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Allow Me To Introduce Myself: Carla (Aka Cj_Redux)



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Hello all. My name is Carla. I've been a lurker here on this forum for several months, soaking up as much information as possible. I figured it's time I joined and shared my journey, which I hope will unfold over the course of the next days, weeks, months and years.

I have not yet been sleeved. But I expect to have my surgery sometime in June, 2012. I work as an IT Consultant and just started a new contract. So I am just waiting for my invoices to be paid. Once I get paid, I can book my travel and I'm outta here!

As everyone else is/was, I'm excited, nervous, anxious and scared! I am 100% sure of my decision to get the sleeve...in Mexico. And I know that those surgeons are some of the best in the world. But, surgery is surgery, and I'm most afraid just of going under the knife! I'm in pretty good health, no co-morbities. But my BMI is pretty high (52.4). That's a risk factor in and of itself! Regardless, I'm going forward with this procedure AS SOON AS my invoices are paid!

Anyhoo, I won't prolong this first post, just wanted to introduce myself and say hello and thank you for all the info provided on this forum! I hope to be a helpful addition. :)

Carla (aka CJ_Redux)

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Welcome Carl's, and yup you sound like the rest of us;)

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Welcome Carla, nice to have you on board. Looking forward to reading your posts.

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*Carla

Damn this autocorrect.

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Thanks all. Hmmm, not sure why my profile pic is only showing the lower half of my body...cuz yeah, that's the part I really want to emphasize...NOT!!!

@Shain, LOL that autocorrect gets me every time!

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