Hello everyone!

So this is my first ever post on here, although Ive been reading all the conversations for months! So i am 32 years and have struggled with my weight my whole life. I will go on diets or healthy kicks and lose a few pounds but eventually it all comes back and it brings more friends! haha overall im fairly healthy except for PCOS. Ive always had the mentality that i wasn't big enough for WLS surgery but at 5'7 and 332 lbs i can't push down the denial any more. I have decided that i need to do this now while i'm still young enough to enjoy the rest of my life. So i decided to head to Mexico for the Surgery with Dr. Almanza, tentatively i have a surgery date of July 25, 2014. although i haven't finalized it with payment. To be honest im crazy scared and when i think that its only a month away my heart drops and my stomach turns. Im just looking for some words of wisdom, advice from others that are going through or have already been through this. What are some must know things that you wish you would have known before you went into this! TIA!

I understand about being nervous. I was so scared because it was my first surgery and first time going under. I kept looking at statistics and thinking I would be the one in a thousand who would die on the table! I was nervous up until the last minute. Then before I knew it I was waking up and being told my surgery was a success. It was a great decision. I have had no complications and lost 130 pounds in a year. I am at goal. I feel so much better. You are lucky, you are young so your healing will be faster and your skin will bounce back more. I say do it while you are still young so you have more years to live thin and healthy!

Thanks@@Healthier2day1227!! see im not so scared about the going under part ive had a few other surgeries so that part is a breeze, its the going to Mexico, having most of my stomach cut out, and then not knowing if im going to be one of those people that can't eat anything and is sick all the time.. im sure it will be find, i guess its just the unknown right. and like you said maybe i will be that 0.01 % that has a leaks or dies.. you never know! but i guess if i dont have im going to go through some horrible things because of the weight as well! Thanks for the encouragement!

i was so scared but now 4 months out and down 77 lbs i feel great.. its hard to put your body through all this but think of what you body is going through with all the weight... best think i have ever done for myself.. wish i had done it years ago

wishing you the best

Marinda

I'm going to Mexico on the 29th of July, and I'm having my surgery with Dr Alvarez. I was pretty nervous when I first decided to do it, but I've found that the more interaction I have with the office and the closer it gets, the less nervous I am. I've heard from a lot of people who had great results, and I feel pretty comfortable with my decision now. I just wish it would hurry up and get here nownowNOW!