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I would trust Dr. Ponce to do my surgery. The only thing that kind of turned me away from him was that I read from others he didn't speak English, or not very well. It made me a little anxious. It has nothing to do with whether he can perform my surgery, it was just that I wanted to be able to communicate openly with my surgeon. I do remember reading Dr. Ponce will give you a dvd of your surgery which is pretty cool!

Are we supposed to tip in the hospital?

Check out Dr. Zavalza!

Lost!

LOST is by far my favorite tv show ever... love that show.

I spoke with one of his patients earlier today who has had MAJOR complications from his surgery. He hasn't even had a bite of food since August. Dr. Almanza made his stomach so tiny that it keeps collapsing and he has went thru several surgeries to correct it, but they can't fix it. I believe now he is going to convert to bypass. He said his surgeons here in the states have tried contacting Dr. Almanza but never will he return any calls. I told him that he needed to get on here and tell his story and he plans on doing so. This isn't the first story that I have heard about this doctor... please do extensive research before selecting your surgeon. Go with your gut!

I have done tons of research lol I can't believe the day is almost here

Check on Puerto Vallarta

March 21 with Dr. Zavalza

Wow... a true friend would respect your decision. Don't worry! You don't need that negativity in your life!

I'm going with Dr. Zavalza personally, but I have looked into all these surgeons and I don't think you could go wrong with Illan or Garcia. Both are good ones

Just get the financing but don't tell them you want to pay it off early lol after you get the loan, then just pay it when you get the money in. Or will they penalize you for that?

Check out Dr. Zavalza too. He worked beside Dr. Garcia...

I am heading down there on March 21st with Dr. Zavalza

I'm march 21!!!

I got tired of getting turned down so I applied for several credit cards lol I ended up getting one that has zero arp for 18 months

Judy are you going to Dr. Zavalza to fix your sleeve?

This has been such a looong process for me. I started researching surgeons about 2 years ago and almost went. I had my passport and almost all the money saved up, but talked myself out of it. I'm scared to death to have surgery in another country. I figured that I would try again to just lose it on my own. Which I haven't. Sooo, I'm going next month regardless of how scared I am about it. I feel that it needs to be done and financially, Mexico is the only place that I will be able to make that happen. I think it's quite sad that I have insurance here but it doesn't cover bariatric surgery. I'm still undecided on the surgeon... I go back and forth on it. I have a small child and want to make it back alive lol I have talked with several surgeons and coordinators over the years. Mainly Alma with Ready4achange and Omar (Dr. Illans coordinator) I need to hurry and make up my mind and get it done! Any suggestions?

I have never heard of him :/ doesn't mean he's a bad surgeon, I have just never heard anyone on here talking about him. Have you heard of Dr. Zavalza?

I can see where you're coming from. My early 20's was one of the funnest times in my life for sure. But honestly that contributed to my weight problem. All the late night drinking and eating at 2am really took its toll on me lol but would I change a thing? Thats a hard one.

Yeah, that does kinda suck. That would have been a great price for Dr. Illan for sure! He is usually around 5k.

I had a consultation with a Doctor in Cypress. Dr. St Laurent. He is awesome!

Chunkylover did you have your surgery at mi doctor?

What is your favorite protein powder?

What is the website?? I would definitely trust Dr. Illan...