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08-01-2006, 01:30 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near St. Louis, MO
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Weight Statistics June 17, 2005 Start Date:
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5' 2" Height: 313 lb Start Weight:
173 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
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don't have a set goal date, I take it day by day that way I don't get discouraged Goal Date:
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31.6386576483 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  Plastic Surgery in Mexico Would any of you travel South of the Border to have plastic surgery done in Mexico if your insurance would not cover it? I am contemplating having my lower body lift and arms done in Mexico since my insurance won't cover it and it's about 1/3 the cost of the US. Shelley
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08-01-2006, 01:56 PM
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| Guru In Training Join Date: May 2006 Location: In the country
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141 lb Current Weight:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  Not sure, but think I'd be scared. Sure would want to do my homework on surgeon and the hospital.
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08-02-2006, 12:28 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC ~ Love it!!!
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Weight Statistics 4/19/06 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 333 lb Start Weight:
171 lb Current Weight:
155 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
16 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.6486486486 % % Lost:
010/19/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.6269463668 BMI Start:
25.9976211073 BMI Current:
23.5650951557 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    |  I'd first say no....and then thought, well....if I knew the DR. and knew someone who knew them......then yes. It's an expensive proceedure.....wow....!!!
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08-02-2006, 05:42 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
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Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
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167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I guess my biggest reason for leaning on the negative side on this topic is its painful surgery and can come with complications during recovery infections, pain and i guess i feel i wouldnt be able to keep returning to the doctor that did the surgery for follow up care for his surgery. SO that alarms me. IT would be awfully costly to go back to mexico for stitches and staples to come out and what if i had gotten an infection. its a tough call but im not thinking of such surgery so i guess you cant go by me any at all.
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08-02-2006, 09:49 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kuwait
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Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics for ever! Start Date:
4/18/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 335 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
154 lb Goal Weight:
158 lb Weight Loss:
23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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9/18/07 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 59 BMI Start:
30 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Well honey I can tell you don't muck with that at all!! I did a lipo suction for my thighs and hips back in 1997, and the surgeon was so enthusiastic and he did the upper part of my behind, and it went partially wrong!!! he sucked more than what it should be! I'm hoping that it will not show up when I loose my excess weight!! SO if I were you. I'd do more reasearch on Doc's and just don't do it when you're depressed as a relieve and later on you regret it. Be careful, I understand the need. I would do the plastic surgery in a heart beat once I'm on my target weight but I won't put my body in unsafe hands.
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08-04-2006, 09:25 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Carolina
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Height: 235 lb Start Weight:
132 lb Current Weight:
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103 lb Weight Loss:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I don't think I would but I did recently read a special on this in my people magazine and there are some people who swear by getting surgery done abroad. Really research it no matter what you choose. And be safe!! You are to special to have anything bad happen to you!!! |
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08-07-2006, 02:13 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA
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Height: | I think I agree that although tempting...this would be something that would make me very nervous to do... That having been said...it would be fun to recover on some sunny Mexican beach...lol. Janae |
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08-21-2006, 06:25 PM
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| Whipper Snapper  | You are asking for a lot of potential problems by trying to do something as complex as this long distance. Complication rates from post-bariatric plastic surgery procedures are very high as compared to ones on non massive weight loss patients. You will have difficulty finding someone to take care of your complications locally in many instances if you listen to other patients' stories. |
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08-24-2006, 08:45 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC ~ Love it!!!
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Weight Statistics 4/19/06 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 333 lb Start Weight:
171 lb Current Weight:
155 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
16 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.6486486486 % % Lost:
010/19/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.6269463668 BMI Start:
25.9976211073 BMI Current:
23.5650951557 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  Good Info.... Doctor Oliver..... never thought about it from this perspective..... Maybe I'd rethink it..... So Shelley...what are you thinkin?? 
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08-24-2006, 08:49 AM
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| WLS Master Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near St. Louis, MO
Posts: 633
Weight Statistics June 17, 2005 Start Date:
June 17, 2005 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 313 lb Start Weight:
173 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.7284345048 % % Lost:
don't have a set goal date, I take it day by day that way I don't get discouraged Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 57.2421956296 BMI Start:
31.6386576483 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Actually I have decided to do it here in the US partially because of that and I got a quote from there and it actually more expensive than here.
__________________ ShelleyHe who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made. |
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