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Thanks MamaMichelle....... I suck on the computer!! LOL!! What you wrote is a series of clicks and whistles to me! I'm lucky I can find my email and this forum. I've gotta get Hubby to help me put up a weight loss ticker..... like I said, I suck! I'll get used to writing in the "normal" size eventually.....

Thanks Pammie!! > I'm going to try not to use caps..... it's hard though!! LOL!!

Hi Kari, Thanks for the info., I'll keep that in mind. I don't travel that much, but am hoping to go back to TJ for, at least, my first fill. I will ask about the Meclizine. Thanks again!! Darlene

Ditto Kimmie!

Hi all...... I've been writing in all caps since I came on the forum.... never been on a forum before and did not know that it meant shouting. Sorry to everyone, didn't mean to shout!! ( I have a little trouble seeing and I guess I did it more for myself. I will do better....

YES, THE HEALING PROCESS!! I'VE READ ABOUT PEOPLES TERRIBLE GAS PAINS...... I HAVE THEM TOO, BUT I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TOO BAD! =D> I NOTICED TODAY THAT MY INCISIONS ARE STARTING TO ITCH A LITTLE [THE GLUE'S STILL ON THEM] THEY SEEM TO BE HEALING UP NICELY. I BRUISED PRETTY GOOD THOUGH.... ALL BLACK, BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW. DOES YOUR INCISIONS HURT MUCH?? THE ONE WITH THE PORT IS MY TENDER ONE, NOT BAD THOUGH. ONE DAY AT A TIME, HUH???

HEY KIMMIE!!! SOMETHING DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT!!!??? I HAD MY SURGERY ON TUES. AND I ALSO CAN DRINK WATER, BROTH, EAT POPSICLES AND NOW I'M DRINKING DRINKABLE YOGURT WITH NO PROBLEMS. I JUST TAKE SMALL SIPS AND KEEP WATER WITH ME CONSTANTLY. HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON!! I AGREE WITH THE OTHERS, CALL THE OCC BEFORE YOU END UP DEHYDRATED.

