ksgirlmomof4

Hi all! Been quite some time since I've been on, but wanted to update. Surgery 11/19/12 height 5'8". Really slowed down lately but still moving. HW 265 SW 250 CW 190

Hi all, new here. I am 34, mother of 4, and from Kansas. I am scheduled for the week of Thanksgiving in Mexico with Dr. Ariel Ortiz. My insurance has a complete exclusion from weight loss anything. I am a public health nurse and it is really difficult to advise people how to be healthy when I'm not myself. I am really excited about having this TOOL that will help me to make better decisions when it comes to food, and hopefully the activity will follow. My oldest daughter is a senior this year. At my current weight I am never in pictures and when I am, I'm so embarrassed of how I look. So one of my motivators is that I can take pictures with my daughter at her graduation in May 2013 and feel good about it! I see very few posts about Dr Ortiz on this board. Does anybody have experience with him? Any advise on Mexico & surgery would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all, look forward to getting to know you and your stories of how you made the sleeve work for you. I really want this to work!

Need advise. I was sleeved on 11/19 and feel like I'm doing really well. Very little soreness as long as I don't try to overdo. I am able to drink with only occasional stomach cramps if I go too fast. No problem with Soups either. I am supposed to be on full liquid diet till day 21 so I have been eating the Cambell's Soup to go cups and Protein drinks. I am able to finish a cup in a setting. Is that too much? I thought the size of the sleeve was too small to accomidate that much, but I'm not feeling over full or anything. Is the lack of restriction because it is liquid? I guess it's kind of silly to worry this soon after about it being too big, but sometimes I wonder if the surgeon got it small enough. I see all these posts about how people have such a hard time drinking this soon post op and it makes me wonder if I am just fortunate or if there is something wrong with me. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks everyone! Guess I just don't want to have gone thru all this for nothing. I am at around 600 cal per day. 249 day of surgery, 255 after surgery, 239 today 2 weeks out. Afraid I'm a slow loser but I don't know what's "normal".

Hope you are all doing well. I am doing so well it kind of scares me a little. Very little soreness as long as I don't try to overdo. I am able to drink with only occasional stomach cramps if I go too fast. No problem with soups either. I eat one of the soup to go cups at a setting. Do you think the lack of restriction is because it is a liquid? Guess that sounds kind if silly to worry about but sometimes I honestly wonder if he got it small enough. Just wondered how you all were doing with it.

Hi all. Doing really well. Surgery was on Monday went well. Everyone is very friendly and answers any questions that you have. Released yesterday to come back to hotel. The hotel is very nice! Broth is delicious. My husband and I walked up the hill to the Walmart yesterday. I was tired by time we got there but it was worth it. Kind of a little shopping center to look around at. Go to clinic for checkup today. Still sore especially around drain but even that is not too bad. Fluids going down well as long as I take small sips and don't try to rush it. 4 others had surgery same day and they all seem to be doing really good too. I think Dr Ariel Ortiz and his facility was a great decision for me. Will update more later.

Well the day is finally here. My husband and I flew into SanDiego today and have been here at the hotel this evening. FYI: the broth really is very good! We are to meet in the lobby at 6:40 in the morning to be picked up. I will let you all know how it goes later tomorrow!

I am getting really nervous/excited. Not sleeping well at night as everything just keeps running through my head. We leave Sunday morning for the airport so I need to finish packing and double checking everything. 3 of my 4 kids ended up on antibiotics this week for an upper repiratory infection, so I'm really scared I'm going to end up getting sick or something will end up getting in the way of me getting this done. Really want to be started on a new path, but scared of failure too. Am I the only one feeling this neurotic?

ksgirlmomof4 on MFP Think it is a great idea to see what everyone else is eating that is close in dates to myself. Plus I think it will make me more accountable if I know others are "watching". lol

I am scheduled for the 19th as well. Ready to get started. Getting nervous too. I am so afraid that somehow it won't work and all of this will have been for nothing.

Hi Banja I'm doing well! Getting really excited/nervous... Ready to get this show on the road! Look forward to meeting you in person soon. It will be nice to "know" someone there! :-)

I'm on the 19th too, and I am also nurse. I am having my surgery in Mexico with Dr. Ariel Ortiz. Look forward to hearing about your success. Hope we can share in this journey together.

November 19th here. It's coming really quickly, and I'm so excited/nervous!

Thanks so much joyfulaz and congrats on the 73# gone!!! Feel like I've made a really good decision with Dr Ortiz hearing all these great experiances!

Oh Jordan1923 thank you so much for that! Answers so many of my questions! Just a couple more if you don't mind. First off, how are you doing now that you are home? Second and I know this is probably silly, but what did you do for you phone so that you didn't have international roaming? Really concerned if we should get a prepaid or what, but my husband and I are both going so I really want to be able to keep in touch with the kids. And lastly do you have any recommendations as to protein drinks/shakes ect that you tried before surgery? I have bought some Unjury samples that I plan to try but haven't yet.

Please add me as well ksgirlmomof4. Could really use the help as I am still preop.

Hi Jordan1923! So glad that you are doing well! Any advise you would give? Things that you were really glad you brought or wish you had? Was language a problem at all? Did you have to have a drain? Anything you could tell me would be great. As excited as I am I'm also pretty nervous.

Hi all! Just starting on MFP and really like how easy it is to track. I just added the people on this post that provided their user name, but I don't really know how I see others diarys to get ideas for foods, ect. I'm still preop scheduled 11/19 but would love to get ideas from others! Thanks for any info you all can provide!

Thanks for the information everyone! Really getting excited/nervous. I need to email their nutritionist because that is the thing really making me nervous. The information thath I received is very vauge about pre-op diet and I didn't see anything about post-op diet. I would really like to have things on hand for when I get home. Can any of you that went to Dr Ortiz advise as to what you did preop and what they advise postop? Yea bajanqueen70! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Hi there banjanqueen70! Sounds like maybe we will be meeting up in the near future! I am scheduled with Dr Ortiz on the 19th too! Getting anxious but mainly really excited to get this new part of my life started!

Looks like you are doing great! Hope that I can do as well when the time comes! I am having the surgery on November 19th. My daughter is graduating high school in May & I would love to be able to take pictures with her and not be embarrased. You really are an inspiration to all of us in pre-op land!

Congratulations! It is so great to hear that you have such a good experiance. I am scheduled with Dr. Ortiz in November so any advise you have would be greatly appreciated! Good luck with your journey, I look forward to joining you soon when I can start mine.

Hi all, new here. I am 34, mother of 4, and from Kansas. I am scheduled for the week of Thanksgiving in Mexico with Dr. Ariel Ortiz. My insurance has a complete exclusion from weight loss anything. I am a public health nurse and it is really difficult to advise people how to be healthy when I'm not myself. I am really excited about having this TOOL that will help me to make better decisions when it comes to food, and hopefully the activity will follow. My oldest daughter is a senior this year. At my current weight I am never in pictures and when I am, I'm so embarrassed of how I look. So one of my motivators is that I can take pictures with my daughter at her graduation in May 2013 and feel good about it! I look forward to sharing this journey with all of you! November here we come!!!