OMG - i FINALLY committed to a date. Going with Dr Illan October 5th. Right now (in daylight) I'm excited and cannot wait to start my new life BUT what happens at night ??? all my doubts (and downright terror) sets in and I find myself sitting upright in bed at 3am saying WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING !!!!

Would love to meet up with anyone else going around this time !!

If they do set in, be sure to hop on VST and let us support you! I just got back from Tijuana and surgery with Dr. Illan and it was absolutely amazing. I would trust absolutely anybody with him and can't recommend him enough. If you have any questions you're more than welcome to message me! Or, of course, post here. Just want to say that you're in excellent hands and I wish you the best!

THANK YOU so much, means an awful lot to me to hear that. I will definitely message you as I would like to hear about your experience.

I wrote about my experiences, you can find it here: http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/90298-made-it-to-tijuana-surgery-tomorrow-with-dr-illan-at-florence-hospital/#entry942885

Of course I wrote all of that on the fly, so if you have any more specific questions I'm happy to answer them. That should give you a rough idea of what to expect though. I didn't really find anything similar before surgery and had no idea what I was getting into, so I hope you find this helpful!

I wrote about my experiences' date=' you can find it here: http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/90298-made-it-to-tijuana-surgery-tomorrow-with-dr-illan-at-florence-hospital/#entry942885

Of course I wrote all of that on the fly, so if you have any more specific questions I'm happy to answer them. That should give you a rough idea of what to expect though. I didn't really find anything similar before surgery and had no idea what I was getting into, so I hope you find this helpful!

Hi supbanana

What a great review. Loved it! I went with different Dr but I think you will others with your great feedback!

Supbanana - just read your posting and thanks so much !! - really makes me feel more relaxed about everything. I have to confess I did have a little laugh at your existential meltdown !! - I wonder if the hospital staff giggles at what people say when they're coming out of anesthesia !! How are you doing now ? would love to hear an update !!

I'm glad it helped! lol, my mom told me that when I was coming out of it I darkly told Dr. Illan that "I better lose 100 pounds after this ****"... I was so embarrassed! I apologized to him later but he laughed it off and said he hears that kind of thing a lot.

I'm doing great!! Incisions are healed up, I have more energy, no complaints whatsoever. Last time I weighed in I was 273 - 15 pounds lost since surgery, 97 overall! I'm so close to finally, finally losing 100 pounds that I don't even know what to do with myself. I'm seriously contemplating throwing myself a party when I hit that milestone because it's taken nearly 4 years to do but thanks to the sleeve it's really going to happen. It seriously feels like a dream; I can't believe it.

I'm only two weeks out and I can't tell you how relieved and glad I am that I finally had the courage (and, you know, money) to go through with the surgery!! I absolutely love it. I hope that you have an experience like mine and that you love it too... I can't even describe how it feels to finally be seeing the weight dropping. I stalled for over a year before giving in to the surgery - that was a long year full of failure and heartache and now that's done with. Huge weight off my shoulders (and gut, and thighs, and... ).