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29 Year Old, No kids, 5'1, 235 lbs, with PCOS and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

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I've been overweight all of my adult life, and...

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inertiaticc
WORTH IT$10,500
I've been overweight all of my adult life, and most of my years as a child. Both of my parents are in the medical field, so you would have thought that my hypothyroidism would have been caught before I was in my 20s, but it wasn't. I've been on all kinds of diets, cleanses, fasts, and exercise routines. My lowest adult weight was 150lbs when I was in my second of year of college. But, I reached that weight by eating *maybe* 500 calories a day, and exercising for 2 hours 6 days a week at least. I was exhausted.
About 2 years ago I looked into bariatric surgery, because my best friend has a lap band. I talked to my father about it a little; he's a family practitioner. He wasn't 100% for it but also wasn't necessarily against it. He's seen all of my struggles with my weight. Since my dad is "too close" to the situation, I went to a doctor who wound up doing the usual "let's try some diet and exercise" stuff. Work got busy with 60 hour weeks, and I saw my best friend yoyo-ing with her weight because of her lap band (it had slipped, she couldn't keep anything down) and I kind of put aside my thoughts of bariatric surgery for a few years.
I kept up my exercise (4 times a week) and I'm eating better than ever. Nothing is changing. My thyroid is still kicking my ass and as of late my PCOS has been acting up and I've been having a ton of ruptured cysts. My mother texted me randomly one day and recommended I look into bariatric surgery again. At first I was a little pissed but I quickly got over that as I found this site and scrolled through instagram's "vsg" and "bariatricsurgery" tags.
I feel like this is something I need in my life. My insurance doesn't cover this surgery and to be honest I wouldn't want to have to deal with the months and months of jumping through hoops to prove that I'm trying and that this surgery is needed. I have my initial consultation with Dr. Wiljon Beltre on May 30th. I'm hoping I can get my sleeve done this summer, when I'm off from my current internship and will have time to heal and not stress too much. I plan on asking about his leak rate, how soon I'd be able to do the surgery since i'm going with the out patient self pay option, and asking him about the anesthesia process (because it freaks me out), as well as recommended protein shakes, foods/soups, and which specific vitamins to stock up on. I have some plans for the latter part in thanks to this site and everyone's reviews.
I really hope that I'll be able to go through with this soon, the sooner the better. I'm ready for this change, and I'm ready to be confident in my own skin.

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Wiljon W. Beltre, MD

Wiljon W. Beltre, MD

Bariatric Surgeon, Board Certified in General Surgery

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May 21, 2017
you can go to dr. Jorge montorenya in Tijuana mexico. for 3500.00. there are reviews on this site for him. many people go there and are very satisfied and don't want to jump thru hoops either!
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May 22, 2017
I actually looked at his reviews and was considering going to him for a while! The problem is I'm afraid of flying, so not only would I worry about the surgery, I'd also worry about the flights there and back. I feel like that would probably be an excessive amount of stress for an already stressful surgery lol
May 23, 2017
ur right. u know what is best for you. just trying to be helpful! good luck.
June 28, 2017
I would recommend you look up Dr Ariel Ortiz from Obesity Control Center. https://obesitycontrolcenter.com/ He's not as inexpensive as the last post on here but what you want is experience and good results. He has not ever lost anyone. I don't think the others can say that. Doctors and nurses go to him. His clinic is a Center of Excellence and that's not an easy certification to get. I went to him and they are great there. Totally recommend. Call them. Get on their fb page and do the research. You won't be sorry.
February 16, 2020
How re you doing with our weight loss?
September 22, 2017
Hi I have hypothoroidism and about to have the gastric sleeve op on 30th of October! Have you had the op and how do you feel now! I'm nervous and hoping I'll be much happier once of done it!
February 16, 2020
How are you doing now?
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UPDATED FROM inertiaticc
2 months pre

Back and forth (but I guess my mind is made up after all)

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I was looking at some reviews on here today about a few surgeons in Tijuana, Mexico. The price tag on the procedures there is great and just much much more appealing than the $10,500 price tag I'm currently looking at. I got very optimistic about it for a bit, even filling out the "get more information" on 2 sites and applying on one. I got a phone call relatively quickly from one site, asked a few questions and had a nice conversation with the representative.

The more I thought about it though, the more nervous I am about the anesthesia and general operation stuff. I've had my wisdom teeth out before, and a tonsillectomy, but of course I'm always nervous about it before hand. I want to make sure I can get all of the necessary checks to ensure I'm ready for surgery beforehand, and I'm not sure I could do that if I went to Tijuana for it. I also really want to ensure I can go to the post-op check ups.

Plussssss.... I really hate flying. So were I to get sleeved in Mexico, yes it would be much less expensive, but I'd freak out about the flight there, the surgery itself, and the flight back. Getting sleeved here at home, the price would be higher but I'd only have the surgery to be anxious about (bc of course i will lol).

Anyone have any advice for not panicking or getting anxious about getting sleeved?

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