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I had my surgery March 13th byDr Fernando Garcia, he is the greatest surgeon! I felt safe in his hands during the surgery.The hardest thing to deal with was the darn drain.Right now I am downstairs in the marriot in the computer room. I highly recommend Dr Garcia. Also recommend staying at the marriot in Tijuana they treat you like royalty here. :wub:

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congrats! hope you have a speedy recovery!

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So glad to hear!!! Congrats lotti!!!!

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I had my surgery March 13th byDr Fernando Garcia' date=' he is the greatest surgeon! I felt safe in his hands during the surgery.The hardest thing to deal with was the darn drain.Right now I am downstairs in the marriot in the computer room. I highly recommend Dr Garcia. Also recommend staying at the marriot in Tijuana they treat you like royalty here. :wub:[/quote']

Congrats I had my surgery with him too 2/27/13 let me know if u need anything

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Hey... So good to hear from you!! I will be there next week!! Any suggestions or recommendations for those going after you??

I hope your doing great!!

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My biggest recommendation is to ASK for what you want. They don't just bring you drinks you have to ask for them. Also I went by myself so when just out of surgery and I was still very tired and not wanting to walk a lot, I asked the nurse to come and remind me to walk. Which she did gladly. Also you sometimes have to ASK what is going on, what you can have, what's happening next, etc.

If your drain does not have a clip ask for one so you can clip to your clothes so it does not swing.. when it swings around it kind of hurts.

Bring earplugs. The traffic outside is loud and they're constantly honking their horns.

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mine is with Dr. Lopez and Ortiz, did you meet either of them? or meet anyone who had them as surgeons??? I'm starting to really get nervous!!! I am glad all went well for you, mine will also be at Mi hospital and I will be stayin at the Marriott...

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My biggest recommendation is to ASK for what you want. They don't just bring you drinks you have to ask for them. Also I went by myself so when just out of surgery and I was still very tired and not wanting to walk a lot' date=' I asked the nurse to come and remind me to walk. Which she did gladly. Also you sometimes have to ASK what is going on, what you can have, what's happening next, etc.

If your drain does not have a clip ask for one so you can clip to your clothes so it does not swing.. when it swings around it kind of hurts.

Bring earplugs. The traffic outside is loud and they're constantly honking their horns.

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Where are you girl??? I've been trying to find you in this hotel! Dr. Luna is coming today to remove my staples and not sure what time he is coming so i was asked to not leave the hotel...great...i'm in room 202. Call me and we can walk the halls together!!!! Yes, everyone remember to ask for what you want like Water, juice etc once you are cleared to have them after the leak test. The horn honking was ridiculous so ear plugs!!!!!

~sarah

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Where are you girl??? I've been trying to find you in this hotel! Dr. Luna is coming today to remove my staples and not sure what time he is coming so i was asked to not leave the hotel...great...i'm in room 202. Call me and we can walk the halls together!!!! Yes, everyone remember to ask for what you want like Water, juice etc once you are cleared to have them after the leak test. The horn honking was ridiculous so ear plugs!!!!!

~sarah

Sarah, I'm just jumping in the shower now.. Peeeewwwwwww, I'm a stinky, stinky girl... and Then I'll be up to collect you for our rounds!

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Hi Ladies - the horn honking are the people in line waiting to cross the border. I was in room 303 at Mi hospital the last couple days and it was crazy.

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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.

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        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.

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