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Amberlydw8    41

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My husband and I are Board Certified Family Practice physicians. We researched surgeons meticulously. We asked to see the CV's (resumes). Obesity Control Center has 2 surgeons' date=' 1 Internal Medicine/Critical Care physician, Dr. Miranda is a physician/nutritionist, and 2 anesthesiologists. We both selected Obesity Control Center. We elected to have the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. The surgery was literally the easiest thing I have ever done. The pain was minimal. I had no nausea. We were very satisfied with our care. Dr. Ortiz has preformed hundreds of these surgeries.

Our daughter had the sleeve in Michigan by a highly recommended and she much more pain/nausea than we had.

I would suggest that you look closely at OCC. The decision is yours. You must select a surgeon that you have full confidence in and then proceed.

Good luck

Let us know where you decide to go and how your experience was.[/quote']

Thanks for jusr re conferming my choice. I have already booked with OCC. I'm so excited I have heard so many great things about their care and service there. I get sleeved on march 11th and am really looking forward to it :) thanks again for all the support from my friends here...

Wish me luck, this is just the begining... :)

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schavez2010    32

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I will be sleeved march 7, with dr Fernando Garcia. Its 4700. You put down $500 and pay the rest when you are there. I'm going thru Ready4Achange.< img src="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png" alt=":)" srcset="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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mwkuester    2

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I had the Sleeve with Dr. Ortiz on 1/28/2013. I have been following him for the last 10 years (took me that long to finally decide to do it) I will tell you that it was the best decision I have ever made and would NEVER go anywhere else. He is the BEST! If you need ANYTHING they will take care of it for you. I stayed at the Marriott and it was VERY comfortable. The day I had it there was a Dr from the Bahamas getting it done, two RN's from Canada getting it done and 3 other people from all over the country. He is the best and I would recommend ANYONE go to him. I have 4 other friends that have gone to him because I recommended it to them and we all have had no adverse reactions or problems. GREAT PLACE TO GO!

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Amberlydw8    41

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I had the Sleeve with Dr. Ortiz on 1/28/2013. I have been following him for the last 10 years (took me that long to finally decide to do it) I will tell you that it was the best decision I have ever made and would NEVER go anywhere else. He is the BEST! If you need ANYTHING they will take care of it for you. I stayed at the Marriott and it was VERY comfortable. The day I had it there was a Dr from the Bahamas getting it done' date=' two RN's from Canada getting it done and 3 other people from all over the country. He is the best and I would recommend ANYONE go to him. I have 4 other friends that have gone to him because I recommended it to them and we all have had no adverse reactions or problems. GREAT PLACE TO GO![/quote']

Thanks so much for posting this. I am scheduled for surgery march 11th and despite feeling comfortable about my choice in Dr Ortiz it is so nice to see it re confirmed by those of you who have already gone to him... thanks so much...

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MrsPiggleWiggle    65

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Hi Amber! I'm also from the Seattle area, also had a great dr. picked out, and then my insurance denied me. I also chose to go w/ OCC!!!! I know we both are in great hands!!!! I'll be there April 8. When are you planning on going?

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Amberlydw8    41

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Hi Amber! I'm also from the Seattle area' date=' also had a great dr. picked out, and then my insurance denied me. I also chose to go w/ OCC!!!! I know we both are in great hands!!!! I'll be there April 8. When are you planning on going?[/quote']

I will be there on march 11. Let's keep in touch. Ill be about 4 Weeks out when you head over. We can keep each other encouraged... :)

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happydaisy    48

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Used Dr. Aceves in Mexico. Included 1 night in hotel and 3 nights in hospital. Good experience. $8750. plus airfare. They pick you up at airport and take you back.

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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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      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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        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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