CNCAnn

On 06/28/2018 at 09:28, BubblesCT said:

My surgery will be performed today. I arrived in Tijuana Mexico last night with no problems. I was picked up at San Diego airport by a driver(Rene) from BariatricPal, he was professional and kind. He drove me to my hotel, waited while I checked in, and showed me to my room. Since I'm traveling alone, this was much appreciated. The hotel is called the Real Inn, it's nice, clean and the beds are super cozy. I'm now just waiting for 9:30 to roll around so I can be transported to the hospital for the sleeve procedure. I will check back in to update my experience. I know when researching this it helped to hear from others experiences so hopefully, this will help someone out there.

The most challenging part was traveling from the east to west coast on the pre-op diet. I packed dried chicken stock to mix with hot Water on the plane. There was nothing much else to eat on the clear liquid diet while traveling. The sugar-free Jello goes straight through me and the sugar-free popsicles would melt while traveling. I wish I bought more sugar-free drinks at the airport to bring to the hotel room last night because I was really thirsty. Woke up starving and definitely dehydrated from my travels yesterday. I'm looking forward to an IV drip of fluids at this point.

I will post my experiences throughout my stay here in Tijuana Mexico.

On 08/09/2018 at 08:15, Jingle123423 said:

September 5th! I work from home at a desk job (I do everything via the phone).

On 08/09/2018 at 05:34, Jingle123423 said:

Following. I am in the same boat.

I’m headed to BariatricPal Mexico to have a gastric sleeve at the end of this month. I have a desk job and when I had my gallbladder out last year, I was only out from work for about 5 days. I was sore and got tired easily but I was fine. I’m hoping it’s about the same recovery time with the sleeve surgery. When did you all go back to work?

On 07/09/2018 at 14:13, Michellemtp said:

Thank you for all the information. I am scheduled for Aug 10th and getting a little nervous but think it is more about the pre op diet and traveling. So thanks for sharing your experience.

On 07/01/2018 at 16:01, MizzNewLife said:

When in August? Will you be with BariatricPalMX /Dr.Illan?

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement, Dr. Illan. Coming from you means a lot to me. I’ll try to stop being such a nervous Nellie! Lol. See y’all soon !!

I’m scheduled to have a sleeve in August and have RA, which is an autoimmune disease. I’m just curious if anyone with RA has had any complications or healing issues? I’m 52 y/o. 5ft 7in. 235lbs. I’m confident in my decision to have this procedure and having it at BariatricPal MX, I’m just nervous about being off my RA meds and having a compromised immune system.

Your post are to encouraging to me! I’m scheduled for a gastric sleeve in Aug and I’m so excited and nervous. Even your comments about small things answers questions and gives a great picture of what to expect. Thank you and I’m so happy for you.