Hey guys! I'm looking to join or start a local VSG support group as well as the one's on here.

Is there anyone who has been sleeved in Vegas that would be interested?

No, it took me to the seminar schedule, but the only thing happening while I am there is the

Blossom Bites (Post-Op)

seminar which, I am assuming, is the post-op diet planning on Oct 29th.

Hi everyone...I'm in Vegas too. I am scheduled for the sleeve in Dec but have done WLS before with the band. Would love to have support from other locals.

I'm heading to Vegas next month (ugh!) for Dr. Umbach. Traveling from Montana.

I'm from Montana too. Considering if I dont get qualified by my insurance I'm looking into Vegas to. What part of MT are you from.

Hey guys! I'm looking to join or start a local VSG support group as well as the one's on here.

Is there anyone who has been sleeved in Vegas that would be interested?

I just relocated back to vegas...Im almost a year post op but I would be intetested n joining group

Awesome! Maybe I should make a group. Does everyone have Facebook? I could make a private group

In Vegas and interested in a support group too!

Awesome! Maybe I should make a group. Does everyone have Facebook? I could make a private group

I'm in FB

Awesome! Maybe I should make a group. Does everyone have Facebook? I could make a private group

I'm in Vegas ... Summerlin. I was sleeved 7/22/13 by dr Soong.. Let me know if you do a FB group

I will plan on setting one up :-)

I'll post as soon as it's done

I was sleeved By Dr Umbach in Vegas (baby!) but live in Portland, OR. But hey, I'm going to be there at the end of this month for a conference. If y'all get something going, I'd love to drop in.

I am traveling from Washington to have my surgery done by dr umback. How was it traveling afterwards? Did you stay through Monday? Were you able to leave the hotel and get some sights in?

Traveling was fine. Wear the TED socks and walk around on the plane every 20 minutes or so to avoid blood clots.

My surgery was at 8:00 and I was discharged around noon and back at the Golden Nugget by 12:30. Took a 4 hour nap, woke up, took a shower and the wife and I went out to dinner. I told the waiter I had a late lunch and wouldn't be eating. No problem. We walked all over downtown and I even played a few hands of blackjack.

The next day we went up to the strip visiting a lot of the casinos. Walked no less than 5 miles, I'm sure. Sunday, of the same. Met with Umbach Monday morning and he removed pain pump and final check. He is very close to the airport now, so it is a quick jaunt to the airplane.

Good luck!

Traveling was fine. Wear the TED socks and walk around on the plane every 20 minutes or so to avoid blood clots.

My surgery was at 8:00 and I was discharged around noon and back at the Golden Nugget by 12:30. Took a 4 hour nap, woke up, took a shower and the wife and I went out to dinner. I told the waiter I had a late lunch and wouldn't be eating. No problem. We walked all over downtown and I even played a few hands of blackjack.

The next day we went up to the strip visiting a lot of the casinos. Walked no less than 5 miles, I'm sure. Sunday, of the same. Met with Umbach Monday morning and he removed pain pump and final check. He is very close to the airport now, so it is a quick jaunt to the airplane.

Good luck!

Thank you it is so nice to hear how well you were feeling afterwards. So you had to have a pain pump? That is not something I have heard of? Do you know if all patients have a pain pump after the procedure? Was the removal hard or painful?

If you go to my gallery, you will see a picture of me in the "After" section where I have a little hip pouch which contains it. There is a tube going from it, through my shirt and into me, just below my breastbone. It drips medicine directly onto the stomach. It is (was) part of Dr. Umbach's pain management. The ball of medicine takes about 3 days to empty. He told me I could yank it out myself or he would do it when he saw me on Monday. I was a little freaked out at the thought of it being yanked out by him, let alone me doing it myself! But ... it was worry for nothing as it wasn't a big deal. I've had band-aids removed which were worse ...