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I have finished with my nutritionist, pysch eval, barium swallow, ekg, X-rays, and waiting back for the results of my pre op blood work. I go back in on oct 1 for my 3 month supervised diet visit and will find out when my surgery will be. Prob first week in November. He is also going to be submitting to my insurance company the same day so I'm super nervous!

I'm going to dr. Mcdevitt in summerville, sc in the charleston area.

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I have decided to use Dr. Ramos Kelly in Tijuana, Mexico for my VSG. I am self-pay and the cost savings are enormous! A local hospital is having a 'deal' and charging $15,000 total for the VSG. Granted, this is using the Da Vinci robot. Dr. Ramos Kelly offers two options based on which hospital you would like to use and I am going with the more expensive option and using Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The total will be around $7,800. That's a difference of $7,200. That total does not include air fair.

My original want was a date in October, but I have a five year old daughter and I really have no childcare available for her unless my husband stayed back with her and there's no way in heck that's happening. So we were looking at bringing her with us for the trip. However, my husband has a bad feeling about that and doesn't want to do it. Let's just say that he knows that I have my heart set on this and have made my decision, but he's kinda just along for the ride right now.

So...if we don't want to take my daughter, the only people available to watch her are only available during the week. Her grandparents work on weekends, which has made lots of things suck. They've never been to a birthday party because those have to be on the weekend for most people except them.

Oh...and they are not to know that I am doing this. They will be told that this is just a vacation to Mexico and only that because we are sure to call from the hotel and it will show up as coming from Mexico.

Okay, so...back to the kid...she's in school during the week. And her school is strict about only allowing 10 days unattended before having to report to the school's truancy officer. But the grandparents don't live near enough to take her to school. So we need to find a time where she's already out of school and won't miss a bunch of days. Hello Thanksgiving!

I don't know if this will even be possible but I emailed Dr. Kelly's coordinator (who I've already spoken to over the phone) about whether or not I could schedule the surgery on November 24th. If so, then I'm ready to get rolling with flights and what to pack. If not, then I'm still trying to figure out scheduling.

I would love to be added to the Facebook group if there is still room, but I will message my email.

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October 21st here!!! In San Bernardino California!

I'm October 21st too! I'm in Allentown, PA

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Hi everyone! I will be being sleeved the end of October beginning of November. :) I'm so excited to start this journey with everyone. I never post in the group just read everyone else's posts. I'm starting at 324 highest was 346.

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Hey there BacktoB-

I have two more appointments before I will get my surgery date so at this point I'm still pre-op. My next two dates are 9/28 and 10/9 (medical clearance, and re-evaluation with my surgeon). I should be all set to get my date (looking like October for me) as long as I haven't gained any weight. Let's do it together! Support is all we need to keep up afloat.

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My surgery will be here in Michigan where I live. Not doing the Mexico thing. I actually have a co-worker who with that route and she's doing really awesome. She had her surgery with a Dr. Alamanza. She has kept me in the loop with her and she has had no complications and she's lost a bunch of weight.

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I'm sleeving October 14 in Michigan and I'm new to the forum. Would love to connect with you all! :)

I'm here in Michigan as well. Sending you lots of support! We can do this.

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Looks like I'm one of a few of us getting sleeved in Michigan on October 14th! Upper GI test today--bluck! Psych evaluation and pre-op appointment and then I'm ready to go!

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Good luck Jeffery.

Thanks @@reece1239

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I'm on track right now for late October / early November. My surgeon will be Dr. Nwanguma, at The Medical Center in Bowling Green, KY. I'm new to the forum...first time posting in fact! I'd love to have someone to talk to that's going through this at the same time.

im going through the same thing im getting the sleeve end of october beginning of november just need to attend myb support groups on here ill be your buddy my first time posting also

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Good luck jefferyc79 I'm doing it 10/28/15 here in Brooklyn NY

That's three days after my birthday! So awesome! Good luck to you and be sure to keep up posted on all pre-op and post-op stuff you go through, good or bad. I have a feeling that my date will be somewhere around before or after my birthday. That'll be one heck of a present!

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