4 days post op..home from Mexico...

Jul 20, 2010

Hi everyone...I made it to Mexico, got my sleeve and am back home safe in my own bed. What an experience.
The hospital in Mexicali was the cleanest hospital I have ever been to! You get your own private room and the nurses station is literally at your door. They take vital signs frequently and ask if you need pain or nausea medication. Most of the nurses do not speak English but I was already warned about that. They do give you a list of translations.
Dr. Alberto Aceves and his partner Dr. Campos were excellent. They checked in on me several times a day. Comforted me through my rough patches of nausea & vomiting and I get a feeling of being in good trusting hands.
The first day wasn't too bad. The second day however, coming off the anesthesia.....was horrible. I was sick and nauseous and vomiting. I couldn't even smell the broth let alone eat some. The 3rd day got a little better and the doctor offered if I wanted to stay another day. I said no I'd tough it out. I really just wanted to get home.
My sister and I traveled 5 hours one plane and 2 hours on another to get home. I has to sip sip sip Gatorade and propel and even that was hard to keep fluids down. I think my new stomach is smaller than MY big ole' thumb LOL. I'd get nauseous and full like I wanted to burp after two sips. But my sister who had the bypass surgery last year that came with me kept telling me..sip sip sip...you don't want to end up in the hospital on an IV.
So it's day 4 and 6 am and it's getting easier already to sip sip sip :-)
No one said the road would be easy but I feel it will be worth it the first time I jog around my block or wear shoes without swollen feet :-)
Yes I would recommend Mexicali to anyone willing to take the journey for themselves. It's more suffering being trapped in that miserable obese body with no hope or end in sight. At least now I feel I have a fighting chance...
Thank You for all of your support!!!!! :-)
Theresa

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