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Surgery August 10th with Dr. Aceves

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AJW    18

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Is anyone else going to be having surgery on August 10th or the week of August 9th with Dr. Aceves in Mexicali? Hope someone else is...I'll be there.

Know what's funny? I was going to have band surgery but after researching it, decided it wasn't for me. Decided upon VSG, which my band surgeon also does. Despite trying to get a hold of him to discuss VSG and his assistant telling me he would call me back about it, he never did. Even contacted another local WL surgeon who performs all the different types of surgery, no response at all from them. My insurance DOES pay for this, but I can't get anybody to call me back re VSG. Isn't that odd? The only people who got back to me on setting this up is Nina at Dr. Aceves. I take that as a SIGN that he IS the right doctor for my surgery, so I'm paying out of pocket for this even though my insurance will pay. Sometimes I feel a little guilty about spending the $$ when I have insurance, but my husband assures me this is more important than anything else. He's a very supportive and all-around good guy. I'm blessed. He's taking a week off work to take me down there and stay with me.:biggrin0:

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Elisabethsew    50

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It's ridiculous that none of the surgeons called you back but I'm glad you're having the surgery with a wonderful surgeon. Dr. Aceves is skilled, certified, experienced, caring, and professional. You hubby sounds like a real keeper and he's right, there is no amount of money that comes before you getting to a healthy weight and staying in his life.

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Norma    10

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Congrats on your sleeve date and I hope many others from here will be buddies getting sleeved at the same time. That will probably be too soon for me to get the financing together. Will look forward to hearing about your journey.

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Malaika    50

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Congrats on your surgery date - one month out from Bearded's. I am sure you will do great and I am sure there will be others down here the same time as you are - you just may not know it ahead of time, but I'm sure you won't be alone - it is very busy here this time - every room is full. It will be nice, too, to have your husband here to share the entire experience with you.

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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You will be very happy that you chose Dr. Aceves to be your surgeon!

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Ruthi    60

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Congrats on your surgery date, you wont regret going with Dr Aceves, We will love having another sleeve sister. Dont worry, you will do fine.

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*susan*    1,709

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Once all of us who are patients of Dr. Aceves get about a year out, we should plan a reunion in Mexicali to show him how he has changed our lives.

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Malaika    50

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Once all of us who are patients of Dr. Aceves get about a year out, we should plan a reunion in Mexicali to show him how he has changed our lives.

I think that is an AWESOME idea Susan -- he would love it - we could do it at the Lucerna and have him come for dinner or something -- what a GREAT GREAT GREAT idea.

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cajun    46

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Monday is YOUR day! I will be thinking of you and know that you will have a successful surgery. Thanks for all your posts on this forum. I have learned a lot from you and the others. Hope to have mine done before too long. First step: I applied for a passport this week!

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AJW    18

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Thanks guys! I'm excited/nervous - hope everything goes well, I'm sure it will. Not too worried about the surgery part - it's the after-surgery life-changing events that have me thinking a lot about.:blushing: I so appreciate all the support and knowing that you're with me every step of the way. I'll report in as soon as I can afterward. Taking the computer. Spending tomorrow night in San Diego, and then driving into Mexicali Sunday morning to arrive no later than 1:00 PM at the hospital to begin the round of tests. Besides blood, EKG, chest x-ray, urinalysis, what else do they do? And will the anesthesiologist give me Lidocaine before IV insertion if I ask? IVs in the hand hurt and the Lido makes it go into without pain, even if the drug stings a bit. Anyone ask for that? Let me know. Thanks:biggrin0:

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BeardedItalian48    3

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IVs in the hand hurt and the Lido makes it go into without pain, even if the drug stings a bit. Anyone ask for that? Let me know. Thanksbiggrin.gif

I HATE an IV in my hand so I asked them to put it "somewhere else" they did, they put it in my wrist. Also they did all of this while I was asleep, with drugs to relax me as they took me to surgery. They will accommodate you all you have to do is ask!

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DownInSocal    12

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Thanks guys! I'm excited/nervous - hope everything goes well, I'm sure it will. Not too worried about the surgery part - it's the after-surgery life-changing events that have me thinking a lot about.:blushing: I so appreciate all the support and knowing that you're with me every step of the way. I'll report in as soon as I can afterward. Taking the computer. Spending tomorrow night in San Diego, and then driving into Mexicali Sunday morning to arrive no later than 1:00 PM at the hospital to begin the round of tests. Besides blood, EKG, chest x-ray, urinalysis, what else do they do? And will the anesthesiologist give me Lidocaine before IV insertion if I ask? IVs in the hand hurt and the Lido makes it go into without pain, even if the drug stings a bit. Anyone ask for that? Let me know. Thanks:biggrin0:

Don't forget your papers to get back across the border. What border crossing? The traffic in TJ can be bad esp on a Sat.

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AJW    18

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I have a passport so no problem. We're not going thru Tijuana; it's a straight shot from San Diego to Calexico and crossing there.

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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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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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