor? Please God give me peace if this is the right track for me to be on with this doctor. If not, please give me a sign...a gut feeling, a doubt, something..... So I went into the office and waited about 15 minutes. I was not nervous. The nurse called me back. She weighed me and calculated my BMI. I was surprised to find that I weighed 262....the most I had ever weighed besides when I was pregnant was 252, so welcome to a new high Karen..... Dr. Borland came in to talk to me and I was still not nervous....he explained everything to me, and thanks to this forum and verticalsleevetalk.com I understood everything he discussed with me. These two sights are so incredibly valuable!! Thanks to all of you for that! He talked to me about how my weight was mostly below my waist....he poked and prodded around on my belly and told me that because I didnt have a lot of fat in my belly area that the surgery would be alot easier to perform. As would my recovery. YEA!! That is good news! Marian, Dr. Borland's nurse came in and talked to me about the surgery schedule and gave me a packet of information. I originally scheduled for June 28, but since called back and changed it to June 21 due to work reasons. I asked her if anyone in the office had had this surgery done by Dr. B and she told me that he had done it on her 2 1/2 years ago. I spent the next 30-40 minutes talking to her patient-to-patient, not patient-to-nurse. That was so great! She gave me a lot of helpful post-op advice. I am so excited!! I am not the least bit nervous or scared! That may come the closer I get to my surgery date, but for now, I am at peace with the Surgeon I have chosen and the procedure I have decided to do. Thank God for answered prayers!!

Just an FYI.....I had to change my date to June 21st for work reasons, so I get to fill my spot on the losers bench a week earlier!! YIPEE!

I had my consult today with my surgeon, and it is official....I have a surgery date!! June 28, 2010 is my lucky day!!! Thanks to all of you who have given me unlimited amount of knowledge and tons of support!! I am so thankful that I found this site and OH.com!!! Nothing but blessings.... Karen

I considered going to Mexico myself to use Dr. Aceves. I know my husband well enough to know that he would flip his lid if I even talked about going to Mexico. Not to mention what my Dad would prob say! However, if I were gonna go there, he is who I would use. I am having my surgery by Dr. Borland in New Iberia, La. He charges $9800 which is considerably close to what Dr. Aceves charges. Good luck to you....