A anyone else having surgery in April?

A anyone else having surgery in April?

I am planning to schedule in April with Dr. Ortiz but I'm still scared.

I am planning to schedule in April with Dr. Ortiz but I'm still scared.

Mine is April 15 with Dr. Ortiz threw ALM!

I am in Las Vegas too.

Hi again.

I'll be at the Marriott on Thursday, April 10th - my surgery is the 11th - I will be in TJ until the 15th.

Would like to talk with you about our experience.

When do you arrive?

Hi again.

I'll be at the Marriott on Thursday, April 10th - my surgery is the 11th - I will be in TJ until the 15th.

Would like to talk with you about our experience.

When do you arrive?

I arrive in TJ on the 14th hope I get to here about your experience

I am so proud of all the scheduled April 2014 sleevers!!!!! I have a a doctor (Dr. A Ortiz at OCC) but no date. Trying to muster up the courage.

I'll be at the Marriott until April 12th. We should all have a meetup there and discuss our experience/plans/ goals/etc.

I'm getting more excited day by day... I think I might go through my closet too... maybe it'll help keep my mind off of food.

I'll be at the Marriott until April 12th. We should all have a meetup there and discuss our experience/plans/ goals/etc.

I'm getting more excited day by day... I think I might go through my closet too... maybe it'll help keep my mind off of food.

My name is Joanna also! We will have to find each other for sure!

Hi everyone- I'm having surgery in Tijuana on April 8th with Dr. Lopez!

Hi Joanna!

I'm having my sleeve with Dr. Ortiz on 4/7 in TJ. Perhaps we will see one another!

Has anyone asked how to get a release "return to work" letter from our Doc.'s in Mexico?

My dr takes care of all that. I sent the paperwork, he signs it and scans it back. Dr. Illan and Omar are very customer service oriented. That is an understatement actually.

I will be having band to sleeve revision with Dr Lopez on the 12th if all is well. Fingers crossed.

My dr takes care of all that. I sent the paperwork, he signs it and scans it back. Dr. Illan and Omar are very customer service oriented. That is an understatement actually.

Hi

Are you getting nervous! I am so very nervous.

On today's date next month I will be joining the losers bench!!! I'm very excited wish time moved faster!!

I am leaning towards April 15th

Ready 4achange With Dr.Garcia

I live in San Diego so I am going to meet dr garcia on Monday and check out the hospital just to put my mind at ease then I will officially schedule my surgery. I'm so ready I have been going back and forth for 2 years! The tune is NOW

Hello All!

I'm Carol, and I'll be sleeved at the OCC on Friday, April 4th. So I'll be coming in Thursday and leaving the next Monday, April 7th. Just took the obligatory before photo, though most of my photos lately have been before photos. I wish Flickr had instead of a delete option, a "tear up, burn and bury the ashes" option, because that's how I feel about my reflection right now.

I've been doing the research I believe we've all been doing. I decided on the sleeve but was denied by the psychologist who works for my insurer. She said, in a somewhat condescending, whispery talking-to-a-child voice, that my history of depression and past use of alcohol make me a bad candidate for the procedure. I take Effexor for my depression/anxiety, and it works well for my anxiety and for the bulk of my depression, but I don't think it will ever go away completely. And I have had bouts of excessive drinking, but for the most part I've had that under control for years now. I know exactly why it would be a bad idea to drink with the sleeve, and I know I wouldn't put myself in that position-but how would I prove that to her? To her I'm a statistic, she says I have a higher chance of "suicidality", which apparently is a word, because my brother died that way. When in reality, I would never commit suicide, because I know exactly what it does to a family, and how it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

I appreciate life all the more for having been close to someone who gave theirs away. I understand that statistically that's not the case. But I'm not a statistic, I'm a person; a nice person with quirks but also a logical mind, a person who has learned from her flawed but nonetheless valid journey of self-discovery. I've gone from being a young single mother with a high school diploma all the way through graduate school to where I can now support my little family. I shook my demons off one by one, but I can't shake off this weight. I've tried and sometimes succeeded for a time, but it always comes back, plus 20% more. Now my back and feet hurt, even my fat clothes aren't fitting right, and I'm having trouble appreciating all the things I've worked so hard to achieve. I won't let Kaiser tell me what I can't do. I will take their reasoning into consideration however, that if I drink with the sleeve, the alcohol will be absorbed faster because of my smaller stomach, increasing my blood/alcohol levels and putting additional stress on my kidneys, pancreas and liver. I know that people have destroyed their health by drinking too much after WLS, and I don't want that for myself.

I don't think I'm ever going to fit into their mold though. I can't change my family history, so I'm going down to Mexico.

Who else is coming?

Edited March 16, 201412 yr by butternickles