Chaych

Thanks! Great reasons, helps reaffirm my decision and be more confident that I made the right choice.

Kharold, jwink, amd runnergirlsmom, we are all having surgery the same day! Exciting!

I am self-pay as well and so I am going to Mexico to have my surgery next Monday (a week from tomorrow). It is costing me a mere $5,700 plus around $800 for the flight there for me and my mom. (I am paying for her to accompany me). My local hospital would've charge 18,700. No way I could've afforded that. I know it sounds crazy, and I totally brushed off the idea at first until in my research, it kept popping up...lots of people doing this in Mexico. Then I came to find out that 2 ladies that work where I do have actually done it already!! I picked their brains over lunch a few times and finally felt confident enought to move forward with it. No 6-12 months of waiting for me. I have only been making the arrangements over the last 2 months. And most of that had to do with getting time off at work and also a time that would work for my mom to go with me since I didn't want to go alone. The $5700 pays for everything but my flight there. It includes all preop labs, ekg, etc. 3 nights in the hospital and 2 nights in a 5 star hotel, plus transportation to and from the airport and also between the hotel and hospital, plus a guest to come with for no extra charge.

My pre op diet is shake for breakfast, shake for lunch, green salad with fat free dressing and a lean solid protein i.e. chicken breast, steak, and another shake after dinner if needed. Any sugar free fluids in addition are fine. This is just what my dr. wants me to do.

Would you consider making this a secret group instead of closed group instead? Only a handful of people know about my surgery and I would like to stay as private as possible with it with the exception of other wls patients.

Question I keep getting asked. . . ."Why are you doing bypass and not the sleeve?" I'd love to hear everyone else's answers. . .

Hi bob, I well be a month ahead of you. Dr Ortiz is doing my surgery Oct 14! Good luck to you!

That's hillarious but so true

Thanks! I guess I'll be taking lots of little walks between those two Mondays.

Yes, I started my 2 week preop on friday. So far not bad so I'm hoping I can keep it up. Well, I will keep it up, I just might get a little cranky in a few more days. Ha!

My surgery is on a Monday and I am planning on going back to work the next Monday, a week later. Is this unrealistic? I have a desk job, I do accounts payable for a hospital so I am sitting most of the day, some walking within the office to send an occasional fax or get something off the printer, etc. My coworkers and supervisor don't know I'm doing this. I am telling them I have to have my gallbladder out. I figured that would explain the incisions and the belly pain. ?? Any thoughts on this?

Me 3! In Mexico. What about you two?

Day 1 liquid diet. Not bad so far.

And I'm in Orem!

Starting my 2 week preop liquid diet tomorrow! Unusually excited. . .lol, guess because it means the process has officially begun.