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kynlee12    0

kynlee12
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Hi, I am in the inland empire of southern california. I am just in the "looking" stages adn hoping to get started soon. I have begun by searching for dr. informaiton online. It is overwhelming. not much cost info is provided on dr. websites ( I will be self paying)-- I'm confused... I think I have over researched and I'm stuck. Is there anyone with experiences good or bad in my area that can share? I need a dr. name for a starting point..

thanks

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CindyMinnesota    0

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Hello! :thumbup:

I don't know about doctors in your area, but if you would consider going to Mexico, I had a great experience with Dr. Kuri. The total cost is $7,000 and it covers all of your transportation from San Diego, the preop testing, the surgery, and they have great followup..Plus they have a network of doctors in just about every state for followup. I live in Minneapolis, and my followup doc here is at a great major county hospital and insurance covers all the fills and followup care. I had my surgery on 7/3/10. :(

Good luck in your search!! :w00t:

Cindy

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thanks for the info Cindy...because I am so close and because of cost I have looked into Mexico and Dr. Kuri's name has come up several times... to be honest... I'm afraid... I have heard great things about the surgery in Mexico, but, with the scary things happening in Mexico these days and Americans being killed it really really makes me nervous..... you said insurance covered your fills close to home.... did insurance cover your surgery?

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Hi!

I TOTALLY understand your fear of Mexico..LOL. I heard some really scary things about it. It helped that my husband is from another country and assured me that the USA is not the only place for health care..I have had several surgeries here but nothing prepared me for how great my experience was (well..for surgery, anyway..Ha!) Tijuana itself is apparently not so nice, but Hospital Angeles is in a good location and so is the hotel. We walked around with no issues at all..And since they drive you everywhere, you don't have to worry about navigating or talking to anyone..

We self paid for our surgery, we had just gotten insurance right before we went to Mexico.We were lucky, our insurance didn't ask any questions. They cover preexisting conditions too, which might have been why they covered it.

Something else might be interest for you, since you live so close--Dr. Kuri offers free fills for life so if you can drive there or get a cheap plane ticket, it would be almost free (the hospital charges a small fee but it doesn't go to Dr. Kuri). If you are unsure, you can call the office and chat with them. They have offices in California and each patient (or potential patient) is assigned a patient facilitator who will keep in great contact with you, both before the surgery and after. They have a dietician on staff and an online forum. Also, once a year they have an event called the "Bandster Bash" where they rent out a hotel and have a big party, educational classes, etc. They just had it last weekend, it looked like so much fun! I am going to try to go next year...

Anyway, sorry for the long winded response lol. If you have questions, feel free to ask or email me!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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