Nurselori

Anyone out there from WV or Southeast Ohio????

I'm Lori and I'm from Vienna,West Virginia. I'm headed to Mexico to Dr. Ariel Ortiz at the OCC. I am a revision

I'm Lori and I'm from Vienna,West Virginia. I'm headed to Mexico to Dr. Ariel Ortiz at the OCC. I am a revision

Where are you getting sleeved LuckyOne53?

You still hanging in there LuckyOne53?

Eacarpenter, is there anyway that you could give me the recipes your NUT gave you?

Mrsoptimistic, good luck tomorrow!!! I'll be keeping you in my thoughts. I'm excited for ya!!!!WooHoo!!!!!!

I'm so excited!!! I can't get anything done because it's all I think about

Hang in there! I can completely relate but were almost to the finish line!!!!

I'm so excited!!! I can't get anything done because it's all I think about

Hi Nurselori,
I just placed my deposit down today for surgery at OCC for October 6th.. I'm traveling with my mom but I'm still scared and nervous! I think it's just normal. My mom is not 100% on board with going to Mexico but she's coming to support me. She's very paranoid about Mexico and the safety but its just going from Point A to Point B, from the airport to the hotel and to the OCC. Try to read the "Dr. Ariel Ortiz and The Obesity Center?" Forum on here. Its has like 113 pages but it is SO informative and it helps me put my mind at ease that I'm doing the right thing. I keep second guessing myself but I want AND need this surgery. I haven't heard any negative reviews for Dr. Ortiz and the OCC so we WILL be fine. I just need to keep telling myself that. POSITIVE THOUGHTS. lol... I think I will feel a lot better once I'm there and see the place in person and meet the staff. Almost one month away! 2 weeks away from starting the pre-op diet. After I paid my deposit today, I was thinking, ok, it's real. I'm doing this. No going back now!

One more week and it will be our turn!!!

Hang in there!! The end is in sight!!

wow just think of what the reward will be at the end! It'll be so worth it. I thought I'd be 100% ready to start my shakes/full liquids when the time came but since I just got scheduled so close to having surgery I am not sure I am fully prepared. I have been replacing Breakfast with a shake for a while now so maybe it won't be so bad. I'm giving myself for it all to sink in and hopefully I'll be ready by Monday.

Yes I'm 2 weeks of 3 shakes a day with sf Jello and sf Popsicles and occasional leafy greens. It's not fun and I'm not fun to be around right now

Woohoo!!! I'm the 29th also!!

Woohoo!!! I'm the 29th also!!

Awesome!!!

Thinking of you dear. They are usually not cancerous so remember the odds are in your favor. You have a greater chance of it being benign. I'll be sending prayers your way. I'm sure it weighs heavily on your mind though. I had a cancerous tumor 16 years ago but I kicked that tumor's butt!!!! We are all here for you.....keep us posted honey

Make sure you are standing up for yourself. Be your own advocate. Sometimes you have to be the squeaky wheel. I work in healthcare and see this all the time. Sometimes you have to be a little feisty to be heard. After my back surgery I kept telling doc and hospital staff that I couldn't use my right leg. They blew me off repeatedly. Told me it was prob just swelling. But I knew in my gut something was wrong. Finally after 5 days in ICU, I had a hissy. Doc said "fine, we'll get a scan". 20 minutes later I was being whisked off to surgery. Huge blood clot and the bones were already coming out of the hardware. I was in surgery 7 hours. If I hadn't had a hissy, they were gonna send me home...who knows what would've happened.....good luck. My thoughts are with you.

Outstanding for both Sugarbomb and stephh!!! I'm so excited for you guys!!

Thank you Micky71!!!!

Congrats Swe_dee and jamieLogical. Glad to hear it went well. Wishing you guys quick recoveries. Very exciting!!!!

How do you feel about Jello? I made some from scratch with unflavored Unjury, unflavored Gelatin, a kool aid packet, and truvia (you could use whatever sweetener you prefer). You could also try making your own Popsicles: Vitamin Water zero with unflavored unjury, or water and mio with unflavored unjury.

Well I'm glad it's done and over with!!! Sounds positively annoying! At least you are still on track and it's not going to slow you down for surgery. Stinks that it'll be a week for the results. Anyway, I'm glad you're doing well and getting closer to surgery everyday!!