I was sleeved on Monday and the first night I was miserable but soon after I had a breakthrough and I feel fine. The gas and pain is not bad at all. I have pics I will post soon. I even have a pic of my old stomach and a video of my new stomach. I am over the moon. Dr Garcia said that I had a lot of scar tissue from my other surgeries but I did fine. I have enough paperwork to keep me reading for a while. Everyone was nice and even though there was a language barrier they spoke enough English to communicate properly. I only have two complaints: the water in the hospital was cold which was fixed immediately and the beds in the hotel are hard. I just asked for extra pillows. I am a picky patient so I expect all to go well. Polite, nice, caring, and professional. Clean clean clean! Ask me questions I will answer them. I'm going to have broth now but will answer when I wake up from my nap.

Congrats on being sleeved!!! So happy for you. Which hotel did you stay in? Welcome to the Losers Club!

So glad that your doing well. I also had a great surgery with Dr. Kelly on monday as well and my first night with the gas pains was horrible, yesterday was better and today I feel great. I had some broth and some jello and going out for a little shopping later. I feel great and my leak test went well, but the solution tasted horrible!! Glad your doing well lets get this journey started!!

I am at the Lucerna Hotel. The solution was yucky for both tests!

YAY! Happy for you and you're on the road to recovery.

Hotel Ticuan also had hard beds, the hospital had better beds.

I knew you would love Dr. Garcia and the Hospital MI Doctor. We had a great experience there just last week also. We loved the nurses there, they are so sweet. Hospital's not fancy, but clean and they have everything you need to take good care of you. We must have to pay so much extra here in the US for all the fancy art work and sculptures. Ya think?

Have a safe trip home and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Congrats! Get some rest and have a speedy recovery!

Congratulations.......So glad that you choose Dr Garcia. I can not say enough good things about him and his surgical staff. Also the staff at Hospital Mi was excellent and I have to agree with you that it is small but they had everything that I needed in a hospital. I also agree with your comment on the clean, clean, clean. I have worked at several hospitals in my career in the medical field and this beat any of the hospitals that I worked at in the US.

I am glad that you are feeling better and agree that the liquid was bad. Especially that last blue stuff that I had to drink.

I stayed at Hotel Pueblo Amigo and was also very satisfied. Also the driver to and from the airport was excellent.

I look forward to hearing about your progress......best to you.

So glad everything went well.This makes me feel good that when i get my funds together i may choose Dr Garcia

I wish I could get more comfortable. I keep waking up fixing my pillows. I had a great shower last night. I can deal with the gas.

On a funnier note: my husband was in the bathroom tearing it down and I was actually jealous of how easy it was for him to poop. Lol. Yes jealous of poop. I'm laughing at myself on that one.

so glad to hear everything went well with you..I am even more excited for my date to get here I have 13 more days to my sleeve surgery with Dr. Garcia...Thanks for posting..Have a safe trip home...

So glad that things went well for you with Dr Garcia. His entire surgical team were the best. Also the hospital nurses, drivers etc were so great. I would recommend him to anyone out there. Keep me posted on your surgery and your progress. Oh and congratulations on your new life.

My new life. I like how that sounds.

Congrats!!! Remember, each day gets better!!! Speedy recovery!!!

Well, I'm glad so many of us agree that Dr. Garcia and the Hospital MI Doctor were great and the hospital was not "disgusting" like someone receintly wrote. That posting lost business for them and that's just not fair. Some people are just plain difficult and you can't please all the people all the time. But to lie and say the place was dirty and "disgusting" well that's just not right.

I know what you mean about the poop Rahnava. When you gots nothing to poop, you just can't poop. Just be careful because the pain meds can constipate you. Hope you can keep up with your Water intake as that will help.

You going home tomorrow? I hope the driver didn't get sick. When we took us to the airport last Friday we both had colds. I gave it to my son who we saw later that day so we had germs.

Take good care and congrats on your successful surgery.

I'm going home. I miss my kids and my bed. This was great I just need some family time. Those street vendors got on my last nerve.

I would send my family to dr Garcia. It's sad how words hurt people who don't deserve it. I think having someone who knew Spanish with me helped. They spoke enough English to take care of me.

I can't wait to get home to see the video of my new stomach. I have a picture of the old one too. I will share soon.