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Thank you again so much. Yes he tightened muscles. I will post pics soon of what you are asking. I hated looking at my self before. Now I'm so happy. He is amazing .
Kelly in Texas Gastric Bypass Oct 15 2012
Hello, since my bypass over 12 years ago, my protein levels sit at 5.8 which is under the lowest normal amount. I eat 6 eggs a day (cholesterol is always low), and lots of dairy, and have recently added more protein shakes. Have you had that issue? Are there tips to help with absorption? I watched a youtube video with Dr. S and he said that he only works on healthy people and you need to have a good protein level
Tammy
Teresa
Hello, did you have your surgeries? How did it go? Who was your doctor and could I please see pictures? I am going to book with Dr. Sauceda for October we hope.
Tammy
Hello, I believe that what you are feeling is "normal" for what obese patients experience during their journey of massive weight loss. Everyone is different. The more we think about the things we do not like about our bodies, the more power that we give it and the more we will concentrate on it. A bad cycle if you will. I wear things over my arms almost regardless of how hot it is. I do not like my body. My ass is getting flatter and saggier with every waking day lol. However, I am 48 years old, have had my weight off for 12 or so years, and will finally have the money to fly to Dr. Sauceda this winter and have my surgery.
These are the procedures I will have. I will probably break them up into 3 surgeries.
Facelift
Lower body lift
Upper body lift
Breast reduction and lift
Arm lift
mons reduction
fat injection in my bottom
and lipo where-ever needed.
Will this make me feel better? YES!
Even if you can not afford this now, find a counselor that you work with well. Work on yourself in your heart and mind, exercise, drink lots of water, socialize with family and friends and build a strong support system. Yes, you do not like those areas of your body, right now from what you said I do not feel that you are out of the acceptable area for body issues, however, if you continue and go unchecked, this could get worse.
Take care, reach out if you want.
Tammy
Hi, I just looked at these photos again and I can not believe that this is the same person. Amazing! Can you post pics of underneath your chin and maybe any scars by the ear. You just look great. Did your doctor tighten the muscles?
I've never had any local doctors or my PCP refuse to care for me after I've received treatments by clinicians out-of-area (e.g. different cities, out-of-state, or out-of-country). I don't think that is as large a risk as some people propose.
I also think complications after plastic surgery by Dr. Sauceda are a lot lower because of the care you receive from him and his nurse (i.e. daily visits even when you're at the post-op hotel, longer hospital stays, and daily assistance with bandages & showers), which isn't care provided by US-based plastic surgeons.
As well, a lot of post-op complications are due to people doing too much too soon, like driving, running errands and doing household/garden tasks. When you're in Mexico, you won't be tempted or able to do anything like that.
when all is said and done, it'll end up being $35K-40K for everything (I'm still not done yet - I'm going back at the end of March for a breast lift, arm lift, and have my flanks taken in from arm pit to probably my waist). It would have been more than that had I not gotten a deal on my lower body lift (they moved to a different pricing structure for a couple of months, but then went back to their original structure when they realized everyone else was charging quite a bit more. Too bad they realized it before I had phase 2 done!). Dr. Sauceda quoted me about half that for the same procedures, as I recall - plus he included a few nights in a hotel plus $600 towards my airfare as part of the deal. So yes - he was definitely a lot cheaper.
I decided to go to Chicago because I didn't want to be too far away from home if I had complications. A lot of doctors don't want to deal with you if you had surgery somewhere else - and I didn't want to fly somewhere again if I had to see the surgeon for something. Plus Dr. Zachary is pretty expensive compared to the other massive weight loss PS specialists (although again, I got a deal on phase 1, so he'll end up being about the same as the others). But even if I'd been charged his original price, had I gone to a cheaper person on one of the coasts or in Texas or somewhere, there would be travel costs - plus the cost of staying in a hotel for a couple of weeks - so I probably wouldn't have saved all that much.
with the Mexico thing, in addition to being far away from home, I was worried that I might get an infection or something. If that happened here, and a local doctor refused to treat me, and it wasn't severe enough to run down to Chicago to see Dr. Zachary, at least he could call a prescription for antibiotics or whatever into Walgreens or CVS, and I could go pick it up on this end. I was concerned that a doctor in another country might not be able to call in prescription for me (although I could be wrong on that)
if your doctor on this end is willing to work with you, though, if something comes up, then these might not be issues for you. You'll certainly save a lot of money by going to Mexico...
btw - I've had/will have a lower body lift, breast lift, arm lift, and "flankoplasty" (or whatever he calls it - going down my sides to get at some of the other excess skin that he'd have a hard time getting at otherwise)
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
May I ask what you had done and the final cost?>
Why did you not consider Mexico?
Thank you, Tammy
I went to Lawrence Zachary in Chicago. He specializes in body contouring for massive weight loss patients and has been at it for many years. But then, it's two hours from my home in southern Wisconsin, so it's not a huge burden if I had to drive back down there for anything (and after the first post-op appt (which he does three days after surgery), I was able to go back home and then just drive back for subsequent post-op appts). There wasn't anyone really closer by me who specialized in that - or even did a lot of these surgeries (I would consider someone who does a truckload of them, even if they didn't exactly specialize, but no one close by fit that bill, either).
From what I've heard, Dr. Sauceda has an excellent reputation. I had him do an estimate for me a couple of years ago, and his prices are much lower than they are around here (and probably anywhere in the US). But then, that's probably true of any surgeon in Mexico. Medical things in general are really expensive in the US.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I live in Boise Idaho. I am thinking about Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey Mexico. Who was your surgeon and what state? Thank you for answering back. I want my mons area to be flat and I have seen some pics where the doctor will do the lower body lift and not lipo the mons at all or enough.
Tammy
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