HELLO ALL!!! I WAS BANDED BY DR. ORTIZ IN MEXICO 6 DAYS AGO. I TRAVELED BY MYSELF FROM PA., AND I MUST ADMITT I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID [AT FIRST.] MY FLIGHT INTO SAN DIEGO WAS DIVERTED TO LOS ANGLES DUE TO FOG. THAT WAS A PAIN BECAUSE I THEN HAD TO TAKE A 2.5 HOUR BUS RIDE BACK TO SAN DIEGO. I CALLED RENE FROM LA AND TOLD HIM OF THE PROBLEM AND HE ALREADY KNEW! I SAID THAT WE WERE TAKING A BUS AND HOW LONG I'D BE AND WHEN I ARRIVED AT SAN DIEGO AIRPORT, TWO MINUTES LATER A DRIVER SHOWED UP WITH MY NAME ON A PIECE OF PAPER. I WAS RELEIVED BECAUSE I HAVE'NT TRAVELED MUCH LET ALONE BY MYSELF. HE TOOK ME STRAIGHT TO THE LUCERNA HOTEL [WHERE EVERYONE WAS SO, SO NICE AND HELPFUL!!] I GOT MY ROOM [WHICH WAS VERY CLEAN AND VERY NICE.] I GOT A WAKE UP CALL AT 6am AND WENT TO THE LOBBY TO MEET MRS. ORTIZ [DR. O's MOM] SHE CAME A FEW MINUTES LATER AND 3 OF US WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE CLINIC. THE OCC LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DOES ON THE WEB SITE! VERY NICE, CLEAN AND PROFESSIONAL. I WANT TO ADD THAT ON THE PLANE RIDE IN, I DID NOT TAKE DRAMAMINE AND I GOT MOTION SICKNESS. UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T GO AWAY THE NEXT DAY. I FELT TERRIBLE! I WAS FIRST TO SEE DR. MIRANDA AND SHE ASKED ME RIGHT AWAY IF I WAS OK. I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE PLANR RIDE AND SHE WAS CONCERNED. THEY IMMEDIATELY TOOK ME TO A BED AND TOOK MY BLOOD SUGAR, GAVE ME AN IV AND GAVE ME DRAMAMINE. THE NURSES DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL, BUT THE TECH'S WERE THERE TO TRANSLATE. THEY MADE ME FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND AT EASE. IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG AND MY TUMMY FELT BETTER. THEY THEN GOT ME A GOWN AND PUT THOSE LOVELY PAPER PANTIES ON AND THE LITTLE NURSE, I THINK HER NAME'S CAMILLA, PUT ON MY STOCKINGS. THAT POOR LITTLE WOMAN, HOW SHE HAS TO STRUGGLE WITH ALL THOSE PATIENTS EVERYDAY, I'LL NEVER KNOW!! #-o DR. MARTENEZ CAME IN TO DISCUSS THE SURGERY WITH ME AND WAS VERY NICE AND SPOKE VERY CLEARLY. ASKED ME SEVERAL TIMES IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE, BUT I'VE HAD 2 OTHER LAPROSCOPIC SURGERIES AND GOT SICKER THAT A DOG AFTERWARDS. I TOLD DOC ABOUT IT AND HE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY THE PAIN MEDS THEY GAVE ME, AND THEY WOULD TRY TO PREVENT THAT. [THEY MUST NOT GIVE THE SAME KINDS OF PAIN MEDS AS THEY DO IN THE STATES.] HE WAS RIGHT THOUGH... I DID NOT GET SICK!! NOT ONCE, I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL QUEEZY AT ALL!!! I WAS SO RELEIVED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF I STARTED HURLING THAT I'D HURT MY BAND. THEY THEN SHOT ME UP [THROUGH MY IV] WITH SOME KIND OF RELAXER.... NICE AND CALM. DR. ORTIZ THEN CAME IN AND SAID " SHE'S GIVING YOU THE STUFF THAT WILL MAKE ME LOOK BETTER TO YOU CAUSE I'M AN UNGLY MEXICAN". OH MY GOD!!!! THIS GUY IS GORGEOUS AND IT WASN'T THE MEDS, TRUST ME!!! HE SPOKE TO ME FOR A MINUTE AND SAID SEE YOU INSIDE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS GETTING SLEEPY, SO NOT MUCH MEMORY. I DO REMEMBER BEING ON THE TABLE AND A GUY TELLING ME THAT HE'D BE TAKING CARE OF ME AND THEN THAT'S IT. I WOKE UP TO A NURSE TALKING GENTLY TO ME TELLING ME I WAS DONE AND I DID GOOD. I REMEMBER GIVING HER HAND A SQUEEZE AND THANKING HER. I REMEMBER SLIDING OVER IN MY BED AND OUT AGAIN . I SLEPT FOR A SHORT TIME AND THE NURSES CHECKED ON ME AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO WALK. I THOUGHT I'D BE OFF BALANCE AND QUEEZY BUT I WASN'T, I ACTUALLY FELT PRETTY GOOD. THE NURSE WALKED ME AROUND 5 LAPS AND BACK TO MY ROOM. THEY BROUGHT ME BOTTLED WATER AND A POPSICLE AND A JUICE BOX. [NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME] I SLEPT PRETTY GOOD THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY THE NURSE BROUGHT ME BROTH AND DOC SAID I COULD HAVE COFFEE [THEY DON'T WANT COFFEE DRINKERS TO GET HEADACHES] I SIPPED BOTH OF THOSE AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO GET READY TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL. MRS. ORTIZ WAS WAITING, WE GOT PAIN MEDS. AND THEY GAVE ME 2 DRAMAMINE FOR MY FLIGHT HOME. I MET AND SPOKE TO A FEW OF THE PATIENTS THERE AND I HAD A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE OVERALL. ON THE RIDE BACK TO THE HOTEL I RODE WITH LAURIE AND HER FRIEND ROBIN. AFTER WE GOT TO THE HOTEL WE ALL WENT SHOPPING TOGETHER ON REVOLUTION AVE. HAD A NICE COUPLE HOURS, MEXICO IS BEAUTIFUL!! I WAS EXPECTING SLUM, IT HAS "BAD PARTS OF TOWN" JUST LIKE ANY CITY. WE WERE A LITTLE STARTLED BY TWO TRUCK LOADS OF POLICE WITH MASKS COVERING ALL BUT THEIR EYES, RIDING AROUND WITH RIFLES. THE SHOP OWNERS SAID THEY WERE "GOOD GUYS, PROTECTING US ALL". BRING LOTS OF MONEY LADIES!!! OMG, THE JEWELRY AND PURSES!! WENT BACK TO THE LUCERNA, SHOWERED AND SLEPT. WOKE UP AT 10:30pm. TOOK A PAIN PILL, SHOWERED AGAIN AND SLEPT TILL MORNING. MET FRANSISCO IN THE LOBBY AND HE TOOK ME TO THE AIRPORT. VERY NICE MAN AND SPEAKS VERY GOOD ENGLISH. THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING BANDED BY DR. ORTIZ..... NO WORRIES, IT'S ALL GOOD!!! I CAN'T SAY THAT ALL SURGERIES DONE IN MEXICO [OTHER THAN DR. O] ARE OK, BUT IT'S TOP NOTCH WITH HIM!! ANYONE WHO MAY WANT MORE INFO. OR JUST HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. YOUR BANDSTER BUDDY, DARLENE :-h

GOT TO GET MY HUBBY TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS.... GONNA TRY IT!! I KNOW VERY, VERY LITTLE ABOUT COMPUTERS!! :-? DARLENE

HEY BOBBI...... SO GLAD YOU'RE OK!!! BRONCHITIS IS NOTHING TO MESS WITH!! IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE'S SITTING ON YOUR CHEST! KEEP US UPDATED!!! DARLENE :-h

HELLO, DR. MIRANDA TOLD ME I COULD HAVE THEM [POPSICLES AND FUDGESICLES] WHEN I GOT HOME. [3-27] SHE ALSO SAID THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO GET THE SUGAR FREE ONES BECAUSE WE WON'T TAKE IN VERY MANY CALORIES DURING THE LIQUID DIET PHASE, ALSO, I'M NOT DIABETIC. I LIKED THAT BECAUSE I HATE ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS. YUCK! I SENT HUBBY TO GET ME SOME RIGHT AWAY, THEY GO DOWN NICE! =D>

PAULA BEE, SO GLAD THINGS WORKED OUT WELL FOR YOU!! HOW ARE YOU FEELING?? I'M HOME NOW AND FEELING PRETTY GOOD. MY WORRYING WAS ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO AMANDA AND BEING LEFT AT THE BORDER. I WENT BY MYSELF AND DON'T TRAVEL MUCH AND WAS AFRAID IT MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME. MY ARRIVAL WAS A LITTLE HAIRY, BUT OK. FRANSISCO BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE AIRPORT WHEN I WAS LEAVING AND IT WENT PRETTY SMOOTH. HE SPEAKS ENGLISH AND WAS VERY NICE AND CHATTED WITH ME AND ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS ABOUT MEXICO. ALL IN ALL, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO DR.O, THEY ALL TREATED ME WONDERFULLY!! =D> DARLENE

WAS HE THE GUY THAT THEY POSTPONED FOR A COUPLE DAYS?? I THINK I MET HIM AND HIS WIFE, VERY NICE PEOPLE!!

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE RUG RAT GERMS WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANE [FOR HOURS AND HOURS] A KID BEHIND ME KEPT COUGHING AND SNIFFING SNOT THE WHOLE RIDE! YUCK!! I THINK I'M CATCHING A LITTLE SOMETHING NOW. MY THROAT'S A LITTLE SORE TOO..... DAMN SNOTTEN' KID! I GO TO MY DOC ON THE 4TH, BUT IF THIS SEEMS TO GET WORSE, I'LL GO SOONER. I HEARD SOME OTHER BANDSTERS SAY THEIR THROATS HURT TOO AFTER SURGERY, BUT SAID IT WAS PROBABLY FROM THE TUBE THEY PUT DOWN YOUR THROAT. ???

HI MONA, DR. MIRANDA TOLD ME I COULD HAVE POPSICLES AND FUDGESICLES. [i WAS BANDED THE 25TH] AND SHE EVEN TOLD ME I COULD HAVE ONES WITH SUGAR [i'M NOT DIABETIC] I DON'T LIKE ANYTHING WITH ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS IN IT. AND OMG AM I STILL BLOATED!!!! I HATE, HATE, HATE THIS FEELING!! IT'S NOT REALLY PAIN, BUT IT IS A PAIN.... KNOW WHAT I MEAN??? I DON'T HAVE ANY BLOATING WHEN I FIRST GET UP IN THE MORNING, BUT SHORTLY AFTER I'M UP AND AROUND IT COMES. UUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!

