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In fact, Alex hand picked the Doctors. Here is a picture of them on his last visit to Tijuana.

From Left to Right: Dr. Francisco Zavalza, dr. Jesus Lopez, Alex Brecher and Dr. Carlos Altamirano.

Please contact me if you or your family would like to speak to one of the Doctors.

I think the doctor referenced above wad Rodriguez.

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No one tried to talk me out of it. Everyone that knows me knows I am a resourceful, intelligent person and they know I make smart decisions. My parents and other family members have been going to Mexico for medical and dental care for years, so they don't have any ignorant, misinformed prejudices. My friends were jealous I got to spend a few sunny days in TJ in the middle of winter. My PCP and OB/Gyn are both so impressed with my experience and outcome that they are now recommending my surgeon to their patients that don't have insurance that covers WLS.

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I'll admit it... I was looking into Mexico at first.

I almost went thru with it too.

Then my hubby and I had a real talk and he said that he was really feeling sick about me taking that chance of getting such a major surgery out of country.

What if something goes very wrong, like complications afterwards? We weren't sure if BC Canada would cover it. And not sure if we would be covered if I had to go back to Mexico.

It cost more in the end (but really not by much) to have it done in Quebec Canada, but it's my health and my life so it was worth it.

In the grand scheme of things a few thousand extra was mere pennies compared to my life.

I wasn't willing to risk it.

And don't regret a single thing.

But I'm not dissing surgeries in Mexico or anything - please don't think that I am.

I did have the lap - band done in 2005 in Monterey Mexico and it went all perfectly. Only that my body started rejecting the band a year later so had to have it removed. So I am not saying "don't go to Mexico!!"

I just chose not to this time with the RNY.

No matter where you go it'll be nerve wracking but it's so worth it!

Good luck to you when, what and wherever you decide upon.

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My husband seriously just told me to get life insurance first. I'm so sick of being treated like the village idiot by people who haven't done one bit of research.

Amen!!

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No one tried to talk me out of it. Everyone that knows me knows I am a resourceful, intelligent person and they know I make smart decisions. My parents and other family members have been going to Mexico for medical and dental care for years, so they don't have any ignorant, misinformed prejudices. My friends were jealous I got to spend a few sunny days in TJ in the middle of winter. My PCP and OB/Gyn are both so impressed with my experience and outcome that they are now recommending my surgeon to their patients that don't have insurance that covers WLS.

That is awesome!!!

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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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      1. summerseeker

        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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