Jesser 295 Posted January 8, 2013 Booked the surgery date: March 8th Just went to the post office and bought my passport card- it should arrive in 6 weeks or so. I sure hope so because that's going to be cutting it close. Lol Now all that's left to do is get the plane tickets and I'm all set! I just hope my income tax is enough to pay a big portion of this surgery, if not, I will have to take out a loan and I hope that I would get approved. If it comes to that, and I don't get approved, I will have to postpone the surgery. How are all the other February/March sleevers coming along? Have you booked your flights and passport yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MamaDupa 34 Posted January 8, 2013 My passport took 2.5 weeks. They tell me that if it's not just before summer when folks go on vacation that they are slower and it doesn't take as long. So you should get it. Good luck! 2 AmandaRaeLeo and Jesser reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoosierGirl 780 Posted January 9, 2013 Booked the surgery date: March 8th Just went to the post office and bought my passport card- it should arrive in 6 weeks or so. I sure hope so because that's going to be cutting it close. Lol Now all that's left to do is get the plane tickets and I'm all set! I just hope my income tax is enough to pay a big portion of this surgery, if not, I will have to take out a loan and I hope that I would get approved. If it comes to that, and I don't get approved, I will have to postpone the surgery. How are all the other February/March sleevers coming along? Have you booked your flights and passport yet? Very exciting! As I await my Passport card for my February 4 surgery, I can't help feeling like I did shortly before I graduated from high school. Not really sure what the future holds, but I have a feeling it will be cool beyond anything I could imagine! This is OUR YEAR! 3 Jesser, Keepgoing247 and MamaDupa reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AStephenson 159 Posted January 9, 2013 Hi Jesser..I'm Feb. 18th...already have my passport card, supplements, and some liquids and Proteins stocked up. Waiting on my flight tickets as I have to wait for my tax refund to pay part of my fee as well. Don't want to get tickets now then worry about getting dates changed. I hope this doesn't bite me in the a#$ and my tickets end up being outrageous. First time dealing with it so I just don't know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amys 41 Posted January 9, 2013 Jesser, what doctor are you going through? Im doing pretty much the same as you and hoping my refund is enough to cover it all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesser 295 Posted January 9, 2013 Jesser' date=' what doctor are you going through? Im doing pretty much the same as you and hoping my refund is enough to cover it all[/quote'] I'm going with Dr. Lopez at Mi hospital in TJ 1 MamaDupa reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesser 295 Posted January 9, 2013 Hi Jesser..I'm Feb. 18th...already have my passport card' date=' supplements, and some liquids and Proteins stocked up. Waiting on my flight tickets as I have to wait for my tax refund to pay part of my fee as well. Don't want to get tickets now then worry about getting dates changed. I hope this doesn't bite me in the a# and my tickets end up being outrageous. First time dealing with it so I just don't know[/quote'] Same here... I would like to go ahead and get the plane tickets, but I have no clue how much my income tax return is going to be. I'm just hoping its close to the amount that I need!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fletcherette 203 Posted January 9, 2013 I hear you about the money I'm saving everything I've got and my mom is loaning me some money to cover it all. I'm nervous about the passports, I haven't been able to get the photo done let alone get the application turned in. I'm having surgery march 4th, need to get my passport! I have some chicken broth and Protein shake mixed stocked up, I do have a shopping lust put together but going to wait until feb to go shopping for more. I'm super excited and can't wait to have it do and be back home healing and losing it's all I think about. I keep planning things I wanna do once I've lost weight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesser 295 Posted January 9, 2013 I hear you about the money I'm saving everything I've got and my mom is loaning me some money to cover it all. I'm nervous about the passports' date=' I haven't been able to get the photo done let alone get the application turned in. I'm having surgery march 4th, need to get my passport! I have some chicken broth and Protein shake mixed stocked up, I do have a shopping lust put together but going to wait until feb to go shopping for more. I'm super excited and can't wait to have it do and be back home healing and losing it's all I think about. I keep planning things I wanna do once I've lost weight[/quote'] I'm doing the same things! Lol it's still hard for me to envision being thin because I've been overweight for so long. Sometimes it gets overwhelming to me in a way. I will look for you in Mx!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmandaRaeLeo 2,146 Posted January 9, 2013 I'm doing the same things! Lol it's still hard for me to envision being thin because I've been overweight for so long. Sometimes it gets overwhelming to me in a way. I will look for you in Mx!! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Are you staying an extra night in SD before flying home? Amanda Rae Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jesser 295 Posted January 9, 2013 No, I don't think so. If I go alone, I wanna just go there and come straight back. If my Dad goes with me, he may suggest staying and site seeing. But I wouldn't do it alone. Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmandaRaeLeo 2,146 Posted January 9, 2013 No' date=' I don't think so. If I go alone, I wanna just go there and come straight back. If my Dad goes with me, he may suggest staying and site seeing. But I wouldn't do it alone. Lol[/quote'] We're staying an extra night in SD. It's a long flight and I want another day to chill and walk. Amanda Rae Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigepc 84 Posted January 10, 2013 I'm spending 2 extra days in San Diego just to be safe. If I'm feeling up to it want to check out sea world and the zoo. Only time will tell. Hope you get your passport in time and all your financing in place. Good luck. I week to go for me. 1 AmandaRaeLeo reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fletcherette 203 Posted January 10, 2013 If y'all get a chance you should site see in Dan Diego. It's beautiful my favorite is the gas lamp quarter and the zoo(although I don't know that I'd brave the zoo after surgery. It has some killer hills. Last time I went I was 40lb lighter and it killed me. I'd definitely suggest renting an ecv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigepc 84 Posted January 10, 2013 Yeah if I go I would be renting a scooter to be safe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites