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I went to weight wise in Oklahoma, was 10k cash pay and they had blis insurance you can purchase for 1-2k, I know it's more than Mexico, but was a lot cheaper than other cash pays locally for me

I love to add this shake to iced coffee!!

My preop diet was clear liquids the day before surgery and nothing day of surgery, that's it. My liver was just fine, surgery went great. Follow what your program says, but I was just fine with my very minimal preop, if that will calm your fears any. Good luck, you can do this!!

On my program I was totally off restrictions at one week and had no problems. Sounds like you just over exerted yourself, but if something doesn't feel right always check on with your surgeon.

Maybe a taste aversion with the chewable a causing vomiting? I could not find a flavor of chewable that I liked. I do ok with the bariatric advantage capsules, maybe you could open the capsule (of this or an alternate brand) and put in a spoonful of something allowed by your program. Protein pudding, unsweetened applesauce, etc. hope you find something that stays down!!

What a great looking couple, congratulations! How cool you got to take this journey together!!

I had a couple days restrictions with hubby working, so had to adapt a few things, I had a step stool that I set up and used it for her to climb in and out of crib, into booster at table, onto bathroom counter for tooth brushing, etc. worked really well and now she wants to use it all the time lol. I just changed diapers on the couch. And when she napped, if I couldn't nap I at least kicked up my feet. I made up meals for her and hubby pre surgery and got stuff he could easily cook so didn't have to worry about that. Did minimal house cleaning lol. Also got her a couple new movies to watch to help give us some time where I could rest when she was up and going full speed. They slowed her down a tiny bit! Financing, I really did just walk into my bank and ask for a loan! Had good enough credit for an unsecured loan (no collateral) and had the money deposited in my checking in under thirty minutes. That easy. Other options to finance are springstone, reliance, or a personal loan with collateral (if you own your car, camper, boat etc). I have heard of people using their 401k or taking a loan against their 401k. Some life insurance policies even let you loan against them. Where there's a will there's a way!! Good luck on your journey, let's just hope your insurance will cover!

You look great!!!

Don't have a local weight loss support group, so we are starting our own! Only a few of us so would like to find some more wls friends local

Weigh less than my husband Yes I am adding that now too, good one!

I'm curious what some of your non scale goals are? Or if you have already had them?? Kind of silly, but I want to be able to do a cart wheel. Never in my life have I and I'm putting it on my to do list!!

I had surgery 2-11-14, I also purchased the blis insurance, cost me about 1600, covered 90 days leak/perforation/bleeding, and 30 months stricture/stenosis. There are other various packages too. I did not elect the package for embolism/ dehydration, as I feel it would be difficult for insurance to deny that as you can't say for definite it is surgery related. Blis would cover all selected complications in my package so long as the surgeon diagnosed the problem, even if it was over the phone and he referred me to local er or something. Have had no complications and I hope I never have to use it.

Awesome! Congratulations!!!!

When i first put in my stats I entered my high weight with my surgery date then went back and added a weigh in for my day of surgery so I could count in the preop loss, because I agree, I lost those pounds I want credit for it!!

Thanks JanetPRN, just downloaded that app, great tool! Will be sharing at group support