Hi all!

Well the big day is finally here. I've been in San Diego for 4 days and it's amazing here. Everyone is so nice. Lots to see and shopping is great! My hotel had a false fire alarm last night and I never knew I could get all of me moving so quickly. 27 flights of stairs! Whew! It was definitely an experience! :-) Oh and today we went to the beach. Walking along the beach with the Pacific ocean on my feet!!! Wonderful.

Anyway, after 15 days on a liquid diet and enjoying San Diego I am ready to get things going. Wish me luck and send prayers my way please.

Thank you for all for your support throughout the last 8 months. I will update as soon as I can.

Smile!

That is great Kendra, you are doing fantastic. Gear up for that nasty purple drink for your leak test, it is a piece of cake after that. Let me know how you like Servano, he is the male nurse at the recovery house. He will take good care of you. You are on the losers bench now, enjoy.

Good luck with your journey Buckeye Girl

Thank you Terrih1. I'm getting pretty excited. My hubby is with me and he is nervous and can't understand why I'm not. I explained to him that I put great thought and research into this and made the decision that this is the right thing for me, I made the decision that it is worth the slight chance of risk. Since I made the decision and have prayed as well as having many others praying for me, I have no reason to be nervous. At this point, whatever happens is simply out of my control and I am content with that.

I hope you are spared the nervousness as I have. When is your surgery with Almanza? I will do my best to post my experience as soon as posssible,

Best wishes to you too!

Rough few days but I've had it better than most. Started off late due to driver being held up trying to get to us. Crossing the boarder a day after a holiday is hectic. Anyway our driver, Christian, was extremely nice. About 30 mins after being picked up we were getting our blood drawn and meeting with Almanza. Very nice and very cute. I remember thinking, dang why does he have to be cute. Lol. I was the last one to go and that was a test on my nerves some but they gave me something for that. Finally it was my turn and before I knew it I was waking up in recovery. Whew. Big relief. I have to say, by judging some of the others I have been extremely fortunate in regards to recovery. Maybe I have a high pain tolerance or maybe the 15 day liquid diet helped but I didn't get sick and have any gas pains. Even though the others were sick, most of them got thru it pretty quick. Everyone here is very nice and helpful. I haven't been to the recovery house yet cause my surgery was so late on Tuesday. I didn't mind though. I'm just fine right here. Will update again soon. Love you!!!

Fendo,

Will you still be at the Recovery House tomorrow? They are picking me up at the airport at 9:00, so I'm guessing I will be there around 9:30 or so to begin the bloodwork and such. Have you seen Ally? I've been thinking of her today too and wondering how things went for her.

I am back home in Indiana now. I hope all went well for you. I'm sure it did and I pray that you have an easy recovery as well.

I don't know what the right decision is for others but I do know that this was the best thing I could have done for myself. Although I was extremely nervous about going to Mexico I thank god that he put Dr Almanza and his team within reach for me. They saved my life.

That is great Kendra, you are doing fantastic. Gear up for that nasty purple drink for your leak test, it is a piece of cake after that. Let me know how you like Servano, he is the male nurse at the recovery house. He will take good care of you. You are on the losers bench now, enjoy.

Servano is an excellent RN. He was an RN for the VA in California before returning to Mexico. He not only runs the Recovery House during the day but he also works for about 4 hours at night in the Surgi-center. I had him with my sleeve in July and then met up with him again this week when I took my friend for his sleeve (Fendo, we were there the same time as you- I am trying to think of who you were - I was the NP who was with John). I am very pleased with Dr Almanza and all his staff. I have no reservations whatsoever and as an Emergency Department NP, I looked at the whole set up with medical eyes. They do an excellent job and I will return for plastics.

Yep, that's me.... The one with the crazy friend. She had a blast! lol...

Yes, I'll be returning for plastics too.

Hope John is doing well.

Kendra