Is anyone planning to travel solo? I'm preparing for my journey, but I think I may end up traveling and doing this alone. I've traveled a lot on my own and I'm fine with that, but the hospital stuff kinda makes me a bit scared.

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Omigosh I just asked this same question on the post-op sleeve page! Interested to find out responses and thoughts!

I travelled alone but my sister met me in TJ and was there for my surgery and 2 days postop. She didn't stay the night in the hospital, so technically I was alone from the time I woke up after recovery until discharge the next morning. I Facetimed with her and my parents, so it was kind of like having someone there.

I chose my surgeon and facility carefully so I would have felt safe being alone. In fact, when I first scheduled, I thought I would be there alone. My sis decided to come at the last minute. There actually was one gal there from Canada who was alone and just hung out with the rest of us in the surgery center and when we went shopping.

The way care is set up in foreign countries (are you leaving the US?), it is a lot easier to show up alone and be taken care of. The type of post op care you have is far superior to US post-op care.

I travelled alone but my sister met me in TJ and was there for my surgery and 2 days postop. She didn't stay the night in the hospital, so technically I was alone from the time I woke up after recovery until discharge the next morning. I Facetimed with her and my parents, so it was kind of like having someone there.

I chose my surgeon and facility carefully so I would have felt safe being alone. In fact, when I first scheduled, I thought I would be there alone. My sis decided to come at the last minute. There actually was one gal there from Canada who was alone and just hung out with the rest of us in the surgery center and when we went shopping.

Odd question, but when you went shopping did you use American money or another currency?

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The way care is set up in foreign countries (are you leaving the US?), it is a lot easier to show up alone and be taken care of. The type of post op care you have is far superior to US post-op care.

I'm in the US. So you think post-op care is better in Mexico than US? Have you already had your surgery?

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I have already had my surgery. Are you having your surgery in AR or in MO? The only person I know from this board from AR had surgery in STL.

They have car faciltiies, and nurses take care of you around the clock, and they are basically the cost of a hotel room. In the US most people are released home with no follow up. Same thing with plastic surgery.

I travelled alone but my sister met me in TJ and was there for my surgery and 2 days postop. She didn't stay the night in the hospital, so technically I was alone from the time I woke up after recovery until discharge the next morning. I Facetimed with her and my parents, so it was kind of like having someone there.

I chose my surgeon and facility carefully so I would have felt safe being alone. In fact, when I first scheduled, I thought I would be there alone. My sis decided to come at the last minute. There actually was one gal there from Canada who was alone and just hung out with the rest of us in the surgery center and when we went shopping.

Odd question, but when you went shopping did you use American money or another currency?

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Every place we went took American dollars, but gave change in pesos. If I had enough pesos to pay, like when we went to Starbucks I did. The cashiers at Walnart were especially helpful in explaining the exchange rate and giving us tips to not get ripped off. In the end we gave all our leftover pesos to our driver as part of his tip.

And yes, I had awesome care in Mexico, both during my stay and afterwards. Lots of compassion and one on one attention. In fact, it's easier to get in touch with my Mexico surgeon even 2 1/2 years out than it is to talk to the US surgeon who removed my gallbladder just 30 miles away.