Jesser

Hi everyone! November 19th is my surgery date with Dr Ariel Ortiz. Booked my flights today! Yay! Trying to diet before the official pre-op; lost five pounds! Congrats to everyone!
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Once you hit your goal weights is anyone going back to Mexico for nips and tucks? Has anyone already "been there, done that"?
Amanda Rae

Go to Walgreens and ask for a Passport photo. Then bring the passport photo and all your IDs to the post office. Most post offices will also take the passport photo, but if you go to Walgreens first it will cost half as much money.

Just got the best news in the world! I've been wanting to do my surgery with Dr Ortiz but was quoted 6500, well, now he's working with alighterme and guess what??? $4500!!! This is perfect timing and I'm beaming from ear to ear

Just got the best news in the world! I've been wanting to do my surgery with Dr Ortiz but was quoted 6500, well, now he's working with alighterme and guess what??? $4500!!! This is perfect timing and I'm beaming from ear to ear

Just got the best news in the world! I've been wanting to do my surgery with Dr Ortiz but was quoted 6500, well, now he's working with alighterme and guess what??? $4500!!! This is perfect timing and I'm beaming from ear to ear

This is awesome! Such an inspiration to those of us who haven't had the surgery yet!

It seems crazy to me looking through all of these threads and seeing all the significant weight losses in short periods of time. Sometimes I wonder if I would just try one more time to eat healthy and exercise, could I do it on my own? But I seriously doubt it. To everyone around me, wanting this surgery seems obsurd to them. They just don't get it. They don't get the fact that I'm so tired of failing... It's exhausting. It's painful to sit back and know that I could be living a better life than what I am now. Being fat is completely devastating. I've even almost convinced myself that I love food so much that I can't get the surgery because I would miss it. Isn't that ridiculous? Some days I feel so down and all I can think about is saving the money and getting my butt to Mexico ASAP! Lol

It seems crazy to me looking through all of these threads and seeing all the significant weight losses in short periods of time. Sometimes I wonder if I would just try one more time to eat healthy and exercise, could I do it on my own? But I seriously doubt it. To everyone around me, wanting this surgery seems obsurd to them. They just don't get it. They don't get the fact that I'm so tired of failing... It's exhausting. It's painful to sit back and know that I could be living a better life than what I am now. Being fat is completely devastating. I've even almost convinced myself that I love food so much that I can't get the surgery because I would miss it. Isn't that ridiculous? Some days I feel so down and all I can think about is saving the money and getting my butt to Mexico ASAP! Lol

Right. Lol I keep trying to explain to everyone that I'm not an idiot. I've done my research, and I'm not traveling to Mx so some doctor can chop out my stomach. But it doesn't matter, they just keep thinking wht they wanna think no matter how hard I try to explain it

It seems crazy to me looking through all of these threads and seeing all the significant weight losses in short periods of time. Sometimes I wonder if I would just try one more time to eat healthy and exercise, could I do it on my own? But I seriously doubt it. To everyone around me, wanting this surgery seems obsurd to them. They just don't get it. They don't get the fact that I'm so tired of failing... It's exhausting. It's painful to sit back and know that I could be living a better life than what I am now. Being fat is completely devastating. I've even almost convinced myself that I love food so much that I can't get the surgery because I would miss it. Isn't that ridiculous? Some days I feel so down and all I can think about is saving the money and getting my butt to Mexico ASAP! Lol

Right. Lol I keep trying to explain to everyone that I'm not an idiot. I've done my research, and I'm not traveling to Mx so some doctor can chop out my stomach. But it doesn't matter, they just keep thinking wht they wanna think no matter how hard I try to explain it

These ppl act like I'm going in a dark alley way on a cot to get skinny by a bootleg doctor!!!! Lolz

I know exactly what you guys are saying! I get so excited some times thinking about it to where I can't really sleep at night. I just lie there awake thinking about it and how different my life will be someday

