New Member & Waiting for 11/13

LanieB · October 9, 2008

My husband and I are both having the band surgery in Tiajuana, Mx on Nov 13. I'm excited, but also nervous. Has anyone done it same day as their spouse? I'm a bit concerned that there won't be anyone there with us to help out. I just hope there are no complications for either one of us since we'll be so far from home. :eek: I've been enjoying reading posts on this forum. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions before it's all over.

FoxyRoxie · October 9, 2008

I didn't have it with my husband, but my sister and I did it together in June in Tijuana. Who is your doctor? Mine was Pompas. We went under back-to-back (me first). It was a breeze getting up and walking around right after I/we came out of recovery. Of course you'll still be sore and drowsy, but it will all be fine. She and another friend of ours have not had any complications. I did. My port flipped so (11 days ago) I had to have a 2nd procedure done to re-suture the port in order to get my fills. My sister has lost 40+ pounds. I have lost 31. But as soon as I heal, I'll be right back on the treadmill and doing my share to make this band do what it's supposed to do.

It will be fine. Just make sure you write down all of your questions and ask them BEFORE you go into surgery. It may be hard to pull everybody together to get your questions answered after the surgery because not everyone speaks English and it's all outpatient treatment.

Take care and best wishes.

LanieB · October 9, 2008

The dr doing it is Martinez (parner of Ortiz, I think). Thanks for the words of encouragement. We still haven't checked into who we'll use for the aftercare. Did you have to go back to Tiajuana to have the second procedure? Finances probably won't allow us to do that. Hopefully we'll find somewhere closer to have the fills and take care of matters that may come up. You're doing great. I can't wait to say I've lost 31 lbs!:eek:

FoxyRoxie · October 9, 2008

I found a fill doctor here, but the doctors in Tijuana took care of the second surgery free. I only had to pay for the flight, hotel, and the fill they did when they went in. All together it cost about $625. Not bad. It would have cost about $3K in the states just for the surgery.

I got my stitches out and decided that Monday I'm getting back on the treadmill. Hopefully the pounds will start dropping again.