Say hi and state your date if you have it or your results if you're post op

I'm from Alberta, surgery date set for November 12th in TJ, Mexico with Dr. Ortiz at OCC! So excited! Though I start my liquid diet on Monday for 15 days so that's a bit intimidating!

I'm in Alberta too, having surgery in Medicine Hat on the 28th of Nov. Pre-op starts on the 6th... Admit I am at the very tail tip end of 30's though lol. Good luck, you'll do great! :-)

I'm in Alberta too' date=' having surgery in Medicine Hat on the 28th of Nov. Pre-op starts on the 6th... Admit I am at the very tail tip end of 30's though lol. Good luck, you'll do great! :-)[/quote']

Did you have a super long queue for surgery here? I know I've been on a list for a year and having even gotten a call to go for preliminaries yet so I said "Screw this!" Lol

I did wait 7 months after my referral for my first visit. To be honest I had pretty much written it off during that time. But once I had my first consult in March it was really fast moving as their center is relatively new so their list is not typical. I managed to drop the required weight really quickly so they offered to put me in over the summer due to cancellations but because I was doing so well I thought I'd just continue to do it the old fashioned way but it didn't last long after that so I changed my mind in Sept and they pencilled me in. I realize how spoiled I am compared to the majority. It is a 3 hr drive one way to apt's but so worth it.

Are you nervous about being so far from home? And are you going alone?

I did wait 7 months after my referral for my first visit. To be honest I had pretty much written it off during that time. But once I had my first consult in March it was really fast moving as their center is relatively new so their list is not typical. I managed to drop the required weight really quickly so they offered to put me in over the summer due to cancellations but because I was doing so well I thought I'd just continue to do it the old fashioned way but it didn't last long after that so I changed my mind in Sept and they pencilled me in. I realize how spoiled I am compared to the majority. It is a 3 hr drive one way to apt's but so worth it.

Are you nervous about being so far from home? And are you going alone?

Nah I'm not nervous at all, just excited, as far as I'm concerned I am going to be see the best surgeon I could have hoped for. His credentials are amazing and the others on this forum who have seen him have nothing but good things to say. My father decide he wanted to come with me so that's nice they've been very supportive through out this process