kansasgirl

Hi everyone sorry for the late update just didn't feel like doing much but sleeping and walking in the hospital. I stayed at the INT hospital and loved it. all the nurses made me feel at home they all very kind. The facility was really clean and cozy. It is one floor you stay on.. i was in room 309 for those of you going. Got here at 7 and was in for surgery at 9pm I met with Dr. Leal the cardiologist and he did an ekg which checked out fine. They ran blood test to make sure everything was fine on that end too. Women be prepared to be have a breast out when getting this done.. it's quick and easy and dr. leal is very professional.. he asked me alot of questions about my age..how much i smoke, drink, when i first started doing any of those things. They then had to put my IV in.. i will tell you straight up anyone who has to put an iv in me always has a hard time my veins move and they don't stand out.. i did have to get poked twice. Dr. Ponce came in with trish and he explained everything to me .. was very nice and reasurring.. Once i talked to him i knew i was in good hands, he is very professional and caring. then the next day they had to move the iv over to my wrist are of my right hand. That was much better. When you are here make sure you bring a lite robe you will want it especially if you don't have anyone with your otherwise you can see everything from the back of your gown :-) (thanks to my hubby for always tying it up so no one saw anything.. i also wore my underwear and my yoga capris.. very comfy. They wheeled me over to surgery in a wheel chair.. you do have to be all undressed for this.. i only remember laying on the bed and the anestheseologist told me you will be fine holly you are in good hands and i was.. out.. i don't even remember being wheeled back into the room my hubby told me i was asleep but they checked to make sure i was still okay.. i was up at 2am...went for a short walk..got naseauted and told the nurse she gave me more medicine and i went back to bed. I didn't have too bad of pain.. it wasn't in my chest or my shoulders thank fully.. mostly in my belly but it was very uncomfortable.. I knew i needed to walk but i resisted it for awhile because i just wanted to sleep.. then the next day they had to move the iv over to my wrist are of my right hand. That was much better. When you are here make sure you bring a lite robe you will want it especially if you don't have anyone with your otherwise you can see everything from the back of your gown :-) (thanks to my hubby for always tying it up so no one saw anything.. i also wore my underwear and my yoga capris.. very comfy. i was up and walking all the time. last night i startred to feel much better..and then i woke up again around 1am. i felt really good walked for about 30 minutes and went back to bed. This morning they ran the leak tests.. the blue stuff is really gross but you have to drink it all ... then i had to go down to the machine and get the test that they watch the liquid go down the screen.. it is as gross as everyone says but you just do it.. thankfully i had tea waiting for me up in my room :-) Hector the nutrisionalist came and talked to me awile about the diet and gave me a schedule to follow for the next forty days.. not too bad he was very nice and for someone like me that doesn' t speak spanish he was the one i could understand easily besides TRISH who was totally amazing. Trish brought my husband tacos the last two nights and took him to the convineince store to get some Snacks.. this is where i'm totally happy i went with trish she took care of my hubby and me.. she does so many things that is not really included in her job.. love her So they took out my drain today before coming to the hotel lucerna.. i was nevous that was going to really hurt..but the nurse i had was gentle and had me take a deep breath then she pulled it slowly out.. my husband watched her do it then told me it was about a foot long that she pulled out.. just felt like worm of pressure nothing too bad. I was glad to have the drain as they did empty it about four times. Now i am at the hotel lucerna and what a beautiful place out my balcony i have a view of the pool and palm tree's..trish ordered me some broth up.. and boy oh boy did that taste sooooooooo good.. i was amazed and could tell how much was enought to sip at a time.. i took half the spoon and sipped half of that for one bite.. also they sent me home with medine and a cute tshirt that trish has made that says i left my stomach in Mexico..lol.. i fell so good today i fixed my hair and put on my makeup.. just finishing up this review so i can go for a walk around the pool we have the balcony open and it's very relaxing. Hope you enjoyed my review i will add pictures of everything when i get back i forgot my usb cord lol. Dr. ponce checked me out this morning and was very thourough with me on taking my time with the sipping and wished me good luck.. I loved my experince and woudl do it again in a hearbeat..can't wait to see how my life changes now... ... Thanks for reading this sorry it was so long but i wanted to write it while it was all still fresh in my mind Holly

Okay this is it.. gotta finish getting packed put on my makeup, fix my hair and head out the door.. made a yourtube video real quick this morning.. here it is.. good luck to anyone else having surgery today. and this week.. I love that my ticker says surgery today!!!!!!!!! haha i even did this video without makeup and without my hair fixed.. yikes LOL Holly

Thanks.. i had changed doctor's since then.. going to Dr. Ponce.. leaving today.. so excited!! Fasting starts in 30 minutes..