It seems crazy to me looking through all of these threads and seeing all the significant weight losses in short periods of time. Sometimes I wonder if I would just try one more time to eat healthy and exercise, could I do it on my own? But I seriously doubt it. To everyone around me, wanting this surgery seems obsurd to them. They just don't get it. They don't get the fact that I'm so tired of failing... It's exhausting. It's painful to sit back and know that I could be living a better life than what I am now. Being fat is completely devastating. I've even almost convinced myself that I love food so much that I can't get the surgery because I would miss it. Isn't that ridiculous? Some days I feel so down and all I can think about is saving the money and getting my butt to Mexico ASAP! Lol

I just wanted to say that I absolutely can't wait until I can get the surgery done. It's a scary thought, but I'd rather take the risk than continue dealing with all the negative thoughts I have on a daily basis of myself. I just can't take it anymore. Every time I look in the mirror, I don't see myself staring back at me. I avoid pictures, I avoid going out and doing fun things with my friends because I don't feel like myself, and I don't feel good about myself. I have a feeling that even though the sleeve is only a tool, I will try my hardest to find myself again! I love this site and all the positive people on here. Just reading through different experiences helps me.

I just wanted to say that I absolutely can't wait until I can get the surgery done. It's a scary thought, but I'd rather take the risk than continue dealing with all the negative thoughts I have on a daily basis of myself. I just can't take it anymore. Every time I look in the mirror, I don't see myself staring back at me. I avoid pictures, I avoid going out and doing fun things with my friends because I don't feel like myself, and I don't feel good about myself. I have a feeling that even though the sleeve is only a tool, I will try my hardest to find myself again! I love this site and all the positive people on here. Just reading through different experiences helps me.

I just wanted to say that I absolutely can't wait until I can get the surgery done. It's a scary thought, but I'd rather take the risk than continue dealing with all the negative thoughts I have on a daily basis of myself. I just can't take it anymore. Every time I look in the mirror, I don't see myself staring back at me. I avoid pictures, I avoid going out and doing fun things with my friends because I don't feel like myself, and I don't feel good about myself. I have a feeling that even though the sleeve is only a tool, I will try my hardest to find myself again! I love this site and all the positive people on here. Just reading through different experiences helps me.

I just wanted to say that I absolutely can't wait until I can get the surgery done. It's a scary thought, but I'd rather take the risk than continue dealing with all the negative thoughts I have on a daily basis of myself. I just can't take it anymore. Every time I look in the mirror, I don't see myself staring back at me. I avoid pictures, I avoid going out and doing fun things with my friends because I don't feel like myself, and I don't feel good about myself. I have a feeling that even though the sleeve is only a tool, I will try my hardest to find myself again! I love this site and all the positive people on here. Just reading through different experiences helps me.

I set my date for March 28th,2013 with Dr. Kelly in TJ. It gives me a deadline to save, use tax refund and will take a small loan from 401K if it becomes necessary.

I saved and paid cash. I believe debt is a cancer. If tgat weren't an option for me I would have sold a car and drove a hoopty for a while to get it done.
Hell, I'd have rode the bus to get this done.

I see that Dr. Garcia has gotten very popular around this site I've heard so many positive things so far, and he's got a very reasonable price. I'm wondering if anyone has had any negative experience with him at all? Just weighing all of my options on the surgeons is all. thanks! If I could come up with the money, I will probably go with Dr. Alvarez because he's over here by me in Tx, and I've heard great things about him. But if I can't get a loan, I may have to decide on a less expensive surgeon and I'm definitely considering Garcia!

I'm so excited I can't stand it!! LOL my mom and I are making the 2 hour drive to San Diego tonight and staying in a hotel room there tonight... getting picked up at the border parking tomorrow morning for surgery! It seemed like this day would never get here and it finally has!!

Thank you that's what I thought possibly. And that's probably why they do charge more than a lot of the others. It's like do I spend probably 9 grand and go with a FACS doctor in a center of excellence, or do I go with one that I can afford but maybe that doctor won't have as much training as the others... I just don't want something to go wrong and them not know what to do. I may be over analyzing it all...