Im new to the forum... doing lots of wandering and reading. Getting all my ducks in a row for surgery in July... just doing a hello.

Welcome I hope you enjoy this forum as much as I have

Where are you having sx? Mine is in June!

Welcome prple - lots of information around this place and lots of nice people. If you have any questions just post away.

This forum has been really great for me. Lots of information and the people are great!

Hi so i have been researching the gastric sleeve for a while now and i have decided to go throught with it but the dr that i amgoing to is in mexico. I have done a lot of research on this dr and hospital in tj mexico, the cost is in the price range that i can afford but everyone is telling me now to do the surgery because it would be signing my death wish due to the long term effects, can anyone give me some feed back if you had your surgery in mexico and if so have you had any affects that have been really bad. I am insulin dependant diabetic that take alomost 130 units of insulin a day, the way that i look at it is if I can reduce the amount of insulin i take it will help with the other organs that are having issues due to all of the medicaine that i take.

Planning on using the Bluepoint Group in Northern VA. Been thinking about this for awhile... appointment with surgeon on Friday. Was contemplating another surgeon but after much consideration realized that the aftersupport is what will really help me. The Fair Oaks Hospital in Northern VA is a bariatric center of excellence. So utilizing a surgeon connected to them will be a big plus.

So much to learn.... need to be prepared....

Thank you for all of the nice welcomes. I dont have medical insurance so I will be going to Mexico to have this done. I am thinking about sometime in Feburary so this way I can save up the money. I have done a ton of research and I am really looking forward to this surgery. There a couple of things that I am really nervious about FAILING, FAILING and FAILING. I have never stuck with a diet in my life. I get fed up becasue I dont see any results so now I am scard that it is not going to work for me either. The other thing i am scard of is loosing my hair. I went through Chemo when I was 15 and lost all of my hair I dont want that to happen again. I know that there is going to be ALOT of emotional issues that will be happening.

Does anyone have any advicse on how to get through the emotional apart.