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Minniexoxo don't let your family get you down. What you are doing for yourself is a great and amazing thing. Your family will come around when they see how great you are going to do. Don't be worried they take such excellent care of you. I'm happy and excited for you!!

You will do great!! Dr. Alvarez's staff is with you during the whole process. I didn't go alone but I feel I certainly could have. I would only suggest you pack lightly so you don't have to lift any heavy luggage afterwards Consider it a great adventure toward a whole new life!! Congratulations!!

Go ahead and email them. Susan is the one you will be corresponding with. She is really good at getting back to you. You will probably have an email back in the morning.

We drove but I believe you would take the hotel shuttle from the airport to the hotel. At the hotel there is a message saying what time they will be picking you up for surgery the next morning. Dr. Alvarez is there to greet you at his office to go over your paperwork, answer any questions before taking you to do the pre op tests and then surgery. You schedule your surgery date online with Susan and she answers all questions. Have you checked out his website yet?

You can drive or fly to Texas. If you fly they put you in a hotel in san antonio and pick you up and drive to Mexico and take you back. If you drive you drive to Eagle Pass Texas, they put you up in the holiday Inn and they pick you up the next morning your surgery date drive you there and take you back 3 days later when you are discharged. Once they receive your deposit they email you a bunch of paperwork and information. You bring your signed paperwork with you on the day of surgery. It's super easy. There really is no paperwork to process.

I'm glad this post was helpful! . I had to do 21 days liquid diet. I really liked the protein and instant breakfast shakes. I kinda mixed them together with skim milk which was totally yummy I thought! Also I love tomato soup so I had a lot of that. Susan from Dr. Alvarez's office sent me a really good veggie soup recipe which I believe saved me! She did admit I could have diet soda which helped. They are not thrilled with diet soda because you can't drink it post op because of the carbonation. I'm glad you made your decision! It is an exciting venture for you two!! Let me know if you have any questions! You are going to love them!!

We drove to Eagle Pass and the hotel was a Holiday Inn Express. It was nice, clean and comfortable. It was anything super fancy but I don't know if they have anything super fancy in Eagle Pass but it is a quick ride to his office and the hospital. We spent one night in Eagle Pass, Rosie picks you up pretty early the next morning. As far as the hospital you are there the day of your surgery, the entire next day and night and you get discharged the morning of the third day. The hospital was going through a major renovation when I was there which was May 10th. They had a couple of rooms finished and they looked to be nice. I was in an older room but it was fine. There was a pull out couch for the boyfriend to sleep. The hospital itself looked to be a little older than the new fancy hospitals in the states. But I felt entirely comfortable and very well taken care of. I would say with Dr. Alvarez's staff that is there for you 24 hours a day, I felt I got better one on one care than you get in the states. I would go back for surgery with him and his team in a heartbeat.

KristenH, I did fine with the drive. It was no problem. We did stop one night which I was glad for but I think our drive might have been longer than yours? We left our car at the Holiday Inn Express where you will be staying. There was no problem leaving it there for the two days you are in the hospital. When you check in they have a message from Rosie on what time she will pick you up in the morning. His office/hospital is only like 10-15 minutes away. It was all so easy!!

I can send you the actual one Susan sent me if you want. I think the hardest part for me was the 2 weeks of liquids after the surgery before I got to the week of liquids that included soup, juices are great for that phase. I know after I sent all my info and my deposit I gained weight before the rating but I don't know how much as I didn't weigh myself out of fear! I had my surgery on May 10th and I have lost 35 including the original pre surgery amount. I get to start full solids next week and I'm nervous I won't lose as I might have hit a plateau now but not sure :/ . However, I'm thrilled with he whole experience!! You are going to love them!!!!!!

I did the liquid diet for 21 days too. It was definitely hard. I had a good amount of pop cycles and tomato Soup. Susan wih Dr. Alverez sent me a veggie soup recipe which really helped. It was basically the Weight Watchers veggie soup recipe. To me that was a god send. I lost 16 or 17 pounds before surgery and he said I did really good. Of course I wanted to lose more but I was happy he was pleased. I also liked Carnation Instant Breakfast. I don't seem to like it post surgery which is weird to me as I loved it so much before!! I wish there was more I could help you with but you are doing great!! Hang in there, it is the hardest part.

You cannot go wrong with Dr . Alvarez! He and his entire staff are fantastic!!! I would recommend him to anyone and everyone!! I think he is the best choice!!

You are going to do great!! It was such a positive experience. I loved him and his entire staff!!! Good luck and congratulations!! I'm excited for you!

I am 16 days out of surgery with Dr. Alvarez. I loved him!! Fabulous experience!!