Hi all,

I am scheduled for surgery on April 20th with Dr. Corvala at Hopital Angeles. I have a BMI of 50. In the last week I've lost 13 pounds on this liquid diet, and I have another week to go. My question is, if you have a similar situation, how long were you in the hospital? I've been told to expect 5 days in the hospital and 2 in the hotel. Does this sound right to you? I don't want to stay in Mexico any longer than I have to. I would much rather come back to San Diego and get a hotel. Just wondering what other peoples experiences have been. Thanks, Lara

That sounds like a very long time in the hospital. My BMI was 48. I was sleeved by Dr's Cabrera and Valenzuela at Mi Doctor hospital, Cabrera and Valenzuela are among the many great doctors who were trained by Corvala by the way... I was in the hospital for two nights.. and honestly, I probably didn't even need that second night.

I've never heard of a routine 5 day hospital stay for VSG.. I think the Duodenal switch may have a five day stay in some cases, but I've never seen anyone who stayed that long unless they had complications.

That's kind of what I thought. I bought insurance on my flights. I'm hopefull I will have an experience similar to yours and be able to come home a couple of days early. Thanks for the reply!

Lara,

How long you need to stay is dependant upon your surgeons assessment of your specific health needs and so cannot really be compared with someone else. Discuss this with your surgeon, I know it might seem to be a pain having to stay in a few more days but better that than developing problems without that specialist medical support on hand.

Also, best check that your travel/health insurance is valid if you travel against medical advice.

Good luck!

I had my surgery on Saturday. I am being released from Hospital Angeles tomorrow with Dr. Corvala's blessing to fly home Wednesday. I'm feeling very good. The first day

I had gas pains in my left shoulder, but other than that no real pain or nausea. All in all its been a great experience so far!

My BMI was 49.9 lol and I spent 2 days in the hospital and 2 days touring the area around the Lucerna and that was plenty. Unless your surgeon has a reason anymore than 2 days in any hospital would just be too much for me. I spent 2 days for my csection and that is a MUCH worse operation (times a zillion lol).

Hospital Angeles with dr Corvala is letting me stay one day pre op and four days post op at the hospital(i.e. not a hotel room). I have a bmi of 44. that is one of the reasons i'm going with hospital angeles as I will be in TJ all alone and believe I may need some nursing help with the recovery in the first few days.