healthierhappierme

Minnesota

I just want to be truly healthy. I have such a wonderful husband and I want to be able to grow old with him. I want to be able to be active with him - ride bike, walks on the beach, dancing - w/o having to stop and rest. It would be so wonderful to buy clothes in regular stores. I travel with my job and I would love to be able to get on the plane and not worry about getting a seat extender or if there is going to be another large person beside me. I am currently 308 and would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see 150 but for now I am going to aim for 175.

I will look for you at the hotel when I arrive!

@@StephanieJ713 - surgery on the 21st and leaving for home on the 24th? Hopefully I will get to see you before you leave. :-)

I don't know what I am more excited about - having @ - November 3 @@Revgirl - November 7 @@smb0187 - November 8 @@Becca R - November 14 go before me so I can ask lots of questions or having @@StephanieJ713 - November 21 @@pgerik - November 22 right before me and there at the same time! :-)

@@StephanieJ713 with Dr Elias Ortiz?

ARE THE GAS-X STRIPS TAKEN BY MOUTH OR ARE THEY ON YOUR SKIN? looked FOR THEM IN WAL-MART AND COULD NOT FIND.

@@Becca R. - forgot to mention that my husband can stay with me in my hospital room.

@@Becca R. - going to Elias Ortiz through A Lighter Me medical tourism. 1 night pre-op at the Marriott in TJ, 2 nights in the hospital followed by 2 more nights at the Marriott post-op. The hotel and hospital websites look good.

My husband is coming with me. He is a paramedic so feel I will be getting good emotional care plus a back-up on medical care. LOL @@Becca R.- who is your surgeon? Tijuana? Good tips about pain meds - think I will be checking with my surgeon.

@@Revgirl - just realized you are on this thread - did not mean to exclude you!

@krisrpaz@Becca R.; read that we should bring gas-x strips with us to Mexico. Are you guys bring anything else such as bandages for lap puncture, broth, etc for hotel stay after hospital? I wouldn't have even thought of this - read it in another message.

@; @@Becca R; Got my surgery date today: November 24! Yeah! Flight arrangements done; down payment done. On my way! Thanks for the menu ideas, @ - do you like the Premier Protein okay?

Made the decision when I found out my company no longer covered ANYTHING weight related. Did not know Medical Tourism even existed until a co-worker told me about it. Took a while to convince my husband that Mexico was a good option. There is no way I could afford $25K. I just made the decision - have not started anything yet. What are you using for a Protein shake?

Just made the decision this morning. I am scheduled for November 24. Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana.