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Congratulations and welcome to VST! You will find it very helpful and uplifting to be here. I was sleeved Dec. 6, 2012 and I am still a newbie here but I have gained some knowledge and found comfort from the people here. I live in a small town where there is no access to support groups so this is my support. It has been very helpful. Good luck on your journey and remember, don't get discouraged - get busy and enjoy life!

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Glad to hear that your feeling great! The process of healing is much easier when you have the right attitude.

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congrats and good luck & as Lisa said you will find great support here xx

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I was going to use dr Almanza because I friend of mine did but I was turned off by the recovery house and strip mall clinic. What was your experience with those? How many surgeries did he do on your day?

Jana, sleeved 1/31/13

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Nice work. It's great to feel back on your game so quickly.

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I just got surgery on feb 4 2013 with doctor Almanza in Tijuana and i feel great

Thats good...glad to hear ur ok:)

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I just got surgery on feb 4 2013 with doctor Almanza in Tijuana and i feel great

I had surgery on the same day :) glad to hear all went well...

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I was going to use dr Almanza because I friend of mine did but I was turned off by the recovery house and strip mall clinic. What was your experience with those? How many surgeries did he do on your day?

Jana' date=' sleeved 1/31/13[/quote']

What I can I say I had a very good experience there is nothing to worry about it is a very small clinic but very clean I really liked the way they took care of me.. That day dr almanza did ten surgeries ... By the way I was the first one. I really recommend it...

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Congratulations and welcome to VST! You will find it very helpful and uplifting to be here. I was sleeved Dec. 6' date=' 2012 and I am still a newbie here but I have gained some knowledge and found comfort from the people here. I live in a small town where there is no access to support groups so this is my support. It has been very helpful. Good luck on your journey and remember, don't get discouraged - get busy and enjoy life![/quote']

Thanks:)

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I was going to use dr Almanza because I friend of mine did but I was turned off by the recovery house and strip mall clinic. What was your experience with those? How many surgeries did he do on your day?

Jana' date=' sleeved 1/31/13[/quote']

I really liked the clinic it was really small but really clean there is nothing to be scared of . That day he did ten surgeries and I was one of the first ones.

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Where did you recover?

Jana, sleeved 1/31/13

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I had surgery on 1-23-13! Going back to work on monday! Down #30 from my pre surgery am thrilled at my weight loss so far but I have a lot further to go and am ready for this ride to better health!

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I had surgery on 1-23-13! Going back to work on monday! Down #30 from my pre surgery am thrilled at my weight loss so far but I have a lot further to go and am ready for this ride to better health!

Nice :)

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