HI BOBBI! DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ASTHMA? I WAS JUST BANDED ON THE 25TH BY DR.O AND I HAVE ASTHMA. I THINK I'M CATCHING A COLD RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE A LITTLE COUGH, BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. DON'T LET IT GO ON, I'D GET CHECKED OUT BY YOUR LOCAL DOC AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT GETTING SICK [THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU NEED!!] HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!!! BEST WISHES, DARLENE

OMG MICHELLE!!! CONGRATS GIRL!!! LOOKING GOOD!!! =D> =D> =D> I WAS JUST BANDED ON THE 25TH BY DR. ORTIZ AND AM FEELING PRETTY GOOD. HAVE'NT BEEN ON THE FORUM SINCE MONDAY. YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ALSO KEEP US UPDATED!! DARLENE

HELLO ALL, ONE LAST LOG IN BEFORE I GET READY TO LEAVE. GONNA SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH HUBBY AND THE KID BEFORE MY FLIGHT. I'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON MY PROGRESS. I WON'T BE TAKING A COMPUTER WITH ME, SO I'LL BE USING THE ONE AT THE HOTEL. FINGERS CROSSED.... SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR ME PLEASE!! > THANKS EVERYONE!! DARLENE

THANKS!!! MUCH APPRECIATED!!

OMG!!!! I'M SPEACHLESS!!..... AND ALSO SCARED TO DEATH!! I LEAVE FOR TJ TODAY FOR MY SURGERY TOMORROW!!!! ( IF THEY LEAVE ME ... ANYWHERE, I WILL HAVE A NERVOUS BREAK DOWN!!! I'M GOING BY MYSELF AND I DO NOT SPEAK ONE WORD OF SPAINISH!!!! GOOD THING I'M FAT, HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL MESS WITH ME! I DEFINETLY THINK YOU SHOULD CALL OR SEND LORI OR CAROLYN AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS, THE RECEPTIONIST NEEDS HELP!! I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO CONSENTRATE ON PATIENTS WITH THE PHONE RINGING CONSTANTLY AND DOING YOUR JOB PROPERLY!!! I NEED A DRINK.... SINCE I POSTED THIS I CONTACTED CAROLYN AND TOLD HER OF MY CONCERNS. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND REASURED ME THAT I WILL BE FINE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CALL SOMEONE FROM THE OCC AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!!! #-o IT MAY HELP PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN, WE PRE-BANDSTERS ARE WORRIED ENOUGH [i'M SURE YOU REMEMBER] AND THIS WOULD LIKELY SEND ME OVER THE EDGE!! I FEEL SO BAD FOR YOU!!! YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH!! [OR AM I JUST A BIG PUSS??]

HEY PAULA!!! GOOD TO HEAR FROM YA! GLAD YOUR SURGERY WENT SO WELL.... KEEP US UPDATED!! =D>

THANKS MONA!!!! >

AWESOME PAULA!!!!! FILL US IN ON YOUR TRIP!!! DARLENE

HELLO, I'VE READ ALOT OF POSTS OF PEOPLE THAT WENT TO DR.O ALONE.... I'M SOON TO BE ONE OF THEM!! MY HUBBY WILL BE STAYING WITH OUR DAUGHTER. I'VE CHATTED WITH A FEW GIRLS ON THIS FORUM THAT WILL BE THERE THE SAME TIME [25TH] SO I'M NOT WORRIED. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT! :-h DARLENE

HELLO GIRLS!!!! I'LL BE LEAVING ON MON. @ 6:15 PM, SO I'LL PROBABLY GET TO MEET A FEW OF YOU!! =D> ONE STUPID QUESTION...... IF I LEAVE PA. AT 6:15pm AND ARRIVE IN SAN DIEGO @ 10:30pm... WHAT TIME IS IT IN SAN DIEGO THEIR TIME??? WILL IT BE 6:30pm??? YOU CAN TELL I HAVEN'T TRAVELED MUCH! SEE YOU THERE!!! DARLENE