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Surgeon Testimonial Guillermo Alvarez M.D. I have chosen Dr. Alvarez as my surgeon in Mexico for two reasons. The first obvious reason is that is alot cheaper than in the U.S. being approx $7,000. The second reason is that I have heard nothing but wonderful things about Dr. Alvarez. I spoke with him briefly and he seemed humble, compassionate, and patient. I can tell I have made the right decision and I can not wait to post on my blog my entire Mexico experience with Dr. Alvarez and his very wonderful staff. Latest Surgery Support Comments
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I'm Back from Mexico and doing well
 I am back from Mexico and doing well. My Aunt, cousin and I went to Eagle Pass, Texas Thursday August 9th and crossed the border to Mexico on the 10th for my lap band surgery. The night before the surgery I was a basket case but I had the best support system ever. My cousin and my Aunt made sure that I was distracted and preoccupied with how great it is going to be to lose all this weight. I love them to death. I also met Meta, Kathy and Ronda who were mostly there for WLS too. We were all excited and we took before and after pictures and talked about how nervous we were. I don't think any of us really slept peacefully the night before except for Kathy ( who originally was there to support her sister Meta, but ended up having the gastric sleeve done the day after Meta's surgery). The one thing that I must not forget is to say how wonderful Mexico's patient care is. I felt like I was getting medical care at home. It is true that the nurses don't speak a lick of English, but they communicate just fine and trust me they will get you to do what needs to be done. They understand facial expressions just fine because if you frown from pain they are there with the medications. I am so happy that I went to Mexico for my surgery and even more happy that I chose Dr. Alvarez for my surgeon. His staff are wonderful and so is he. He is so patient and caring. He really takes his time and does his best to make a person feel at ease at all times. I think he is simply wonderful. As for the band. I am 4 days post op and today I forgot to bring my pain meds. Not a good thing to forget. I am back at work and struggling just to sit up right. I feel good usually but today I must have walked too much or something. The other thing I realized is that I have a food addiction. I dream about food...all kinds of food. I AM NOT HUNGRY!! I am just want to eat. Again, I AM NOT HUNGRY, but boy does the commerical on Popye's chicken look so good. It is amazing how many commercials are about food. Joe's Crab Shack, Red Lobster, Jack in the Box, Burger King, TGIF, Applebees, Chilis, Ninfa's, Taco Cabana.. I can go on and on. All of these restaurants advertise food all day. I stay mentally, hungry. I can't wait for these commercials to not phase me like the commercials about Previcid (acid reflux) or the herpes commercials. Those are the commercials that I mentally tune away from when they come on. At some point I hope to mentally tune away from food commercials but right now I watch every one of them like a fiend. Enough of that. I am healing fine and the scars are so small that I know that the scars will go unnoticed in about a year or less. I am sore but I don't feel the effects of it unless I stretch to my right. I am doing good on the liquid diet but I asked my doctor if it was o.k. to have protein Muscle Milk because I was so weak and I needed energy to come to work. He said it was o.k. but to sip slowly and stop as soon as I felt full. The protein gives you energy and it is really needed if you have to work after the surgery. I have not lost any weight since I have been back but that is o.k. I know that the pounds will start falling off as soon as I can get real nutrients into my system and get my body out of shock. If anyone has any question that I have not hit on here please feel free to email me. I will do my best to help as much as possible. This website has been a blessing for me and I would like to be blessing to someone else. Until next time... 1 Comment(s)
Comment by martitalinda on Aug 14, 2007 at 10:57am
CONGRATULATIONS! I AM SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU! I BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF WLS WE CHOSE WE ARE ALL SISTAS ON THE SAME JOURNEY! CHECK ME OUT AT 6 MONTHS OUT IN A SIZE 5-6 DRESS DOWN FROM 28-30 AND DOING JUST GREAT AFTER A ROUGH START! FOLLOW-ALL THE RULES AND WORK YOUR TOOL - I CANNOT WORK ITSELF - THE REWARDS ARE PHENOMENAL! I AM ROOTING FOR YOU!
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