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The heart is behaving and I'm doing great from surgery, just really tired. Sounds to me like we should have a little Jax get-together. What do y'all think?

I'm glad to hear you are doing well! The tiredness is hitting me really hard as well, I slept a LOT today and am forcing myself to stay awake just to drink right now.

A jax get-together sounds awesome :)

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We'll give you a pass! When is your surgery date anyway??

I don't have one yet. I am jumping through the insurance hoops at the moment. I am hoping for November. Glad to hear you are feeling better.

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All depends on the date for when I am up in J-ville. :) The only dates that are finite for me are on Oct. 18th and around Christmas so far, but keep me posted. I would love to meet other VST members. Everyone on here is so awesome!

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Hello Florida Sleevers. Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before. Add me to the list sleeved by Dr. Webb. Was sleeved 9/20 at St. Lukes, and I couldn't be more pleased. Wish I had done this months ago!

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I'm doing good :) I had my surgery at Memorial. The first night and morning after in the hospital were awful because I didn't react very well to the pain medicine I was given, and my nurse kept telling me it was just the after-effects of the anesthesia. I was extremely dizzy and I could walk, so the gas pains in between my shoulder blades hurt a lot.... but as soon as my surgeon stopped the meds it went away and I felt 100 times better. I am home now and my pain is manageable. At this point I am just very very sore and tired. I am not having any problems getting in liquids, I just have to go very slow. So far today I've hit around 22 oz of Water. I don't really get the full feeling either, but at first when I was sipping I would get this clenching feeling that hurt a lot, but then I started sipping teeny tiny amounts and they went away. Now to get the Water down I pretty much just keep the straw in my mouth and sip constantly lol. I am hoping that as I heal I'll be able to take larger sips.

Where is the support group that you are going to? The one offered through my surgeon's office meets at times I can't make and they are mainly for band patients.... I've thought of going to one but I haven't really made any efforts to find one.

I have been to one support group meeting so far at my surgeons office at St. Vincent's. There were only 7 people there, hoping there will be moer there next month. It is on Thursday nights I believe the last Thursday of the month. Except for in Nov & Dec because of the holidays.

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Longer-life it will be here before you know it, where are you looking at for your surgery? Forgive me if you have posted it somewhere already..... And Eddie yes we should all get together some time.:D

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Longer-life it will be here before you know it, where are you looking at for your surgery?

Holy cow as I was typing this I realized November is NEXT MONTH already! I am hoping to have surgery next month. :blink:

I did not even answer your question. I will be having surgery with Dr. Marema at Flagler Hospital. Who was your surgeon?

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For all the South Florida Sleevers, I'm working on starting a support group in St Lucie County. So far, I've got about 4 people besides me who are interested. My closest group (that I know of) is in Sebastian and I can't always get there. If anyone else is interested, just post on here or send me a PM.

In other news, I'm finally breaking my stall!! I've dropped 3 lbs, including the two I've been bouncing on for the last two weeks. I did a bit of experimenting, adding food, subtracting food, adding carbs, etc. to get this stall to break. I've really tried hard to not worry about it and just let things happen since it was my 3 week stall from surgery. However, I did compare my first after-surgery picture to myself this morning and I can see that things have tightened up somewhat. Since that pic is nude, I will NOT be posting it here! LOL

I will try to take a pic in the next couple of days and post it for you all. Even I can see what a difference 43 pounds makes!!! :)

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Hi! I'm from boca raton 17 years old. I was sleeved on the 14th of February at 285, and I'm 268 now, and its been pretty good so far. Anyone else from near boca?

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Hello,

I am in south Florida, I just received approval for my surgery from my insurance it will be done on March 19, 2013. My surgeon is Dr. De La Cruz in Miami. I am excited and nervous and even a little bit scared.

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