BeautyVGSJourney

I am now having my surgery with Dr. Ponce De Leon in Tijuana Mexico on May 10! I can't wait!

I am Southwest Fort Worth! :-)

oh I go to try that, how do you cook it? the same way as rice?

That would be bad news for me if I could not tolerate rice, I am Colombian and that is my staple food!

I have the same problem too DdFinn but I did join Trish page she chats with me in private but I don't post pics or other stuff on there. I will eventually probably do it but after I loose the weight!

Thanks for the info, I will make sure to look into it myself!

For what I hear most people go thru stalls, I have not had my surgery yet but I have read a lot and it seems to be a common occurrence. Don't give up, make sure you are eating enough calories (proteins and the like, I heard of people who whe they upped their intake they actually began loosing again). Enjoy your journey, and hopefully you can tell me the same when I am the one batteling with a stall LOL.

I live in Fort Worth, so you two are near by neighboors! Hi!

they both get absorbed in the small intesting so the absorbtion is considered equal. It is more about whether you are able to swallow the pill. To increase absoption make sure you take it on an empty stomach. you cannot break the tablets or they will not work. here is more informatio about them, they are are proton pump inhibitors like nexium and protovix so their mechanism of action is similar. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000936/

It seems like the only way to share this here is by posting it in a forum. So I am having Surgery with Dr. Ponce De Leon may 10 and I am in the process of having him evaluate this diet and approve it. But this is information I received from a Nutritionist here in the USA who specializes in bariatric surgery and wanted to share it with you all since I often here people looking for this kind of information. I do recommend if anyone is able to afford a nutritionist visit (make sure they specialize in bariatric surgery) before and after surgery they should do it! It might not be nessesary to go all of the time but at least a visit here and there. Pt resource manual_diet section.pdf

are you asking me Debly? if so I am not sure where she got it, it was from a bariatric nutritionist here in Dallas. She has been working with bariatric patients for many years and one of her past collegues is my classmate so she recommended her.

Congratulations Laura! Best of luck!

HI Danielle, congratulations! Mine is being done in Mexico by doctor Ponce Dr Leon. He has a lot of experience. Who did yours?

Good question, I would like to know that too.

thank you, you too!

I am getting mine on May 10th and live in FW, I am really interested in meeting more local sleevers!

yeah that is also my main concern. I have been doing some research in the subject about best ways of preveting them, and it seems to definetly be compression stockings and lots of walking. I will probably start a youtube video soon, so I will try to find some scientific research to back up all my findings

Definitely understand! Keep us posted!

You are correct Debly there are always two sides. I know Dr. Kelly is a good surgeon because even Trish says so, there are just things that make the drama continue and is only making matters worse. In any case don't worry about the other staff and continue to be excited about your decision, this is a very personal journey for everyone and is why we should all decide on our own. Do you have a date yet? Good luck!

That is awesome ladies I am flying out of DFW on the 10th too. My surgery is the same day with Dr. Dias De Leon. Anyone staying at the Lucerna? I live in Fort Worth and definetly would be in other local sleevers!

You are correct DDFin, in Spanish they say "por la plata baila el mono" for money the monkey dances. He was at least well trained by her, I agree not cool.

ok you posted it a couple of days ago but I just saw it today! LOL

Its interesting that you had this happen to you and posted today because just this morning I was having a conversation with two Physician Assistats and one Medical doctor about it, I am a med student (PA to be exact)..... So it went like this, we were doing blood pressure, height, weight and BMI checks (as well as other stuff) at a health fair. Someone mentioned a patient that she recetly had who was 33 and had a BMI of 54, so one of my profesors said something to the effect that for those patients she really thought they just had to have surgery. Later another profesor came and she is bigger than me, and I asked her what she thought of the gastric sleeve, her answer was that she did not believe in those things because she saw too many patients with too many problems after having it (keep in mind that after more questions she admitted she knew little about the sleeve and she also has served mostly underrepresented populations who actually already lack health care), so I realized she would not be someone even willing to honestly talk about it so I left it at that. I later talked to the other PA and doctor (the one that had mentioned surgery earlier), they admited that they knew very little about the sleeve, but that there comes a time when people really needed surgery to succed at weight loss. After talking to them I realized what their apprehancion with it being done to someone with no immediate health problems, that they may not learn to eat (and or threat other underlying problems and take on alcohol or drugs when they cannot eat to deal with them) and might not be ready for a life change that it entails. Many doctors, PAs, NPs and other health care providers just don't kow the science behind it but see the patients who came to them because of gaining weight and other complications after the surgeries, not realizing that the majority of that was caused by the patient him/herself not the procedure (yes bypass has a lot of malnutrition but even that one is very successful with limited risk for patients who follow all directions). Has patients we need to keep in mind that this is a last resort surgery, I like many of you have a lower BMI (I actually lost a little weight recently I just found out and my current BMI is 35) but I have tried every diet in the book and those not in a book too! and nothing has done it! I confided in one of my teachers today and told her that I was having it done and why and after my explanation based on scientific evidence (I told her I have done a great deal of research and shared some with her before telling her I was doing it) she said she understood. Perhaps the best thing you can do is educate your doctor, and let him/her know that you have done your research (but back it up with information you have found) and let him/her know that you know it will take a great deal of effort from you to stay healthy (eat the Protein, Water, Vitamins, exercise and the like for the rest of our lives!) but that you just need help getting there. I believe if more clinitians knew more about it they would be more supportive. There are those (like I found out today) that don't believe in the surgery at all and will not listen even when research is presented to them, but your doctor does not appear to be one of them; just genuinely concerned. Make sure you are really ready for this change and if your answer is yes then you will know what to do! Good luck!

Lol mommyinneed I thought about that too. I decided to go with INT too because of that mostly. I also hear they have more experienced nurses and is very close to the hotel Lucerna.

Sue Florence is not a bad hospital on the contrary. But I have heard the same things from many patients that stayed there, that the nurses often have to poke you a lot to get a vein, and often have to call someone else to help. Many of the people on YouTube experienced that. Being a medical student that does not bother me since we have to learn somehow. But to others who might not like the poking it's more important. I heard about the nurses not responding from a couple of people here, they were recommending coming with someone (but you are coming with your hubby so it does not matter). Those were resent post, so should be easy to find. Honestly you find that here in the US too so that is not the only things I would or have considered.