TEXAS DIVA

Well said Oliviam..Lord knows that I have always felt like plicators were second class citizens round here.. Thanks for your words of intellect..

Oh my goodness Tiffykins..just sitting here reading your recovery I have tears in my eyes.. I love to read your posts because they always seem so well informed. But, I never read your recovery story! I literally have a lump in my throat. Then to read that you have ZERO regrets even today! Man, I leave on Friday for plication in Mexico. I have had a rough week with self doubt, fear and overall lack of confidence in what I am getting into. Then I prayed to God to give me a sign or something. What I have gotten is just an overall feeling of peace and that everything would be all right.. Man, Tiffy, I have so much respect for your and what you have been thru. I pray that God gives me the strength to accept what may be ahead for me and give me the courage to face it. Thanks for sharing!

CONGRATS! IM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS

PS: SORRY FOR THE TYPOS AND SUCH..I WAS JUST A LIL HEATED WHILE TYPING.

I JUST SPOKE WITH MY FACILITATOR WHO SAYS MICHELLE IS A TROLL ON SERVERAL OBESITY BOARDS.. GTFOH WITH THAT NON SENSE..CANT BELIEVE I LET MY BLOOD BOIL OVER "ITS" POST.. I APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE OFFENDED BY MY POST.. I JUST CANT STAND BULLIES, LIARS AND TROLLS! WEIGHT LOSS IS A SERIOUS MATTER. LIKE THE OTHER POSTER SAID, GPS PATIENTS ARE SELF PAY. I DONT HAVE MONEY TO WASTE AND I TAKE MY LIFE SERIOUSLY..SO TO TROLL ON THIS SUBJECT IS LIKE PLAYING WITH MY MONEY AND MY HEALTH..NOT COOL...AT ALL!

