ImaHappyKiwi

That is really great for you , but muffintop did not have such a great experience. She told her story and that is what I responded to. She paid the same $ that other patients did but did not have a truly good experience. That is really too bad. I am sure she read lots of good reviews and expected that to be her experience also. It is a bad deal when Dr's and staff are stressed out or over worked and the patients get a not as expected kind of surgery experience. We all go into this hoping for a great experience and when yours is not so great, you have the right to tell your story. Those that are planning to use these surgeons need to know what to expect if they choose to go with them for surgery. You may get lucky and be treated great or you may not be so lucky. I am glad that she was brave enough to tell her experience. I know that I would have been upset if I had read hundreds of good reviews about my surgeon and then had a terrible experience. We all want to be treated like we matter to the Dr. And staff that we are entrusting with our life. Good luck to you, muffintop, I hope that you are healing well and that your weight loss is going great!

I've had to swamp myself with school work, music, sleep, ANYTHING to distract me. I don't even have a date yet but I'm obsessed with my surgery. It's become my life in the last few weeks.

I think the lighter you pack, the better. Comfy clothes to wear to hospital and to the hotel. Pj's that are not binding at your waist, comfy bra and panties. Slippers or flip flops for walking in the hospital. Lip balm and minty breath spray. I only took one gas x strip during my hospital stay. I took a clamshell eyeglass case to keep my lip balm and breath spray in. I kept those things close at hand for the first 24 hours. The mouth dryness is awful. My surgeon provided iPads for us. It is easier to pack lightly and not have a ton of bags to lug around. I did take some bottled Water for the flight home. We purchased it at Walmart by our hotel after surgery. You can always buy something to drink because you really won't be getting much in the first few days anyway. Take some Crystal light packets, the milder the flavor, the better. I washed my hair at the hospital but only used my blow dryer and straightener the day we left for the hotel. I should have just pulled it back into a band and not worried over taking hair items. If I were doing it again, I would take only what I absolutely needed, I packed way too much for the trip.

I wanted to share my experience as well , I am recently new here! (Sorry this is long)
I just came back home from my surgery with Dr.Garcia in Tijuana, I was also in between those 2 companies , but finally decided to go with Ready 4 a Change because of Alma, she is one of the coordinators for that company. I felt safe talking about the process of going into Tijuana for surgery, everything that she explained to me and my expectations were 100% meet.
First day that I arrive to the airport- I received a phone call from Samuel when i was barely getting out of the airplane, He told me that once i was out side he was going to be there in a white van waiting for me, and he did. Immediately after I got in the van I felt safe, all of my worries just went away since he seemed as a very trust able person. ( And he was) He took me to the marriott in tijuana, and went with me to check me into the hotel , and he told me that Rosie(Patient coordinator) was coming to meet me in my room . FYI the marriott was absolutely comfortable! Rosie was there on time and she answered all of my questions and told me at what time i needed to be ready for my surgery next morning. At this time I was surprise by the customer service I was getting . not even back home, so all of my worries went away. I new i had made the right decision for me.
Day of surgery.- I was taken to Mi Doctor Hospital in the morning by the hotel Shuttle, very professional and clean! I was escorted to the 3rd floor by Melissa ( Patient coordinator) and explained the different paperwork that I needed to fill up to enter the hospital floor. After that she explained what was happening during that day , all of the doctors that were going to be in my room to check on me before surgery and that ease my mind. she stood with me until I had no more questions and i was more relax. I meet with a lot of doctors like melissa told me, dr.velasco, dr.garfia, dr.cabrera and dr.garccia sorry if i mis spelled your names! they were all just great! even the nurses, they all took really good care of me, since I was coming by my self. I meet other patients that were also getting sleeved by Dr.Garcia.
After surgery- I was still nauseated but feeling a lot better that the night before, and like one of the coordinators told me , it only gets better, and it was true. I followed my instructions of walking ALOT and it help with the pain and the nausea. Dr's were there to check me through my stay. and of course i did a lot of sleeping that day.lol
Discharge- Dr.velasco came in the morning to check on me, and discharged me out of the hospital, she went over the diet with me, explained how to take my medicine, and gave me a goody bags as they call it , with my medicine , gatorades and Water along with a copy of all of my medical records. Melissa then took my to the 1st floor to wait for our shuttle (me and other patients) and explained to us that anything that we needed to call her or Rosie, and she put her business cards in the bag as well as a phone list of all of the doctors. That ease my mind once again because I felt that I could get in touch with any of them if I needed them. she took a picture of us. and we were taken back to the Marriott.
Marriott- I check in with out any trouble, order my chicken broth ( on the house) and stayed at my room , Rosie called me to check on me and told me she was going to visit me at my room , she got there and we just talked for about an hour about my experience, and how amazed I was with the customer service I was receiving from the company. She left, and Melissa called me later that day to check on me. At no point I felt like they left me all by myself I even needed some medicine for one of my family members back home and they were kind enough to take me to buy it.
Next day- yeiii, Samuel pick me up at the marriott to take me to the airport. I arrived home feeling like I didnt have any surgery.
Overall - I can recommend enough READY 4A CHANGE company to anyone getting it done in Tijuana, it was a fantastic experience! from Alma, to the dr's and coordinators , to Samuel (Transportation). You feel like you are in a family environment.
So sorry if this is too long! but It would probably help those who are nervous like I was.

You're my role-model! I wanna be like you