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I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THAT I TOTALLY GET WHY PEOPLE GO TO MX AND HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT WHAT THEY ARE IN OTHER COUNTRIES (SOME ARE WORSE AND SOME ARE BETTER). SO THAT DATA IS JUST NOT VIABLE. IT'S LITERALLY WHATEVER THE DOC WANTS TO SAY! I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE A DOC WHO SAID THEY HAD A 100% COMPLICATION FREE RECORD BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPLICATIONS THAT ARE NATURAL AND OUT OF THEIR CONTROL THAT JUST HAVE TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. THAT WOULD BE A DOC I WOULD AVOID FRANKLY BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE LYING AND IN THAT CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LYING A LITTLE OR A LOT! BTW...MY KEYPAD SEEMS TO BE BROKEN AND I CAN'T GET THE DANGED CAPS OFF! I'M TRAVELING SO I'LL FIX AT HOME, BUT I WANTED TO LET YA KNOW I WASN'T "SHOUTING" VIA CAPS LOL

The reporting guidelines in Mexico are nil. Word of mouth is reliable. Physicians stats...not so much.

Gad Cheri I so agree. If they want an ask a vet forum put one in but here...I don't give a rats patottie if a new person reads these threads and does not understand them or is offended..even afraid to post. Post elsewhere about your booze and burgers. I don't want to hear it nor do I even want to see the names of the rabble rousers! Now...I've been in a stall for five mins...someone tell me how to break it please? .

I'll be watching for an update. stay well hun....and while palpitations don't mean leak for sure, they are a symptom of something wrong so pushing is the way to go! I didn't do it enough and almost lost my life. You get to the bottom of this ok!!!!!

I posted early as I'm off to Hollywood to make my fortune....ok lets be real I'm going down for a "design boot camp boondoggle" but either way I'm going to have fun Hope everyone has great losses to post tomorrow!!! I hit the big 50 with today's loss.

Spend some time with actuators. They will tell you what you're worth in just a few quick calculations

The fact that you can't celebrate your 30th birthday without booze says more than anything else about you. You might want to get a handle on that before you hit 40 or you're gonna be a mess.

My complications were half a million dollars. Do you really think keeping your eyes shut will help you pay those bills if you have to? Check with your insurance company and learn the rules! If you have no coverage than you can supplement. If you have coverage with rules (ie must go through ER for care) than knowing those rules could save you thousands! Not checking in advance is kind of like heading far a brick wall at full speed. Ya maybe the brakes will save you....but what if they don't? Be smart in advance.

I was told three months for popcorn and nuts. The problem with popcorn is those little bits that get stuck in your teeth can get stuck in your healing stomach and cause infection or leaking if it's really early on. Nuts can do the same and you can't chew them enough. I have had popcorn and I am not able to eat much more than a cup so you don't necessarily have to think that pop corn is going to be your downfall, unless it was a problem earlier. I could never finish a small and don't crave the stuff so for me it's no biggie. Your milage may vary but make it vary after three months

How is she doing?

Why are you having this? Are you dealing with a leak and need the supliment? I had the NJ tube for three days. I did not tolerate it well. It scratched my throat up something horrible after gagging for 72 hours (I spit up this horrific acidic bile constantly...ughhhhh it was bad). I forced them to remove it and give me TPN instead. I know that can be an issue for some, but it was better for me than the NJ. How long do they plan on leaving it? It's best not to have any tube in your nasal area over five weeks as it can cause permanent damage....

You tell them and likely they will want you to have a pad verses a tampon. If something happens and you aren't able to deal with the tampon, someone else would need to. This also alleviates a pre surgery blood test which a lot of them do for possible pregnancy.

My doctor says up to four ounces is fine with a meal. It is an old bypass thing that isn't as applicable with the sleeve, but it's often advised because people typcially drink far too much with a meal. It's no different than having Soup. I don't drink with every meal, but with dinner I have a glass of wine. I don't drink 15 to 30 mins prior because when I am drinking fluids for fluids sake I'm drinking larger amounts, but on occasion while cooking I have a bit of wine as well. My doc is fine with this.

I didn't so much feel I had a fever as knew I did because I checked it. I was warned to do that daily for the first few weeks by someone here actually. The diarrhea can be a symptom of "liquid in, liquid out" so it's not a guarantee either. It's just a possibility in leak scenario's. There are many symptoms to a leak and it's unusual for one person to have all of them. So you just have to consider if you have one or two that perhaps you should rule out a leak to ensure proper care. A good doctor...a conservative doctor, will do so immediately because it's a fairly harmless test, inexpensive, and easy on the patient with a huge reward if the leak is caught early.

Some do, some don't. So you can't dismiss the possibility if you don't have them. For me I had extreme weakness. Racing heart. Left shoulder pain. Oh and a low grade fever (around 99) But I didn't have vomiting or diarrhea.

Yes I had the first surgery Aug 28th (VSG) and then repair in late september (I don't actually know the date..I was a bit out of it!).

You can do a search and find more answers to this question as well, but my answer is yes, I regret it. I was 35bmi at time of surgery with no comorbidities. I have a family history of people being overweight but with very few comorbidities and many who lived to or past 100. I have good fat genes That said, I have not struggled with weight all of my life, I've actually been a healthy BMI most of it if not a little low when I was in high school because I was very active. So for me, the surgery was basically cosmetic. I wouldn't try to fool myself or anyone else into thinking it was anything else. We all sign disclosures but I was still told over and over again how easy this was going to be. How I was going to be the poster child for a great outcome, blah blah blah. It's easy to dismiss the disclosures when your doc is saying those are mostly issues for the high BMI group and joking about playing tennis the next week with you. I did research the good and bad sides of this surgery for some time as well as my physician (in the US at a COE). But for me it all went wrong and when it went wrong it snowballed downwards quickly. I nearly died from this stupid procedure more than once. My lungs collapsed, I had massive bleeding, clots from PICC lines, a very long hospital stay, many ER visits...scary stuff. I regret what I did to my family and friends and what I did to myself. I can't describe the depths one goes to when in terrible pain...I never wished I'd die, but as I was saying to a dear friend last night, I did wish I didn't have a child so I could let myself die at one point. I'm not that kind of person...but you don't know where you go when you endure so much. You aren't yourself. It's bad. To be fair I have lost weight, but had I have known what I was going to suffer, I'd have gotten off my ass and joined a gym and I would never have had an elective surgery when my son was so young and dependent on me. If you can do it another way, do it! I think there are people who should have this surgery. But the majority aren't ready nor are they exhausting all other efforts. It's easy and we all like a magic bullet Such is the nature of human beings.