jacinthapittman

So, I have come to the conclusion that this surgery is like being pregnant all over again...you are always tired, everything hurts... food tastes disgusting, eating just a little bit can send you running to the bathroom. And don't even get me started on the smells. I can barely walk into my kitchen because I can smell everything in there and it is all gross...
So weird...

Congrats! I'm 3 weeks away from my final appointment

Geez! 3 hours?!?! You should be able to resolve all your life probyin that amount of time.

I was scheduled for July 3rd and got bumped up to June 5rh! So I'm 4 days PostOp. I'm so relieved it's over! I'm sore but doing really well. I'm excited for the future!
I'm still overwhelmed, but getting the hang of it.

Geez! 3 hours?!?! You should be able to resolve all your life probyin that amount of time.

The grandmother of one of my good friends said "Don't borrow trouble". Stay off that website, it is totally dedicated to complications but all those people had surgery years ago before techniques improved. Also if you look for complications then that is all you are going to see. It is like buying a new Camry, you probably didn't notice all the Camrys on the road but now that you have one, you see them everywhere.
Stressing yourself out will cause your body to react making you sick. You have to chill out.
Didn't you have a sleeve not RNY? RNY has all kinds of complications the sleeve just does not have.
When is your next Dr Appointment?
You should get back in school to keep your mind occupied. Do you have a therapist?

I read an article about women's clothing sizes that put things into perspective a little as for changing clothing sizes. The article said that regular sized up to a size 12 have a 1 inch difference in the fit of the waste between sizes, regular sizes 14-18 have a 1.5" difference and plus sizes have a 3" difference so you will logically lost clothing sizes slower in plus sizes.
I'm down 83 pounds and most days I still don't see a difference in myself either (301-219) but I also see myself everyday. Remember as time passes and more weight loss happens you will see the difference.

Congratulations in advance!

2 more weigh ins (6/1 and 7/1) and EGD hopefully early June and I'll be done! Now as long as insurance doesn't drag their feet 🙃

It's so nice seeing this thread fill up with more people! Time seems to be going pretty fast but I wish it would go a bit faster lol

I've lost a total of 35-38 pounds I've been just on this side of 200 for about 3 months. It's so frustrating. With as much weight as I've lost on my own I was really wondering if weight loss surgery was really the way I wanted to go. But after this stall and thinking about all the yoyoing i've done over the years I know I'm on the right path.

I was originally scheduled for my pre op class on July 18th with surgery to follow but I just found out they have one scheduled for June 20th. Hopefully there will be at least 1 person cancel so I can attend and get done in July.

I don't know that I would trust my WLS to perform cosmetic surgery on me. Two completely different specialties.

They are, just remember Protein first. You may not be able to consume all of your protein AND enough fruits and vegetables to meet your nutritional needs.

Surgery 8/8/16. Im 82 lbs down. hubs and I decided to start trying for a second child since I'm at a healthier weight now and our lo is about to turn 6! It's been very busy and not a lot of time to make whoopy, but ONCE, but I'm late and JUST took and test TWO lines! I'm so nervous!!!!! I just happen to have an appointment with my OB next week to start the discussion, but welp, looks like God beat me too it. I don't know if I should tell hubs yet or wait until the dr next week? I'm nervous I'm not getting enough calories, or taking the right Vitamins. Omg she could keep going. Please help!!! Maybe the test is wrong????

This is very helpful, I just got Medicaid after losing my marketplace insurance it was way to high!

Well the dr office is going to submit to the insurance and I picked to do it July 26. Giving me more time to get things in order and mentally prepare myself...I would love to have some sleeve buddies and mentors....I've been watching a lot of YouTube and reading blogs....I'm scared but excited at the same time

I was originally scheduled for my pre op class on July 18th with surgery to follow but I just found out they have one scheduled for June 20th. Hopefully there will be at least 1 person cancel so I can attend and get done in July.

Not the end of the world. Just don't drink anymore, and move on.

Sometimes people who go to Mexico just don't have an insureance that covers WLS!! To state that people are taking the easy and cheapest way out isn't very fair. Legit people go because it is an option that they can get their WLS done.

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.

Because there are some very good and experienced surgeons down there who perform the same surgery for a fraction of the price.
Not everyone in the US has medical insurance, and many insurance companies eliminate coverage for bariatric procedures because they can get away with it.
Medical Tourism, just like domestic medical, involves doing your homework about the organization and surgeon and making sure you're scrupulous about aftercare. And just like domestic surgery, there will be some great businesses, some who give the bare minimum, and some who need to be shut down.
There's really no reason to come on the SURGERY IN MEXICO forum just to say you, personally, don't believe in medical tourism at all.
Why would anyone completely change their plan because one random person on the internet has the opinion that an entire country's population is substandard?

I believe people are the same, no matter what side of some random political border they reside. Good ones, bad ones, and everything in between.
If a haircut cost 1/3 as much on the other side of the train tracks, I'd be heading over there too.

I called for my medical clearance today and they told me everything's been cleared they are submitting all my paperwork to KAISER for approval.

People gave all these thoughtful responses. OP never came back. *sigh*

I belong to gwennie bee and rent my clothing for work. So for $100 a month I swap out my outfits as much as I can. Also I'm selling my plus size clothing on Poshmark to make money for new staple pieces. I also plan to hit goodwill and platos closet!