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nurseghana    167

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I just want everyone to know I had a great conversation with Dr garcia I appreciate him taking his time out to give me a call my surgery is not until2/2013 I had many questions and he answered all of them now I know I have chosen the right doctor

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Threetimesacharm    1,400

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I had my surgery with him on Sept 10th. He is absolutely a master at his craft. His nurses are very professional and no worries you will be well cared for. The wait for surgery must be tough though....................................

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muffintop    62

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I just want everyone to know I had a great conversation with Dr garcia I appreciate him taking his time out to give me a call my surgery is not until2/2013 I had many questions and he answered all of them now I know I have chosen the right doctor

You have the patience of a saint... It feels like forever for me and I'm next month! Honestly though it would of made more sense financially to put it off for me but I'm very spontaneous!

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nurseghana    167

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I had my surgery with him on Sept 10th. He is absolutely a master at his craft. His nurses are very professional and no worries you will be well cared for. The wait for surgery must be tough though....................................

I have heard all the good things about him when we chat on the phone he made me feel like everything will go well

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Livinglifeout    217

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And he is just as nice in person:)

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jh5497    105

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He is a phenomenal surgeon! You will get treated just as great when you are in Tijuana by all the staff!

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nurseghana    167

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He is a phenomenal surgeon! You will get treated just as great when you are in Tijuana by all the staff!

Thanks

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I had surgery with him on 8/31. I was doing absolutely phenomenal, and then one day I woke up with a few stomach pains, it kind of felt like my whole stomach was on fire. I waitied for it to go away, and when it was not gone the next day, I emailed him. He emailed me right back and asked me for the number where I could be reached right then. He had Dr. Velazco call me. It turned out I just had an over abundance of acid when I was first transitioning to "food". But I thought it was awesome that they will still take the time out to email and call even after you leave. i find that he and his staff are exceptional. Anyone going there will receive excellent care and definitely be in good hands.

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AngelEyesInNJ    187

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I just want everyone to know I had a great conversation with Dr garcia I appreciate him taking his time out to give me a call my surgery is not until2/2013 I had many questions and he answered all of them now I know I have chosen the right doctor

That is awesome!! :D

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nurseghana    167

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Yes I know was very impressed that he called

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Good to know he called you. It seems weird to only go through the coordinators. I am a little worried about my latex allergy, but I think I can wait to talk to him when I get there.

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AngelEyesInNJ    187

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Good to know he called you. It seems weird to only go through the coordinators. I am a little worried about my latex allergy, but I think I can wait to talk to him when I get there.

I would ask about it now just incase there is something you may need to bring with you that they don't have such as non-latex items ( I don't see that happening but I always take precautions when I can). :)

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nurseghana    167

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Good to know he called you. It seems weird to only go through the coordinators. I am a little worried about my latex allergy' date=' but I think I can wait to talk to him when I get there.[/quote']

I am a nurse and I had so many things tha t I need to ask him if I was you I will ask all be for I get there

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I agree! He is a wonderful caring doctor!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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