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I appreciate all of you writing about your experiences.

I only plan on taking 1 person with me' date=' and he is there to support me after surgery. This is whether I stay in state or go to Mexico.

All I really care about is a skilled surgeon who has a record of minimal complications/deaths. And then, of course, communication.

I still haven't had a reply from them so I'm probably not going to keep begging for information. It isn't like they didn't get my email. They did. I got a reply saying I'd receive more info, but that was clearly a while ago now. Oh well. If it isn't meant to be, then you'll know. That's my mantra.[/quote']

Id hate for you to miss out on a great surgeon because of a communication issue. If you want to msg me your number, I'll text Omar personally. I just got done talking to him, today is his only day off :)

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I appreciate all of you writing about your experiences.

I only plan on taking 1 person with me' date=' and he is there to support me after surgery. This is whether I stay in state or go to Mexico.

All I really care about is a skilled surgeon who has a record of minimal complications/deaths. And then, of course, communication.

I still haven't had a reply from them so I'm probably not going to keep begging for information. It isn't like they didn't get my email. They did. I got a reply saying I'd receive more info, but that was clearly a while ago now. Oh well. If it isn't meant to be, then you'll know. That's my mantra.[/quote']

Id hate for you to miss out on a great surgeon because of a communication issue. If you want to msg me your number, I'll text Omar personally. I just got done talking to him, today is his only day off :)

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No' date=' it wasn't what sunny said. It was how it was said. When I read her 1st post about the other family it reads like Omar was being overused. Period. And the blame was solely placed on another family. And not worded in any nice way. We forget that when we type things out nobody knows the author's intent and I can see why it was offensive[/quote']

No read again, she listed out everything Omar was doing which included 3 then 4 families. He was being run into the ground so to speak because there was so much going on with everybody. The girl with extra people just felt like it was directed torwards her because she had x-tea people. It was not.

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"A few days later, there was a lady who came that brought 3 family members with her, and Omar was run into the ground" (followed by a list of everything Omar was doing, which looked as of it was all BC of the lady with the extra ppl)

Like I said, it was the WAY she worded this. It hurt that woman's feelings. And instead of anyone being nice to her she got run off. Which is what too many ppl on this forum do.

By the woman's post u could tell she was upset and offended and then instead of a real apology ppl kept dumping on her about how she was taking it wrong.

Right then someone could have explained that sunny was not just referring to her, but to everyone etc. but like always it didn't happen.

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Ok ok...I think we ALL need to let it go!!! Benin is REALLY not going to want to pick a doctor with all of this off the course bickering. Everything in these forums are OPINIONS, and we are now off the original question!!!

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KeepingMySoul' date=' have you talked to Dr. Kelly or Omar and given this feedback? Please do. They are running such a small family business and feedback, good or bad, helps them make improvements. If they need to hire someone else, then they need to know that...[/quote']

I told Omar my complaints before we left. He did apologize, and hopefully their operation will be better organized in the future. I understand that it will take some time for them to fine tune their operation, but I wish my expectations and experience were different.

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What some of you may or may not know' date=' is Dr Kelly is still recovering from major coordinator bashing, so he (and Omar) are reluctant to tell people no. if extra family is coming, it shouldnt have any bearing on the Dr or his assistant. It should be up to the people coming to take care of themselves! The package accomodates one extra, and acting as a tour guide isnt part of the deal for the extras people bring. Omar is very kind and accommodating, and sometimes its to a fault, he is only human lol. The way I thought if it was, this is not a mini vacation, this is a life saving/changing procedure, and if I had nothing more than the surgery, aftercare, and hotel stay I would still have received more than my moneys worth. I wouldnt worry about my support person being bored, its not about them, theres a tv, books and games they can play to krrp them occupied; and if that's an issue for anyone, then leave them home or have them get a hotel at their own expense. and this isnt directed towards you directly, you will have a great surgery, and isnt that what this whole deal is about? End of rant[/quote']

I agree!

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"A few days later' date=' there was a lady who came that brought 3 family members with her, and Omar was run into the ground" (followed by a list of everything Omar was doing, which looked as of it was all BC of the lady with the extra ppl)

Like I said, it was the WAY she worded this. It hurt that woman's feelings. And instead of anyone being nice to her she got run off. Which is what too many ppl on this forum do.

By the woman's post u could tell she was upset and offended and then instead of a real apology ppl kept dumping on her about how she was taking it wrong.

Right then someone could have explained that sunny was not just referring to her, but to everyone etc. but like always it didn't happen.[/quote']

With all do respect, sonny was simply stating the sequence of events. The woman with 3 family members arrived last, therefor was listed last followed by how busy Omar was. I suppose she could have said a woman came with 3 family members and before her there were 3 of us already there. So then it could have been our fault. The point is it was nobody's fault. There were a lot of us and he was busy. And Sonny did express that she didn't mean for her words to bash anybody practically immediately. She has no reason to apologize for people being sensative to something they misread.

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Just a side note, your choosing a dr and his small family business. It is personal and professional. As business is picking up, they have help coming for extra hands as we speak. The care you get weather you take one person or more is amazing. More demands, means more work..and its nothing any other bigger agency would do or a us doctor. He took time to bring me back to San Diego during a holiday weekend and we spent hours talking, what a amazing dr and man.

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Just caught the end of this thread because I was yahooing Dr. Kelly. It directed me to "alighterme" but no mention of the doc on that sight. If someone were to fill out the info request on alighterme sight it is doubtful that Dr. Kelly to Omar would even get the message. Much better to use the phone.

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Just caught the end of this thread because I was yahooing Dr. Kelly. It directed me to "alighterme" but no mention of the doc on that sight. If someone were to fill out the info request on alighterme sight it is doubtful that Dr. Kelly to Omar would even get the message. Much better to use the phone.

Yes! DO NOT contact alighterme with regatd to Dr Kelly. He is not affiliated with them at all. They just use his image to trick his potential patients into booking with them, all the while, they will set you up with one of their contracted drs. I dpoke with Dr k about this, and he said he'd need to start legal action

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Yes! DO NOT contact alighterme with regatd to Dr Kelly. He is not affiliated with them at all. They just use his image to trick his potential patients into booking with them' date=' all the while, they will set you up with one of their contracted drs. I dpoke with Dr k about this, and he said he'd need to start legal action[/quote']

Yes this is accurate information.

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I have been in contact with Omar several times since Sunday. After calling him (due to problems with my computer emailing) he immediately emailed me information. He texted to follow-up on a couple of questions I had. However, when I tried to email back my email was rejected. I finally emailed my information to his alternate email address. I would highly suggest calling. He is extremely friendly and helpful. I am always leary about putting my phone number out there due to sales pressure, unwanted calls, etc. I have not had any regret calling them.

Good luck.

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Sorry to hear about all the problems. What I can tell you is that Dr. Kelly is the most awesome doctor and I would put up with a lot of inconveniences to have him operate on anyone I know that needed the surgery. My daughter is thinking about having it done and Dr. Kelly is the only choice we would consider. She was with me when I had mine done, she met him, loved him, and she sees what a great recovery and success I've had. He is the best!

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