Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 I am so sorry to hear about your family's tradegy....asauer_jes000 <sauer_jes000@...> wrote: My daughter Christa died 2 yrs after having the (open) gastric bypass in TJ in 2003. She had 5 surgeries and months of hospitalizations in those 2 years. She belonged to a chat group that had surgery in Monteray, Mexico. She researched the Dr and the hospital for 2 years before deciding to have it done. We took out a surgical loan from Care Credit for $9000. and everything was set. Then a rep from the loan company called us and said that the Monteray Dr. didnt want to sign some "forms" that we needed to have signed to be able to use the loan check. It sounded fishy to me but we didnt check in to it, we just went to Tijuana instead without checking into much. It was a beautiful facility and a very nice young doctor (gorgeous I might add) and a great staff. Everything seemed great till we got back home. So with all that said I cant believe that I am considering WLS for myself. I am a 53 year old registered nurse and I am 5'6" tall and weigh 255. I am so tired of dieting. I tend to lose weight fast and have lost 50-75 pounds several times but I love food, I overeat if Im sad, happy, bored, whatever. Being on a low cal diet makes me feel cold and empty and why live? I have been monitoring your chat room for weeks and am considering the sleeve, does Dr Aceves do them? I have 2 insurance policies but they both only pay for the gastric bypass which I am terrified of. I dont want to have to travel to get fills all the time. So is the sleeve better for me?Please help. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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