Has anyone gone out of the country alone?

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

Blackberry, I have just joined this site because I saw your post last night on my daughter's login. As I type this, she is in the San Diego airport waiting for her return flight after her sleeve, and mine is scheduled for 8-12-10. If you are trying to schedule the 2nd week of August, we might just be sleeve mates. That way, neither one of us would really be travelling alone, because we have already "met". Look forward to hearing from others on the site.

Hey,

I've scheduled for Aug. 9, not sure why the tickers in my sig are not showing....gotta look into that. So I think we could cross our paths on the 12th - I'm not sure if I have to leave on the 12th or the 13th given that my surgery is on the 9th.

hi all I noticed a few posts saying there are a few from CAnada going to Mexico, but i thought that canada was socialized medicine, don't they pay for that? jsut curious, thanks and good luck to everyone

It does, but you have to be over a certain BMI (at 33, I'd never qualify), and the waitlist is 2-3 years long. As far as getting it here as an elective surgery, it's way more expensive. I didn't look into the sleeve here, but a lap band in Canada is $16-18,000 out of pocket.