What a relief to read all of this. I thought my hair loss and thinning was due to old age. :) I am 14 months out from surgery and 98 lbs less. I have always had thick hair and decided to let it...

I understand what you mean about mourning your chuuby self. I look in the mirror and don't really recognize the face looking back. I think I looked younger and better in the face when it was...

You have done a very good job and are very healthy looking. Keep up the good work and I know you will eventually reach your goal. You can only go down from here (and I mean that in a Good way.) ...

Go to the top of this page and click on Groups. There will be one that says something like Surgery with Dr. Garcia that I started. On 2-28-12, I did a blog that started 10 Days Out from Surgery and...

Good luck with your sleeve surgery. Youi will be very pleased with Dr. Garcia. I had no problems other than the gas pains for a few days. I was sleeved on 11-1-11 and have lost around 80 lbs so...

Sounds like a really good idea and a fun trip, but unfortunately I have a wedding to attend so will not be able to go. I hope you all have a great time. Let us know how it goes...details,...

Was this Dr. Garcia in Tijuana? How did it go? We have a group forum for his patients. I've never regretted going to him, just wish I'd done it sooner. Had it done 11-1-11 and have lost 68 lbs so...

I used Dr. Garcia in Tijuana for $5000. He was very professional and his staff very helpful. We got there a day early and walked a four block radius around the hotel and never had a bit of trouble....

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. Good sleeve to all of you. Lisa

Whether you do the tomato soup before or after surgery, may I make a suggestion? I can take or leave tomato soup but I found at Walmart a tomato bisque soup by Campbell or Walmart brand. It seems...

I'm a month out, too, and doing okay. Glad you are having such success. Know how you feel about the clothes. Keep up the good work. Take care. Lisa

Hi Everyone,
Well, it's been a month now and I'm doing okay. Had a stall at a 20lbs loss, but then started losing again. I could not tell you the last time I weighed 215. I have to learn not to...

Hope you are doing okay with it. Take care. Lisa

Hi,
All these sleevers have good information for you. It's been 3 weeks out for me and I have lost 30lbs, but 8 of that was pre-op. But it seems like I have stalled out, too, thinking I should...

Hi Grace,
Glad you are feeling better now. I bought the little containers of mashed taters and one lasted me about five meals. I mixed it with a little milk and butter, made it thinner, but could...

Sheryl,
Yes, you do have a drain that stays in until the day you leave. So when you walk the halls, you have your IV stand and your drain plug to drag around like your new best friend. They give...

Heather,
How did your sleeve experience go? Was it anything like I described? I hope you are doing okay in your post-op. Let me know.
Take care.
Lisa

I, too, had surgery with Dr. Fernando Garcia, on 11-1-11. I had a good experience with him and his staff much like qt. I paid $5000, with $1000 down. But another couple there said they paid $6000,...

Hi,
I live in East Texas.....born in Waco....grew up in Houston. No place like Texas. YeeHaw!!!

Congrats on your good surgery.

Welcome to the forum. Lots of good people with good advice. Take care.

Thanks for the recipe. I will have to wait a few weeks on that one. Dr. told me to hold off on milk products for about three or four weeks because they tend to make you gassy, and I already have...

Thanks for this idea....I'm going to try it.

Thank you for the very informative details of your surgery. I have mine in about three days with Dr. Garcia at the Mi Doctor Hospital and will be put up at the Hotel Ticuan. I hope I don't have as...

Hang in there....it will get better and you will be much healthier. I have three more days to go for surgery in Tijuana with Dr. Garcia. I am armed with GasX, and a small pillow for the plane ride...