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.

Glad to know it was painless! Do you see the Dr. Gracia or any of the other dr.s after you leave the hospital?

No. I had my surgery on Monday. I did not leave the hospital until mid day on Wednesday. You stay in the hotel for two more nights and if you need them you have contact info. They also send you home with all the info you need to take care of your incisions and contact info for questions. They send you home with bandages for your incisions also.

Thanks for all the info

Thanks for all the info

No problem.

I had surgery with Dr. García on Thursday. I also had a drain tube. Id just want everyone to be aware that if it hurts when they pull, tell them to stop!

Mine got twisted into a knot and it hurt like a Bit• h. They tried a few more times to get it out and even called in one of the doctors.... No luck. Finally they got Dr. García and he numbed me up with a ton of lidocaine. There were 7 people in my room trying to figure out what had happened. After the numbing medication kicked in, he pulled and it did NOT hurt.

That is really good to know.