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hmmm. I'm sorry you're dealing with such a stressful situation, especially w/out the specifics in hand. Certainly if your bloods are super deranged its a major priority to deal with that. I expect if its something very serious you will get a call from hematology very very soon.

i'm sorry to hear it was not handled delicately Do you know specifically how abnormal the tests were?

What tests are we talking about?

nothing you can do, if you feel fine for now you're probably fine.

I just set my surgery date yesterday I am young with a bmi of ~31. I am 31 and want this VSG before I turn 32. I know people will judge me for going as far as getting 85% of my stomach permanently removed because I don't like being heavy. But you know what? Judge away. I am a doctor myself. I have seen MANY MANY patients who are in their 30s-60s with BMI 30-35 who have basically zero success losing weight and go on to deal with problems. I RARELY see people who go from bmi 30 something to 20 something and stay that way for life. I have no kids yet but I know what obesity+pregnancy is about and I just DO NOT want to deal with that. I know myself. I know how HARD it has been to manage this over the years. I cannot believe my BMI is over 30! I had tried diets, personal trainers, fasting, everything. I just can't seem to stop the gradual gain. I would say I've put on between 5-8 lbs a year for 6 years and I am stunned at where I have reached. My WHOLE family is overweight or obese. I initially thought no one in Canada would do it (privately OF COURSE) with a lower bmi and no comorbidities. I did WAY too much research about alternative providers in USA and even put a deposit to go to OCC in Mexico because my two local surgeons admin people were discouraging. I eventually went to see one of my local surgeons and alas, he said yes. He agreed this is my best chance and controlling this problem for good and understands why I don't WANT to get to 1) Morbid obesity 2) hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes type 2, coronary disease, increased risk of breast and endometrial cancer, increased risk of obstetrical complications, increased risk of basically everything, more permanent joint pain, the list goes on 3) Lifelong dieting and yo yo in and misery SO ALAS I will be able to do it in Canada. I am able to afford paying the extra ~5000CAD it will cost me relative to Mexico and I will have a tax receipt that may offset some of that extra cost anyways. Plus I get to stay home and not go an extremely long way to Mexico or deal with judgement from local doctors about the "legitimacy" of medical tourism. WELL worth it to me. I still have a good impression of Mexican surgeons from all I have read and really to think its a great option for anyone who can't afford the 15-20K it costs to do this in the first world. I was hoping not to need to do the pre-op diet because I'm sure I don't have fatty liver but the surgeon said best to minimize any possible risk of hepatic laceration if possible. So I'll do it. I expect I wont even be 'obese' on my surgery date of Nov 14 i can't wait to be done with this I don't know how slow or fast I will recover and lose I'm scared to go under as I am sure everyone else is. Being a doctor doesn't make me less scared! My risk is very low but anytime you are going under general and operated you're at more risk than not doing that in the short term. so thats my story! i'll post more as I go

how did everything progress?? how are you and baby doing?