Micky71

Its my day too ! YIPEEEEEEEEE

Congratulations!!!!!! Keep us posted on how your doing.

I'm August 25th too Ladies 12 more sleeps

I hear ya.... im 2 weeks today ... it seems sureal. Whooo who... just think this time next month we'll be comparing protein intake lol

Glad to hear your doing well. Thanks for the words encouragement for us waiting for our big day.

Hi all im the 25th too... Its coming fast!!!!!

Ressa_t so glad to hear it went well. Keep us posted on how your doing.

Constantly.... lol.

JenSul that makes alot of sense, I feel exactly the same way. My surgery is in a month and I have never felt so self aware as I do now. I just keep telling myself that I am doing something about it now. Ive made a huge decision to add the VSG tool to my arsenal of healthy lifestyle knowledge that I have learned from years of diets. With this feeling the hardest thing for me has been stepping into those group pictures with my slender friends on my recent vacation. I just kept telling myself.... get over it Micky... 12 months from now you will #1 be glad you have these shots to compare progress and #2 you will never feel this way again. Best of luck to you and I look forward to revisiting this topic with you once we are both a year out.

Welcome Sarah92200 You will find so much information from personal experience on this forum. Im preparing for an Aug 25 VSG and it has helped me so much. I am confident you will find The same support.

Hi everyone. My surgery date is August 25th. Im going to the OCC in Mexico. Im starting my pre op diet today. Im excited about the surgery and scared too. Glad to know there are other bc sleevers out there.

Hiiiiiiii surgery buddy

Surgery Aug 25 at OCC and excited and nervous. I start my 4 week plan in 3 days! Whoop whoop

So I went to my family physician today for a check up and to discuss my final decisions on getting the gastric sleeve. Her and I had previously talked about me having surgery and knowing my history and my current health she feels i am a great candidate. Today I wanted to further advise her that I have found a surgeon and that I am booked at OCC with Dr A Ortiz for Surgery. I had no idea what she was going to say, and admittedly i was nervous as this has been a big decision on my part and after a lot of research. The long and short of it is this.... the conversation was not about Mexico... it was not about the Surgeon ... it was about my post op and what we would do if there were any complications. Her opinion was not only that should I not go outside of North America, but that I should stay within Canada. She went on to give me examples of patients that have had Plates placed in their leg and no other surgeons would touch them. Plastic surgeries and others would not touch them. This concerned her for me. It really made me think. Wow.. ok on the slim chance that I do have complications or a leak what would i do ? So having been reading these boards and various articles on surgery gone wrong I KNOW there have been some big nightmares but i thought ok ... lets just throw this question out there and see how others have dealt with ANY types of complications. Maybe there are other Canadians that have answers as to how they were met by other physicians when needing treatment on a sleeve done in Mexico. I would not be turned away if I had problems, right ? What would I do ?

Im booked for Aug 25th

This topic interests me sooo much. Thanks for starting the thread. I think OA is an amazing program. I was a very active member for over three years. My reasons for leaving were that I just found I ended up taking on wayyy too much with them and it was becoming detrimental for my recovery. However those were my issues and I too just want to chime in and say the program does work. it truly helps you as an amazing tool in the fight against food addiction. Since making the decision to have wls I have thought very seriously about going back again. Adding these meetings back into my life with my sleeve as yet another tool I think would be soooooo smart. Heres my hesitation... how well it it received by others. I know in saying that...that this is my own addiction behavior talking and the program accepts eveyone... but im soooooo nervous about that.... well... that and the fact that I just stopped going and not a word to any one. Sigh...nice to see other active oa people on here thos may give me courage.

I love my flex. I've been wearing it now for over a week and it is really helping me with my activity

Im obsessed too Denise lol glad im not alone. My date is Aug 25th lol

Thanks everyone for such great feedback. I truly appreciate it. I am confident with my decision of going to OCC and I will pose these questions to Carolyn and see what she has heard. Im so excited about this decision. I know its right for me. The Dr even ended our appointment again saying im a great candidate and have realistic expectations of the journey associated with this surgery. Its great to hear OCC is good at post op communications... hearing that gives me more confidence in my research and decision. Thnaks again.

Hi Divina Im having surgery in Mexico with Dr A Ortiz at the Obesity Control Ctr.

Congrats!!!!! Glad to hear your feeling so well.

Hi everyone I'm from New West. Waiting for Aug 25 to Have surgery.

What a great post, Thank you.

Wow, fantastic. What an inspiration you are. Thanks for posting.

GREAT ideas everyone. Wow. Im pre op right now but I started drinking protein shakes about7 months ago. I was really hoping I could continue making my own post op with some of my own creations ive come up with using sf pudding, spinach etc. I LOVE the cottage cheese idea, I have to try that. How long did you guys wait post op before you were making your smoothies? Mushy stage?