Yaaaay!

I'm already starting to wean my diet slowly and upping my exercise to improve my cardio.

Anyone else scheduled around that Monday?

Congrats! Let us know how everything goes.

wish you the best!!! keep up the good work and you'll definitely see great results.....goodluck:thumbup:

I am hoping for an August date ... we shall see. : )

Ooh I hope so too Papi

Congratulations on setting the date!

'Grats! I'm excited about getting a surgical date too. It's almost overwhelming to think of everything that needs to be done first, isn't it?

Just wanted to share my expirance yesterday, as I decided to venture into Tijiuana Mexico with two friends of mine. One friend was a nurse in mexico for many years and the other was a dentist in Mexico. We all currently work in health care in San Diego and have been friends for many years. Mr Thomas is from Mexico and needed to have have part of her collon removed because she had cancer, and she was seen in INT Hospital about 2 months ago and had her surgury the same place I am thinking about having my sleeve done. Mrs Thomas had to get a dental filling done and me and Maria decided to go check out the doctor and the Hospital. I it was important to me to check out th facility and met the staff, this was important to me because I work in the health care field and if I refur any one to any doctor or hospital I would use it myself, plus i needed to get the sleeve myself. I called around to many places there were only two that would let me visit. One only did the band, and the doctor's office I was looking to see. I was so impressed with Dr Lopez Ortega and his assistant Bibi, I spent about 2 hours in the hospital and speaking with Bibi. She spoke english fluntly and her caring nature put me at ease. She took me around the hospital, supper clean you could eat off the floor. Very nice accomadations then Bibbi asked if I wanted to speak to th doctor. I was suprised he would see me because I had no appointment nor was I even schedule with him for the sleeve. I told him I had a ucler and I was wondering how this would effect me if I decieded to have this procedure. He put me at ease he told me that the sleeve would be the best fit for me because that would be taken out the majority of my stomach and the would check the remaining tube knowing that I may have a ulcer. Thank you god for pointing me in the right direction with this doctor and hospital. I hope this will help anyone else out the thinking about the sleeve. P.S I forgot to tell you all that the also let me meet one of the patients who had the surgury the day before she looked great. The whole thing was a great experiance. As soon as I got home I went to his website and scheduled my surgury 8 July 2010.

Shiftling, I'll just miss you. I fly out of San Diego July 29th. Let's keep in touch!

Patti

Just wanted to share my expirance yesterday, as I decided to venture into Tijiuana Mexico with two friends of mine. One friend was a nurse in mexico for many years and the other was a dentist in Mexico. We all currently work in health care in San Diego and have been friends for many years. Mr Thomas is from Mexico and needed to have have part of her collon removed because she had cancer, and she was seen in INT Hospital about 2 months ago and had her surgury the same place I am thinking about having my sleeve done. Mrs Thomas had to get a dental filling done and me and Maria decided to go check out the doctor and the Hospital. I it was important to me to check out th facility and met the staff, this was important to me because I work in the health care field and if I refur any one to any doctor or hospital I would use it myself, plus i needed to get the sleeve myself. I called around to many places there were only two that would let me visit. One only did the band, and the doctor's office I was looking to see. I was so impressed with Dr Lopez Ortega and his assistant Bibi, I spent about 2 hours in the hospital and speaking with Bibi. She spoke english fluntly and her caring nature put me at ease. She took me around the hospital, supper clean you could eat off the floor. Very nice accomadations then Bibbi asked if I wanted to speak to th doctor. I was suprised he would see me because I had no appointment nor was I even schedule with him for the sleeve. I told him I had a ucler and I was wondering how this would effect me if I decieded to have this procedure. He put me at ease he told me that the sleeve would be the best fit for me because that would be taken out the majority of my stomach and the would check the remaining tube knowing that I may have a ulcer. Thank you god for pointing me in the right direction with this doctor and hospital. I hope this will help anyone else out the thinking about the sleeve. P.S I forgot to tell you all that the also let me meet one of the patients who had the surgury the day before she looked great. The whole thing was a great experiance. As soon as I got home I went to his website and scheduled my surgury 8 July 2010.

Hello Navymom, i was reading your post, did you finally have your surgery with Dr. Lopez? i visited their website and they look pretty young.Since you met him will you recommend him for my surgery?, he's offering me the plication for $6,000 in the Tijuana Hospital, i have family in San Diego so I'm planing to fly down there and have the surgery with min sometime next month. I contacted him directly in he's office and he sounded very attentive and professional, if you had your surgery with him, how was it afterward and how did you feel?

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