Well I am back and with a feeling of disappointment. I was supposed to start my liquid diet Saturday, but I cheated and then ate most of Sunday. Today, Monday, I will try again to start and stay on this liquid diet. I really have to hand it to those who were able to stay on a liquid diet because it is hard. I have a very supportive, yet unsupportive boyfriend. He is supportive in that he wants me to lose weight, but unsupportive in that he encourages me to eat... but then when I eat he says "I  thought you were supposed to be on the liquid diet."He drives me crazy.

Anyway, I am really excited and I have just found out that another woman will be having the surgery on the same day as me. I hope to talk with her before the surgery so maybe we can be surgery buddies. The thought of having this surgery in three weeks is starting to scare me. I keep thinking about my two boys and the effect this surgery will have on them right  before schools starts back. I found that if I think too much about the surgery then I start having doubts so I will write again in another week. 

Until next time...

July 20, 2007

[I am back after a couple of years of frustration and 25 more pounds. I am now at my highest weight ever but I am o.k.
I finally have the money to pay for the lap band surgery although I will be going to Mexico for the surgery. I researched the doctors south of the border on this website and on the internet and finally decided on Dr. Alvarez.

I called his 866 number and eventually talked to Susan who assured me that I am in very good hands. She was wonderful and very reassuring. My intention is to share my experience as accurate and detailed as possible so that someone else who is also extremely skeptical of going outside of the US can know what they might expect.

With that being said, Susan was as I said wonderful. She answered every question I could think of including the passport issue. It turns out that you don't need a passport because the clinic where I am going is right across the border and not over 15 miles. She says that I will be staying at a hotel in Eagle Pass which is 2 hours S. West of San Antonio and about 41/2 hours from Houston. She says that on the day of the surgery I will have a chest XRay and bloodwork and then the surgery.

Oh! How could I forget? My BMI is 50 so I am on liquid diet until my surgery. I am not sure how I will pull that off but I guess I don't have a choice. So for now wish me well and if there is anyone out there who has had surgery from Dr. Alvarez PLEASE contact me.

Until next time....


I have read many stories on this website and I would like to contribute also. When I go to my first consult with a surgeon, I will began my diary.

August 31, 2005

I have chosen Dr. Wongsa for my surgeon and from what I have read on the profiles of other members he is very good. My consultation is set for Sept. 9th. I am excited and anxious. Like many other overweight people I have struggled with obesity the majority of my life. After the birth of my second child I "blew up" like the Goodyear blimp.

I think that my family and friends believe that exercise and "smart eating" is the key to my losing weight. How many times do I have to say that if exercising and eating right was all it took, then I would have done that by now: don't you think?

My mother insists that 5 minutes a day doing Royal Canadian exercises will get me to lose weight. My significant other says "just don't eat". So you see what I have to deal with. Needless to say I am ready for this surgery. I am a "shitty mess" right now. Hopefully, by this time next year I will be alot different.

Until next time...

September 7, 2005

O.K. I am two days away from my consultation with Dr. Wongsa and I am so worried about any and everything. The "what if's" have hit me. I have nothing but worries and negative thoughts running through my mind. I feel like I am so close to taking a step toward ultimate victory that of course "Murphey's Law" will kick in.

The other day I told my best friend Julio, who is truly my ANGEL, that I am scheduled for the consultation and he was nothing but encouraging. He made me feel good about the whole experience. My mother is also coming around. I think now that she knows that I am serious about the surgery she is trying to be supportive. As a matter of fact she is going with me to my consultation.

I must say that physically I am miserable. I am at the highest weight ever and the idea of NOT having the surgery is depressing. All I can do is pray that Dr. Wongsa will agree to perform the surgery and that my insurance approves the procedure.

Until next time...