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November 13th with Dr Ariel Ortiz!

Tiffany I'm November 19 with Dr Ortiz...congratulations! Keep us posted on your experience...I'm VERY interested! :-)

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Dr Aceves............Nov 7...........Band removed long ago....Revision to Sleeve

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Hi everyone :)

I too had a band since 2008 which was finally removed in July due to slippage - now have to start all over again!

Surgery is scheduled for November 12 with Dr. Aceves.

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Nov 22 for me. What a thanksgiving "gheeezz"...haha..I've had enough pig out holidays anyway...

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Hi everyone :)

I too had a band since 2008 which was finally removed in July due to slippage - now have to start all over again!

Surgery is scheduled for November 12 with Dr. Aceves.

Is it common for a slip over few years? My band was in 2009. So far so good but I only have 2.2 cc cause any more and I have troubles.

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Is it common for a slip over few years? My band was in 2009. So far so good but I only have 2.2 cc cause any more and I have troubles.

Not sure what the statistics are, but I know quite a few that had/have problems with their band two or three years in, after initially doing great with it. I was successful with my band for about 2 years, but it came with many restrictions in foods I could tolerate without getting stuck. One day my band acted up and closed shut for no reason and I've had problems ever since. Having the band unflled over a year ago did not help much, most days I still had problems getting liquids down - but at the same time managed to pick up weight again - thanks to slider foods :ph34r:

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i think i,m going in november, will know more by the end of the week, just waiting for my financing. i have dr sariana doing mine.

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I'm seeing a lot more Ariel Ortiz patients here lately!

Finally! I was getting nervous! Lol

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Nov. 19 with Dr. Ponce in TJ.

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Good Morning all. I have a lapband but researching a conversion to VS. A friend of mine is going to TJ to have a VS. I am here to support her and find others who are going at the same time. She will have Dr Fernando Garcia as a surgeon and today she will get a date. I am going to Mexico with her. I had plastic surgery done with Dr Carmina Cardenas and she does have a Bariatric surgeon on staff Dr Filipe Garcia. The reason my friend did not pick him is lack of information on here about him. He performed VS on Dr Cardenas and her assistant. Believe or not, they only had 20-30 pounds to loose. They did it for life maintenance. With that said, her sugery will be around first week of November

November roll

Mikeross.....................Nov 2.......Dr Garcia

920Amy......................Nov 3.......Dr Garcia

Mbabercrombie..........Nov 3.......Dr.Lopez

Leelee93.....................Nov 5.....Dr Garcia

AngeleyesinNJ............Nov 7......Dr Garcia

Binipkey......................Nov 8......Dr Garcia

Nursedel......................Nov 9......Dr Garcia

Mikeross.....................Nov 9......Dr Garcia

CHUM.........................Nov12.....Dr Ponce

TiffanyD......................Nov 13....Dr A Ortiz

Jjones10669................Nov16....Dr Osuna Puerto V

PattyS..........................N0v16...Dr Lopex PV

Buckeyegirl40.............Nov 30th ..Dr. Alvarez

Me and my husband on Nov 6...Dr Garcia

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