September Sleevers/garcia

[gorjess907 16]

YAY!! I got a date!! I will be w/ Dr Garcia in september getting my sleeve! Anyone else out there getting theirs in September??!!! AHHH im stoked! Those of you that have gone to Garcia already how you all doing now? any complications?

[gorjess907 16]

i cant believe no one wanted to reply to this anyway, those who were sleeved in September, by garcia, I hope yall are doing well

[AngelEyesInNJ 186]

How are you doing? I am scheduled for surgery on the 8th with Dr. Garcia.

I would love to hear your experience if you wouldn't mind sharing.

[gorjess907 16]

Im doing good! the only thing thats been keeping me worried is that my insicions still are not completely heald up. 2 of the 5 are but the last 3 (the bigger of the 5) are almost heald but still got maybe a week or so to go. At this point i have no regrets or complants the service was VERY good. I schedualed with Alma with Ready 4 a Change. to be real honest i was sooo scared when they told me I was headed in for surgery within the next 20 minutes that I started crying my eyes out and told my husband that it was time for us to leave mexico and go back home to Alaska, but by the time they came back to wheel me in, I was ready. They were very comforting, and i am soooo soooo sooooooooo happy i did it! I am a complete baby when it comes to pain, and to my suprize, I really didnt have much pain at all! I did not use the pack of gas x strips that i brought with me - but i have heared these work wonders.... I was annoyed to walk, but i did it, even that did not hurt it was more that i was just tired. The staff was very friendly and attentive. So far NO complications that i have encounterd I still need to follow up with my PCP, but as of today I am 4 week and 3 days post op and I am SOOO happy about the weight loss. My heaviest recorded weight was 331 lbs, I was 315 the day i started my preop (2 weeks preop diet) , surgery day I weighed at 298 lbs and as of yesturday morning I am at 273 lbs. I have been adding more foods into my diet, at first I was on the liquids for about a week when i got home, then to full liquids, for the second week, 3rd week soft foods as of now, my forth week I still drink 1 or 2 protien drinks, string cheese, Soup, popsicals, deli meet, oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, turkey sausage (chewed up really well), mashed potatos, oooooh and my favorite is the rotisserie chicken i found at Fred Meyers or Carrs/Safeway (also chewed very well) I could not even think about pureeing meat so.... my only problem now is that I am constintly looking for different soft foods to try! I get soo excited that im able to starting eating food again! My recovery has been a blessing! I still try to be carful with the lifting and I have not yet been cleared for full workouts yet but in time I will start to get more of that in So far this has been a good experience! Good luck to you and CONGRATES on getting your date!!!