I'll be getting banded in tijuana maybe the 1st week of September any advice of what I should do to prepare and take with me its about 6hrs away from where I live I've been reading all the great stories people have had some bad but I guess there's bad in everything right? I'll be self pay so basically I just have to set up a date and be there the day before to run all the testing so I'm not too sure what to expect..any advice will be appreciated my starting weight is about 244 and I'm 5'1 thanks again for your time;)

I am being banded by dr almanza august 28th can you tell me how you thought it went,and would you recommend them to others? thanks

Slojo- some tips. Bring a book or laptop to the clinic. I was last on the surgery list so I sat in the waiting room for a long time. They gave you a wifi code and I regretted not having my laptop. Another thing... all of us patients were so tired and we were just waiting, so we finally asked them if we could sleep in one of the rooms. They were really nice and told us yes. (It was after everyone had their IV) so those of us waiting got to sleep until our surgery, or until they needed the bed for someone coming from surgery. Sleeping made time pass so much quicker. they do surgeries with the lowest BMI and least complicated first, then down the line to more complicated. I was getting band over bypass and my first surgery was done open chest, so that is why I was last. It was a fun experience and I loved their family atmosphere. I have to say I actually liked the experience better than what I had in the states.