buckeye_girl40

Hello everyone, anyone having their surgery on October 5th with Dr. Alvarez? Just wondering who my surgery buddy would be <smile>

Congratulations! I'm sure you will do great

I wear a curved bar in my naval so I should be good to go..... I'm having my vgs in mexico with Dr. A October 5th

That's what I thought but wasn't sure.... thanks for the info

Good idea! I usually give my jewelry to my husband to keep for me ......

I know you can't wear jewelry during surgery ... anyone know when you can put belly ring back in?

I've started a low carb high protein diet as well... my surgery is set for October, but I thought I would get a jump start before my pre op diet. I've increased my distance on the treadmill as well... I would like to lose 20-30 lbs before surgery.

I know the feeling.... I'm so excited, so ready to start a new healthy life

Woo hoo! ! Heard from Susan am cleared for surgery October 5th.

Thank you and good luck to you as well! Keep me posted on your progress

Hello and congrats on your surgery date! Since I posted this. This morning I have talked with Susan and got the ball to rolling so to speak LOL...... already faxed in my health questionnaire to get approved, if all goes well will have surgery on October 5th

Hello and thank you.... I will definitely do that. I looked stuff up on the internet last night and got on endobariatrics.com. just thought I would pick your guys brains lol

Do you know where to fly into? Would I have to rent a car? How long do you stay after surgery?

Thank you for replying back..... I've watched his videos on youtube as well.... I'm really thinking of setting up a consult with Dr. A . Do you know if you need a passport? Do you do the pre op testing there?

Hello everybody was just wondering is anyone here went to Mexico to get their sleeve done. I had my original consult done in Michigan I'm self pay since my insurance won't pay.... in Michigan the cost $24,500.00. Any who seen an ad Dr. Alvarez and it's much cheaper! Just wondering how everything is done with it being over the border

I think I would contact your surgeons office and talk to them about this.... they would know if this will effect your insurance approval. Maybe you could get another blood work done while fasting to send in

I would definitely check it out ... tsh is usually one of the first things checked. My A1C is at 5.9 with a little bit of weight loss

Look for T3 or T4 those are tested along with the TSH.... to my knowledge it is included in a full blood work up

I know the feeling.... it took 4 yrs to finally get the diagnosis! I had all the symptoms but according to my family doc and ob/gyn I was normal. Finally found an endocrinologist that don't just go by labs.. he actually treats the symptoms.

Same for me I take synthroid once a day and have levels checked every six months. Things are okay as long as I take my meds... good luck !

Hello Dawn and welcome! ! You should be excited because this surgery if you're anything like me could save your life. I haven't told anyone except my husband and 2 children.... but only because of not wanting to be judged. Good luck on your journey, keep me posted... we can do this !! Again welcome and God Bless

Thank you ... it's nice to be able to talk to people that understand, that's been there. To be able to show your excitement without being judged by nay sayers on wls. Again thanks, will keep you posted on things

Hello and thanks for replying .... I know, right! ! When they told me that I was approved and started rattling of dates , Halloween came up and it's like that's the one! ! Good things happen on this day..... after all, my daughter is a Halloween baby.

Hello everyone, This is my first post on here so I thought I would introduce myself. It seems like my journey has been a lifetime ... I have struggled with my weight all my life. Lose some re-gain even more than I lost... I have done every diet known to mankind with the last attempt doing the optifast diet... and as usual, no weight loss. So I started researching wls.... had my initial consultation on July 14th and with help from Dr. Nunn at Barix Clinics decided to go with the sleeve. Surgery is set for October 31st... I'm so excited to get this done... the thought of actually being healthy is so exciting! Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Cora