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brazcan

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  4. Posted

    Hi

    I am from Toronto but decided to go to Mexico for surgery. I am having VSG in Feb 7 with Dr. Kelly. Total cost with tickets, etc will be less than $6000. I know it is still a lot but if I add all the missed days of work and one year wait for surgery in Ontario that would cost me more.

    I was told at TWH that VSG is not covered. Good luck.

    My brother has been jumping through hoops for almost a full year trying to get ohip (toronto) to cover bypass, and then he switched to sleeve request after he saw my results. There are 2 or 3 dr.s in the toronto area who do the sleeve, but they've done less than 5 surgeries EACH. That's it, 5....no way i'm letting someone do this to me unless they've had over 200 lap sleeves under their belt. I went to Mexico, and it was fantastic.

    Hope this helps.

  6. Posted

    Mine is on Feb 7. I am also by myself. The day of your surgery I will still be there and probably will be already doing weel. Count on me for whatever you need. I will probably stay one more night at the hotel (hacienda) so we may meet there too.

    Lets keep in touch

    Hi everyone!

    Its official, i booked my flight today and will be getting my band to sleeve revision on feb 10th with Dr Kelly! i am soooo excited, but im also very nervous. im doing this all by myself and im praying that there will be someone else there on or around the same time as me.

    also, if anyone has a list of things to buy before surgery and a list of things i should take with me that would be great. i want to send a big thank you to everyone on this site. i have learned so much and appreciate all the support and suggestions during the last couple of months.

    cant waith to hear from all of you!

    shaundra

  11. Posted

    Hi everyone

    Thank you very much for all your support. I never thought that virtual support was so effective and important. I feel so close to all of you...

    I am positive about my decision and I will have it. I am only getting insecure about the doctor, place, price and all these histories about problems with certain doctors. I cannot afford the most expensive doctors but I aso cannot place my life at risk. It is so hard to sort through all the good and bad about the less expensive packages. We dont really know who is a real patinet or not, who is being paid by the doctors or not...

    I have my surgery booked for Feb 8 with Dr. Almanza but I am about to cancel it. I started to research the other less expensive packages but there is alway someone telling bad things that makes me very scared. I really cannot afford the ones that charge $7000 or more.

    Thanks again everyone. I will try to get more info from people that have been to the less expensive doctors to see what I get.

    God bless you all

  12. Posted

    Hi everyone

    I will have VSG on Feb 5 in Mexico and coming back to Canada in 4 days. My main convcerns are dizziness and pain.

    Can you all share with me if you felt dizzy or fainty after 3 days (due to low food intake, low BP, etc) or if you had fainting episodes. Also, how was the flight back? Pain? Dizziness?

    I appreciate all your answers so I can be better prepared. i am really converned about being dizzy.

    thanks

  13. Posted

    Hi

    I am having my VSG in a week and I am worried as I am also allergic to Morphine. I gave them all the info but I am still afraid they will give me something with morphine in it by mistake. What did you take for apin that does not have any morphine in it?

    thanks

    I am an RN as well (new grad). I am not sure what they gave me in the hospital (guess I should have asked). I was so out of it. I got pain meds and anti-nausea meds IV in the hospital. Went home the next day with liquid pain med, HYDROCODONE/APAP 7.5MG/500MG/15ML. They were going to give me Roxicet liquid for home, but they had me try it in the hospital and it made me vomit. I know they were going to give me morphine in the hospital for pain after surgery, but I am allergic. I wish I could remember what I got in the hospital!

    Glad you made it thru surgery okay! How are you feeling?

  14. Posted

    Hi

    We re in similar position.

    I am going to have VSG on Feb 5 in Tijuana. I am going alone and against my husband's "will". He also thinks it is easy to loose the weight with diet and exercise even though I have been strugling with this for the past 10 years. I am in peace with my decision and I am doing this for me and my kids. it was hard to decide to go without his support but I am fine with this decision now.

    take care

    Hi all, I am new to the site and I have recently decided to get the Sleeve, and my husband is not happy about it. He feels that I can lose the weight on my own, I am 293 5'8 ....about a size 18/20...I carry my weight well because of my height so to him I am not an "extreme" case. However my BMI is 44 so ...I am borderline diabetic....and have somewhat of high blood pressure....(my doctor said he would like it to come down a little...like 5 points) I have pretty much made up my mind about this, I have a 17 month old son...and while I really have no other health problems now I don't want to develop them. I watched my grandma (bless her heart) suffer from high blood pressure and diabetes, and kidney failure, and I want to live healthier. I want to be here a longtime to see my son grow up and have kids, I just want a better quality of life. Has any one else had this problem with their family?

    People think this is the easy way out, but just from me researching this surgeries, this is not easy ...it is ALOT of work!

    Help me fellow VSG ers!

    Tasha

  16. Posted

    I am glad to hear you are ok. Could you tell us about the issues you had?

    Thanks

    Hello everyone,

    I am new here and just had my sleeve done on Jan 17th. I had a few issues so had to stay in the hospital for 3 nights. I am doing better but my tummy is still swollen. I have not gotten on the scale yet because I don't think I have lost anything yet. But I am very glad I had this done and know I will have a good outcome. I have fought my weight problem my whole life and I am hoping I have found the solution. I know this is a whole new why of life and I am ready for it.

  17. Posted

    HI everyone

    After much wait, research and multiple attempts to loose weight, I finally realized that I do not want to keep trying to loose weight by diet and exercise and medication just to regain it all back in a short time. Last July I went to Brazil to have a balloon inserted, but the doctor was very honest in saying that it just was not worth it and that after the 6 months when the ballon was to be removed the weight would start to go up again. He also did not agree with the band due to multiple complications in a long run and poor results after it was removed. He suggested the vertical gastrectomy but I was just not ready for it and decided to try again to loose weight by other methods. During this time I was on Xenical, exercising 3x per week, eating healthy and lighter most of the time. I managed to loose 8 pounds but I quickly "found" them and a couple more.

    This months I decided to go for the VSG but in Mexico. To my surprise my husband went ballistic. Initially his argument was about the safety of it being done in Mexico but after many arguments it was clear that he just plain does not want me to do it. No matter how much I try to show results, research, etc he remains firm against it. Again to my surprise, he told me he is not going with me, he is not giving any support when I return (I asked for it as I will be feeling weak, of course and we have absolutely no other family member in Canada) and even said that he does not want to know anything and will not be my emergency contact person. That was way beyond expected. Unfortunately I always noticed he spoiled my attempts to loose weight and became insecure everytime I came closer to a normal weight but until now this was just a suspicion.

    I am tense and scared but I have made my decision and I will not change my mind. I am leaving to San Diego on the 5/2 and will spend 2 days there to relax and get to visit a few places. On the 8/2 I will have my surgery and I will be back on the 13/2. I decided to stay a little longer to avoid feeling dizzy during the long trip back to Toronto. With God's permission everything will go well and I will have a good recovery. I hope the support of everyone in this forum will do what he is not doing. I really hope I will have no complications at all and that i will be back to my normal routine soon, feeling much lighter of course.;-)

  19. Posted

    I told my husband and asked for his support which he denied. I have made my decision, I am going by myself and I am positive everything is going to be right. After , when I return to work, I will tell those who ask the reason of my weight loss but for now, I do not need anyone reminding me of shootings, infections, fake degrees, fake testimonies or whatever negative and anxiety provoking comments they may have.

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