hellvez
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hey everybody just to let you know I tried http://www.northwestfills.com/ and had a really good expierience with them and recomend them highly if you have not had the surgery yet I would meet with them they can answer any questions for. the drive was about 2hours down the i5 from the border. my first fill was 2cc then they go up another 2cc in30days or 1cc after 15days
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Do you live in BC but were banded elsewhere?
hellvez replied to Ang1982's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
hello i'm from delta and I went to dr.ortiz in Mexico it was super easy I flew down to san diago and they picked me up at airport and drove me to the clinic. I dont regret anything it was super safe and I would tell my own mother or grandmother to go to dr.ortiz. not woodhead I get my fill's in arlington washington one of the nurses had the surgery. If you have not had the surgery yet got to them for a consult it's only 40 dollars and they open a file for you they are also a contact for questions after about health and diet http://www.northwestfills.com/ also nobody use dr.woodhead he is kind of a scam he will charge you 400 bucks just for a consult also for a fill he charges 400 even if he does not find you're port. also when you call his "office" somebody just answers Doctors office seemed very shady to me Now I would tell everybody do not use Dr.woodhead -
Hey boys I'm writing from my hotel room in tj I got banded 2days ago I flew in on wed the 25th once I arived at dr.ortiz office they gave me my blood test ekg and breath test then I hit the OR my total time I was there was about 10min before i had the surgery (they moved me up a day because somebody had a emergency so I switched days which was better for me no waiting around thinking about it) anyway I guess i'm a bit different from most of you as I have had no real pain after my surgery the only time i took one of the pain pills is after I had the zoom teeth whitening at dr.ortiz has at his office. I can sleep on my side or tummy with no problem and I have had no trouble sitting down or getting up just a little bloating/gas pain maybe being 30 helps a little. If anybody is nervous about going to Mexico to get the surgery don't be it was so easy they picked me up at the airport drove me right to the clinic and took great care of me the hotel room is also very nice my total for dr.ortiz was $8500 http://www.obesitycontrolcenter.com/index.html also while you are there try the zoom teeth whitening just because the girls who do it are beautiful and they sang led zeppelin songs while they worked on my teeth it was pretty sweet it does hurt like hell if you have sensetive teeth tho but the next day I feel fine it cost $299 also the good thing about mexico is I did not do the pre-op diet I just lied about my weight on the medical forms I faxed in... and one other thing dr.ortiz told me about is a UFC fighter he did the surgery on the guy lost 54pounds in 30days and fought a match 30 days after his surgery
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lol thanks guys I did not know about the service thing
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hey all I just got my band put on yesterday by dr.ortiz in tj and im flying back to seattle on saturday and i was wondering when i cross the border can canadian customs try to get me to pay tax/duty for $8500usd i spent in mexico or is it off limits to them?
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yea I decided just to fly in, i'll probably drive down for the fill
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Hey guys new guy here from british columbia canada just sent off 500usd to dr.ortiz and i'm gonna get banded april 26th my question for you guy's is do you think I could handle driving back to bc after surgery? the trip is 22 hours straight down the I5 the reason I want to do it is because I love driving my car but I also want to have the journey of the drive there to kind of say goodbye to old me and sort of start my life again after the band the only the problem with that is I have to drive my car back. I can get a return flight out of seattle to sand diego for 253usd so it would be a lot cheaper to fly plus my car is a hog on gas it's lincoln mark viii with a superchip and I have a heavy foot well a heavy everything I guess do you guy's think you could of handle a long car drive after surgery?