I am new as a member to this forum, but I have been reading your posts anonymously for months. I am so grateful for this site. I was out of options and then I found this. I was so confident in my research and the stories here that I booked with Dr. Garcia and will have the sleeve done on 3/29. Just want to say that I am happy I found this site and will share my story for it to benefit someone as your stories have helped me tremendously.

My name is Josie and I am to a stalker lol

My name is Josie and I am to a stalker lol

Everyone in unison......................"Welcome Josie!"

Everyone in unison......................"Welcome Josie!" <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Thank you for the welcome !!????

Ha!!! Nice to see I am not alone! My husband calle me out and said, "Just join the thing".....Now to add a photo! Baby steps. I have not told many people, I dont need opinions from nay sayers, nor do I need any unwanted worry from certain family members i.e grandmas

Yay! I'm going the day before you w/Dr Garcia, so will see you there with Cindy and Deborah! Glad you jumped aboard!

I spoke to Cindy via PM and so hope to connect with you guys while we are there. Hopefully recovery is not too bad for us

Holy cow!!!!! I booked my ticket. My NONREFUNDABLE Ticket. No turning back now LOL

You're in it for sure now! I'm glad you stalked for a while. I did too, and made my decision to have Dr Garcia perform my surgery on the 28th. I'll see you there!

Yes Parker. My sister told me to stop bring a chicken because hitting submit was not as easy as I thought it would be.

Looking forward to your stories when you are on the losers bench.

Mary

Yes Parker. My sister told me to stop bring a chicken because hitting submit was not as easy as I thought it would be.

What an interesting post! "Stop, bring a chicken?" Sounds like something a hippy would do to protest the superficiality of the junior prom.

Edit: Oh, stop being a chicken. I finally figured out what you meant. No chicken protests are in the making. Good, they just get you expelled anyway.

Hi to everyone, including you stalkers!

I am three weeks out from surgery (Feb. 21st with Dr. Garcia in TJ through Ready4AChange) and I am feeling great! This week was very exciting as I added mushified deli turkey slices and "real" Soups to my diet. I've got one of those blender "wands" and it has been perfect for blending Protein powder into Soup.

My "go to" items right now are chocolate Protein Powder in (slighly cooled) decaf coffee each morning and unflavored protein powder mixed into an 80 calorie dannon light greek yogurt at lunch. By afternoon, I've already had almost 60 grams of protein. The Water intake is a struggle...my water bottle (with crystal light) is my constant companion. I also treat myself to a daily bottle of Vitamin water zero. This surgery was the best thing that I have ever done for myself... I'm 66 years old...wish I had done it decades ago!

I donated a bunch of my "fatest" clothes yesterday... I have about 5 sizes worth of boxed clothes from prior weight losses! It is such an amazing, freeing feeling to know that I will never go back to this size/weight.

My recovery has gone better and faster than I ever could have imagined! Thank you so much, Dr. Garcia and your team!

Welcome to the Mexi Sleevers talkers and lurkers alike.

Amanda Rae

What an interesting post! "Stop, bring a chicken?" Sounds like something a hippy would do to protest the superficiality of the junior prom.

Edit: Oh, stop being a chicken. I finally figured out what you meant. No chicken protests are in the making. Good, they just get you expelled anyway.

Oh shoot, darn auto spell!!!! LOL!

SCSLEEVER, that's amazing! I'm so happy to hear this. It makes me feel even more secure with my decision to do this. Not to mention, you made my day by mentioning COFFEE, for some reason, I assumed I wouldn't be able to have it for a long time!