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Thanks for the info... Hope your mom is doing well! I will find out my surgery date this week. So excited!

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My husband and I are both being sleeved by Dr. Uchal. We have our last class on 5/30 and hope to get a surgery date soon after that!

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Hi, y'all.

New to the forum, but also in Jacksonville. I'm pre-op, looking at possibly a December surgery date (not set yet), and Dr. Uchal will be my surgeon. I've met him a couple of times, once at the seminar at St. Vincent's and once at one of the support group meetings where they did "Ask the Surgeon" and he was the surgeon in question, and then also at my initial consult.

Nice to see so many Jacksonville people around.

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Hey everyone. I'm from the Yulee area and had my surgery the 19th of July with Dr. Baptista. Good to see soo many people from this area. I thought I was the only one in the area with the sleeve. I know a bunch of people who had the band but none with the sleeve.

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The last thing I was told by my coordinator was that I might get a November surgery date, but if they don't get a move on with a date, there won't be much left of November to do it. :)

So I may still have my sleeve done in December as originally planned. Actually, on reflection, I think I'd rather be still on a liquid diet from surgery at Thanksgiving than be on the preop diet at that point, so I'm sort of hoping for a 27 November surgery, but we shall see.

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Well, my surgery got delayed because my insurance company is good but slow. I got my sleeve on Wednesday, January 8th, I'm just now trying full liquids today after Clear Liquids on Thursday and Friday.

I think I'm doing well. I'm tired and sore, but that is to be expected.

Best wishes to the rest of the Jacksonville area people! :)

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My surgery should be the end of March or early April. I am so glad to find this group! Dr. Uchal is my surgeon.

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I know this is a long shot...this thread has been dead for awhile, but I'm having my surgery with Dr Uchal in Feb or March. I'm thinking about going to the support group meetings. Does anyone from here go to them or have been to them?

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Yes I'm from Jax fl I'm going to dr herra he works with ur dr to

Do you have a surgery date? Are you having your surgery at Riverside?

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I had my surgery 12/16/15 with Dr. Uchal and it's been great!! We had support group tonight not sure if you made it but next Tuesday it will be at Southside. I'm Lisa, let me know if you will come. Good luck

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Awesome! How are you doing? Will you be going to the groups?

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I had my surgery 12/16/15 with Dr. Uchal and it's been great!! We had support group tonight not sure if you made it but next Tuesday it will be at Southside. I'm Lisa, let me know if you will come. Good luck

I did not make support group last night. I was in the pre-op class that left as you guys were starting. I had planned on staying, but that last meeting had a lot of info to digest. I wanted to rush home and look at all the handouts.

That's very cool that you go!! I went to a peer to peer mtg at clay last month, and it was very informative :)

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