1stNameMiranda

I could've written this post because the EXACT same thing is happening to me. I was sleeved 5/16. I gained three pounds one week and I have no reason why. I lost those three pounds after a week. However I've only lost 1 pound since surgery. I feel your frustration.

YAY. AWESOME! I'm glad to know someone else will be there the same time!

I am scheduled for May 16th!

Just seeing if anyone will be having a sleeve done in May? I am so excited about Dr. Illan and BariatricPal MX! I saw a friend yesterday for the first time since she had surgery in October. Wow! She liked phenomenal!!! I can't wait to get started!
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When I arrived at the San Diego airport, and went out front to await the drive to the hospital, there was a van from another bariatric surgery company that arrived with postop patients. 2 patients were dropped off in order to fly home. They both moved so slowly and gingerly, hunched over, gripping their abdomens. They sat as soon as they could.. after walking about 20ft.
I thought to myself Holy ****, what have I signed up for?! That will be me in 5 days.
How wrong I was! No one would have been able to tell I had surgery when I flew home. My husband was shocked at how well I was doing when he picked me up from the airport.
Everyone has a different journey, but some are lucky! I didn't even have trouble putting on my compression stockings for the flight home. (Was worried about that).

Today is the day. I will be leaving for the Oasis of Hope hospital at 8:30. I have been awake since 5:00. I am surprisingly calm right now. I am ready to start this journey to reclaiming my health. See you all on the losers bench!!

Thank you @MarinaGirl for sharing your experience. I am in Mexico now relaxing in my hotel room with my husband. Everyone with Bariactric Pal team Mx has been very nice so far. our valet Luis is bringing me so homemade broth and a traditional Mexican meal for my husband. We will take a nap and he will come back later and take us for a little tour of Tijuna.
I will try and update tomorrow evening after my surgery.

Hi there. Your story sounds so similar to mine!! I will be having surgery with Dr.Illan on May 15th and the only people I have told are my husband and my 2 adult children. I don't plan on telling anyone else as I just don't want to have to defend my decision to anyone.

Today I Celebrate my 1 year anniversary of my sleeve surgery!
It's amazing how much has changed in a year! I've lost 118lbs. I've gone from a tight size 28 jean to a loose 18, and a 4X shirt to an XL. I recently fit in an airplane seat comfortably and didn't need a seat belt extender. I love clothes shopping now, can pound out an hour on the elliptical with ease, and can paint my own toenails AND breathe at the same time! =)
I still have about 60 lbs to go, but I have no doubts that I will get there. I feel amazing already, and it's only going to keep getting better from here.

I don't know if this is necessarily the place to post this, but I just got married!!!! This woman has been by my side through the last 2 and a half years in this journey. She met me when I weighed over 600 pounds. I am now back down to my playing weight for football in college, but I am much healthier and and in better shape than I was then. I still have a lot of work to get under 3 bills, but I am extremely happy to head down this new path in life.

Thanks for your comments, but if you read the thread you would know that I have already decided to go to Mexico for my surgery. I did my research and found an excellent surgeon. My surgery will be May 15th.
I am confident that I have made the best choice for me. I am looking forward to reclaiming my health and eventually maintaining a healthy weight.

I actually moved my surgery date sooner so I'll be there Jun 16th! My preop liquid diet starts the day you'll have the surgery! So excited to start this journey! Glad to have this forum to talk to other people in the same boat!

How did your surgery go? Any updates?

Mine is May 25th!!!

I'm scheduled for May 1st.

I am May 15th with Dr.Illan.

I have only told my husband and 2 adult children who are very supportive.

Not yet to goal, but I have wanted to post one of these since before surgery.

Does Dr. Illan use glue or stitches? I don't know why I haven't asked before since I'm less than 20 days from surgery. Lol

It makes things easier when you lose weight prior to getting sleeved. Firstly, your liver is less congested when you lose weight, so it is more apt to be out of the way and less likely to be inadvertently nicked or scraped by the surgeon during the procedure.
Finally, losing weight before surgery gets you that much closer to your goal weight. Do not be like me: I actually gained 25 pounds while waiting to be sleeved due to maladaptive food funerals (a.k.a. overeating all my favorite foods one last time before saying "goodbye"). My initial consultation weight was 200 pounds and I was up to 225 pounds one week before the surgery. Thank goodness my surgeon and insurance company had no issues with my substantial weight gain.
I did reach my goal weight, but the weight gain prior to the sleeve was a setback. If I could do it all over again, I would have ensured my head was into the right mindset earlier in the process. Good luck to you.

