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You also get a copy of your surgery

You are going to get a lot of responses for him. I went to him and my experience was awesome. He and the hospital staff were the best. The care was better than state side. I had no complications and I work with 3 other patients of his. All of us are very happy! Make sure to talk to the Coordinator, Bill.

I went to church and for the 1st time in years I knelt without leaning on the pew behind me. My gut wasn't pushing me back. Yay! I also walked out if my Capri pants! I had to bite the bullet and buy a smaller pair by 2 sizes

Something I have learned is that each person is different. I went to Dr. Illan and had a wonderful experience, no nausea or pains. I was up and moving very shortly after surgery. I tried to get up immediately, but they made me wait. Now, my surgery sister next door was throwing up all night. She got meds to help...but this is highlighting some of the differences. I was told a lifting limit of 10lbs for a few weeks. So, having a toddler might be tough. There are others who have done that and been fine. As soon as i was out of the hospital, I was on the move. I never really struggled with the recovery. However. I have no kids, just large dogs. The deposit was $500 and the balance was due prior to surgery.

Orlando was $14,254. I went to Dr Illan in Tijuana for $4400

I'm almost 6 weeks post op and am losing weight. I am still putting vitamin E on the incisions and I am noticing that my old stretch marks are becoming more visible and the skin is kind of puckering or creating crevasses along the lines. Hard to describe. Anyone else?

Sleeved 2/7/17. I have never had acid wake me up or had issues in the past. But last night after a long, stressful conversatation, I at dinner at 11:30pm (chicken and a little jello). I went to bed at midnight only to wake up at 1:30 to the burning sensation and coughing up some dinner. Don't think I'll do that again! Stop eating 2 hours at minimum before bed. Luckily a little liquid antacid and I was back in bed asleep minutes later...

I'm sorry I forgot this was on a different board and it's everybody in the central Florida area that went to the same doctor in Mexico

Thanks SuperDave

Which do you count? Why?

There was a post about the central Floridians getting together.

How are y'all doing with recovery and weight loss?

I bought the contraption to make those, haven't tried yet

I just bought them but haven't tried them yet. I was also able to get smartcake (38cal, 9 carb, 4g protein) to try.

I just bought "miracle noodles" to try spaghetti

That depended on where I was going. I started in my hometown and had a list of prechecks to complete...ekg, blood work, abdominal ultrasound, etc. It depends on how quickly you can get that completed. I switched to Dr Illan in Tijuana, MX and was there in 2 weeks. Testing (ekg, blood, chest xray) completed same day as surgery.

I went to Dr Illan. While he is very good, I still wanted to protect my wallet, house, etc from the unknown. So I bought medical insurance to cover complications up to 6 months after the sleeve. It doesn't pay it all but it would reimburse for a portion of it.

I bought Global Protection Solutions insurance

Vitamin Ed oil

Today was my 1 month post op. I started the pre-op 6 weeks ago and am down 41 lbs and 21.75 inches

Live in Orlando, was going to do surgery with Dr. Teixeira but switched to Dr Illan in MX after learning my procedure was going to be more expensive

The Rat = Disney World

Orlando...land of "The Rat"

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My co-worker, Gail will be there! Same day