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Nikwell

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About Nikwell

  • Rank
    Novice
  • Birthday 02/12/1972

About Me

  • City
    Lake Country
  • State
    BC
  • Zip Code
    V4V1Y3
  1. 1 years has passed since you registered at VerticalSleeveTalk! Happy 1st Anniversary Nikwell!

  2. go girl!! u look great!!! XX

  3. Nikwell

    Let's count Dr. Aceves Patients!

    All good for me too. I had a wonderful experience in Mexically 5 weeks ago. 3 weeks out i had a pain on my left side...not excrutiating pain but more annoying achey..anyhow i asked Gabby about it..i had a call from Dr Campos within two hrs of my email. He didnt get me on his first call so he called me back twice. I was very impressed!!! Anyone who see's this team is in amazing hands. :thumbup: Nikki
  4. I am so glad you are doing so well. 25 pounds! That is insane!!! Good for you. I am doing well, weight loss has slowed down a bit, so I will be stepping up my exercise. One of my best friends had surgery two weeks ago today in SLC, and my other friend who is like a sister to me is getting surgery from Dr. Aceves in 10 days! I am going with her this time so it will be interesting to witness the experience from the other side.

    Take care and keep in touch,

    Anna

  5. Hi Anna, Im doing really well. I came through with ease compaired with some posts ive read. Im in the mushie stage now and its been definete trial and error. I cant believe how quicky we fill up. I am down 25pnds and will be my one month this firday. I cant believe how time flies. Thanks for checking in on me! How are you doing?? XX Nikki and my experience with Dr ACeves was great!

  6. Nikki,

    I haven't heard from you in a while, but I think you were planning on surgery at the beginning of the month. I hope you are doing really well and feeling great! Take care and let me know if there is anything you need.

    Anna

  7. thanks you guys!! Jane I cant wait to see my shadow :biggrin2:
  8. Well Im back from my trip to Mexicali to see Dr. Aceves and his wonderful staff. I was told by all of you who had seen him how wondeful he was and YES he was!! What a nice man and such a dedicated surgeon. I asked him if he takes any time off, well Sundays of course. He said he loves his profession so much that he could spend every waking hr in the surgery room, now that says a whole lot about the quality of this man and the love of what he does. I was in such good hands. I was scared to death to have the spinal ( i had a bad bad expeience with my baby) but the anaethesist put my mind at ease and i put my trust in him which he thanked me for.... it was a snap, he also had a wonderful bed side manner and made me laugh which lightened the moment. Surgery was over in a blink..literally and Im now one week today and down 6 pnds. I have had the normal abdominal discomfort, but id say having a C section for me was wayyy worse. Im able to get down all of my fluids and Protein requirements so i think that makes a big difference in how I feel and heal. I am sure to take my Nexium first thing in the morning and have had no problems with acid or discomfort in that dept. I have had to deal with head hunger, its so strange your instinct to eat is still there but your new tummy is not hungry. It hard to explain until you experience it, the airport was the toughest for me...even though i would never order pizza in the morning, when we went by the pizza place i just about fell to my knees..haha, but it seems to have passed(tongue in cheek), I made grill cheese sandwhich for my daughter yesterday and tomatoe Soup...a definite head hunger challenge because i just cant take a bite! pretty simple. My stab wounds are healing well, actually all but the drain incision are close to healed. I have two kids, one 5yr old and one 6 month old, id say that has been my biggest challenge...taking it easy. How in the world do you rest when a baby needs you? so im just extra careful when i lift him and try to rest when he is napping. I have had a couple of stings bending over so it just makes me put things in check and remember i have just had major surgery. Im still anxious to make it out of the complications zone, but with a surgeon like Dr Aceves on my side I feel like I made the best best best choice! Anyone trying to decide on a surgeon and worried to death like I was, rest assured your in amazing gifted hands!! Thankyou to Dr A and all of his people! I look forward to my new journey ahead... Cheers, Nikki XX ps; not to mention I met some wondeful patients while I was in Mexicali. When you talk to people you find out that we are all in the same boat just trying to get healthy, happy with oursleves and find a different quality of life that we have lost or never had.
  9. Nikwell

    Shame!!! Shame on me!

    Kisu...i totally agree with you. I have felt they same way. I am scheduled for surg in Aug and am dealing with the pre surg justifications....here is me needing to make my tummy smaller so i can be thin and healthy when there is starving people out there that would give thier left leg for food...something kinda wrong about that isnt there? :thumbup1:
  10. Nikwell

    Any other Canadians out there?

    Hi, Im in BC and will be having my surgery with Dr Aceves on Aug 6th...excited!! Anyone else around that time? Nikki

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