Re: Tammy please read this

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Hi Tammy,

Great news on your surgery date with Dr. Aceves. I just got home last night from having the Revision from the band to the sleeve. I will not pretend like this is the easiest thing I have ever done but I'm hoping it's going to prove to be the most productive. I'm only 4 days out post op. Drove from MX to Phoenix last night, so feeling a little weak and tired today.

I too went alone but by the time you go through all the necessary procedures with your group sleevers, you will feel like you have been friends forever and develop meaningful relationships that you will always cherish. You don't feel along. I am a very social person. So just be social and realize you are all in this together. Don't be afraid about going alone.

I also had a friend who was willing to pay for the entire cost of the surgery if I would have it done in the US. Believe me, finances are difficult for me, I have been on disability since 9/11/01 as I was injured in the World Trade Center towers during the attacks on that day in NYC. Although the cost is great and I had to take out a loan, it's worth it to me to be able to go back to Dr. Aceves. Words cannot express my gratitude the Dr. A & his team. I wouldn't go to any other Dr. now matter how cheap I could get it done.

You will have no worries my dear and you will love them even more after this surgery. I wish you the very best on your journey!!!

Dawn

Revision 11/27/10, 204 lbs.

Re: Tammy please read this

Hi Tammy,

I'm new here but I am also going to have my VSG with Dr Aceves very soon. My Cardiologist would not give me clearance until I had a Mibi Lexiscan Stress Test done 1st which took some time to schedule and I just got the results last week...it's perfect! So now I have to fax it to Nina tomorrow and see about getting a date scheduled...the sooner, the better. I want you to know that I know how you feel about lack of family support...it feels awful...so lonely...and like no one respects my judgement for my own body. The man I have lived with for over 30 years has not been supportive either of me going to Mexico. He even offered to give me $15,000 towards the surgery if I would have it done here in the US. We have a "Bariatric Center of Excellence" hospital about 25 min from my house. They even have the latest technology using the DaVinci Robot to assist in the Laparoscopic surgery. However, after doing quite a bit of research, none of the Dr's there have anywhere near the experience that Aceves has for VSG. So, I'm going to Mexico alone.

I have only told two people, my significant other and my sister, and they both think I'm crazy! I have them sworn to secrecy though because I do not want to tell my adult son (lives about one and 1/2hrs away) until I return. My sister had a Laparoscopic RNY in Aug 2010 here in the US and suffered a terrible incisional infection that went about 4-5" deep. She had to have a visiting nurse come to her house everyday for several weeks to clean out the wound and pack it (very painful I hear), so the US Surgeon and US hospital (also a Bariatric Center of Excellence) didn't end up being any better for her.

I see you are leaving on Dec 8th from FL. Is your surgery still scheduled on the 1oth? Are you going alone? What date do you plan to fly back home? I'm trying to make sense of all the traveling and what I'll be able to handle. I prefer not to stay in a hotel at all after my surgery before returning home since it would probably be difficult to prepare /store the clear post op liquids we need. I live in northern New England so it will be at least a 7 or 8 hr flight for me depending on how many stops. I wish I could go at the same time as you so that we could support each other there thru this, but I still have to get a surgery date and probably couldn't get one that quickly anyway. I really want to get it over with too, before Christmas if at all possible.

Have you started the Pre-Op Diet yet? Does Nina E-mail that to you? I would like to have all the post op info (copy of diet, required follow up care, etc) before I even leave to go there so I can purchase the necessary items. Did Nina send it in advance?

Sorry for all the questions but I'd love to hear from you and hear how you are doing. You can E-mail me direct if you prefer.

Priscilla

> > > >

> > > > I really appreciate everyone's support!! I have a profile on the Obesity Help

> > >website in which I've written about my trouble deciding. I'm "Farewell2fat" in

> > >case you want to request me. Anyways, I was originally scheduled w/Dr. Aceves

> > >for Dec 10th, but cancelled because of family pressure. I found a Dr. in Tx that

> > >I'm currently scheduled with, but now having 2nd thoughts. I live in Orlando, so

> > >I'd be traveling for surgery either way. This is all so overwhelming, but

> > >hearing about everyone's good experience is comforting. I hope to make my final

> > >decision by this weekend as I'm suppose to start a 2 w/ liquid Optifast diet

> > >onMonday if I choose the Dr. in Tx. I'd be out the $200 for the Optifast if I go

> > >back with Dr. A. & I already purchased plane tickets to Tx or my sister (my

> > >travel buddy). But I guess I could just as easily change them, even though I'd

> > >be paying a $75 fee for changing. All in all, it's just money & I'd rather go

> > >with the best of the best

> > > > at the end of the day.

