mrshawk92

i was scheduled for 1/29 then hubby fell off the roof and life was put on hold. hubby is now doing fine and up and mobile so i rescheduled for 2/27 with dr illian. just purchased my plane tickets and am, all of a sudden, second guessing myself. i have read this is pretty common. anyone want to talk me out of the tree????? any other Dr. Illian patients wants to regale their experiences to me.

drum roll please........and my dr. is dr. illian! sx date 1/30! i thought i would never be able to make the decision!

if you don't mind my asking, how much did you pay lindstrom for your appeal?

begin rant....so....long story short, my pcp told me that he would drop me like a hot stone if i went to mexico for surgery. so, i began interviewing new pcp's. this time i figured a female would be more understanding of my situation. WRONG!!!!! this woman had the audacity to tell me that 1) i would never qualify for surgery because i have anxiety and panic attacks (well regulated by a low dosage med) 2) it was major surgery with a high mortality rate, so high that obesity was safer! 3) it doesn't work 4) i would be thrown into a deep depression if i did the surgery because i couldn't eat like i used to! but she did say that she would be willing to do my follow up blood work after the surgery! i think i may keep her just to rub it in her face and then switch. end rant.....

time to move to washington or colorado! LOL! 0 calories.....

please help! i have fallen into complacency....i was all reved up and rearing to go mexico (haven't decided on a doc yet) then i fell off the motivation bandwagon. i think a lot of it is coughing up the dough, but the biggest lack of motivation is the absolute stonewalling i am receiving from the hubby. so, HELP!, i am in the comfort zone trap! if i can get over the fear of taking on the debt, i'm golden....(sounds horrible, but screw the hubby if he is going to act like this) and please, you may mean well, but i don't need ways to talk to him. i have tried everything! he is ACTIVELY making it harder for me to go. i need talk about bang for my buck! LOL!

i can not take Iron pills, period. so i have taken to cooking in cast iron. you can really boost your iron intake this way depending on the foods you cook in them. like spaghetti sauce absorbs the iron really well. this got me through both of my pregnancies and was actually a tip from my obgyn.

i am too looking at mexico. as for after care, you just need to talk to pcp's and bariatric dr.'s and ask if they will be willing to do any follow up. with vsg there is not really much follow up, if any, to my knowledge. however, be prepared to hit a lot of opposition from the american medical field in regards to going out of country. my pcp told me flat out he would drop me like a hot stone if i did it. my answer to that......scr$w him!

How much is VSG with Dr. Q? I thought I had decided on a Dr. then I found this site and am now very interested in Dr. Illan but I keep seeing good thing about Dr. Q also.

boy.....somebody really thinks highly of their self importance in this world, don't they?????? sharon.....this woman has issues.....real issues! let it sink in for a moment the real crux of her issue. she is pissed becuase of how you were so inconsiderate as to make a decision of what to do with your OWN body without thinking about how it would AFFECT her! YEESH!!!! personally, i would tell her to f#*k off without an ounce of guilt. it never ceases to amaze me how someone always manages to surprise me with new lows of scrapping the bottom of the barrel of human selfishness and narcissism. i would like to be your friend too! and we are somewhat neighbors....virginia, here!