Jessnewtothis

Hi, I went for a consult w/ St. Vincent in Carmel as well. And they told me about the same. $24,000. Thats when I started doing more research and decided to go to Tijuana, Mexico. Its $6500 where I am going. There are places that are cheaper, but I feel I have a good surgeon (who lives in states) and a good hospital. I just couldnt afford self pay here. I am having my surgery 2 weeks from today.

Sorry to hear your struggling so much. There are a lot of options on what to buy. After reading lots of posts and being in some FB support groups I have kinda went with the majority and I ordered UNJURY unflavored protein packets and PB2 powder. I ordered Genepro unflavored protein powered of of Amazon. I think I would like to try the Nectar stuff but I am going to wait a bit. All these products are so expensive. I have also been using Premier Protein that you can get from Sams Club or walmart. Its a much better deal at Sam's. Don't beat yourself up. Do what you can do and if you make a mistake, get back on track again as soon as possible. Hope you enjoy your holiday. Im going on a small get away the last weekend of August myself. Will be interesting camping/boating with a bunch of people and Im suppose to be only doing shakes and veggies!

@lkh1986 We should be at the Marriott at the same time. I leave to go home on the 11th. I am on the struggle bus with preop as well. I have lost 9 lbs so far in past 3 weeks doing the atkins. However I just started the 2 shakes plus a 300 cal meal and veggies........ boy its hard. I have had to go to state fair several times in last two weeks...... HARD! Im not gonna lie I did partake in some fair food. I am trying to make the adjustments but trying not to beat myself up about it when I mess up. I figure as long as the scale keeps moving in the right direction I will be ok. I am starting to get nervous about the whole surgery itself. This will be my first major surgery. I am generally pretty healthy other than being a chubby girl.

I am sort of doing the same thing. I wanted to get my finances in order and I thought the week of Labor day would be good regarding work because that's a day folks are taking off anyway. I thought the Dr. Was going to be gone for 2 weeks at end of August? Maybe that changed?

Glad to see some other folks heading down the same time as me. JamieLogical I have actually followed several of your posts and checked our your packing list since you went to the same place. I feel very confident in my choice of facility and surgeon. I wish they had not locked the pages that discussed OCC. Not really sure what that's all about. Suppose it's local politics. Luckily I got to Atleast read through them all. I got my vitamins this time through the place they suggest but may look around after these. I'm trying the premier shakes from Sam's club. They seem to have the best protein content and not too bad tasting. I am still curious if I will feel like sight seeing that week but I guess I won't know til I go. Does Marriott help out with that at all? My mom will be w/ me I dont want her to be terribly bored.

Hi, my deposit is paid,sent off for passport, ticket bought, and loan approved. I am having surgery with Dr. Ortiz @ OCC on 9/8. Anyone else gonna be there? I start my preop diet 7/29. 3 weeks Atkins then I start in on the shakes moving to a liquid diet.