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Hi all! I would love to set up a support group for other teachers. I'm a fifth grade teacher in Northern KY. I am still on the pre-op side, so going into surgery it would be nice to have other people to really talk to. My sleeve surgery date is August 1. I'm nervous as can be!!!

i just use the ones available at Walmart

I'm going through alighterme, Dr. Lopez. His coordinator Ronda has been awesome. There is a special going on as well till june 30th, $4,600. Good luck

I'm also scheduled for June 26th. I'm having it done in Tijuana by Dr. Corvala . Luckily one of my best friends is going with me and staying with me at the hospital . My husband is very supportive but needs to stay home with our boys. Mind you, my boys are 21 & 16 but have some baseball stuff taking place that one of us needs to be there for. I'm very grateful for my friend. I am very nervous. These forums have been helpful.

I had my surgery on Saturday. I am being released from Hospital Angeles tomorrow with Dr. Corvala's blessing to fly home Wednesday. I'm feeling very good. The first day
I had gas pains in my left shoulder, but other than that no real pain or nausea. All in all its been a great experience so far!

Great link. I used that one. One of the links is broken but if you google the name, the real link will come up. I think it's the licensing link.
Since I can't read - or speak - Mexican, I used Google translate. It's awesome. With some pages you can just enter the link into the translate box and it will give you the whole web page in English.
To verify certificates and licenses - Dr. Lopez has images of his degrees, training, and licenses posted - I just typed the Spanish words into the box to see what they said.
With organizations and associations, I went to their webpage and verified membership.
With training organizations, if you email them, even in English, they'll answer you about applicable training.
I really encourage people to do their research. I know everybody loves their doctors, but things change, and none of us are in Mexico. Take it one step further, use Google translate, verify licenses, verify training, and contact hospitals. One surgeon people love doesn't even have his surgical license anymore - I have no idea why, I didn't check - and has had serious complications and I read about people still using him. All adults have the right to their own medical decisions, but they deserve full knowledge and awareness, and with our doctor's being in Mexico, that's harder to get.

I start my one week liquid diet tomorrow!