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I'm on Dec 28th also---in Monterrey Mary
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I'm far from being calm!! I'm nervous, excited, anxious--everything BUT calm! My surgery date isn't until 12/28--I set that date intentionally because I own a quilt shop and this is my busiest time for machine quilting(and I am so busy that I have no business being on the computer!). But the waiting is getting to me--I almost wish I had gone ahead and done it before--course I wouldn't be working to get the money to pay for it if I had! It's a constant circle!! Mary
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I ended up sending an email and telling him that I'm "sure" he didn't realize how rude and condescending his email had been. and that price was not the only deciding factor-but since he brought it up, the price he quoted me was higher than others I had investigated, etc. etc. etc. I did receive back an email apologizing and wishing me luck on my surgery. Mary
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How Rude!! I have spent the past few months researching surgeons for the band. I finally made my choice and am scheduled for 12/28. yesterday I got an email from one of the pt coordinators for another doc-I replied-thank you for the info-i have chosen another doc and am scheduled. WELL--I got an email back that came across VERY rude and condescending--WHY would I even think of having my surgery elsewhere, when I could get the same thing only better for $1000 less!(How would he know that--I didn't tell him WHO I was going to!) Price was not my only consideration--yes I know there are some less expensive and some more. In fact, that very pt coordinator had quoted me a price that was $500 MORE. I went by responses I got from people here and on other forums--researched everything I could find before I made my decision. I researched the doc, the hospital, the town, the hotel--I mean EVERYTHING! I also looked at average airfare $ for different destinations. I am very comfortable with who I chose. I don't know whether to even reply to the pt coordinator-or just let it drop! Mary
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I'm not talking about being deceptive about what I'm having done--I'm just simply not telling many people. Hubby and sons of course--i told my brother because I was asking him questions about his RNY he had several years ago(he thought I was asking for my son(who is big also). Other than that, I believe I have only told about 5 people max. I'm having it done the week between Christmas and New years. That is my slow time at work(I own a quilt shop), so I just plan on being closed that week I don't plan on lieing about it when I start losing the weight--when they ask, I will determine whether I want to tell them HOW I am doing it--or just say Thank you. I am in 2 different organizations where I see some people on a weekly basis--others month-6 month, etc. Mary
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I'm having mine done on 12/28--start the new years right!! Mary
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I'm having mine done on 12/28--and everyday I think of new questions! I know it is nerves--and ready to get on with this! Mary
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scheduled for 12/28 in Monterrey Mary:whoo:
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I own a Quilt Shop--I ama professional quilter which basically means, I have the machine and people hire me to finish their quilts and/or make them from scratch(right now I'm working on 4 quilts for the same family made from sports t-shirts) Mary
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the pt coordinator I have been working with has been great--she has answered every question--even silly ones--and I have never felt pressured to make a decision. Even while I was still trying to decide whether to have the surgery--much less who. The thing of it is-I don't even know where this guy got my name and email--I don't remember sending a request to his doc--but I may have-I sent several. And from what I have read hear-his doc is good. But if that is the attitude of the guy representing him--I wouldn't want anything to do with him!! Mary
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I know this sounds silly--but how long before you were able to drive? Is this even an issue? TIA Mary:car:
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I understand any country not wanting to be the "dumping ground" for all manner of health problems and issues--just because the health care is free. but my question is this--why when anyone in the US says anything about illegal immigration and how much it is costing US--we are labeled as racist or bigotted? don't we have the same rights as any other country? Mary
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Reading this post, I can't help but laugh--there is an almost identical post from an "experienced" person complaining about all the newbies questions!! mary
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My husband and I own an auto repair business that also has a wrecker service. If we EVER had an employee who said or acted the way you have described--they would be GONE! I don't know where you are, but here-my wreckers cannot even show up at the scene of an accident unless they have been called. And the wrecker service portion of the business is NOT what pays the bills--it is a service--by the time you buy the trucks and pay the insurance(here they require the same amount as for 18-wheelers) and then pay an employee--it is either break even or in the whole!! Do I think there are bad apples out there who give us all a bad name?-Yes--but they represent the MINORITY of legitimate(if they are that) wrecker services Off my Jack-Stand now Mary
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I had the original RK surgery done in 94. I was really a "coke botle bottom lens" and wentto 20/20 Now I wear either reading glasses(or contacts that are so light they are like reading glasses)--but hey-I'm 52! Being "blind" is really frustrating--glasses/ccontacts get so much in the way and rules what you can or cant do. In my mind--it's kinda like the fat--no one else knows what you are feeling-unless you've been there. Just make sure it is a reputable/experienced doc and it really is a type of life changing proceedure Mary
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Band bound in St. Louis, MO on 12/28!!
Mellis replied to imsamiam's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I'm having mine on December 28th--but I'm in Tx and going to Monterrey to have it done Mary -
I'm all set for December 28th--deposit made-airplane tickets paid for! Here I go to the All New ME Mary Does anyone know how to change my log in name--or do I just need to leave and rejoin? thanks me
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November 20th and a nervous wreck!
Mellis replied to TanyaLN's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I scheduled mine today for 12/28--I KNOW that nervous wreck! Mary -
Recovery time for singers having banding?
Mellis replied to pc201's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I would be interested in this also--while I'm not a professional singer, I do sing in an international championship chorus--and we will have a competition in march/april(i forget which!). I am looking at the first of Jan to have the band placed also