DIET or DEATH?

You may think that’s a bit dramatic, but like a lot of obese people if you  don’t get  your weight  under control you are making this  decision on a daily basis with a fork. This was me, I  was almost 180LBS more than I should have been  and had never really dieted for longer  than a six  month  period of time.  So  one day I  had to really take stock of what I was willing to do  and not  do and what was the likely outcome.

Enter Weight loss surgery

I figured if really I wont diet, I have two options, drugs or surgery. Drugs  did not appeal to me as I am one of those wack  jobs that really does believe big Pharmaceutical  is out to kill you for profit. So I started to take a good hard look at  surgery as a life changing solution to my  situation. I  looked at Gastric  Bypass, Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve and the balloon.

Lap band? No  really I don’t want a port in my stomach to get regular fill ups…Reminded me of that  scene from Aliens, you know the one.

Bypass? No  really I  did not want to rearrange my entire stomachs plumbing  in a way that would cause nutritional deficiency’s  forever.

The Balloon? Himmm, no really  don’t want to swallow a basketball and have it inflated, just to bizarre for me.

Gastric  Sleeve Surgery? Yep that  was the best option for me. The surgeon will reduce your stomach size by half or more and you go on with your life. Your plumbing stays the same. For me this was the best fit.

Gastric  Sleeve in Mexico, the whys.

I was a self employed  person at  the time and did not have health insurance, even if I did, often they don’t cover barbaric surgery. I did not have 15k to have it done state side either. So  after much research and against I chose to have it done in Mexico, the cost was about 5k all in.

This blog is about my adventure, good decisions, bad ones and general advice for anybody who is where I was a year ago.