I have my surgery scheduled with Dr Kelly on March 9th. I am not sleeping well and so nervous about how everything will go. I haven't even had the surgery and I'm stressing about the 10 hour journey back home. I really wish I could afford to fly first class! Also, has anyone asked for the anti-nausea patch that they can put behind your ear before surgery? It really helped when I had my gallbladder out. I'm also really worried that they wont have someone skilled enough to place my IV at Florence Hosp. To say I am a hard stick is an understatment. No wonder I cant sleep!lol

I have my surgery with Dr. Kelly on the 15th of March, so I will be right behind you. I am nervous as well, not so much about the Dr., but definitely about the hospital, nurses, etc. I don't know, everyone I have seen has so far said pretty positive things about the hospital, so I am hopeful. The thing about first class...I actually did two one way tickets, so i am flying coach down there, but back to Seattle first class. Your flight is longer so I don't know if it would be cheaper that way, but it worked for me, and I am thankful as I am also nervous about my much shorter flight.

Keep in touch, it would be great to have a buddy with a surgery date so close!

I will let you know how it goes so you know what to expect! I am so lucky that my sister is traveling with me and getting sleeved also!

I am scheduled for end of March. Will be looking to you guys to tell me how it went and what I need to know!

Im scheduled for March 27th with Dr. Garcia. I am so excited. I can't wait to be able to fit in a chair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm leaving for Tijuana on March 1st, and being sleeved with Dr. Almanza on the 2nd. My nerves are getting the best of me the past few days, so I've been spending most of my time in the gym to get my mind off of it all. I'm going solo, and my fiance is scared out of his mind (he's staying behind with the kids). His uneasiness isn't helping me much. HELP!

Glad it isn't just me!! I am a ball of nerves about my surgery! I am scheduled for March 20 and its on my mind allllll the time. I don't have a flight to contend with afterward but I'm still nervous about the whole process and recovery. I'm so glad to have VST because we are all going through the same feelings and things.

Who was your coordinator.i was going to be using christi but she just emailed me and said that she no longer works with Dr. Kelly which is who i want to schedule with she said this:

I would be more than happy to assist you in your weight loss journey. Unfortunately, I no longer represent Dr. Kelly as a surgeon. I have had numerous complaints from patients of being charged for things they were not supposed to be charged for. In November, I personally coordinated 11 patients for Dr.Kelly, of those 10 of them were charged extra for hotels, additional surgical costs and hotels the night before their surgeries that were supposed to be provided in their surgical packages. I am not saying anything against his surgical ability, but I could not in good conscience send patients to him and have him pull out whatever additional charges he feels like for that day. It was not what I want to represent and he had no intention of changing this practice, there have been other issues as well on the business side

Anyone else hear of this? This had been through a lighter me. I need to find a new coordinator i guess because i would only feel comfortable with Dr. Kelly doing my surgery.

I haven't heard of anyone being overcharged! I am going thru Trish but she is not scheduling for him anymore. From what I understand he now has his own staff and wife co-ordinating for him. Cutting out the middle man! You can reach Dr Kelly directly by phone or email.

I emailed Dr. Kelly regarding this and to say he was offended is putting it mildly. I think that he had a patient recently who had additional charges b/c of the higher than expected BMI, but the additional funds were paid to the hospital.

I am pretty confident he is telling the truth, but again, everyone has to make their own decision.