Hi -

I am self-pay and getting banded in Mexico on 2/6/06 and currently am soaking up all of the info I can pre-op so that I will not have any surprises.

I have a low BMI (36) and I am 59 years old.

I am looking forward to the journey, and I hope to give and take inspiration as the new me emerges.

I can assure you that this is the place to get all the information you can stand. These folks are awesome....and I'm not the one that got banded. It was my DW (darling wife). Good luck on the 6th.

Welcome -- we have the same surgery date! I'm 39 and my stats are below.

Welcome to LBT! Love your screen name. Very "snarley".

Welcome : - )

I am going to mexico on Tuesday for Surgery Jan 12. Dr. Rumbaut. I am on this website getting all the info I can and making lists.... what to pack, shopping for my return, mexican "medical" terms..,...

I am excited, but nervous, but happy and so on, and so on!

Spoke with my dr today. It was nice to chat and he told me I was a good candidate. No high blood pressure, no diabetic, just over weight.....I call it my last hurdle to overcome.

I hope you do well, keep in touch if you want..

d:Bunny

Welcome to LBT! Take some time and start reading all the threads on here, and you'll find lots of inspiration and informations.

Welcome : - )

I am going to mexico on Tuesday for Surgery Jan 12. Dr. Rumbaut. I am on this website getting all the info I can and making lists.... what to pack, shopping for my return, mexican "medical" terms..,...

I am excited, but nervous, but happy and so on, and so on!

Spoke with my dr today. It was nice to chat and he told me I was a good candidate. No high blood pressure, no diabetic, just over weight.....I call it my last hurdle to overcome.

I hope you do well, keep in touch if you want..

d:Bunny

Hi I was just banded by Dr. Rumbaut last week, Jan 3, 2006. He is absolutely wonderful. Let me know how your expereince goes!!!

A big welcome to LBT!!

Thanks for your message about Dr.Rumbaut.... Another happy patient makes me feel better.

How are you feeling?

What is the one thing you would bring that you forgot or didn't think of?

Was the language a problem?

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh rough day! I have to say in the moment and not in next Thursday....

Thanks for responding

d

I am feeling amazing considering I just had major surgery. I have had no problems so far. The language is mostly not a problem. The only people I interacted with who did not speak English were the hospital nurses. Dr. Rumbaut gives you a paper that has questions that you may need to ask the nurse and how to say them in spanish. My mom and I found it easier to just point at what we were trying to say and they would find an english word to point back at. All of Dr. Rumbaut's staff and assistants all speak english very well. I had no problems understanding them. One thin I wish I would have brought was my own food for the hotel. There was a grocery store right next to the Hampton Inn, H.E.B., and my mom took many trips there to find me broth, yogurt, etc. Try to pack some things that you can eat when back at the hotel after your surgery. My mom and I went to H.E.B. adn bought a styrofoam ice chest to keep things cold. The best thing I found was the GNC store right by H.E.B. where I bougt Adkins Advantage shakes. They filled me up adn kept me full for several hours.

If you have any more questions let me know?

Let me know how your surgery goes?

Casie