AS_Vargas

I'm 18 years old, and I weigh about 200 lbs, Everyone I know says I have my fat well spread out so you can't tell i weigh that much, but I know my weight and I see myself in the mirror. My mom got the lap band a couple years ago and went from a size 26 to a size 4 ! She looks AMAZING :eek: ! At the moment I am in Dominican Republic on vacation visiting my family and basically I had a bright idea of possibly getting the surgery done myself here in Dominican Republic. Of course, it's alot less expensive and I'd really love to see myself at 140 lbs. I don't feel like I'm a big eater but I do love to snack and snack on different things and also find myself eating a big plate for a meal if I go out to eat and for dinner. Mostly, I'd like to get this surgery done for 1. to be much happier with myself and 2. for my future (my family is diabetic and almost all of my aunts have had to get the surgery for health purposes). I figure I should get the surgery done now since I'm young and my skin is young enough to pull back to normal if I lose weight so i won't be flabby and also so i can be happy now with my body now as well as later in my future. Please give me your thoughts on what i should do. Also since I live in orlando and I'd be getting the surgery done here in Dominican Republic - getting fills would be pretty hard (but if it needs to be done, of course I'd make my trips down here to get them done) but about how many fills is necessary and why ? Also give me your stories, on your skin (like did it stay flabby?), how fast did you find yourself losing weight?, does the band hurt on some days? ANY ADVICE WILL DO I'm just pretty much nervous.

hey ! well i've had most of my analysis done on my body and my last analysis is on monday, so i'm really hoping i can get the surgery by wednesday and be able to leave by saturday morning. and yeah thankfully my surgeon said i'd be able to stay at my weight since i lost 7 pounds while here in dominican republic; at the moment i am down to 196 lbs. When did your doctor tell you to get your first fill done? and also can you possibly give me more information on the tampa doctor about the fills? oh and about my mom, she got hers done in usa since she was VERY obese her insurance convered it. i can't wait until i have my before and after pictures up !

hi ! im so sad to hear you're in pain but you're right just keep thinking ... in about 1 year you'll be WAY TOO happy that you got it done ! but i have a quick question ... i'm getting my surgery done on the 28th or 29th in Dominican Republic and am planning on coming back home to Orlando on the morning of the 31st, how when and where are you getting you're first fill ? and is their anything else i should know to do or ask my doctor about ? thanks SO much !

So I'm pretty excited :biggrin2: I went today to find out more about the surgery and the price, etc. and did some analysis on my body right away ! This decision was such a quick decision so Im hoping to get the surgery done this week ! on wednesday or thursday and im planning on going back home on the 31st and then returning in a month to get my first fill. so basically i just had a quick question. since you got your surgery in mexico, how long did you wait until returing to florida ? do you think getting the surgery done on the 28th or 29th and leaving the 31st would be too quick ?