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Surgeon Testimonial Guillermo Alvarez M.D. Dr. Alvarez is a very kind, and very down to earth and very careing person( and very handsome)My impression of him only got better over the couple days I was there.The staff was great very helpful and caring people! There isn't anything bad or negitive I can say about him I only wish I could have him as my doctor for all my medical needs!He is a awsome doctor and expert in his field ! He explains everything in detail and leaves nothing out !On a scale from 1-10 he blows it out the water he is a 20+ I love him and his staff. I look forward to going back just to visit!!!His competence and bedside manner are great and I couldn't have asked for a better Dr.!!!!! Latest Surgery Support Comments No comments posted yet. Please post yours. Click here for the surgery support page |
Hello Ya'll , my name is Barbara Broxton .I had my surgery (vsg) on 12/10/2008 and so far I love it!!! Dr.Alvarez was my doc and I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful he is!  Thank you so much!!!!!
My Story Hello ya'll, My name is Barbara . I started this life on 6/27/1970 weighing in at only a hair over 6lbs I am now 5'4 and 38 yrs old and my current weight is 267 lbs at my highest I was 272 and have been over weight my whole life , from about the age of 6 yrs.I have struggled with all the diets and pills ect, life has thrown some hard balls my way and I have over come whatever life has come up with so far. I have come from nothing ,I was that welfare person for about 4 yrs while raising my son until he started pre k and then I started working 16 hr days and saveing every dime and put myself thru some college classes and become a prison guard I was a single parent for about 7 yrs.Then I was introduced to man on a blind date my mom set me up with that I later married and had a beuatiful baby girl 3 yrs later.We started a small boat dealership and have been in business about 7 yrs now ,so the stress from that and just every day life doesn't help any and everything has caught up with me lately. In the last 19 months I have gained about 70lbs and I've had it ! I have always catered to everyone in my life ,well now it's my turn,He (the hubby)was running around and doing everything he wanted and then some , as I ran the business. It is now my time! So I quit smoking and started looking into the different weight loss surgeries back in April,08 I can't wait to start my new life!!! "Murpheys law here".I was cleared for surgery 2 weeks ago and was set to have surgery at 10:30 am on 11/26/2008 well today at 3:30 on 11/25/08 they call and canceled my surgery and then proceed to give me 3 different reasons from 2 different people why it was canceled and none of the reasons even make sense. Now I start all over again and out $800.00 later.  11/28/08 Ok I found me a doctor, Dr. Alvarez will be doing my vsg Thank you ll for the support!!!!  12/01/2008 Hello ya'll , I hope everyone had a good weekend and nice Thanksgiving!!! I started my liquid diet Friday, I weighed this morning and I weigh 261 !!! 12/7/2008- Hey ya'll only 3 more days to my big S - day I m down to 260 lbs "only 130lbs to go"  12/14/08 I had my vsg on Wed.12/10/08 and I m down 11lbs !!!! Dr.A is the best doctor I have ever meet bar none and so is his staff ,he is a awsome doctor and I wish I could have him for all my medical needs,He is a person that trully cares about you and how you are doing not just about how much money he can make off you.The hospital is small and not so fancy but it is the cleanest hospital I have ever been in compared to the ones I ve been in the states It was spotless and all the staff where very helpfull and should real concern , forget rest the nurses are checking you every 30 min - 1 hr which was great, and they where on it when it came to being in pain they made sure there was none!!! I was up and walking around in my room 2 hrs after surgery! and walking outside that afternoon! I had barely ant pain other then gas pain.I have never not had a surgery that I didn't have some problems or alot of pain except this one and I do believe it is because of the expert skills of my wonderful Dr.Alvarez. He is a all around down too earth great person and an expert in his field I will drive the 4 hrs to see him for any follow ups and just to visit him! I Have I told you how awsome he is ,you couldn't find a better dr. then him!  12/16/08 I weighed again and I know I should only do thisonce a week but I m so excited everytime I get on the scales I see smaller numbers !!!! 247 this morning !!! 15 lbs gone sense Wed. the 10th I love this ! 