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Diamondeyed

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  10. Posted

    Dr.Illan and Omar is the greatest! I was sleeved by Dr. Garcia is Feb. I have lost 72 pounds it was a good experience! But my daughter had the surgery with Dr. Illan last month and if i would have known about Dr. Illan then, i would have used Dr. Illan...the care is most personalized. Alma was great...but I never laid my eyes on her..Omar was there from beginning...during and after..and he still checking on us....my daughter has had NO issues. . I appreciate both experiences..But thought Dr. Illan was the best!

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  12. Posted

    Dr. Illan and Omar are awesome! They took excellent care of my daughter and me as her guest. Omar caters to you. He made sure I had Breakfast, dinner and lunch. He even took care of a patients husband of Dr. Venezuala who had been at the hospital without food for days...Omar took him to get something to eat. I think though...i had surgery with Dr. Garcia which was an awesome experience...I would HIGHLY recommend Dr. Illan first!

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  13. Posted

    Sleeved 02/26/2013 by Dr Fernando Garcia in Tj Mx. Down a total of 57.8 pounds. SW 232' date=' CW 174. scale will sometimes slowly move back and fourth. This is the frustrating part. Keeping under 1000-1200 calories. Trying to exercise 2-3 x week. I feel great just wish I were losing a little faster. Oh and I'm 5'1.

    1st pic the week before surgery.

    2nd pic from today

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    You look awesome

  19. Posted

    http://imgur.com/a/ldVZI#0 (Note: potentially NSFW' date=' incision pics are pics of my bare tummy)

    ^ Some pictures from Tijuana, both the hospital and hotel, and of course some pictures of my incisions!

    Between the two week pre-op diet and the two weeks post-surgery I'm down 28 pounds and LOVING the sleeve so, so much.

    Also, if any of you want to see the part of my stomach that was removed, well...

    http://i.imgur.com/CbipMcy.jpg[/quote']

    Awesome

  21. Posted

    I'm back home' date=' down 9 lbs since surgery, first time I've been under 280 since Christmas! Starting to feel like this surgery might actually work for me.

    Anyway, there's not too much else to say. That Monday Dr. Illan himself came to the hotel room to check on me and we said our goodbyes. I have nothing but excellent things to say about him, he was an amazing surgeon and kind and pleasant. I found out that when I was having such a rough time coming out of anesthesia, my mom had a little emotional meltdown. Dr. Illan hung out with her and reassured her until she felt better. I would recommend him to absolutely anybody with no hesitation.

    Dr. Reyna came to check on me as well shortly after Dr. Illan left. Three doctor's visits in a hotel, of all places, in a single day! I definitely felt well taken care of. The steristrips are still hanging on, I've had absolutely no bruising, no nausea, and only minimal pain at the incision where the stomach was actually removed. I honestly don't feel like I just had surgery at all (the picture they took of my removed stomach is pretty decent proof though, lol)... I feel kind of guilty having a thus-far easy recovery after reading some of the other experiences here, very grateful. I do have to walk around when I drink and kind of bounce a little to 'burp' myself. It reminds me of burping a baby, heh.

    Anyway, one of the coolest parts of the trip was Omar taking us to a couple of places to shop! There was a small group of us that went. I'm the kind of person that is more or less afraid of, well, everything, so I'm so glad for the other people that went along. It was so much fun! We got to see the sights in that section of Tijuana (how stinking cute were the donkeys painted like zebras - zonkies) and we even got to practice haggling! I've never done that before and I wasn't very good at it. I know I could have gotten better deals on a couple of items but I still feel like I got a great deal and it was just a fun experience.

    I was really struck by the little piece of Tijuana culture that I got to witness. Everything was so bold and vibrant, people were kind but not afraid to try to aggressively sell their goods, it was just so different from the rural, isolated area I live in. I'm going to do a vlog eventually on my experience with Tijuana itself, but one thing I found interesting was the lack of junk food. I mean, it could be found, but it wasn't prevalent like in the US. For instance, at the hospital, my mom was hungry so she went looking for a vending machine and there wasn't one. Our local hospitals have vending machines full of chips, soda and ice cream. Florence Hospital had an organic buffet set out in their cafeteria, which made sense to me. (Note, definitely make sure your guest brings snacks!) On the way out of town, people were in the streets selling food, phone chargers, etc, trying to get a little money out of people leaving the country. I got a delicious glass of fresh squeezed carrot/orange juice for 2 dollars from a guy with a cart in the middle of the road. Even their bags of potato chips were clearly home made instead of Lays or Ruffles. They were making churros by hand, etc. It was mostly real, fresh food with minimal ingredients. I loved it.

    Anyway, long story short (too late!) I had an amazing experience and would sincerely recommend Dr. Illan to anyone considering this surgery. It was a wonderful, positive experience that I would repeat again without hesitation. Please feel free to ask any questions.

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    I really enjoyed you and your mom....my daughter is down 10 pounds!!!!!

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  24. Posted

    I'm the one that said Cereal was 40' date=' but that was in pesos! Everyone so far has taken US dollars gladly. Don't do what I do and bring a 100 bill, whoops. I've found food is similar to prices in the US, but a group of us just hit sort of a flea market tourist kind of thing and the prices were very impressive! Especially if you're not afraid to haggle and say no (I'm afraid to haggle and say no and freely admit I allowed myself to be overcharged and still feel like I got a great deal!).

    ETA: also, there hasn't been any tax. The two dollar sculpture is purely two dollars.[/quote']

    I was with you..not afraid to say no....

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