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I used BeLiteWeight august 2007 for lap band.  Joyce was my personal facilitator and she was great.  We corresponded for several weeks via emails and phone calls.  She always responded within an hour.  Once I decided to go with them, I was emailed the forms.  I filled them out, gave my surgery date I wanted, made my deposit of $500 and scheduled my trip.  Once at the airport in San Diego, the shuttle picked me and my Mom up.  The shuttle was 1/2 late getting there which ended up being the only bad thing about this entire adventure.  We got across the border with no problem, I had a passport already.  The surgeon at the Hospital of Angels,  met us in the lobby, thanked us for coming to Tiajuana for our surgery.  Blood work was done, xrays and then to our rooms we went.  I was questioned by the anesthelogist who wrote everything down.  Unlike here in the U.S., I was NOT asked repeatedly the same questions by different staff.  My room was like none here in the states.  The mattress was a good 9 inches thick, tv, daybed for my Mom, impressively large slate tile and glass shower.  The room was cleaned twice a day and the entire place was polished clean! The BeLiteWeight facilitator in the area, BeeBee, came for a visit after my surgery.  She took us out into the town, knowing the areas to go for some shopping, as walking was key.  There is always someone to hold your hand and guide thru this experience.  When looking around for a lapband surgeon, I wanted someone I could call and ask questions immediately.  I phoned area doctors offices and asked if I had a concern after the surgery, would I beable to speak with my surgeon?  The response was, his nurse would call me back when she could.  I got this answer 3 times which to me was not acceptable.  BeLiteWeight is a wonderful way to go.  Any questions, please email me!

Hope it all went well!

 Good luck, you will love it! 

All the best of luck to you!  I am sending good wishes your way for a speedy and healthy recovery!!

I was scheduled with Dr. Kelly but later decided on Dr. Ponce (nothing to do with Trish, I had booked Dr. Kelly on my own).  I loved my experience with Dr. Ponce, his team and Trish! 

 I had my sleeve done by Dr. A back in October of 2009, it was a fabulous experience!!  Can't say enough great things about him. 

 Thank you-I need to drive by the board more often- so many newbies- so many questions like I had. 

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share that I just had surgery with Dr. Ponce de Leon in Tijuana Mexico one week ago today!  I am doing awesome!!! no pain, no vomiting, no anything!  I had no gas pains after surgery and no pain on my surgical site or drain (the only pain I had was my lower back because of a back injury I had years ago and the laying down did not helped it any!)  I am working on putting my surgery as well as other pre-op and post-op videos on youtube (BeautyVGSJourney) this weekend (there are three of them there already) if anyone is interested in watching them.  I went by myself and Trish was my coordinator and I could not be happier with my experience.  Feel free to comment and/or ask any questions!

Good luck in your journeys!

 updated my blog- happy to answer any questions

life is good

I started looking at Mexico because of finances, I live in Texas and here the sleeve is ~$13000 self pay, but as I did more and more research I realized that the amount of experience from the surgeons in Mexico was way higher than the one from most USA doctors!  For example the surgeon I chose to go with (Dr. Ponce De Leon in Tijuana Mexico) has well over 20 years surgical expereience and over 7 years doing the sleeve.  He is a teacher to many other surgeons and has done a crazy amount of sleeves.  My local surgeons had ~ 3 years of experience and do not do has many surgeries as Dr. Ponce does.  So now after all of my research even if it had been the same price in Mexico and the USA I would had still opted to go with Dr. Ponce.  I even traveled alone to Mexico and had a wonderful coordinator (Her name is Trish) and she was there for me and I never felt alone or lonely.  I was definetly glad to get home because I missed my family and being in my own house and such, but not because of anything else.  I would definetly do it again!