Hi Everyone just thought of starting a topic for all of us that are scheduled for jan 2015!! I myself am scheduled for jan 7th with dr. Ariel Ortiz at the

Obesity Control Center in Tijuana, Mexico.. Im getting excited and will be starting my pre op diet on dec 5th one whole month of Protein shakes and leafy greens.. I know that pre op and post op is going to be extremely hard but I'm keeping my self on the prize so to speak.. My HW is 303 and my goal before surgery is 270-280 and my overall goal is 160!! Hope to hear everyones else's story

Hi! I got my surgery date this week for January 6, 2015. All approved & ready to go!

I'm using the Wake Forest Bariatric Center in Winston-Salem, NC with Dr. "Fuzz" Fernandez. I highly recommend him. Everyone throughout this whole process has been great!

I start my 3-week pre-op diet on Dec. 16, so I will be on it over the Christmas holidays & New Year's, as well as my birthday (Dec. 29). I could've scheduled a later date, but I'm really ready to do this. I can sacrifice this holiday season to make sure I start 2015 on my way to a better "me"!

Overall, my experience has been a good one, no problems with insurance or any delays, other than my surgeon not having any openings left this year, so I'm his first one in 2015!

I look forward to keeping up with everyone's journey and I hope we can all share our experiences during the process and offer each other some support.

-- Julie

I'm excited and nervous at the same time, but I too am starting off the year with changes! I'm scheduled for 1/12/15 and looking forward to surgery and recovery. I'm having my procedure in St Petersburg, FL.

I won't start my two week liquid diet until 12/28, but I'm already changing up my eating habits to mentally prepare for all the changes I will be going through. I'm just hoping I can survive two weeks of it without my family wanting to kill me from being moody! YIKES!

I hope we can all keep up with each other and encourage each other when it starts to get tough along the way!

Shundra