Thanks for the suggestions!

Hi ya'll- it's been a year since my surgery and while I've lost around 40 pounds, I'm still struggling with the urges to eat when not hungry. The first several months after the surgery I was...

Thanks for your kind reply. I am feeling good about the decision, but I guess there is always the thought in the back of my mind what if such and such happens? I do want to go into this with a...

Welcome and hope all goes well tomorrow!

welcome and congrats on your success. I have my surgery in 10 days and I hope I am as successful as you.

It will be in TJ with Dr. Alamanza. I hope I'm doing the right thing. I am a food addict and binge eater and part of me feels guilty for not seeking out OA or some other form of treatment recently...

I'm sure the insurance only covers you in Mexico. I live in LA and if I have a complication when I get home it won't be covered unless I travel back down to TJ. I might not be able to do that if...

I understand your feelings. I want to have the surgery in Mexico but my husband is saying no. I see posts here from time to time with people saying they are hungry and still having cravings etc. ...

I guess as an operating room nurse I think about these complications. If I were to end up in up in an ER here in the US and get huge bill my insurance won't pay my hubby would be furious with me....

As a nurse, I can tell you that if you show up at an ER that they WILL find out that you had the surgery. They ask a lot of questions and remember you will have the scars from the incisions on your...

I am a food addict. I am considering having VSG but not sure it wil really help someone like me who has intense cravings and eats emotionally.

I'm surprised there aren't more people who...

Hi everyone! I have been considering doing this surgery in Mexico for a while now. My insurance doesn't cover bariatric surgery so to have it done in the States would be around $19,000. I can't...