OK THIS IS SOME BULLSHID..TOTAL BULLSHID... THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD WITH LEGITIMATE LIFE THREATENING WEIGHT LOSS ISSUES THAT COME TO THIS BOARD FOR OPINIONS, IDEAS, INFORMATION AND TO MEET AND BOND WITH PEOPLE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. DO YOU HONESTLY THINK WHILE PEOPLE ARE MULLING OVER HOW TO SAVE THEIR OWN LIVES, LITERALLY, FIND THE MONEY, MEANS AND COURAGE TO DO SO, THRU ANY FORM OF WLS, THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO READ THIS KINDA BULLSHID? I DONT KNOW DR. WATKINS AT ALL. THOUGH I OFTEN WONDERED HOW AS A SURGEON HE FINDS TIME TO POST ON A MESSAGE BOARD, I CAN STILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IS FREELY SHARING WHAT HE CONSIDERS TO BE HIS BEST INFORMED OPINION. I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIS POSTS AS FREE ADVERTISING..I WAS JUST HAPPY FOR FREE MEDICAL OPINION. THE MAN IS A LICENSED MEDICAL DOCTOR THEREFORE, HE MUST HAVE A CERTAIN HIGH DEGREE OF INTELLIGENCE. FOR THAT ALONE I CAN APPRECIATE THE TIME HE TAKES TO POST ON THIS BOARD, THOUGH IT IS HIS OPINION. THANKS DR. WATKINS FOR SHARING YOUR OPINION. I DONT KNOW BORDER GUY, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, YOUR INITIAL REPLY TO THIS POST WAS REFRESHING AND MUCH NEEDED. YOU GAVE AN OPINION THAT WELL BALANCED DR. WATKINS OPINION AND IT SHOWED TWO POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS SUBJECT. IM GLAD THAT YOU INTERJECTED BECAUSE AFTER READING DR. WATKINS POSTS, I WAS READY TO CALL OFF ANY KIND OF WLS. YOUR COMMENTS MADE ME REALIZE THAT TO "PLICATE OR NOT TO PLICATE" IS MY OWN PERSONAL CHOICE AND I HAVE TO MAKE MY OWN WELL INFORMED DECISION. THANKS A MILLION FOR YOUR RESPONSE. MICHELLE, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, YOU DONT POSSESS A MEDICAL LICENSE OR DEGREE, UNLESS I MISSED IT IN YOUR PROFILE OR IN YOUR AVATAR SPACE. IF YOU DO, LET ME BE THE FIRST TO APOLOGIZE. BUT WHERE THE PHUCC DO YOU GET OFF WITH ELEMENTARY NAME CALLING AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 48? WHAT QUALIFIES YOU TO CALL LICENSED MEDICAL DOCTORS AND PROFESSIONALS "BOTTOM FEEDERS" BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO PERFORM A CERTAIN TYPE OF SURGERY? AM I A "IN THE BOTTOM" BECAUSE I AM CONSIDERING PLICATION? I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CALL ME "BOTTOM ANYTHING" TO MY FACE. I MEAN REALLY, WHO ARE YOU? YOUR OUTWARD DISDAIN FOR "ALL THINGS PLICATION" HAS ME TO QUESTION WHO YOU REALLY ARE? DO YOU WORK FOR SOME COMPANY THAT HAS IT OUT FOR CERTAIN DOCTORS? ARE YOU PAID TO GET ON LINE AND BLAST PLICATION SURGEONS? DID YOU DIE FROM PLICATION SURGERY AND COME BACK IN THE FORM OF AN INTERNET COWARD TO BASH THE WORD PLICATION WHENEVER YOU HEAR OR READ IT? DID YOU HAVE A FRIEND OR LOVE ONE DIE AT THE HANDS OF A PLICATION SURGEON? REALLY , YOU GAVE YOUR OPINION, POSTED YOUR LINKS FOR WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS VALIDITY FOR YOUR OPINION AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT. YOU SEE MICHELLE, IT IS "INTERNET BULLIES" LIKE YOU THAT TAKE FROM THE POSITIVE-NESS OF FORUMS AND MESSAGE BOARDS. IF PLICATION IS NOT FOR YOU, THEN DONT HAVE IT..IN FACT, DONT COME TO THIS PART OF THE BOARD. APPARENTLY, YOU HAD YOUR WLS OF CHOICE, STICK WITH IT AND LEAVE THE REST OF US TO MAKE OUR OWN CHOICE. IM SORRY ,BUT I HAVE NEVER LIKED BULLIES AND "INTERNET GANGSTAS" AND YOU REALLY WERE OUT OF LINE TO CALL BORDER GUY A LIAR? REALLY WHO THE PHUCC ARE YOU TO CALL HIM ANYTHING? NOW SWEETNESS, KNOW THIS: MY NERVES ARE BAD, I HAVE A LOT ON MY MIND AND I COULD JUSTIFY ANYTHING RIGHT ABOUT NOW. SO DONT EVEN THINK YOU ARE GONNA COME AT ME WITH YOUR INTERNET "FAT GIRL TOUGH ACT" BECAUSE IM THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WILL GIVE YOU MY REAL NAME, REAL ADDRESS AND REAL PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN MEET IN PERSON AND "DISCUSS" THIS IF NEED BE. SO YOU CAN MISS ME WITH ANY TYPE OF NAME CALLING REBUTTAL BECAUSE I SWEAR I WILL MAKE IT MY BUSINESS TO ENSURE THAT YOU GET THE "OPPORTUNITY" TO ATTEMPT TO SPEAK YOUR PEACE IN PERSON WITH ME. SO UNTIL YOU CAN PROVIDE THIS BOARD WITH YOUR MEDICAL CERTIFICATION, JUST LIKE DR. WATKINS, UNTIL YOU CAN PROVIDE PROOF THAT YOU ARE THE AUTHORITY ON WHAT CONSTITUTES BEING A "BOTTOM FEEDER" OR UNTIL YOU CAN SHOW PROOF THAT YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO CALL BORDER GUY OR ANYONE ELSE A LIAR, THEN YOU NEED TO KEEP IT MOVING!... NOW, YOU DEAL WITH THAT...

GOOD FOR YOU GENEPHA! KEEP IT UP!

KATHY, DID DR. ROD DO YOUR PLICATION SURGERY?

