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Looking for a great doctor in Tijuana. I'm torn between three

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eccampbe    3

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I've been researching constantly for the last three months trying to decide between three doctors in Tijuana. I haven't been able to find anything negative about any of them so I'm not sure what my deciding factor should be. My decision is between Dr. Ramos Kelly,

Dr Alejandro López Ortega, and Dr. Jalil Illan with Bariatricpal team.

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highfunctioningfatman    2,675

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I can't say anything to help you but I can say that I believe in Medical Tourism in Mexico. I had mine done there with a different surgeon than the ones that you are interested in and I don't think that we (my wife was my travel companion) could have been treated better.

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Clementine Sky    708

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Of the three the only one I'm familiar with is Dr. Kelly. He was the surgeon for a YouTuber whose videos were inspiring to me because she was around the same age and size I was when I had surgery. She goes by LauraVSGtube if you're curious, and has a video about her experience in Mexico with Dr. Kelly. I did read a post on here from someone who was extremely dissatisfied with him, but all other posts I've read were from contented patients.

I had my surgery with Dr. Garcia in Tijuana, and definitely recommend him. I felt taken care of the entire time, and have had no complications. I actually enjoyed the stay in the city, too. We were at the Marriott, which was a bit outdated but very pleasant, and in a pretty area of town.

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GACaldwell    112

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I had my surgery with a different dr too but choosing to go to Mexico was absolutly the best choice for me financially. I was very satisfied with my dr & staff. The two hard things to note (for me anyway) was traveling home was harder than I thought & having only online/phone support can be challenging.

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DeFl1976    4

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I just had my surgery for a gastric sleeve with Dr. Illan on Wednesday, December 14th. Everything went wonderful. I was up the next morning. Dr. Illan was so nice. Inwas lucky and didn't have really bad gas pains(thankfully). The hospital, nurses and vallet guys were amazing. I traveled alone but was never actually alone they have amazing and kept me good company. I went to the hotel Friday morning and get to go home today. The hotel was beautiful it was Hotel Pueblo Amigo and yesterday one of the vallets took me out shopping and to an amazing restaurant for some broth. My experience has went above and beyond. I researched so much and then researched my research :) Dr. Illan has given me a new life journey and I am so happy. I go home today in a few hours and can't wait. I have 2 friends that are going to be coming to Tijuana in February or March to have surgery with Dr. Illan.

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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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      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

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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