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I'm a hairdresser, and I work for kind of a crappy company. Lol I'm going to look at individual plans here soon though. My son is on Medicaid, thank God for that or he wouldn't have insurance either. I'm a single Mom and I get no help at all from his "father"

No ma'am. I don't have insurance. My company offers it, but the deductible is insane, that's why I never enrolled in it. The deductible would be $5,000, so I'm just gonna self pay and go to Mexico! Lol

So, I bought me a little lock box the other day so I can start saving up for the surgery. Seems like its going to take forever, but every day I get a little closer! I live here in Texas, so my family feels more comfortable if I go to Dr. Alvarez. He seems like an awesome doctor and I've heard lots of great reviews on him, but it's going to take twice as long to come up with the money to go to him. I know surgery isn't something you should take lightly and I shouldn't just go to someone for the best deal or whatever. I've also read others who have went to doctors much cheaper in Tijuana and they are doing just fine. I just don't know what to do! Lol

Ohhhh, I see. Lol thank you!

Does anyone know of any doctors in Mx that accept Care Credit?

Oh wow! That's great! The less incisions the better I've been hearing lots of good things about Dr. Garcia!

How come some doctors do three incisions, but others do five? Do they all use different methods? Just curious.

I wish Dr. A would come down on his price a tad

I was on Depo for 5 years before, and I had no problems with it. I completely stopped having periods, and even when I finally got off of the shot, it took another full year for it to come back. It did lower my sex drive and increases your appetite somewhat. I recommend it! You just get the shot every 3 months and no more worrying!

Which doctor do you think that you would want to go with if you decide to get the surgery?

It seriously is very hard picking out a surgeon! Lol everyone has said great things about all different ones... Some are very expensive and some others aren't. I get confused because I wonder if I should pay the extra and go with a FACS doctor in a center of excellence, or just save the money and go with a well known good doctor that others are pleased with, just the credentials aren't the same .... Confused!!! Haha

Congrats! I can only imagine how excited you must be right now! What made you decide to go with Dr. Ponce? I'm still researching doctors. A lot of people go with Dr. Kelly, Almanza or Aceves from what I can see around the forum.

I love Red Lobster!!! Lol like you, I would order a Dr. Pepper of course, snack on the biscuits and order the crab stuffed mushrooms, eat a salad, eat my entree and be completely stuffed! I usually would stuff myself so full there wouldn't be any room for dessert! Haha. I've read about a lot of struggles during that first week. Im mainly worrying about getting dehydrated. I've seen where others have put that it hurts to swallow to get the fluids down. Also, can you never eat and drink at the same time again?

Thank you! That helps me a lot hearing your story and knowing that you don't regret it.

I'm so excited to just get it done already! Lol even if I have to save up for 2 years, I'm getting it done. I have to... No more excuses for me. If I don't get the surgery, I'm sure that diabetes, heart disease, high Bp and cholesterol are all in my near future!

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with food. I'm tired of carrying around this extra weight, and the thought of gaining even more scares the hell out of me. How is it that I gain it so easily, but when I really, really try to lose it, I can't? The only time I've ever been able to lose 30 pounds was with prescription weight loss pills, and soon as I stopped taking those the weight came back, plus some! I'm tired of struggling. I've accepted it I guess, that I will never be thin again. I've told myself that big girls can be just as beautiful as thin ones. But I don't feel like myself being fat... I look at myself in the mirror, and I avoid pictures at all cost because I feel like that reflection isn't me. I've been researching doctors in Mexico because I'm self pay and this is where I would have to go if I want to get this done. A lot of different things have been going through my head about the entire process. It all comes down to me missing food. I would definitely say that I'm a binge eater AND an emotional eater. I truly love to eat. It scares me to think of that being taken away from me because I guess I use it as a type of therapy in a way. Going out to eat is a hobby for me. I love hanging out with family watching movies, eating Snacks and drinking Dr. Pepper all night. Food in a way has become like my best friend as sad as that sounds. I'm worried about how I'm going to change if I get the surgery. I 100% want to change, no doubt about that. I've come to realize just how much of my personality revolves around food. When I was younger and thinner, people I didn't even know would tell me I was "stuck up" when in fact, I'm the same person that I am now, I just looked different. Of course now, I'm the chunky one and I'm not "stuck up" anymore. Lol it's funny how society stereotypes people. I feel like my weight is holding me back from enjoying things in life. I'm a single mother and I completely avoid dating because I feel like if I can't be happy with myself and love myself, how could I ever make someone else happy? It's time to end this destructive relationship with food and get my life back on track! It's time to eat to live, not live to eat!!! I'm ready to get healthy for my little boy. I'm all he has and I need to be around as long as I possibly can for him! Thanks for reading this... I kind of felt like I needed to write this to make myself feel better and possibly reach out to others that kind of relate to this.

And for me, it was a very scary thought at first to go over to Mexico. I guess because of the unknown and a lot of people putting doubt in my head. This forum has helped me a lot in making my decision! I can't wait until I can save up the money to get it done!

It's waaaay cheaper in Mexico. I'm considering going there because I don't have insurance so it's better for me to go to MX.

Lol this is cool! I agree, the fat version of myself doesn't really look all that fat... Hmmm.

Thank you! I am driving myself crazy trying to figure out which doctor to go with. I've been researching all of them. I don't know if I should pay less and go with someone like Dr. Garcia or Kelly or pay more and go with Ortiz or Aceves. Either way, it's going to take me a while to save up the money so I have time to figure it all out... I hope! Haha.

Lmao a "blowout" that's a great way of putting it! And I agree, drink coffee!!!!

My 16 year old brother always likes to weigh before he poops for some reason lol and usually he ends up weighing about 3 pounds lighter or so.

I have Verizon as well, and sometimes the screen just goes pitch black when I log in to the app. I usually have to restart my phone a few times to make it work. Lol it's frustrating!!!

I don't know much about the ObamaCare, but isn't it going to prevent Doctors from not seeing patients because of stuff like this? I may be wrong, but from what I understand they won't be able to deny you for something like that.