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I'm having my surgery done by Dr. Mario Camelo at Florence Hospital. What about you?

I'm having my surgery December 17th in Tijuana. I'm definitely counting down the days!

For me it's only because I have a month off between December and January. But I'm also self pay so I could choose whatever date I want. But I wanted maximum down time so I can recover

I have my date set for December 17th in Tijuana!! The waiting is definitely killing me, but I have a month off from work so its for the best I guess. Im honestly more worried about the flight over than the actual surgery . I cant wait to hear all of our sucess stories

I'm getting my sleeve on December 17th in Tijuana. I'm seriously counting down the days. I just want to have this finished so I can have a happy life

I'm glad to hear everyday gets better. It sounds like you had a good experience there. I hope my surgery is also successful. I video chat with them every once in a while. But I will be moving back to the US at the end of April and my parents haven't seen me since August so I figure starting from August until April I could just say I was working on my diet. So maybe it wouldn't seem so strange when they see a smaller me. I do hate to do it like this but this surgery is something I really need and I feel I would be much happier after. Sorry for going off topic. You have been super helpful. Thank you so much

I'm so glad your surgery went well!! I'm so nervous and excited and nervous lol. I'm from Georgia but I live in Japan right now and the surgeons here cost about the same as the states :/ But I do feel comfortable with the hospital and I've read some good reviews on it. I'm just so glad to hear from a patient of Dr. Camelo. How was you pain right after surgery? I read the first day is brutal but it gets better? Oh, how about safety? I'll be traveling by myself and I'm not too worries about something happening but it is in the back of my mind because I don't plan on telling anyone until maybe after a year, yes even my mom and dad... I do feel a little bad about it but I don't think they would understand. Sorry about the random questions but did you tell anyone you were having wls? ありがとう Thank you for putting up with my questions

Hi I finally joined this site after lots and lots and lots of research and reading from here. Well here is my problem...Im 22 and I live in Georgia...well technically Alabama lol and I've been thinking about getting sleeved for a looooong time. Im in college so of course i dont have a lot of money, so I was going to try to self pay and either go to Louisiana to Dr. Borland or drive to Mexico for Dr. Kelly (I HATE flying). I've kept trying to throw clues to my mom that i really need this surgery but she always says "girl you dont need that. Just cut back and exercise." Im actually growing a wee bit tired of her saying that. Ive been trying basically my entire life. So obviously she is not on board, so Im just not going to tell her. I'd rather not have to do that but it seems like I have no choice. Dr. Broland is $9800 i think and Dr. kelly is around $5600 maybe. i know price wise Dr. Kelly is the smart choice, but thats over a day's drive from here, while Dr. Borland is like 8 hours AND I'd still be in the US. But I think I really want to go to Dr. Kelly. So a few questions to you guys... -how long do you think it would take for me to actually be on my way to have the surgery from now? like if i called them and talked about whatever on the phone... -i hear the price for dr. kelly includes everything except for flights. are there any surprise costs? (another reason why i dont want to do this without my mom or someone who knows about things like this and the "real world" lol idk im sorry. my brain has completey forgotten any questions i wanted to ask I'd love any information you could give to someone who has her mom handle basically everything in life...except my bills haha. Im mainly worried about the insurance part of things like copays i guess anything would be helpful

thanks