Finding Myself

Hey now that's a plan! If they will let us bring them, I will!!

I love these boards! Please let's stop bickering and just support each other! I never would have considered Mexico either till I started researching it. I talked to a few places here in CA and the doctors were rude and unapproachable. That's not what I want. I've met people who have been back to a few of the Mexican doctors WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS! There is no better referral!! So let's get back to supporting each other please!!! It's making me stress.

I don't know if they will let us take it over the border? If so maybe I'll pack some extra and we can all have a "drink" by the pool!! . You know they do make SF margarita crystal light now. . Hehe!!!

My husband and I are turning it into a mini vacay even tho I will be recovering. . I can recover by the pool. . Seriously tho, we are driving in on Wed (we live in CA) , sx thurs and then back home Monday.

I really like Omar! We text or email weekly and my sx isnt until June. But I didn't pick Dr K because of him. I picked Dr K because he calls me, he is able to communicate clearly with me and I am confident in his skill level. My choice had zero to do with a coordinator. Most of these doctors are great, though, and with a few exceptions, I think all of them are great surgeons!!

I'm a doctor myself and I think human doctors are aholes too, including my own. Mine told me she thinks WLS is stupid and that I should just watch Biggest Loser. Ask a surgeon... A chance to cut is a chance to cure and that goes for WLS too!!

We will be with Dr K on the 14.

I'm so there with you guys. I ate chili cheese fries AND a corn dog the other day then looked at my husband and said, "who eats that much food??". Sad thing is I wasn't even full! More reason to reduce the size of my stomach.

If you check out the self pay Mexico forum you will find many that will do a band to sleeve revision, and many of the doctors are very good! The hard part can be picking one. . I personally am scheduled with Dr Kelly in June.

Oh wow I have not seen low carb slim fast drinks! I will have to look for those! I've tried soooo many that just disgust me.

I am so sorry to read this. Did she develop a resistant pneumonia? Was this her first surgery? This happened in Brazil? Please accept my condolences.

I am 5'2, 188 and scheduled to have sx June 14!

My surgeon wants me to stop my BC pills before surgery and start again the month after. Anybody else do this?

Ooh! I never thought of that! Crystal light seems to save the day a lot lately!

Maggi would you mind sharing what happened?

I've seen it online!

I know they increase your chances of blood clots but I wasn't sure if just stopping before and after for a little while was common or not.

Ooh my sleeve sister and I send each other a text every day with a NSV that we are looking forward to!! I love these!

I like the grape and alpine punch quite a bit, but who knows if I will after sx.

And just WHAT is wrong with drinking gravy and nacho sauce? HEHE!

Better, I've had moments exactly like that - I guess for me, the voice in MY head isn't my own - it's the voice of ALL of the ladies and gentlemen who are older on this forum, in their 50s or 60s, who are having the surgery now, saying they sooo wish they'd done it 10 years ago. I am 42, not THAT over weight (obese but not morbid obese and need to lose about 60-70 lbs) and am PERFECTLY HEALTHY. It is very very hard to get my head around the fact that I am CHOOSING to remove over half of my stomach. What keeps me going at this point is "listening to my elders": I'm not sick yet. But in 10 years? I could very possibly have diabetes or high blood pressure or any of those things. For me, this is pre-emptive so that I can hopefully keep this weight off and NOT develop the diseases I watched my other obese family members develop as they aged. Someone said it perfectly on here: ever seen an overweight, old, healthy person? Nope. Take your time with this as it's a life changing decision for sure! But know that you are not alone and others feel the same way. I decided a few weeks ago that I was NOT having sx either, went to the store to stock up for Atkins (AGAIN) and broke down, knowing in my heart I'd been there too many times and would fail at dieting again. So postpone and make sure and when you're ready, you'll do whatever you decide is best for you!!!

Man I am so there with you guys! Cathy and I text daily and keep each other motivated. I had a moment of "I don't wanna do this!" the night before last but it passes. I've also been texting another lady who just had her surgery on Wed. and she's doing very well (not by Dr. K, but up in Missouri) and sharing her experience with me. I've got the countdown on my iphone so I know exactly how much longer the wait is...

And Paula - this is part of the problem that Dr. K has been facing. The same thing happened to me - I was searching for him in the beginning and kept getting dumped to different doctors because the coordinators wanted to steal the business from Dr. K. Then all of a sudden all of his statistics disappeared from obesityhelp.com (that was a coordinator that did that) That makes me really, really mad as I am doing this not by choosing a coordinator, rather by choosing a surgeon!!! So once I found that out, I contacted him directly and I've been EXTREMELY happy with my communications with them. Many of us feel this way about Dr. K and are trying to just let the drama die down and move on. I'm really glad he's got Omar now, and they are working hard on getting his facebook page going, their website, etc. I'm trying to talk them into twittering too because I think that's a good thing!

AZSunshine I am SO happy to read this! I have moments of "WTF am I doing to myself???" and then I read these wonderful posts and it puts my mind at ease. It's cool that so many of us are going to physically cross paths while we are there! Makes it all seem real, finally.

I am the same exact way. This is why I am having the surgery! Diets alone do not work for me, so diet and quantity of food is the key - hang in there, the sleeve will work for you! My sister has a doctor whose whole family is obese. Husband and wife had lap band and did well; daughter had lap band and it failed miserably. Revised to the sleeve and did great. Now that doctor is an advocate for the sleeve and really feels "it's the way to go". So we are making a good decision! It's gonna work!