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I was sleeved by Dr. Lopez on March 21st. The staff and doctors were amazing. You will have a great experience. The care in the hospital is top notch.

I was sleeved by Dr. Lopez on March 21st. The staff and doctors were amazing. You will have a great experience. The care in the hospital is top notch.

Mine was a 32 and I'm 3 weeks out. I can't get much down at all.

Dr. Lopez did my surgery and that along with the care in the hospital was first rate. Abraham is a great guy. He mostly makes his money on tips and deserves them. Say hi to Abraham for me.
Good luck.
Jay Horenstein

I only took two doses of narcotics and then had non-narcotic pain meds. I was fine.

I was sleeved there on the 21st of March with Dr. Lopez. The patient coordinators, Abraham and Eduardo will take you parents out to good areas for shopping or for food. The areas they will take them is safe. They also can spend time at the Mariott which is nice. I had an amazing experience with the staff and doctors. I can't say enough good things about the entire process. Be sure to tip the patient coordinators/drivers as this is how they make most of their money.

I went through ALM with Janese and Dr. Lopez. It was an amazing experience. The staff and doctors were fabulous. I can't recommend them enough.
Good luck,
Jay

Dr. Alejandro Lopez through alighterme.com. It was an awesome experience. They took such amazing care of me. I couldn't be happier.

I was there and had surgery the same day as you except with Dr. Lopez. It was a great experience.

Isopure drinks are really good. You can get bottles at GNC but they are over $5/each. Or buy the powder which is much cheaper. They have all kinds of flavors. I like the mango/peach.

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I was just sleeved on March 11th!
First 2 days were tough, but I am doing so much better today. I feel hopeful Here is my story so far:
I am a 47-year old business executive who has struggled with obesity for 28 years. I have never in my adult life been not obese or morbidly obese. I reached 400 lbs in August of 2000, and began to somewhat serious about exercise and diet. I lost about 30 pounds on my own, but then suddenly lost 40 pounds with almost no effort, although I was very tired and thirsty all the time (you guessed it, Type II Diabetes).Since the time of my diagnosis I have been through many, many diet routines, and have lost between 40 and 60 pounds each time, but nothing ever really changed on the inside. This especially drove me crazy because, as a business executive, I focus often on breaking out the spreadsheet, figuring out the problems, and rationally coming to solutions.
I attended a seminar from Dr. Pennings in Post Falls, Idaho and heard two things I had never heard before, which were the real clinchers for me. The first was a discussion of the hormone grehlin and the stomach's role in producing it, what it is supposed to do, and what happens when that gets out of whack. This really spoke to me because I had always felt that there was some kind of overpowering urge to eat in ways that could not possibly be good for me. A true addiction. The 2nd thing I heard that night was that a person with my current co-morbitities had the same mortality rate as an otherwise normally healthy 47-year old man with no other co-morbidities who had just been diagnosed with Stage II colon cancer. When I asked the doctor what the requirements were for a person with Stage II colon cancer, he said, "Surgery."
This was all on the heals of my parents both having very severe health problems in their early seventies, Suddenly I could see that the path I was on was surely a pathway to pain, worse health, a loss of time with my wife and children and early death.
All of this together made me face the fact that I had to have surgery, and use it as a tool to achieve my goals, instead of viewing it as the final option for those who had failed in every other way.
I am only two days out from VSG surgery, but am very hopeful and confident in the future.

I am on day 2 of the preop diet with surgery on the 21st. I purchased Isopure Protein powder from GNC. I have Mango/Peach (I think it has peach). It doesn't taste too bad. I am also drinking Pure Protein drinks from costco.
At dinner I get to have a small portion of meat and vegetables. dinner has never been so satisfying.
Good luck,
Jay

You'll like Dr. Lopez. Don't forget to keep your receipts!! I'm adding my surgery in my medical expenses for 21012.

I have a BMI of 35 and I am having the surgery. I have tried for years to lose weight and am unable to do it. I'm looking forward to the high possibility of not feeling hungry and craving food after surgery. I do, however, have diabetes and related complications.

I am also pre-op but my friend who had VSG and went from 320 to 180lbs told me he doesn't crave food anymore and in fact he forgets to eat.

Thank you. I am on hold with them as I type. Good luck with surgery.