I decided that I would be more comfortable in the hospital, so I switched from Almanza and am going with Lopez (who I believe works with Garcia). Anyone have surgery with him? I haven't seen any reports one way or the other.

I had my surgery w/ Dr Lopez on 6/11. What would you like to know?

Thanks missmachine. I actually had my surgery with him on the 13th. We probably crossed paths. I'm struggling with my intake a little now as I get so nauseated by broth and I can't stomach tea.

Literally! Yeah I spent 3 days in the hospital because I had a fever. Went back to the hotel on Thursday and back home on Friday. How did your surgery go? I really liked the Dr.

Literally! Yeah I spent 3 days in the hospital because I had a fever. Went back to the hotel on Thursday and back home on Friday. How did your surgery go? I really liked the Dr.

Both of you!! Please tell me about how everything went! I am having a really hard time finding info on this Dr. And I just can't ignore his low price for vsg! I am sooo curious about how others recoveries are going. What did the hospital look like? How are u feeling now post op? Any complications during or after?

Btw miss.... Sorry for the quote, my cell has mind of its own

I had a really good experience overall. I really liked the Dr Lopez, his wife (also a surgeon who assists him in the op room), and the rest of his staff. Here is some info about my experience:

We arrived at the San Diego airport and was picked up by a driver named Samuel. He was very friendly and loaded our bags for us and drove us to the Marriott about 15-20 mins away in Tijuana.

When we arrived at the hotel everyone greeted us, knew English, and they had our reservation booked already. The hotel was VERY nice! I was given a welcome packet and inside there was a letter from the clinic which stated I would get 3 free cups of broth, 2 free popsicles, and 2 free bottles of Water per day. Then we went to our room and took a long nap.

Someone named Jasmine who worked with the Dr stopped by and explained that we would be picked up the next morning at 7am with a group of other patients (who were also getting surgery done by Dr Lopez) by Samuel and brought to INT Hospital.

The next morning he was there 7am sharp and I got to meet and talk to the other patients on the way. We arrived at the hospital and it was very nice and clean. We were all put in our own rooms after just a couple minutes of arrival. I changed into a gown and did pre op testing, had an IV placed, and was told i would have surgery at 3 or 4 pm. The nurses at the hospital did not speak very good English, so it is helpful if you know a little bit of Spanish so you can communicate some of your basic needs easier. Still though, they were all very helpful and sweet. Dr Lopez came in and talked to me, asked if I had any questions, etc. Then they came early, at 12 pm they came to get me for surgery. I was put to sleep very quickly. I woke up from recovery after 4 hours. I have never had surgery, I woke up in a panic because I was extremely short of breath. After that I was brought to my room, given really good pain meds and a breathing treatment, and went back to sleep.

The next day I was taken for a leak test and X-ray. I got to see my sleeve but it was sort of hard to tell how big it was. I had no leaks.

I ended up getting a fever and I seemed to be in more pain than anyone else I came in with. They all left the hospital fairly soon but I stayed 3 nights. I also have asthma and was having a really hard time breathing. Dr Lopez checked on me every morning and sometimes in the evening to see how I was doing.

Btw, I never once felt unsafe being in Tijuana.

I suppose since I'm still recovering (only 10 days out) something could still go wrong with the sleeve but it's probably unlikely. I'm grateful I have no leaks and the sleeve seems to be doing its job. I am still having some breathing issues, and one of my incisions is taking forever to heal. It's the biggest one and right in the middle. They told me since there is more fat right there it is taking longer.

Sorry, I didn't mean to press send yet.

Anyway, I was brought back to the hotel after my 3 day/ 3 night stay at the hospital. One of Dr Lopez surgical assistants came to my room that evening to remove my drain. That was painful! The next morning we were picked up by Samuel to go back to the airport.

Like I said the others that had their surgery by Dr Lopez seemed to be doing very well. One woman had DS surgery and went home the next day... Not even to the hotel - home! One woman did come in for a revision from the band to RnY, but she had too much scar tissue and erosion, the Dr could not do her surgery yet so she will be coming back at a later time.

All in all I would do it again. Probably going to go back to MX for new boobs and tummy tuck when I'm done. :-)

My experience wasn't too bad with Dr. Lopez. I met him in the hallway when I was paying, he shook my hand when Jasmine introduced us, and then I never heard from him again. I was pulled from our group that morning before anyone else (around 7:30a) and told I would be having my surgery second (someone was having some other kind of surgery). They took me back to the pre-op area, gowned me up, put in my IV, etc. While I was waiting there all of the nurses came running in in a panic and started grabbing supplies. After all the commotion died down, a doctor came in and told me that they had done a leak test on someone from the day earlier and discovered one so they had to do an emergency repair. From what I understand, everything turned out alright.

I had another doctor who spoke perfect English and the anesthesiologist who spoke great English as well visit me. They gave me a little something to relax until they were ready.

The actual surgery went great, no leaks. Nurses were great - but bring your phone and use Google Translator so you can tell them what you need. That worked great for us.

The only issue we had with aftercare seemed to be that I was getting too much pain meds. I had no pain so I finally told them to stop so I could wake up a little bit. After that I had no trouble. Moved over to the hotel with no trouble.

All in all, not a bad experience.

Doing great now.

Thanks

Thank you both for sharing! Do either of you mind telling me how you booked your surgery?

I used alighterme.com

I'm using ready 4a change

Did anyone get the spider method

Ooooh I saw a video about that on YouTube, I didn't think they had it available

Dr Kelly's assist said he could go it and Dr Garcia could too but I don't think they have done any out if they have very few