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Welcome! I'm presently in Arlington myself. I'm working on establishing a social/support group for the Tarrant county area, as most of them are in Dallas or Collin. I'm working on a central location to meet that is NOT a restaurant.
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There's the monthly Baylor Plano meeting nest Wednesday. If you are really struggling, you may consider the weekly lifestyle change group ran by Dr Ashmore. It's fantastic. You have to have met with him first, so if you are interested, come to Wednesday night and get the info!

Best advice ever! I currently go to 3-4 different groups, and each one is very different. I'm moving across the Metroplex and will be looking for new ones too.

I'm currently attending one in Frisco. It's a great inspiration to me. Each group will have its own personality so if you don't like this one find another group.

My highest weight was 390, day of surgery (3/14/13) I was 360. As of this morning, I am 292.

Thanks every one for sharing I have not got surgery yet they canceled on me I am still fighting the insurance it should happen late February or march

Everyone from 350+ I want to hear your surgery updates.

For a once a month meeting...Denton and Keller aren't that far. We have people that come from Forney,. Waxahachie, Oak Point, Prosper, Ft. Worth....
And no reason to wait until after surgery for those that are pre-op. This is a great opportunity to get questions answered from people who've been thru it and you can find people who've used most of the surgeons in the Metrolplex too!

I stayed 4 days in Mexico and flew home on the 5th day. Two of those days were spent in the hospital. This was using Medical Tourism. With most coordinating companies, I think the stay is 5 days and flying home on the 6th day.
Crossing the border requires a passport or a passport card. It's the law.
I hope your husband comes around. It really isn't a bad thing going to Mexico for surgery. I know the initial idea of it is scary, however

I am in the Houston area, too. My insurance would not cover any type of bariatric surgery, so I ended up going to Tijuana, Mexico for the sleeve. I used Dr. Ismael Cabrera and paid $4,500 for the surgery last month. I had a great experience. If you do decide to go the Mexico route, you will need a passport. Good luck to you!
Tijuana felt safe to us. Not once did we feel that we were in danger. Everyone said that TJ was bad 6 years ago, but has calmed down since.

If you have $5000 you have enough to get the sleeve in Mexico.

Don't do the band!!!!!!! Lol. Same dr did my band in 2008 is no longer doing bands because of all the problems plus the excellent long term results from sleeve.
I am sleeve revision self pay. Start saving for it if you cannot finance. I did credit care or care credit (zero interest if paid off in a year, I think?)
Dr didn't finance me (paid that in cash) but the hospital did take care credit.
Good luck with your choice.

I'm actually looking at moving to Little Elm/The Colony area in January...

They also have a big bag of smaller, roughly 100 calorie bags. I keep one in my desk drawer at work.

Sam's sells several different kinds of "Pounder" size Jerky bags - it's much cheaper that way then trying to buy at regular stores.

Hi everyone! I'm JenniJune and I have been a member of this forum for a while now. I would like to invite you all to come and check out my and my mom's new YouTube show just for people that have had weight loss surgery. It's called 7Bites (obviously, LOL).
I owe this website a lot - I certainly could not have gotten through my surgery without it. But I still had a ton of questions. That's how 7Bites was born. I hope this show can be of some help to some, if not all of you! Please let us know what you think!

Found this and thought ya'll (yes I am from the south) might find it useful.
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I'm going to message you with days, times and addresses! There are two this week!

I'm in McKinney and would like to know about area support groups. I travel a lot for work, but I would like to attend some when I can. Thanks!

For my multi, I use the chewable from CVS, it's super cheap (around $7), doesn't taste horrible, and I can get if BOGO every few weeks (like this week).
My B12 is a sublingual from Walmart (best taste and price so far).
I do use the Bariatric Advantage calcium chews.< /p>

I've been type one for 17 years, never could control it as much insulin as I was taking. I now take maybe 2-3 every few days to week just to keep me going. I changed my lift and diet, I've lost 90 pounds with 10 to goal. Now I have 22 bottle of novolin n and r sitting in my fridge. I have a normal a1c and normal cholesterol now. U r making a wonderful decision!

x2 on everything Kirk said. It is the best decision I've ever made. I was borderline diabetic pre-op, now I'm nowhere near in it.

Hey Amanda!
Very excited for you and what you are feeling is TOTALLY NORMAL.
You are taking a very important step to prolonging your life and being around for your son for many many years to come.
Be prepared to have it all happen so fast - and before you know it, you'll be in recovery.
You might have good days and bad days, but I'll tell you, each day gets better, each day gets easier, each day you get one day closer to feeling and looking better than you have in years!
Sending positive vibes your way for Tuesday!

As with the rest of our diets, it's doctor and/or facility specific. Mine is completely fine with me having unsweet tea, but my program coordinator says no.
I listen to the person I let cut me. LoL