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Wow, so glad I came across this post. Thank you Catherine, your post was very helpful. I've been a bench warmer for a year and have been flip flopping between locations, surgeons, and co-ordinators. I'm scared to have surgery. And keep thinking ill try one last diet.. Which of course doesn't work. I don't know why it's such an internal conflict. Alma actually said something I found helpful.. There are more risks associated with being obese then there are with weight loss surgery! And that actually clicked for me.

Thank you for sharing. I will not be using A Lighter Me, and have already contacted alma.

10 years!! wow! Gotta love free health care! I'm just in the process of booking a surgery for around January in Mexico, and thought I should double check the wait times in Canada first to make sure I wasn't travelling and paying for something when I didn't have to. But I don't want to wait years.

I just want to add, that while the coordinators are an important part of the experience, the Dr is the one with your life in his hands and you want to feel confident in your decision.
Dr Lopez and Dr Garcia are highly recommended, so I believe you're in great hands either way

Haha. Im also looking forward to this being my last fat Christmas/New Years!!

Congratulations Kirstin and Kristina. It's the stories on this thread that helped me decide to go for surgery. We will start trying as well at the one year mark. But I haven't had the surgery yet. Best of luck to you both!

Haha. Im also looking forward to this being my last fat Christmas/New Years!!

Haha. Im also looking forward to this being my last fat Christmas/New Years!!

This website is very sad and unfortunate. I know in Canada there has been an increase of these kind of stories of Canadian travelers in Mexico. Last year almost 1.5 million Canadians visited Mexico. There were around 10 news stories. That's a small percentage. So yes, terrible things happen, but Don't let it stop you from going for something so important.

Stevia is the most natural sugar substitute. It does have a bit of an after taste, but it's very sweet. I highly recommend staying away from artificial sweeteners. The world artificial says it all.

I was with A Lighter Me and my sleeve buddy was with Ready for a Change. She saw her coordinator when she checked in the hospital, and once at the hotel (I think thats all, not positive could have been one other time). She started her period and ran out of tampons, my driver, Abraham, went to the store and got them for her. Even tho she wasn't with A Lighter Me, they treated her just like the rest of us. She went to Walmart with us, she went shopping with us, everything I did, she did. Ready for a Change didn't take her anywhere except to and from the airport and maybe from the hospital to the hotel. My driver and coordinator where always available. I have their phone number, email address and we are all friends on Facebook.< /p>
One more thing, up till 8:pm the night before her flight at 8am the next day she hadn't confirmed her ride. She finally got a call back and confirmed but she was upset and nervous.
I had an incredible experience and I can't say enough about Eduardo and Abraham!
You wll love Dr Garcia and his staff, they are exceptional!

Good to see some good posts about Dr Perez. I thought when I had inquired about price though, I was told $6500?? I want to have my surgery done in Cancun, but there aren't as many surgeons to chose from. I'm also considering Dr Verboonen. I'm new to this forum, but will be following this thread. Good luck to all those with upcoming surgeries!!