Hello Sleevester,
Guess what? I might be your sleeve friend, I'm also scheduled for Nov.1 .
Here is my story : I started by looking for a lapband procedure and after reading great feedback anywhere on the OCC place I decided I will go with dr. Ortiz. I'm from Toronto, Canada and wanted to have my aftercare (fills and everything) here in Toronto . To my surprize none of the clinics here want to do fills for patients that did the surgery in Mexico, or they ask some ridiculous price ($10,000.00) so as to discurage you to do the surgery in Mexico, because of the price difference .
That's why i start looking into getting a Gastric Sleeve Plication instead of the Lapband.
Then i read some posts on other forums and there were a lot of positive feedback, like with everything else , there some complications for some people and I got a bit scared , so I went back to the ideea of a lapband.
I start looking again for aftercare (fills centres) in other cities in Canada and found one in Montreal and one in Ottawa .
Both these cities are 4 and 6 hours drive from Toronto and depending how many times you have to do the fills/defills and can became a bit of a pain in the butt. So now i'mthinking again about the Sleeve Plication.
Here I am , a week away from surgery and I have not made up my mind...I'm asking for guidance but still continue to do research.
So now you see why i'm saying I might be your sleeve friend on Nov.1 .
Where are you from ?