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Date	Weight	Pounds lost
11/12/2006	346
11/19/2006	343	3
12/3/2006	334	9
12/11/2006	322	12
12/24/2006	310	12
1/7/2007	294	16
1/14/2007	289	5
1/22/2007	284	5
1/28/2007	279	5
2/4/2007	275	4
2/18/2007	266	9
2/25/2007	261	5
3/4/2007	258	3
3/11/2007	253	5
3/18/2007	252	1
4/2/2007	245	7
4/8/2007	240	5
4/17/2007	238	2
5/10/2007	234	4
5/25/2007	228	6
6/18/2007	223	5
6/24/2007	220	3
7/1/2007	218	2
7/11/2007	216	2
7/24/2007	217	-1
7/29/2007	215	2
8/5/2007	215	0
8/12/2007	211	4
9/26/2007	208	3
12/7/2007	211

Well, I am not much for the whole blog thing, but will give it a try. As of today, I am just over 2 months out from RNY and I am down about 75 pounds. I went to Mexico for my surgery. Yes, Mexico.  I chose to go there for a few reasons. First, I thought it was the best Doctor and Hospital. Dr. Joya and is team are very experienced and very successful. Second, I liked the idea of 4 nights in the hospital instead of getting kicked out asap like you do here in the US. Then 4 more days of R&R in an oceanfront resort sounded pretty good too. The fact that all that cost about half what it would in the US was a bonus, not the deciding factor for me.

My experience with RNY has been all great. I have not had any problems, but I am very careful about what I eat and chew everything very thoroughly now.

I wrestled with the decision to have WLS for several years. In hindsight, I wish I would have done this years ago, but hindsight 20/20 you know. I also wrestled with the decision to have RNY or Lapband. In the end I chose RNY as I felt if was just better for me. I hate seeing doctors, and the thought of fills and other complications with the band over the RNY was just the choice for me. I figured with the RNY, if I had any complications they would be early in the process. We could get through them and get on with life. The LapBand just seemed to be a long term maintenance issue and a foreign object inside me.  Your mileage will vary, just my thoughts on the matter.