> > > >

> > > > Tammy

> > > >

> > > > Tammy please read this

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Hi Tammy,

> > > >

> > > > If you are Tammy and you are scheduled for surgery on December 10, 2010 this

> > >is directed at you.

> > > >

> > > > Hi Tammy, Nina called me and said she gave you my E-mail address. I haven't

> > >seen an E-mail from you yet. I think I am the perfect person to talk to you. I

> > >had some of the same oppositions that you have had when it comes to family and

> > >going to Mexico. My son was really worried about me going to Mexicali and having

> > >a doctor that he knew nothing about do this surgery. Well, I have to tell you,

> > >that there were two people on this board who helped me see and understand that

> > >this had nothing to do with what anyone in my family thought. I learned this was

> > >ALL ABOUT ME and NO one else. I am a smart and intelligent lady who had done a

> > >lot of research before I made this choice to go to Mexico and have Dr. Aceves do

> > >the surgery. I just didn't wake up one morning and say "oh I am going to pick

> > >someone randomly in Mexico and go have them remove 85% of my stomach. I knew

> > >what I wanted and did my research. Mexicali is so safe and there aren't the

> > >issues that some of the

> > > > board towns have. The hospital is exceptional clean and modern and has all

> > >the latest and best equipment. They have less of an infection rate at this

> > >hospital than most US hospitals.

> > >

> > > >

> > > > I had the good fortune to have worked with a Nurse here in Oregon where I

> > >live that had been there before me for surgery with Dr. Aceves. I respected her

> > >professional opinion and I must have asked her a million questions before I ever

> > >said a word to anyone in my family. I checked various places on the Internet and

> > >Dr. Aceves name was always the name that came up as being the MOST knowledgeable

> > >about performing sleeve surgery. He had been more successful and than doctor

> > >(and preformed more sleeve surgeries than any doctor) in the US and has NEVER

> > >had one leak. He and his staff takes excellent care of you and would never let

> > >you go home until he is satisfied that you are going to be ok to travel. He is

> > >fabulous and as you can tell we all adore him!!!

> > > >

> > > > So my big question to your family is that if they want you to be successful

> > >and have the VERY best doctor in the entire world to do this surgery, why isn't

> > >Dr. Aceves the one they want for youâ€"it doesn't make sense to me that they

> > >wouldn't want the very best for you?? Is this more about they want to control

> > >you or do they want you to have the best? This surgery should have NOTHING to do

> > >with the location of the doctor, but wanting the VERY BEST you can have. If they

> > >are not on board with youâ€"tough this is NOT ABOUT THEM, this is all about YOU.

> > >This is the best choice you could have made for yourself. You will never receive

> > >the kind of care in a hospital in the good old United States as you will get in

> > >Mexicali. If I could make Dr. Aceves my primary care doctor I would do it in a

> > >heart beatâ€"I just don't live close enough to do that.

> > >

> > > >

> > > > There is a point in time that you have to take control over your life and say

> > >to your family that sometimes we just have to agree to disagree about things.

> > >This is your body, not theirs and you are the ADULT who has the RIGHT to make

> > >life saving decisions for yourself. PLEASE do not allow your family to take

> > >control over this situation. You are on the right track, and you are a big girl

> > >and can go there all by yourself. I did and it was just fine. I had excellent

> > >care, and they called someone in my family right after surgery and let them know

> > >how great I was doing.

> > > >

> > > > You know you want this, you made your choice, so stand up for YOUR RIGHTS.

> > >There are so many people on this board, who will support and help you. I promise

> > >you that once you are home and your family knows you are OK and then you start

> > >to lose the weight, they will come around. My son did and everything is ok now

> > >between the two of us. And if they don't then you really don't need that kind of

> > >person in your life. They are NOT good for you health or life, it is about

> > >controlling you. This is ALL about you being healthy and happy and having the

> > >life that you deserve to have. PLEASE do not go to the doctor in the US, you

> > >will not have the kind of care that you need and want. Dr. Aceves is the BEST

> > >and when you are going through something like this you do want the best for

> > >yourself.

> > > >

> > > > Please contact my personal E-mail Suzannesh@ I will answer any questions that

> > >you have and I would be happy to talk with you on the phone as many times as you

> > >need.

> > >

> > > >

> > > > Hey if there is anyone else out that that had problems with their family and

> > >they went to Dr. Aceves please chime in and let Tammy know that we all were

> > >successful and this is the best place she could have her surgery!

> > > >

> > > > Suzanne

> > > > Sleeved Oct 28, 2008

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