lrw26

My goodness how did you lose that much so fast.. were you very heavy or have another secret..? My port also is noticable to me.. I can fel the lttle bump

Hi.. we can comparet notes.. I see my surgeon on Thursday and think I can start on the mashed foods. Actually I need to correct my ticker as I lost another pound... good luck, how are you feeling

Lise 2-28-07

Hi... I was trying to find a february thread.. I was banded on february 28th, so I just make it....

I am sure the doctor's in mexico can be as good or better as here in the US. there are good and bad doctors everywhere. My only problem with going to Mexico is just that you have to go to another country and I think the aftercare is very very important. I live in San Diego and had the surgery a couple of miles from my house. The surgeons are part of a big center for weight managemnet where they have nurses, 2 obesity specialist doctors, dietitians exercise this and that and the follow you very closely for a year at least and then often after that. So for me that was the right choise as if something happens I would like to be able to go to the surgeon who actually did it.

didn't lose weight today but doing okay... more energy

didn't lose weight today but doing okay... more energy

I am 8 days past surgery and my doctor said next week or so that is okay, to try and see how you tolerate it. I am extra nervous as I don't want to mess anything up but I think I will try some next week. It seems that various doctor's have a variety of protocols with some common factors.

I seem to see Dr Ortiz everywhere. Who is he and I guess alot of people go to Mexico. I didn't want to risk not being near whomever did the surgery. I did end up being self pay (ouch) after hazzles with insurance and finding out that our plan had an "opt out" clause for variatric surgery. Oh well.

Hi.. I am in San Diego and am 8 days post op and doing fine. Still not up to normal energy but I don't have pain anymore.

I think the pre op liquid was the hardest of all since there was no band and I was starving... I never did well on liquids so for me it was really hard but I lived though it and after a few days it became better. Good luck

The dietitian who explained it all to us was pretty specific that proior to surgery liquid had to be abything you can see through. No creamy soups. I had to be on liquids five days before surgery. I guess it varies from doctor to doctor.

Thanks so much.. I finally got it...

Thats sounds awful. I am new to this and I am not sure what sliming is or the other expressions you used.

Hi, thanks so much. I tried that and for soem reason it just comes up with the link... Is it just the link from where you do the ticker thing...? Sorry for being a pest...

I am new here and just wondering how I insert the tickerfactory slider in my emails? This is probably the wrong place to ask but I am a bit lost.