Mick78

Hello I am back from Tijuana 4 days post op and very tired it is 3:00 am right now. I will tell you as much as I can right now, but if you have any questions please ask more I would like to help many people with their journey. I actually had surgery with a better surgeon named Dr. Ramos Kelly, I liked both Lopez and Kelly but early on I was told that Kelly was not going to be an option. Kelly last minute about a week before surgery became an option, I jumped on the opportunity and I am so grate full for it. If you compare the way he performs the procedures compared to how American doctors do it, you will see the exact same method. He has great bed side manner, he was very caring, and he put my nerves away very quickly by going over everything with his calm and cool confidence. I remember researching doctors for years on several sites, and I always see people posting that their doctors would see them for 10 minutes before the surgery and that would be it. Dr. Kelly was there everyday constantly asking me questions and making me ask him questions and he even came to my hotel a few minutes before I was about to leave, just to say good bye, good luck, and that if he was in my area of Florida he might check me up. Dr. Kelly is a down to earth guy who is very understanding to his patients. I got out of the surgery 4 days of good care, great hard working nurses that don't speak English but they know what they are doing. All the Doctors I saw speak very good English, and if you need a translator or go between there is a very nice woman named Trish who will pretty much bend over backwards for you no matter if you ask for it or not. Going to Tijuana was very scary but from the moment you get there you meet this nice man named Ricardo who is very lively and animated, he is the driver. He showed me and my companion around Tijuana before going to the hospital, my impression of the hospital is mixed, yes its a little small, but it is very clean and very nice especially compared to some of these clinics that some people go too. I also had my final leak test performed at Hospital Angeles in Tijuana, another hospital Dr. Kelly is connected with and I really liked that place, probably out of most people's price range but I was impressed. I stayed at this nice hotel called the Baja Inn that has great Mexican food which I have taken pictures of, but I wasn't hungry just would have liked to get a taste. I would really like to go to Tijuana one day when I get better, the place is covered with great food everywhere from fresh sliced up fruit, and freshly grilled steak tacos. I will post my Tijuana pictures in my profile some where and maybe even a blog, but you should get a look at them to get an idea for yourself.:glare:

My husband (mick78) comes home from Mexico after having his surgery on Friday. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a nice special gift? Maybe something you wish you would have had post op? The girls drew their daddy a picture, but now I need some suggestions. Thanks for any help

Thanks wannalise... I usually do whatever I can for him by getting him whatever he needs. Do you think I should hide his scale?

This is kind of silly, but this is what I got for myself on Ebay a few weeks ago: http://iheartguts.com/shop/images/me...-plush_med.jpg That is cute and funny! Thanks!

I decided on a photo album / journal type thing where he can write stuff and add his progress pictures. With a poem I wrote.

Aw, thank you :thumbup:

Even though my husband is not the journal type, I think he may actually want one for this journey! Thanks for the idea!

My wife needs to stay home with the kids, so I am going to take a friend of mine.

I have my surgery coming up soon Sept. 21st with Dr. Martin Lopez at the Tijuana's Santa Fe clinic.