12/29/08 Howdy ya'll I weighed this morning and I m 240 omg I love this, I m still stinking to mostly liquids but I have tried some solids,like cheese , soft eggs ect. but it is easier for me to stay with the liquids just for a little longer I think .I m so glad I picked Dr.Alvarez to do my surgery he is the best !! He has done over 700 of this sugeries and considering that most of the doctors here in the states have only done a handful I would go to Mexico again.My hubby is planning to have his done next fall and also having Dr.A do his also! Hes going to be (more) of a hotty lol. I m feeling better and better everyday , I m learning alot also like its you really do have to eat "SLOW " and do not gulp your water that hurts sip, sip, and sip just take your time and do allow time for your meals.I get what feels like air bubbles and I know I m done they gurgle it is kinda of annoying I can hear them they sound like their coming from the center of my chest wierd I know just letting ya'll know what I m feeling ect. I am still haveing diarhea almost every day some days are worst then others. But I would do it all again in a heart beat! 12/30/2008 My son's real father called yesterday ! He had stints put in his heart to clear blockages! That was hard to believe I didn't know he had a heart ! So now he has started calling me and texting me like nothing and like I m suppose to drop it all and go running back to him.He had left me when I became pregnant with our son back in 1991 and all the crap he put me through after that .I just can't believe men can be so dumb and expect us women to forget all the crap they pull .He was married when we meet and lied about it when I finally found out I was so stupid ly in love with him I didn't care and I was pregnant along with the wife uh hu he had us both knocked up! 6 months apart !I was young and dumb was a understatement I was 18 when I met him he was in the army and very good looking.we dated from 1989 to 1991 ,2 weeks before my 21st b-day I find out I am pregnant and he gets sent off to Germany imagen that! I heard all the lines ,I just couldn't believe I was going to be a single parent that wasn't planned! Hell he never even paid child support untill my son was 10yrs old ! Those first 7 yrs where hell for both my son and myself we where homeless for a time and it was just a very bad time in my life but I (we) made it. Now he is calling and texting and telling me that he has always loved me and wants me to leave my husband to run off to KY with him ! I still can't believe guys can have that big of balls.He divorced the wife he was with back then and had remarried well guess what she left him for another female I told him I wouldn't be telling to many people that lol. So now he is fixin to be 47 on the 1st and alone and all of a sudden he has been thinking about me alot .Sounds to me like he is getting old and he dosn't want to be alone like I told him he would end up if he kept doing women the way he was doing them. It is all coming back to bite him in the ass! He hurt me so bad it almost killed me.My son saved me! So to anyone out there that finds yourself in a similar sition do not fall for that crap of I am going to leave my wife for you it is all lies and ask yoursefl why is it so easy for him to do that to her then don't think for a minute it wouldn't happen to you too.My husband cheated on me April 21-28, 2007 all men cheat I really believe that!, my dad did ,and every man I have ever met has! I m just now getting to the point I can forgive my husband and for the longest I thought I was being paid back for haveing my affair with my sons dad ,but no that was not true men are just dogs and if they think they can get away with it they will cheat I trully believe that ,and why I have asked that question a hundred times and I still can't get a straight answer! Anyway I had my ranting spell and ya'll learned alot more about me lol. So why do we gain weight and feel uncomfortable haveing sex hmmmmm! I wonder why.? Goodnight. Tomorrow will be much better. 1/04/2009 Hope everyone had a great new year!!! I stayed up watching Dick Clarks Rockin New years Eve and watched the ball drop .I want to go watch it live next year!! I haven't lost anything this week still 240lbs yuck, But My hubby will be joining me on my weight loss trip.He has decided to get the vsg , April 2,2009 so we can be losers together!!We have contacted Susan at Dr.Alvarez 's practise and he will be doing his surgery too. Im so happy for him and for us!!! so thats all thats going on here ,back to work tomorrow and kids back to school.I m glad the holidays are over,I love Christmas but so glad when its over too.
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