I got back 7 days ago from Piedras Negras Mexico where Dr. Alvarez did my surgery and he and his staff were awesome! Cost was 8750 this included 2 very nice hotels with continental breakfast, I took my best friend she didn't pay a dime! 1 hotel was Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Eagle Pass, TX and the other was Laquinta Inn and Suites in San Antonio the price included hospital stay, anesthesia and Dr. Fee! The only thing I and my bff had to pay for was plane ticket and passport plane ticket was 315 round trip with Delta and passport was 110! He and his staff were super! Home now and already down 7.8 lbs total since 10 day liquid diet down 16! They were awesome!

Great to hear you had such a good experience!

How is the pain levels? Are you still on pain meds or doing okay without?

Not taking any of my pain meds just acid blockers and that just feels like I'm starving but other than that its been a really easy surgery! Hope that helps!

Quick question how do I put a pic up? I'm using from my phone?

Congrats on having a great experience and weight loss so far!!! i know that you have to be very excited about starting your new journey.

If you are using ur phone, click the more button and go into your profile. It should be an option to edit and add a picture.

I'll be going to Dr. Alvarez too! Not sure in may or in June but i have been talking to Susan and she is great!! I'll be driving there since I am only 5 hours away. I am so excited!!

Thanks to both of you and I am enjoying every minute of it! Susie you will love it! Simply amazing!

Thanks Hun! I can't wait !!

Hi,

Congratulations and welcome to the world of being sleeved. You are going to just love it. It is a lived changed event that you will never regret your choice.

I was sleeved almost 4 years ago and have maintain my 105 pound weight loss. For me that has been the very best part of this. Not only did I lose the weight I have kept it off. I never think about being on a diet. I look at it as a life style change. I can live with this for the rest of my life and never feel deprived.

I am always out here if you have any questions. Keep doing all the good things that you are doing for yourself.

Hugs,

Suzanne

I got back 7 days ago from Piedras Negras Mexico where Dr. Alvarez did my surgery and he and his staff were awesome! Cost was 8750 this included 2 very nice hotels with continental breakfast, I took my best friend she didn't pay a dime! 1 hotel was Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Eagle Pass, TX and the other was Laquinta Inn and Suites in San Antonio the price included hospital stay, anesthesia and Dr. Fee! The only thing I and my bff had to pay for was plane ticket and passport plane ticket was 315 round trip with Delta and passport was 110! He and his staff were super! Home now and already down 7.8 lbs total since 10 day liquid diet down 16! They were awesome!

suzanne, i was gonna look this up seperately.. BUT.. since you have lost so much weight how is the excess skin? that seems widly personal.. i dont mean streatch marks, i mean hanging skin. I could stand to lose about 100 lbs and I am really worried about that..

I thought about doing this surgery awhile back and my dr. would not allow me to- because I was on a FDA regulated study for an experimental drug for a genetic disorder that i was born with and during this time i couldnt gain or lose weight with out risk of being thrown out of the study.. Any way.. Now that I have entered the 2nd part and less strict area of the study I was talking to him about losing weight and he said it would be okay. which shocked me..

I will have to be self pay and go to Mexico.. Ive never left the country or had surgery so I am a bit nervous. My husband seems on board and okay with this but as I am worried as well if there was a complication it would be awful since no Insurance would cover it. I took it as a welcomed sign that after my dr. said it would be ok I got an email from Alighterme (which i hadnt had one in over 6 months) about the surgery taking on a summer sale..

My luck if i booked it there wouldbe a hurricane..

wow a novel sorry,,

thanks

Hi,

I had to laugh because I write long things too. I do not have any hanging skin. I would love to have some plastic surgery on my face and neck, but this is because age has caught up with me. I am 66. I did have my eyes fixed but that was also because of my age.

I had been walking for about 5 years before I had surgery and I think that has helped me a lot. My arms are a little floppy, but again that may be age. I am working on some exercises for the arms too. I think a lot of my good luck with no hanging skins has to be good genes too. Everyone is a little different. I still walk about 4 to 5 miles 6 days a week. I have recently started doing some Pilate's and I love that too.

I will tell you I wasn't so sure about going to Mexico either--don't believe all the bad things people say about Mexico--so many Americans go there for their Health Care. I was very lucky and worked with a Nurse Practitioner who I trusted so much. She is the one who told me about Dr. Aceves and how wonderful he was. She had weight loss surgery. I trusted her, but she made me check things out for myself. Well, Dr Aceves's name kept coming up and I learned how Highly Qualified he is when it comes to weight loss surgery. So I knew without a doubt that I was going to go to him. I think his fee is about $8,750 for everything including a night in a 5 star hotel. That is the night before the surgery. You have to pay your own air fare and have a little spending money for dinner the night before the surgery. This fee includes the surgery, the staff, the test and blood work and all your aftercare--like sending you home with pain meds and anything else you will need for the first month.

I just never looked at this surgery and thought what if I get home and something goes wrong. I think differently and knew what great care my friend had received and I had the same kind of care. My PC doctor was so in favor of me going and she did any blood work I needed when I got home, and my insurance paid for it. Mexicali, is a very safe city to go to. His hospital is about 5 blocks away from the boarder.

The sleeve surgery has to be the best thing I have EVER done for myself. WLS has changed my entire life. I feel 20 years younger and I love everything about it.

If you have more questions please let me know. I am more than willing to help you with anything I can. There isn't anything that we can't talk about. I try to be as honest and open as I can be about this. This is not a magical cure, it does require work and effort on your part too.

Hugs,

Suzanne

Suzanne, i was gonna look this up separately.. BUT.. since you have lost so much weight how is the excess skin? that seems widely personal.. i dont mean stretch marks, i mean hanging skin. I could stand to lose about 100 lbs and I am really worried about that..

I thought about doing this surgery awhile back and my dr. would not allow me to- because I was on a FDA regulated study for an experimental drug for a genetic disorder that i was born with and during this time i couldn't gain or lose weight with out risk of being thrown out of the study.. Any way.. Now that I have entered the 2nd part and less strict area of the study I was talking to him about losing weight and he said it would be okay. which shocked me..

I will have to be self pay and go to Mexico.. Ive never left the country or had surgery so I am a bit nervous. My husband seems on board and okay with this but as I am worried as well if there was a complication it would be awful since no Insurance would cover it. I took it as a welcomed sign that after my Dr. said it would be OK I got an email from Alighterme (which i hadnt had one in over 6 months) about the surgery taking on a summer sale..

My luck if i booked it there wouldbe a hurricane..

wow a novel sorry,,

thanks

Suzanne where do you live? I like your attitude about "don't think about what if something goes wrong" because I honestly get a little hung up on that. Picturing myself going back to mexico with a leak because I can't afford the gazillion dollars it would cost me to be corrected here in the US. I love your positive attitude. Please keep us motivated.

My doctor said if a leak were going to occur it would in the first 2 days if it was gonna give u problems and ur still with the Dr on those 2 days so u should be awesome!

Hi,

I live in Eugene, OR. Thanks for the nice words. You have a great doctor and NOTHING is going to go wrong. I want you to stop being negative about this. I want you to think good things.

Hugs,

Suzanne

Suzanne where do you live? I like your attitude about "don't think about what if something goes wrong" because I honestly get a little hung up on that. Picturing myself going back to Mexico with a leak because I can't afford the gazillion dollars it would cost me to be corrected here in the US. I love your positive attitude. Please keep us motivated.