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Hello everyone My name is Dale, and this is my first posting to sleeve talk. I want to first thank all of you out there for all of the info that was available to me that helped make what I feel is a good decision on going with the VSG. My sleeve date is Jan. 16th 2012 and Dr. Mario Almanza is my doctor. I like most of you am consumed with reading all the comments I can on this site, and now its time for me to jump in and be part of it. I'm 52 years old and weigh in at 300 lbs. Iv'e been a big guy most of my adult life, started back when I was in restaurant management I would say. Although I am very active in sports, it just wasn't enough to burn the calories off from the portions of food I would eat. I have tried many diets like most of you, just to see the weight come back. I have a beautiful wife that takes great care of her body, she works out all the time and watches what she eats and she is in great shape. And I feel like a runaway train to fatsville and I need to stop ASAP. So I'm very excited to start my journey, I'm 3 weeks from sleeve time, so today I am starting to watch what I eat and will get on that treadmill. I think it will be wise of me to go into the surgery as strong as I can be and try to lose some weight before I start my liquid diet. My wife is very concerned with the decision to go to Mexico to get this done. She has a friend that works in a doctors office that is telling her stories of organ harvesting, and doctors that are not real doctors doing the surgery. I show her a lot of the comments on this site and I feel it has helped but I'm sure that some of you have been in her shoes. Again thank you all for the info that you put out there, it truly helps.

If there is anyone out there that went to Dr. Mario Almanza and the Jerusalem Hosp. can you tell me if there was some place safe for your personal items, like my passport, credit cards and so on? Thanks

I'm going to Jerusalem hosp. Jan. 16th 2012. I am concerned about my personal belongings. Drivers license, small amount of cash. Do they offer someway to secure your items? And do I need to take my passport? I'm flying into San Diego Thanks

Thank you ladies for the warm welcome. It is so nice to have someone to talk to that knows what I'm getting ready to do. Alot of my questions and concerns have been answered on this wonderful site, but I will make sure I get hold of you if anything comes to mind. Thank you much