HoosierGirl

Sunshinegurl - hope you are doing well! Sending up prayers for comfort and good health!

CONGRATS!

WOO HOO! You are going to ROCK this surgery! And it is less than TWO MONTHS AWAY. You will have to give me the full run down of events before my surgery with Dr. Oritz Feb. 27. Congrats on putting dollars to the dream!

Sunshinegurl - you are going to do GREAT. Don't let your nerves get the best of you....just remember all the reasons this surgery is RIGHT for you and what got you to this point. You are going to rock this surgery and have fantastic results!!! This time next week, you will be heading home and everyone (me included) will be coming to you for advice and watching your success.....BRING IT ON!!!!

Oh how i would love to go with you!!! Alas, I will be waiting until Februry. Cannot wait to hear about your experience.

Your blog is a RIOT!!!!!!! Love it and congrats on your weight loss! I'll be in TJ with Dr. Ariel Ortiz in February. And I just hope I do the surgery and weight loss as well as you have.

Great success! Hope I do as well as you have done...gives me hope....

WELCOME BACK! Thanks for sharing so much detail. Glad things went well and cannot wait to follow your posts as you lose weight....super excited/green with envy....haha!

Agree...been concerned for her too!!! Come back CoolMama! Come back!

Oh this is super funny.....but, um, I had not thought about this. Now I have a new worry to obsess over! UGH! Ha ha. In all seriousness, does Dr. Ponce gives you a surgery DVD?

Today is YOUR day! Sending prayers and good vibrations your way!

ladiJ....wow! Your experience sounds wonderful... thank you for all the detail. Iit seems unreal that you would be blogging so soon after surgery. All the steps you mention sound almost stress free! Thank you for sharing and all the best in your recovery!

YES!!!! Like you, I'm so excited - did I say EXCITED?! - that I can do little else but think about this surgery. Believe my excitement is a huge believe that this surgery will work to help me lose the weight and regain a healthy lifestyle.

What a great gift basket! They are thoughtful! I am not familiar with these products, will have to do some research! Thank you for the information.

Carrie P - woo hoo! Your deductible is fantastic and I'm excited that your insurance is covering it! Hope to have surgery in late February. Right now, this all-consuming obession with VSG is getting the best of me! I'm making myself crazy with research, planning, and prepping for surgery. And its THREE MONTHS AWAY! I feel like a crazy woman....there are nights I can't fall asleep for thinking about this! Ha ha! Worse than a little kid - he he.... Hugs to you!

Amytug - have you selected a surgeon in MX? Planning on Dr. Ortiz February 27 in Tijuana. All the best!

Congrats on your surgery! Excited to follow your successes. Hope your trip home is comfortable.

TWELVE WEEK liquid diet!? Oh man! You go!!!

Haha! This thread is a riot! Selected my surgeon at an International Center of Excellence, travel to an area that is not under a travel warning from the State Department, ability to get my questions answered, and price. The fact that the doctors are attractive was just an added bonus!!! :-)

CONGRATULATIONS! You are a wise woman getting in front of a weight problem! Even better that your insurance was so quick to approve you! Please share your story! My insurance has denied me and that is OK....I'm planning a trip to Tijuana in February! All the best to you!

Woohoo! Super excited for you! Please share your experience!

Fantastic information! Thank you all so much!

In doing pre-op research, I read about everyone's "goal weight" and am wondering how it's determined? Is it simply the likely end weight based on VSG statistical weight loss averages? Is it your own goal weight? Does the doctor help to determine? The bottom line is that I would like a goal weight that is really achievable. THANKS!

Lindstrom Obesity Advocacy was helpful/knowledgable. It might be worth calling them to see what they think? http://wlsappeals.com/

Heyher - hate to hear all that! My story is much the same. Are you going to keep working with the insurance or self-pay? I'm heading to Mexico in Feburary. I almost feel my insurance denial was a blessing as I became a much more educated patient in the process of waiting. Hope you have a good outcome...defintately understand your frustration.