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The next few weeks will drag on but they will pass! Today is my 1year surgiversary and the time flew! You will be so glad to have the sleeve!

I have had thick hair my whole life, I lost a ton of hair, but it grew back in pretty fast.was never noticeable to anyone.

Just an update! My mom DOES NOT have cancer! Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement!

Thanks everyone for all your kind words! I just smiled as I read all the posts! This website helped me so much in the beginning and all the way through. The year has flown! I hope all of you have as good an experience as I did and even better!

Just relax, you will lose all you need to. Worrying won't make you lose any faster! Just start enjoying the newer you and don't obsess about the scale. I found it much more exciting to try on clothes and feel them getting looser and looser than seeing numbers on a scale drop then plateau, then drop or rise temporarily. It will work for you, just protect your new little tummy and it will serve you well!

Well, I made it to my one year surgiversary! I went from a size 16/18 to a 6/8. To be perfectly honest, I prefer the way I am now to the way I was before! Shocker right? I will turn 50 on the 17th, but feel younger than when I turned 40, I am not in pain like I used to be. My feet and legs don't hurt all the time. I can bend over to tie my shoes or pet the dogs without losing my breath and don't have to shimmy out of the car. I flew to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and had so much room in the seat, I felt like I was in first class! I had a reunion with friends from my teenage years and wasn't ashamed of myself for the first time in decades! This year has flown by and was one of the most fun in my life! I do not feel deprived of anything, nor do I feel that I had to make major changes in my life. I just eat less and dress better. Regrets? Only like so many others here, I only regret not doing it sooner. Good luck to all of you, I hope you're all as happy with your sleeves as I am!

Thanks for all the kind words and well wishes! My mom is still having tests done but the endoscopy ( upper GI) showed that there are some indications of linitis plastica which is a form of stomach cancer. Pretty scary, yes! An upper GI prior to surgery could have found it, but at least it is being looked at now. We're hoping, if it is cancer, it has been caught in the early stages. Interestingly enough, this type of cancer doesn't even have many symptoms until it is in late stages, because of the sleeve, they looked now. Please keep her in your prayers!

Hey group, I was sleeved in the USA a year ago and I had to go through the arduous pre-surgery process of medical tests and nutritional counseling etc. My mom went to Mexico, to the Jerusalem Hospital and was sleeved with Dr. Almanza. She didn't have to have all the pre surgery tests that I did. Her surgery went very well and her recovery was uneventful until she moved into the regular diet phase. She had terrible reflux, and even went to the hospital thinking she was having a heart attack. She is still getting tests run but she may have some serious problems that could have been exacerbated by the sleeve surgery. If there is a problem with the pyloric sphincter valve, it could have been found prior to surgery, and fixed during surgery. It may be cancer though. We will know more later of course. I'm writing to let anyone know, who may be considering the Mexico option, that although they don't require all the tests such as the Upper GI, it would be in your best interest to get tests and discuss the surgery with a gastrologist prior to going to Mexico for surgery. My mom loved her experience at the Jerusalem Hospital in Tijuana, and would recommend this hospital to everyone! We would both recommend that you do the pre-surgery tests first, however!

I live in San Antonio,tx.

Did you need a special phone to call the USA while in Mexico? My mom will be going there soon.

I was sleeves at a mtf last July. I got a referral from my PCM to the Bariatric clinic and then went to an info session where I was weighed to see if I qualified. I did and was given a list of requirements I had to do including various hospital exams, Mamo, pap, upper GI and I had to do 6 months of supervised weight loss- I did weight watchers. It was a really simple process and everyone was wonderful from start to finish. I was at Ft. Sam Houston.

Relax, it will happen. Everyone goes through slow times. I lost 20 lbs right away, then nothing for a month. Then it picked back up. Just stay away from the scale, and instead enjoy your clothes getting looser. You will notice the inches more quickly than the lbs.