My husband is a physician at a top-ranked Los Angeles hospital, and it's not uncommon for their patients to decide to make the short trek down to Mexico for a myriad of treatments, because of the extreme difference in costs for comparable care. Even with top-of-the-line insurance the costs can be astronomical. Medical tourism has become so common that several US insurance companies now provide coverage for it. The Canadian government has reimbursed some of the costs affiliated with bariatric surgery for their citizens who have it in Mexico, mainly to avoid the lengthy wait periods (in some areas it can be a decade's wait). It's not just WLS, but cancer treatment, orthopedic surgeries, and a whole host of other medical issues that people seek treatments for, and so long as the facility and doctors they chose are reputable, the outcome can be comparable. It's why it's imperative to do due diligence when researching and considering any type of surgery, in the US, Mexico, or anywhere else.
I personally went to Mexico for the VSG because my BMI was under 35, and even if I gained weight I still would not have met my insurance's eligibility requirements because my conditions (PCOS and hypothyroidism) did not qualify. My endocrinologist had recommended the VSG to me to boost fertility, and said that other women my age and size had successful outcomes with the surgery. I first consulted with local surgeons, and the quotes given were $29,000 to $35,000. I would have had to pay this entirely out of pocket. I then asked my doctor if she ever had any patients who went to Mexico for surgery, and she said she did. She'd apparently made a wildly inaccurate assumption about how much money I have, which is why she hadn't mentioned that option to me at first and instead had recommended the local surgeons I saw. She agreed to provide me with all follow-up care for having the VSG in Tijuana. The total cost of my surgery was $4200, which included two nights at the Marriott. I had no complications, and a very positive experience. That was 18 months ago. I've been maintaining at a size 2-4 for about six months. Many of my issues with PCOS have been alleviated.
Just the other day I was reading on here about someone's surgery costing $70,000. $70,000 vs. $4200. Surgical complications and deaths can occur at any facility. At the hospital where my husband works patients died due to medical equipment that hadn't been properly cleaned (the fault mainly lying with the manufacturer of the equipment for providing inaccurate directions on how to clean it) and caused massive infections. Healthy young people have died during routine surgeries right here in the US. Teenagers have died having their wisdom teeth removed, most often from an underlying medical condition unknown at the time. People have died from blood clots after very routine procedures. Joan Rivers died in NY from an unexpected complication to a minor surgery.
I'm not at all surprised that a patient died after / during bariatric surgery. What needs to happen is for the surgeon's office and the coordinators working with him to be transparent about what happened. That's what other reputable facilities / surgeons have done after a death - provide the factual information about what happened. What looks shady is obfuscation.

A mom from Wisconsin. Funny how your IP address is showing you as located in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Seems that your claimed location is the only fake news on here.

So I decided to share my before and 4 month post pic and stats. I was on the lower BMI side but was a personal decision for me because of yo-yo weight my whole life and although on surgery day I was down Lbs I still know myself to not keep weight off so stick to my plan. PLEASE no judgmental comments we each do what's best for us! I paid out of pocket and went to MX. Definitely not easy from day 1 but honestly much easier experience then I was expecting after reading so many posts.
I'm 5'5 and highest weight 230
Starting weight 2 week pre op 203
GSV surgery day 195 (left photo)
4 months post 155 (still have a BMI and fat% considered overweight on charts)
My goal weight is 145 or 140

I am scheduled for May 29th. I cannot wait to get down there and get this going!!! I am so excited! LOL

I went alone and honestly... It was relaxing![emoji23]

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Just seeing if anyone will be having a sleeve done in May? I am so excited about Dr. Illan and BariatricPal MX! I saw a friend yesterday for the first time since she had surgery in October. Wow! She liked phenomenal!!! I can't wait to get started!
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