Hey everyone!

Thought it'd be nice to have a thread dedicated to our surgery dates!

I can't believe January is just around the corner!! Feels like just yesterday I was just starting this process.

Hi Everyone! I was originally hoping for December, but that didn't happen. I was just approved today and I'm scheduled for January 7th! I am SOOOOOOOO Excited!

My approval process became so long, I was resigned to assuming I would be denied and started thinking about how I would have to yet again try to lose the weight on my own. Very depressing. Then I got denied. The coordinator was more positive than me at that point and resubmitted the paperwork.

4 days later I was in fact approved. I am now scheduled for Jan 9, 2014. Still absorbing that this is actually going to happen.

Trying to lose weight has consumed such a huge part of my adult life and always with the same outcome which constantly left me totally defeated. I'm still trying to grasp that it will work this time. I have jeans in my closet vacuum sealed that are brand new and yet over 30 years old. I have kept them all these years with the forever hope I would fit in them again some day. It's just amazing how fast the time has gone by. (why did I wait sooo long?)

This is it people. This is the last chance. No matter how much or how little help the surgery provides, this is the final draw. I will not let this opportunity go unrealized.

See you all in onederland.

Edited December 16, 201312 yr by Recycled

My surgery date is January 17th in Tijuauna with dr. Fernando Garcia. I'm starting to get nervous ... Anyone else with the same date or surgeon?

My surgery date is January 17th in Tijuauna with dr. Fernando Garcia. I'm starting to get nervous ... Anyone else with the same date or surgeon?

Just got my surgery date. Its January 21st so excited!

Just got my surgery date. Its January 21st so excited!

that's great!! Where is your surgery?

Very excited as well. I start a 2 week pre-op diet the Friday after Christmas. Then surgery on January 10. I keep reading these stories of people who lose truly inspiring amounts of weight in just the first few months.

I have a son on the way in March (my first!), so I'm excited that he'll know his father as someone "normal" sized and healthier.

All the best to you I have a 9 year old son and can't wait to have the energy to do things with him!! Hope you find a sleeve buddy who will be down there when you go!! have a great day

My date is January 14th!! I am still in the excited stage and have not hit the nervous stage yet.. My dr is Dr Mario Almanza in TJ.

3 weeks from today my life will change. I am so ready for this journey. I am ready for energy. I am ready for new clothes. I am ready for a new me. I am ready to be able to walk or run around with my kids. I am ready to be active in my life. I am ready for life!

So excited!! My Sleeve surgery date is Jan. 10th with Dr. Noria in Columbus, OH. I lived there and went through the OSU Bariatric program but now live in AZ. I see a lot of people flying before and after surgery and wonder what your surgeons had to say about it. Mine wants me to wait like 3 weeks before I fly home, which I'm worried about. I'll be staying with in-laws and really don't want to stay that long.

I'm flying to Tijauana from Alberta Canada on January 16, surgery on the 17 and then fly home on the 21. I think that's why my surgeon asks you to wear compression stockings. Hope that helped a bit

I do not have my official date until the 24th but I believe I will be scheduled the first week of January. I am excited, nervous, and everything in between. I have the support of my mother who 2 years ago had the lap band, but no one else knows in my family. I wasn't planning on telling them until 2 days before my surgery. My family gave my mom such a hard time when she decided to embark on her journey, I decided it was best for my mental health to keep this to myself. In any case I am extremely excited to start on this journey. Good luck to everyone.

My surgery is Monday January 13th with Dr Ortiz at OCC. Will be staying at the Marriott through the 17th.

I'm having my surgery in Tijuana on the 7th and I'll be staying until the 11th