Marci

Judy, when did you have your surgery?

Awesome!! Keep up the excellent work. It's people like you that make me want my 21 days to go by even faster!! Congrats again!!

Thank you so much for your help. I fixed my avatar so we'll see if it helps!!

I have a date for my sleeve. I'm scheduled January 21st for my surgery & cannot wait for this day. I will be counting the days down. :biggrin0:

Thank you all so much.....only 21 days until surgery!! YEA!!!!

I drove 2 ? hours & they accommodated me as much as they could but I would definitely talk to them about you coming out of state. I had to come up & see a PA for a generic preop physical & saw the dietitian & the program director. The following morning I had to do my blood work but you can do the blood work in the same day. Then I have to go back to see my surgeon a week before my surgery. You may want to advise them that you'll be traveling in from out of state & see if you can see your surgeon around the same time as your preop visit. I know you have to do the surgery within 30 days of your preop visit. I emailed them also in the beginning and it took a couple of days to get back to me. I would call the 1-877 number and talk to Cindy. She's super informative & helpful. Make sure you tell them you want the sleeve & not the lapband. Good luck & let me know if I can help you with any other information.

You should look into TLCEdge | Surgical Weight Loss Home. They are offering a special for $10,990 right now for the sleeve. They are a facility that works with different surgeons in the Dallas/Plano/Ft. Worth area. I went last week for my 1st visit & everyone was super nice & very informative. I have my appointment with the actual surgeon on Jan 13th & scheduled for surgery on Jan 21st. Hope this helps. I know how it feels to be self pay so I had to look at all the deals available & this was the best I found in the US. Good luck & Happy New Year!!

How do I get one of those trackers on my page? And I also don't why my profile pic is not showing? I can't see it but can you? (You can tell I'm not the best at these things....Lol...)

Congrats Tiff. You make me want to do this even more. I cannot wait until Jan 21st now!! I hope that I'm just as successful as you! Thank you for the inspiration you give all of us. I've looked at your pictures & you look AMAZING!! Congrats again....keep up the good work. :scared0:

Thank you all so much for your comments. This page has really opened my eyes up to a new beginning. You all are so informative & are awesome at answering questions & concerns. Jan. 21st will be here before we know it & I cannot wait!! I will be smiling from ear to ear until then & there after. I will definitely keep you guys updated. ~Marci

Thanks for the info. I hope to follow through your pregnancy & see how things end up. My birthday is July 7th. You should try to hang in there one more day....7 is a lucky number, especially 7th month, 7th day.....lol.... Hope all goes well with this pregnancy. I hope you keep us all updated. Thanks, Marci

They have several affiliating doctors. You can go to http://www.tlcedgesurgicalweightloss.com/ and click on affiliated surgeons and they show their names & pics. Here's a list of names that they have on there. Dr. Jayaseelan Dr. Gonzalez Dr. Carter Dr. Stewart Dr. Castro Dr. Veninga Dr. Henderson Dr. Hamn Dr. Cribbins I get to pick my surgeon and I'm not sure which one I should pick. I've researched most of them and they all seem to have good experience. I just wanted to know if anyone has heard anything good or bad about any of the surgeons. Thanks again.

I'm new to this whole thing so bare with me. I'm thinking about having the gastric sleeve done but of course I want to have another baby, not now or anytime soon. I have a 2-year-old & don't want to have another one for at least another 2 years. I'm kinda stuck though. I don't know if I should have my surgery now & get healthy with my weight loss or if I should wait until after I have the baby. I am currently scheduled on 12/29/09 for all of my post op work. I have read about so many women having babies after the gastric bypass surgery but since the gastric sleeve is so new, I just don't know if this is the right move for me. I read your original post about the complications you had. Do you think this is due to becoming pregnant so soon after you had the surgery or is this something I should be alarmed about? I spoke to my primary doctor about this and his only point to me was to have the baby first and then the surgery. BUT his reasoning had nothing to do with the health of the baby. His reasoning was that what if I pay for this surgery & then have the baby & then gain the weight back? Well good point but part of me is thinking "what if" I never have it done & could have had a great pregnancy without being overweight? I'm just torn on what to do. I don't want to spend thousands of dollars & then gain all the weight back but I also don't want my feet or my hips to hurt when I stand because I'm carrying around a ton of weight. Any comment would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marci