Looking to find another woman going through the same process as I am i am 29 yr old and a girl too

GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!! that's my doc!

i'm super amp'd!!!! have you met him? he is super cool! I didn't spend a lot of time with him but he was soooo personable and down to earth! i liked him better than tami. LOL

my date is 7/18/12! i'm excited but not nervous yet but i know its coming because i don't have long. what part of the process are you at? i've searched for some people in STL but i think i only found 1.

welcome, you can find some much great information on his site!

best wishes!

Who is your surgeon? Mine is Dr. Varela at wash-u!!

I'm scheduled for 8.29 whooo hooo! So you are in STL?

Im in Saint Louis my Dr is Matthew Ricks with My NewSelf.My surgery is July 11 at Des Peres Hospital.

Yayy!! So happy to fine people in stl

I'm from St. Louis! Got sleeved june 27th (: I went with Dr. Morales at the weight loss institute at DePaul

yes! dr. varela...have you met him? he's way cool! i thought he was foreign just from the name but from what i can tell he's american. yes mine is at wash u and i work there as well. i was a little discouraged with the process they have in place but time flew by. i love angela britt, she's an angel. have you gone to any pre-op meetings? 1 is required but i've been to 2. i visit their facebook page sometimes but its pretty dead on there...not a lot of activity, not sure why. when did you start the process? i started in march. sorry if i'm all over the place....multi-tasking lol

nice to meet you!

OMG...there are some st. louisians on here! lol

*waving*

@lowe...you're on deck up next to bat...are you excited? nervous? good luck to you!

@pkehrer...you're fresh out the hospital. how are you holding up? what's your journey been like? taste buds? any tips?

so happy to know i have local family on here!

Prisytomboy I'm doing well thanks compared to a lot of people mine went extremely smooth, no vomiting or anything. Was off pain meds my 2nd day home. And 10 days out i have virtually no pain and am doing everything I would normally (except the eating of course). Not going to lie, I miss my old food desperately, but my will to get healthier still outweighs that (:

I'm from St. Louis! Got sleeved june 27th (: I went with Dr. Morales at the weight loss institute at DePaul

Wish I had you as a sleeve buddy. You're a cutie!

So manu threads to reply too hopefully i can keep up please take no offense if i skip you!

Prisstimboy OMG I am so happy to have found someone with the same dr. Yes everything has been great with the

process. Angela is a blessing and motivation. I too am a fan on their page i dont want to share my name on here but i can send you a message with my name and we can follow on fb with pics if you want!! I get on this app from my phone not sure if i can load a photo that way or not. I'm so excited!!!!

@lowe - i will be thinking of you next week! You'll have to give us updates!

@pkehrer how are you doing? Feeling good? What pain meds did they give you? How long did u have to wear the drainage port?

@mr_worm umm thanks..I think? lol

@cantw82bme I'm doing great 20.2 pounds down since my liquid preop so i'm feeling pretty good. They gave me a liquid loritab and I only used it once. And I actually didn't have a port..so I'm actually kind of clueless to what that is exactly..

I'm in the St. Louis area-working with Dr. Darin Minkin at My New Self in Des Peres Hospital.....no surgery date yet. Still working all my steps first...

I too am working with Dr. Minkin, just pre op right now, surgery is this Thursday!

One more thing, don't get overwhelmed by the little steps that are so freaking annoying, trust me I understand, his staff really does know what it takes to get it through, good luck!