MGB or OAGB in Mexico / India / other foreign country

[Band07 374]

I'm one week and one day post op. Everything went great !! Dr. Rod and his team were amazing ! I am however glad it's over and I'm home and doing good. I still get very tired in the afternoons and I get a lot of headaches but Iv been on nothing but Clear Liquids for the first week. I'm finally now adding some yogurt and will start Protein shakes tomorrow. I'm actually terrified to eat but I'm trying to work though. Surgery wise I felt fine after some very uncomfortable gas and discomfort around the drain area. I went back to work on Tuesday and other than fatigue I was okay. My incisions are healing nicely and I have no pain in that area and it may sound crazy but I feel like my insides are healing well too ! So far so good, I have no complaints.

Hi there, glad to see everything going in the right direction. I am in total awe of you being back at work already. Will be following your progress. Not long now toll my own MGB hope it goes as smoothly as yours. Take car.e x

I'm sure you will do great ! Just follow the plan exactly

[utahgirll 81]

Thanks so much all of you for your great reporting of your experiences. Please feel free to post how you are doing.. there is just too LITTLE information on the foreign doctors that do the MGB and I love hearing every little detail.

Weegie did you get your operation? How did it go.. detail details PLEASE.

Thanks again to everyone for your reports. Very excited to hear about Dr. Rod because he was one of my faves. Thanks!!!

[Band07 374]

I actually had a rough patch after I posted last, I ended up in the ER with dehydration and pneumonia in both lungs! That slowed down my recovery quite a bit so I didn't really feel like myself again until about 3 weeks and 2 days post op. I'm eating regular foods and I know the MGB is working because I've gotten every well acquainted with agent orange !! Lol I've lost about 18 lbs which I knew my weight loss would be slow. I'm only about 25 lbs from goal now.

[manueljlg73 6]

I had my MGB done by dr. Ponce de leon in Tijuana. My experience is positive. He really is an excellent surgeon with lots of experience.

[weegie88 18]

Thanks so much all of you for your great reporting of your experiences. Please feel free to post how you are doing.. there is just too LITTLE information on the foreign doctors that do the MGB and I love hearing every little detail.

Weegie did you get your operation? How did it go.. detail details PLEASE.

Thanks again to everyone for your reports. Very excited to hear about Dr. Rod because he was one of my faves. Thanks!!!

Sorry only just saw this as am holiday in Turkey. My op is on June 10Th so currently on pre-op diet. My surgeon is Dr Chris De Bruyne in Belgium.

[weegie88 18]

I actually had a rough patch after I posted last, I ended up in the ER with dehydration and pneumonia in both lungs! That slowed down my recovery quite a bit so I didn't really feel like myself again until about 3 weeks and 2 days post op. I'm eating regular foods and I know the MGB is working because I've gotten every well acquainted with agent orange !! Lol I've lost about 18 lbs which I knew my weight loss would be slow. I'm only about 25 lbs from goal now.

Grr I hate how this site crashes every few minutes on my ipad, I just wrote a long reply but well .. Zap.. Gone.

Anyhoo. Have caught up with your journey, am sorry to hear about your pneumonia, glad they caught it on time and hope you can now go from strength to strength with your recovery.

Take care sweetie.

[utahgirll 81]

Thanks everyone for all the great posts. I am so interested to hear how everyone is doing.. please report in and tell us your results too! I LOVE that alex has given us our own specific spot now, yay!

Sending support to everyone in MGB land!

best,

me