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10 years!! wow! Gotta love free health care! I'm just in the process of booking a surgery for around January in Mexico, and thought I should double check the wait times in Canada first to make sure I wasn't travelling and paying for something when I didn't have to. But I don't want to wait years.

Yeah Alma, was definitely the most professional so far. They do have another surgeon they are working with in PV. But he's only worked with Mexicans before. So I wouldn't be able to talk to people here that have had surgery with him. So it would be a bit scary to go with a new surgeon. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to research him more.

I had a feeling it was along those lines. But just wanted to make sure. I don't want to wait 3 more months.. definitely not 3 years!!

Thanks, will do!

Amy- how did you get in touch with Dr Garcia directly?

Haha. Im also looking forward to this being my last fat Christmas/New Years!!

Who co-ordinates for Dr Kelly?

Yes my family is the same. I've learned there's not much you can do about narrow thinking you just have to live your life for you.

This website is very sad and unfortunate. I know in Canada there has been an increase of these kind of stories of Canadian travelers in Mexico. Last year almost 1.5 million Canadians visited Mexico. There were around 10 news stories. That's a small percentage. So yes, terrible things happen, but Don't let it stop you from going for something so important.

I think the point is, sadly there is crime everywhere. I've lived in Mexico FAR from any tourist town. Did I feel safe all the time?? No! But I never had any trouble whatsoever.

Stevia is the most natural sugar substitute. It does have a bit of an after taste, but it's very sweet. I highly recommend staying away from artificial sweeteners. The world artificial says it all.

Thank you for sharing. I will not be using A Lighter Me, and have already contacted alma.

I'm actually shooting for the end of Jan.. so that may be a possibility. What co-ordinator did you go through??

I feel the same way. Committed to the surgery.. The patient coordinators with their own agendas are becoming a pain my a**. I think dr Lopez and dr ponce both seem to be good. I'm sure you'll be fine choosing either one. I'm leaning on dr Lopez now in puerto Vallarta.

Yes, there is definitely inconsistently to say the least with A Lighter Me!!

Yeah it definitely seems to be very competitive, which is good in the sense the prices are lower there than anyone else.. But bad when you have to deal with this kind of behavior. But on a positive note, many many people seem to have had great experiences, so I guess you just gotta weed through all the BS

Congratulations Kirstin and Kristina. It's the stories on this thread that helped me decide to go for surgery. We will start trying as well at the one year mark. But I haven't had the surgery yet. Best of luck to you both!

I'm going to contact Alma and hope her service is a bit more professional. But I'm really put off by my experience so far with a co-ordinator. Is it not an option to just deal with the dr directly ?

Thank you for your responses. I'm going to voice my concerns with Ronda about the different responses people are getting from A Lighter Me about Dr Garcia. I'm also going to contact Alma. You would think if they didn't recommend Garcia, they just wouldn't be a co-ordinator for him, yet he's still listed on their website. It's really sad that people making a major decision such as WLS, have to filter what's truth and what isn't. You would think it would be handled with a bit more integrity!

Does anyone have alma's @ ready 4 change e-mail?

Yes it crossed my mind, that maybe they are just pushing Dr Lopez. But telling someone the surgeon they want has had fatalaties is a pretty gruesome lie. If its the truth.. I'm glad they told me. If its not the truth.. I'm not sure how to find out, and obviously I would switch co-ordinators.

Thanks for sharing! Im definitely considering Dr. Garcia.

Oh ok. Well that's good. Your surgery should go smoothly then

Are you excited?? (probably a little nervous too). How long do u have to do the pre op diet for ?