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My Experience With Dr. Garcia And Associates

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2bsmallagain    156

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I want to start by saying my experience was a roller coaster of emotion for me. My husband and I drove to San Diego and parked our car at the border station parking (very nice place with 24 hr surveillance and cheap). I had all this time to starve and watch my husband eat as well as see all the billboards with food on them. I had to remind myself this was not going to keep me from eating just slow down the amount to a healthy level. Samual Sr. (he is very nice) picked us up and took us to the Marriott (which is amazing I might add). He checked us in and we had a great night sleep before the next day surgery. All the surgery girls met in the lobby that morning about 9:30 to catch a ride in the hotel van to the Mi Doctor Hospital. The night before surgery we were visited by our coordinators (2 of them) in our room to make sure we did not need anything. They were very attentive and nice to us. At the hospital we got all of our blood work done (I am a hard stick and Hannah got it on the first try). We were visited by 4 doctors including Dr. Garcia, Dr. Cabrerra which is the anesthesiologist, an internal medicine doctor (who had the sleeve 2 years ago) and another MD that works for Dr. Garcia. The history taken was very thorough and we waited for our blood work to process before we were to proceed with the surgery.

THEN I HAD THE SURGERY!!!!!

After surgery I felt no pain at the incision sight just sore throat and gas pain in my shoulder. If you keep walking the gas will subside and it gets much better. Were kept our IV for 2 1/2 days and had two leak tests after surgery to make sure we were good to drink some gatorade. We also received a care package before surgery with chap stick, ear plugs, and mouth swabs for dry mouth. The coordinators were there onsight for anything we needed. Their office is on the 2nd floor of the hospital. I love all these doctors I saw all four everyday of my stay. We were released on Wednesday to our hotel with another bag of goodies like antacid, pain meds, antibiotics, DVD of our leak test, and a folder with everything we need to know about our diet along with phone numbers and emails of the doctors and coordinators.

MY STAY WAS AMAZING! I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED AS WELL AS I WAS THERE!

Congratulations to everyone that goes there because you made the best choice possible!!

Any questions I will answer the best I can.

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lulugirl    20

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Glad to hear all went well. did your husband get to stay in the hospital room with you ?

I'm scheduled with Dr Garcia in July. Getting anxious & nervous!

Hope you are feeling good..

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Cmani    10

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Thank you Thank you for this post! Put my mind at ease! So glad you are doing good! Congrats and can't wait to join you on the losers bench!

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2bsmallagain    156

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Glad to hear all went well. did your husband get to stay in the hospital room with you ?

I'm scheduled with Dr Garcia in July. Getting anxious & nervous!

Hope you are feeling good..

Yes he did. They put a bed in my room for him. He ate like a king at the hospital restaurant. They have great food and so does the hotel restaurant. Do not be nervous just excited it will be the best thing you do.

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2bsmallagain    156

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Thank you Thank you for this post! Put my mind at ease! So glad you are doing good! Congrats and can't wait to join you on the losers bench!

No problem. It was a great experience. The gas pain is not fun but it will go away when you walk. The more you walk the better you feel I promise you that. You are in good hands I promise.

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2bsmallagain    156

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I did leave out the EKG before surgery. Sorry it slipped my mind. It was a whirlwind day with lots of emotion.

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ShoeLover    141

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Congratulations! Welcome to the loser's bench....let me scoot over and make room.....lol

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FatGirlSlim    115

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Thanks for sharing your story!!!! Every time I read a review about dr Garcia I feel confident in my decision to go to him!!!!

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andkel30    57

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Congrats!!!!! On your surgery your experience sounds like mine..... Dr Garcia is a great Doc and has a great staff.....

Hey Shoelover!!!!! How's it going???

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2bsmallagain    156

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Thanks for sharing your story!!!! Every time I read a review about dr Garcia I feel confident in my decision to go to him!!!!

Be very confident in your decision because it is the best you could make and will change your life. I have already lost 17.2 lbs at 6 days post op!! It is crazy!!

Thank you shoelover and andkel30!! Thanks for making room lol!!

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Laura Craft Anderson    17

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Congrats!!!! I have surgery on Friday! Did you have a drain tube?

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pooh    31

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Which place in Mexico did everyone go to or where is everyone going to get it done..i request for June 19th.

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2bsmallagain    156

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Yes I had a drain tube. I think it helps with the swelling and it is painless to remove.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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