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Tomorrow is my official one year anniversary. This time last year I was so scared and excited about the surgery that was to happen the next morning. I remember the 1 hour drive to the hospital. I was so sick, miserable, and huge at that time and I knew I had to do this to get my life back. I knew that when I went through the surgery room doors, there would be no turning back.
When I awoke, I had pain and thought to myself "what in the world have I done". I was so thirsty and had so much stuff hooked to me. I had a pain pump catheter that was dispensing pain meds straight to my new tummy. By the afternoon, I was walking around and the next morning, I was ready to come home. I was suppose to stay one more day but I wanted to leave and so I did. When I got home... OH my goodness, I was in such pain!! Once I got my meds, I was fine though.
Recovery went slow for me but I didn't have any major complications. Thank the good Lord! I would do it again and I'm so glad that God helped me through this and I had faith to just trust Him.
As of today, I am down 120 pounds and am 20 pounds from goal. I started at a size 24/26 and am now a 10/12. The jeans I have on in the pic are 10's but they are so tight!! LOL
To all the new people that are thinking about having the sleeve. Just know that it is all worth it but it isn't easy. At least for me it wasn't. Now I'm working on the last 20 pounds and it is so hard to get the scale to move. I know that I will make it though. It may take 6 more months, but it will happen.
I'm so grateful for this forum. Thanks to all of you that always post wonderful compliments on my post!! It has been a great journey and I'm so thankful!

Either way this is someone you can't trust. I don't want anyone I can't trust operating on me, seeing me naked, having access to me while put under, administering drugs....etc!

Well.. Hells bells! It's a fine mess we have going on here, huh? Let's all calm the sheeeit down and do some constructive conversing.
Heh.. I can't think of anything to say so... Carry on

I was worried my sister who is coming with me wouldn't have anything to do. I will let her know it's like spring break in Cancun.

I'm on day 14 of my 21 day liquid diet. It definitely gets easier as the days pass. sugar free Popsicles are my life saver. I actually enjoy taking a bite... Sure is cold... Lol... but refreshing!! The veggie Soup from Susan got disgusting after day 6 so the next batch that I made I cut the veggies way bigger (follow the same ingredients) and let it simmer. after it cooled I put it in the blender and pureed it. It thickened it and then I didn't have to gag down the vegetables. (Which I usually love) much better
My surgery is in 8 days with Dr. Alvarez!!!! Yikes, it feels kind of surreal. I'm starting to pack little by little. My house is ready for me for post op and I hired (yup for 8 hours each day) my niece to come over to play with my little guy for the first 4 days that I'm at home while hubby works.

My husband had His May 23rd, I go for my last apt and consult in July 16th (his surgery was about 2 weeks after that) I'm ready, he will be my biggest supporter!

My husband had his procedure May 8. My surgery is July 8. We are going to be exactly 2 months apart. My hubby is down over 45 lbs. already. I have some catching up to do.

My husband and I are both being sleeved August 3rd. We worked it out that way because for us it'll be less time off work, babysitter, financially,etc. also just being in the same phases (diet wise) will be better for daily life. We've both been needing to do this for years.

I'm booked for surgery with Dr. Alvarez July 5th. I have 3 weeks of liquids pre-op and am already scared to take that on, but I know it has to be done otherwise no surgery for me. My highest weight was 334, which was 2 weeks ago. Today I weighed in at 322. I'm really hoping to be under 300 for surgery!!! How do you get thru 3 weeks of liquids?? Any advice??

My fiancé and I are scheduled Sept 30 with Dr Alvarez. Can't wait!!

I'm flying out July 31, and having surgery on Aug 1st. I'm so excited. I hope to find a "sleeve sister" here that will be having the procedure the same day, so we can support each other. I'm going myself, so it would be great to have a new friend.

best of luck to everyone with surgery dates upcoming! If you have any questions about Dr Alvarez or the experience in Mexico feel free to drop me a line! I have zero regrets and Dr A and I keep in contact via Facebook.< /p>

Having my surgery in September in Mexico

Sept. 2nd is my date!

My fiancé and I are scheduled Sept 30 with Dr Alvarez. Can't wait!!

I've chosen Dr. Alvarez as my Surgeon.... hope it was a good decision. Surgery is scheduled for August 1, 2013.

Yeah maybe you could say some nasty things about me over there to make me feel better!!
It was Something about refried beans..
Go on go over there and tell me off!

Why, cost and they actually do everything exactly like in the states. Without the headaches of pre classes, psychiatric consults, nutritionists. I have 20 years Operating Room experience in the states and checked it out

Omg this is now the second time I've heard of nakedness! I had mine done this last Tuesday, also by Dr. Garcia and one of my sleeve buddies was telling me she saw someone naked! I thought maybe this was a rare occurrence, but maybe not. Well, whoever saw my fat, naked ass --- SORRY!

We drove to Eagle Pass and the hotel was a Holiday Inn Express. It was nice, clean and comfortable. It was anything super fancy but I don't know if they have anything super fancy in Eagle Pass but it is a quick ride to his office and the hospital. We spent one night in Eagle Pass, Rosie picks you up pretty early the next morning. As far as the hospital you are there the day of your surgery, the entire next day and night and you get discharged the morning of the third day. The hospital was going through a major renovation when I was there which was May 10th. They had a couple of rooms finished and they looked to be nice. I was in an older room but it was fine. There was a pull out couch for the boyfriend to sleep. The hospital itself looked to be a little older than the new fancy hospitals in the states. But I felt entirely comfortable and very well taken care of. I would say with Dr. Alvarez's staff that is there for you 24 hours a day, I felt I got better one on one care than you get in the states. I would go back for surgery with him and his team in a heartbeat.

I met a couple at a support group once who were sleeved together, and they couldn't be happier. It's a great change to go through together Congrats!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update on my progress. Hopefully the picture I attached works, if not it can be seen on my profile.
I had surgery on 1/22/2013 with Dr. Garcia at MiDoctor Hospital. My post op recovery has been amazing and my overall experience just fantastic! I have lost 62 lbs as of Mothers Day and I only have 20 to go until I hit my goal weight of 138! On surgery day I weighed 219.8 and today I weighed 158.4. I track every single thing that goes into my mouth on MyFitnessPal and highly recommend that every surgery patient use a similar program as well. I've also lost 37 inches total...most from my stomach!
I hope everyone is doing well!

The way I did it was I made a list of all of the surgeons people talked about on here. And then I did my research. And I researched the heck out of them! I dont know about everyone else, but for me there was one surgeon that stood out to me, and it just seemed like he was the right choice. I felt at peace with that decision.
It all worked out perfectly, like it was happening exactly how it was meant to. So i know i made the right decision!
Best of luck to you!
I am 9 months, 10 days post op and have lost more than 150 pounds. My life is truly amazing!

Dr. Alvarez and his staff are amazing. I was sleeved on 5/31 and was overwhelmed by the support and care I received (and am still receiving post-op). I had absolutely no pain or sickness - they were always on top on meds to make sure I was comfy. No issues with traveling to/from Mexico, it was a breeze. Hospital room was recently updated and was a good size for me and hubby. The hospital is being renovated on some floors, but wasn't an issue noise-wise or otherwise.
Wouldnt trade my experience, even if money was no object,
I am hopefully going to type up my story this weekend. Feel free to msg me with questions.