Okay this is it.. gotta finish getting packed put on my makeup, fix my hair and head out the door.. made a yourtube video real quick this morning.. here it is.. good luck to anyone else having surgery today. and this week.. Holly

Saying my good bye's now i have too much to do when i get home and will probably not find time to get back on the forum. Please think of me tomorrow and say prayers for a safe trip and safe recovery.. excited to start my new life!!!!!!!!!! Take care everyone and i'll see you on the losers bench!!! Holly

IT is tomorrow.. yay i'm so excited.. i'm pretty much useless at work today because i'm thinking non stop about tomorrow making sure i have everything done and taken care of...I keep reminding myself to go to the bank and get my cashier's check... I'm packing my bags tonight. Thanks for putting my mind at ease about doing it the same day...I think i probably wouldn't have gotten much sleep either if i had waited till the next morning. I have such a headache this morning.. i feel like i'm detoxing from food in general.. can't wait for that to go away!!

I think he must do surgery later in the day my surgery isnt scheduled until 830 pm... that's got me thinking about being up all night or not.'.. hopefully I get to sleep and walk it out in the morning

I am leaving on thursday and I have yet to pack my suitcase... washing clothes tonight picking up a cashiers check tomorrow and thursday our plane leaves at 225... surgery will be at 830 pm... now to decide what to bring lol

can you please send your spreadsheet to me as well? holly.wilson2011@gmail.com Thanks so much I go to surgery on thursday and cannot wait.. been on my liquied diet only for one day.. not too bad.. didn't feel hungry which was awesome and strange.. we'll see about two days though..

Thanks everyone for all your input...

Can you please add my surgeon to the list of doctors.. i put one but it is the wrong surgeon.. Mine is Dr. Jaime Ponce De Leon out of Tijuana, mexico.

Thanks DD I was really on the fence about that one.. I could've had an early the next day surgery..but i figured if i get it done the same day then i will have more time to recover there.. before my flight home. I did ask how many surgery's he has that day because i had the same concern that i didn't want to be last.. but he is only doing 3 sleev's and a gall bladder before me.. so that made me feel better. I'm still on the fence but i think it's too late to change to the morning surgery.. i did just email Trish and asked her to really make sure that would be okay.. so we shall see. Thanks for your concern and input.. i appreciate it!! That's great to know.. i guess every surgery is different .. i figured i probably would still be groggy.. Nice to see another Kansas Girl.. take care and Thanks

I just got to thinking.. and my surgery is at 8:30pm.. what did you do right after surgery.. am i going to be up all night?? To be able to walk it off.. or did you sleep? Just wondering that way i will try to sleep in a little the day we fly out.. don't know if that will happen with all the excitement.. Also if you brought a small heating pad for your belly.. what kind did you get and where? Was it an electric one? That's the only thing i'm trying to figure out if i need to buy

I just got to thinking.. and my surgery is at 8:30pm.. what did you do right after surgery.. am i going to be up all night?? To be able to walk it off.. or did you sleep? Just wondering that way i will try to sleep in a little the day we fly out.. don't know if that will happen with all the excitement.. Also if you brought a small heating pad for your belly.. what kind did you get and where? Was it an electric one? That's the only thing i'm trying to figure out if i need to buy

do most of the restaurants accept credit card's? Just in case we use up all our cash?

Thanks for sharing your photo's and experience.... can't wait to get there.. and have mine!!

Good luck to those going tomorrow.. i am starting my liquid only diet today...can't wait for thursday to hit.. i'm going to be so excited.. and i hope not starving and tired by that time.. i'm starting to put my suitcase together tonight.. my hubby and i are not checking any baggage just taking carry on's!!

I have my surgery with Dr. Ponce on Thursday and will also report back. I agree the top priority is the doctor in any decision you make.. but once you've decided who that may be to you.. .then the next thing i look at is how everything else will go as far as getting there safely and back since i have no idea what is safe vs not safe in mexico. It helps when people come back and let us know how their experience was for sure!!

Thursday for me.. flying out at 2:25 having surgery same day at 8:30... starting liquid diet on Tuesday.. super excited.. .had my last girls night in.. had a blast.. and didn't eat too bad.. but i did have a strawberry cheescake that was superb.. that' s the end of that!! LOL

Aww wish you all were there when I was there guess I'll go first...on the third less than a week so excited..also just another thing trish told me is that dr ponce does 4 leak tests...2 while in surgery and 2 after

So guess what got my 52 dollar birth certificate and two days later got my passport go figure lol

Yay they let me take some claritin.. Thank the lord I feel better

May3rd here can't wait.. less than a week... already slimming down ... down 12 pounds since march 17th.. on to many more...

I have been using the Opurity bypass optimized mulitvitamin from unjury.com I only have to take one a day and they taste good i have no problems taking them. You can get 100 pills for 35.95 and they are made with good ingredients. They have an orange berry taste.. and break down easily. i have my surgery on May 3rd so i can't say how they are afterwards but i really like them now.

thank you I just ended up taking a throat losange....started home from work today so I can get over this quickly