I am scheduled to have my sleeve done with Dr. Umbach and I am curious what experiences others on this forum have had with him and his office Blossom Bariatrics?

Marinamouse how are you feeling 5 days later?

Dr Umbach was my doctor - almost 3 years ago. Great doctor - very knowledgeable and confident. My mother-in-law was a surgical nurse for many years. I told her that if at the last minute she didn't approve of him, I would back out. After talking with him and asking him questions at my pre-op, she was "Yep! He's doing your surgery". I knew I had found a good doctor! He even called my husband after the surgery (he stayed home with the kids) to let him know everything had gone well.

Besides that ... what doctor do you know that gives you his personal cell phone number & actually takes his calls? Loved that!

On your way to a brand new you. 5 days out and I feel great. Wonderful. I'm sleepy more often but that's nothing. I'm down a total of 18 lbs today. Woot. Your making a great decision for yourself.

Tzepeda, the last message was for you. Congrats and good stuff baby, good stuff.

Dr. Umbach and his staff were great yesterday. They made me laugh right up to the moment that I went under yesterday. I feel great with the exception of terrible gas pain in my shoulders. My stomach has zero pain!!!

I had terrible gas too but putting a heating pad where it hurts for about 30 minutes really helped me. glad you're doing so well!

Tzepeda glad to hear you are doing so well!

Dr. Umbach and his staff were great yesterday. They made me laugh right up to the moment that I went under yesterday. I feel great with the exception of terrible gas pain in my shoulders. My stomach has zero pain!!!

Tzepeda I just wanted to check in with you to see how you are doing and what your journey has been like so far?

Do you think his price is still $10400.00? Did that cover everything or were there any hidden fees? I can't decide on going to las vegas or cancun. I just wish I could get over being so nervous about mexico. My biggest concern is something going wrong after surgery and being back home. What do you do then?

His price is still $10400 as long as you pay cash. $11000 if you pay by credit card. It does include everything. You can also purchase BLIS insurance that cover you for a certain amount of time for most post op complications. I'm not sure if BLIS covers surgeons in Mexico. But you can check on the website to see what surgeons are covered.

I live in the Vegas area and went to Mexico for my surgery. My surgeon has much more experience than the Vegas surgeons and it was much cheaper. I hadn't heard of anyone having complications and I didn't have any either. Insurance will cover your follow-up and they don't need to know where your surgery was anyway. My PCP is following me with no problem. Actually I've only been once for a one-month follow up and I go back for a 6-month appt.

Hello. I am having surgery with Dr. Umbach on April 3rd. It was nice to read comments from others who have gone to him. Thanks for sharing!

Had surgery Feb 27th and Dr Umbach and the staff at Blossom are the very best, I just had my follow-up visit with last Wed and I'm back on regular food...all I can say is this is the best thing I've ever did for myself... Best of luck

Edited March 8, 201412 yr by TD Pride

Nice to hear this from our two recent posters. Just to let you know, I am over two and half years post surgery, have great restriction and am still maintaining my goal weight. I think Dr Umbach did a great job on me and I'm sure the same will hold true for both if you.

I too am in Vegas. My Dr is Lyass