" Hello, my name is Eleazar Lopez Sandoval, I am 34 years and I live in Tijuana, Mexico.
I’m planning on having Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with the Obesity Busters team. I first met Dr. Kelly in October, 2005 by personal recommendation. The first impression that I had about Dr. Kelly was very good and grateful because I never thought that I could find people that could help me with my obesity problem, because for many years I’ve tried and failed with all my attempts to lose weight, I have tried everything that is available for losing weight and after all that time I am finally succeeding, the first time that I visited them I weighted around 661.3 lb (300 kg) and my BMI 106.2 and I fall under the Super Obese group. One of the reasons that I decided to go for bariatric surgery it’s because Dr. Kelly and his team gave me an extended explanation of both procedures (Adjustable Gastric Band and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass) they told me the benefits of this procedures as well as the complications that might arise with either one of this operations and another reason that I am loosing weight is because they are giving me nutritional support that involves behaviour modification techniques and a change in my eating habits.
The impression that I had about the team it’s getting better day by day because they are reliable in the medical side and they treat me without prejudice, the one feeling I got all my life from people at work, school and family as well.
From my view the Obesity Busters team is one of the bests because they explained things that I was not aware of and they made me understand that obesity is a disease that affects every body organ and they explained all the hazards involved and I finally understand what Dr. Kelly tried to explained me on my first visit to his office. That day when he explained to me that obesity is a “metabolic syndrome” and not only a storage of fat tissue with a lot of complications I did not understand a word but slowly I began to do so an now I feel very comfortable and Dr. Kelly’s bedside manners always impressed me and he has made my self steam go up. I want to tell future patients that this team above all cares for patients that need help and they give them the necessary support pre as well as post-operatively and they believe that patient follow-up is of paramount importance. In these days my weight is 533.5 lb (242 kg) with a BMI of 85.7; I haven’t had surgery because before the procedure I have to be prepared and lose some more weight to avoid surgical risks but I am getting closer and if I continue losing weight I will have my surgery by March, 2006. I want to thank the Obesity Busters team and specially Dr. Kelly.
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