CONGRATS! I HAVE MY GPS ON 3-25-2011 AND I AM NERVOUS AND EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME TOO! GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING..IM SURE YOU WILL DO GREAT!

CONGRATS! I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER AND JUST THINK OF HOW MUCH YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR WEIGHT LOSS...TAKE IT EASY!

CONGRATS! AND I WILL TAKE 21LBS LOST IN A MONTH AT ANY TIME..YOU ARE DOING GREAT!

MY PLICATION IS ON 3-25-2011 SO I CANT SAY I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL OR WHAT YOU ARE GOING THRU. BUT, I WILL SAY THAT I AM PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR STOMACH..TAKE CARE AND THINK POSITIVE..IM SURE EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT FOR YOU!

Hello Everyone! Finally, Finally, Finally, my surgery date is scheduled. I will be going to Juarez, MX on 3-25-2011 for plication with Dr. Rod. Can I please get advice on the trip from anyone thats had WLS in Mexico, especially if it was with Dr. Rod? Please tell me what I should bring and generally what I can expect...Thanks so much!

I FELT THE SAME EXACT WAY!!! I WAS SO SCARED THAT I HAVE CANCELLED SURGERY 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME REASONS..BUT, I HAD TO REALLY TAKE TIME TO MEDITATE, PRAY AND HEAR FROM MY GOD WHO CONFIRMED THAT ALL IS WELL AND I WILL BE VICTORIOUS IN THIS SURGERY AND RECOVERY...I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHATEVER YOUR FAITH IS, THAT YOU PRAY AND MEDITATE AND YOU WILL SURELY GET CONFIRMATION...GOOD LUCK!

Good luck and God bless you on your big day!

Just said a prayer for you..i believe that you will be victorious!

Let me start by saying you look wonderful..the weight loss is amazing, but what is really spectacular is your giving spirit. You take the time to get on this board and share info that you have researched yourself, whether everyone agrees or not. It is apparent that you do this from your heart..im sure you dont get paid to share your experience and advise. When things are done totally from the heart, with no expections of return, that is truly beautiful and amazing. You seem to just want to sincerely share your experience and let everyone know that if you can do it they can too. How genuine, how wonderful, how devine! God bless you miss tiffykins...your generousity of time, information, love and compassion is incredible!

Hallelujah!! Im over here at my desk crying...thank you so much for your words of encouragement estrellita...they mean sooooooo much...it is also confirmation for me that i am doing the right thing...the fact that someone can relate to me makes me feel less strange and isolated. It is incredible how god will use people to intercede...thanks so much for sharing..your words really touched me!

Omg..im glad that you came to the source of your symptoms..I have the most demanding and stressful job ever...before my recent vacation to jamaica i was an emotional wreck..the time away did me some good..coming back from vacation and looking at the pictures, i have without a doubt decided on wls which will be done in october...now, i have anxiety again about dying on the table, wls horror stories i have read and so forth..i think it is just the devil...im afraid because i have children that need me but i need to do this to save myself...i just keep praying and meditating..im a christian so im not afraid of death, just afraid of leaving my children behind with no one to look out for them..im constantly nervous and upset...in other words, i feel for your situation..keep praying, keep meditating and things will get better.

Beliteweight offers in house financing with a size-able down payment...maybe this could be an option for you...good luck...i had to save too, i just kept putting back everytime i could..this is really important to me

Good luck and quick recovery to you both...i think it is wonderful that you are doing this together!

CONGRATS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT YOUR RECOVERY ROOM EXPERIENCE?

HELLO FELLOW TEXAN: I PRAY ALL IS WELL...HOW EXCITING..YOU ARE PROBABLY IN RECOVERY AND ON THE ROAD TO A WHOLE NEW YOU! CANT WAIT FOR MY TURN..HERE IS WISHING YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND WEIGHT LOSS..HANG IN THERE

Congrats! Keep up the great work...i cant wait until it is my turn...good for you though...that truly is great

Thanks for the advice...Diva's have to stick together..lol...hope you are better soon