Started my preop today. Not too bad but I am glad it's only for 3 days. I fly out tomorrow and will be in San Diego on Sunday at 3. Not worried yet but I'm sure when I get to TJ it will set in

I have been packed for two weeks. My husband and I were travelling to TJ on Sunday the 19th from Vancouver, BC Canada, after flying on the 18th from Fort St John, BC. Friday the 10th I had to rush my husband to the hospital in an ambulance, with what we thought was a heart attack. We were lucky, it was not but he was diagnosed with a bilateral pulmonary embolism, blood clots in both lungs. We made it in time but now he is not allowed to fly. Dr says it will be 3-6 months before they have everything

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Last night I was going through a few of the blogs on this site. I am to be a patient of Dr Almanza and so I joined a group who also had him as their Dr. After reading a lot of the blogs I am having second thoughts about having surgery. It seem like the sleeve has been made too small a lot of times and after people get home the have leaks which then lead to fluid in the abdomen. Followed then by multiple surgeries and infections. Yes there is a lot of people that have sailed through and had no problems

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Originally Posted by GabbyMarie

Hello. I am a 31 year old female thinking about the sleave surgery. I'm 5'7 and 372 pounds. I don't really know any information on it though

Its a decision you have to want to make. I decided a couple of weeks ago that this is what I am going to do. I have a surgery date of Jan 20, 2013. I have taken some flack from family members but my mind is made up and I am sticking with it. I have the support of the most important person in my life, my husband, and he supports me all the way. I have some medical

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Originally Posted by TINAP

Everyone! I am excited .... I bit the bullet today and made my appointment to have my surgery! I am scheduled to have my gastric sleeve surgery done by Dr. Almanza at Jeruselem Hospital in Mexico on December 16th! I'm nervous, but excited! I need you guys to keep me from getting "cold feet"!

Good luck! Maybe I should have made my surgery sooner, but I have chosen the 20th of January and I am looking forward to it.