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I finally made a decision on my surgeon.... After 3 years of researching and reading stories, talking to numerous coordinators and surgeons, I have picked Dr. Zavalza. This had to of been the most stressful part of this entire process. It's already scary enough leaving the country alone, but to pick a surgeon and hope and pray he's a good one! In the beginning I paid a deposit it have surgery with Dr. Lopez and Osuna, but chickened out and got my money back. I continued reading stories and then decided that I would go with Dr. Garcia. He had soooo many positive reviews, and I was interested in the single incision surgery. After talking with a bariatric surgeon here in Houston I realized I didn't really need to spend the extra money on the single incision when a lot of people say the other scars are hardly even noticeable. So I was all prepared to go with Dr. Garcia when I saw that bariatric pal had some specials going on. I looked over the surgeons and I knew Dr. Ponce had great reviews, and he used to be around 6k when I first started researching all of this. Then I saw Dr. Zavalza and he looked familiar to me.... The reason being because he worked beside Dr. Garcia on his team. He has just branched out on his own now, doing his own thing. I was added in on the Facebook group and talked with some patients of his, and I trust him to do my surgery. I have also seen how much he truly cares about his patients. I am still extremely nervous and don't really know what to expect, but I will be sure to keep everyone posted :) I am leaving on the 20th! Ahhhh. Wish me luck!

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Congrats on choosing your surgeon. You are right that it is a BIG deal and it sounds like you did a lot of research and chose what was right for you. Good luck with your surgery!

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I would trust Dr. Ponce to do my surgery. The only thing that kind of turned me away from him was that I read from others he didn't speak English, or not very well. It made me a little anxious. It has nothing to do with whether he can perform my surgery, it was just that I wanted to be able to communicate openly with my surgeon. I do remember reading Dr. Ponce will give you a dvd of your surgery which is pretty cool! :)

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If you have Skype he will skype with you :) I just live in the sticks so I don't even bother with trying to skype lol

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