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I m going to start off saying I dont have anything too bad to say about the surgeon that was supposed to perform my surgery. Since I didn't have the surgery and he gave me my deposit back when I returned back home.... minus the fees I had to pay for the driver taking me back and forth from San Diego to Tijuana then back to San Diego. But here I go.... I purchased my plane tickets a month a head of time and like anyone else I was very excited about having this life changing surgery. I weighed 324lbs and my height is about 5'7... when I first booked my tickets. At that time my BMI was about 52... so the 2 weeks before I left I busted my hump trying to lose the extra weight so they wouldn't try and charge me $500 extra for the surgery... to make a long story short.. I get all the way out there and the staff at the hospital weigh me... 313lbs.... so im like great! Then they measure me... the nurse says 5'4!!! I quickly say "yeah right!! Thats wrong!!! Im almost 5'7!" They measure me again and say the same thing... at this point I am very upset and crying... thinking to myself .. I just traveled over 2200 miles for nothing.. all I had with me was the cashiers check for the Dr. .. (being in Tijuana. . I left everything at home. I did have my debit card but wad not using it over there) they wanted me to pay more for the surgery at that time and I refused. Then the staff started speaking in spanish about me and how im a dumb American and what did i think??? that they are stupid because they were Mexican and they didnt know how to measure someone... ( my husband speaks fluent spanish and my family is Hispanic as well.... and while I dont speak spanish I can pretty much understand everything). I they started saying they needed more money not only because of my height but because of prior abdominal surgeries I had.. which they knew about in the medical history forms I had filled out when inquiring about the surgery(that part I do blame on the Dr)....I was stuck there for hours!! After a little while a housekeeper came into my room and made me leave so she could clean it for another patient. . I then waited a few more hours in the lobby.. feeling very humiliated and nervous because I was somewhere I didnt know a soul... They finally contacted the driver who took the coordinator home before taking me back to the San Diego/Tijuana border.. I was very scared, hungry and tired..... the Dr never once came in to speak with me in the 7 hours I was STUCK there he was very rude in not coming to speak with me... Yazzy was the coordinator at the hospital and if it wasnt for her things would have been much worse. She kept me company and tried her best to make the situation not so terrible... I know lots of drs use the hospital. And im just one person but I just had to share this experience.. it was one of the worst things I have ever been thru and I dont wish it on anyone else.

@Truth&Guts... u are so very right. Im so sorry to hear about this complication you are having. Praying they find out whatbit is and for a speedy recovery for you.

@ BrandnewBrandy... thank you so much . My Dr was Garcia.. I researched him and I never heard anything remotely bad about him or the hospital only rave reviews but this was my experience and it was a nightmare. Im sure he is an excellent surgeon but hes still a jerk in my book. The least he could have done was made an appearance and explained things to me himself. Very unprofessional. ... @ Amazon13...and I could have paid the extra money but there was no way i was gonna give those swindlers one more of my hard earned dollars. I thought that too about their system being messed up but besides yours and mine.. I've never heard anyone else complain about this... I went by myself down there and didn't speak very much Spanish. I think they maybe thought I was an easy target... I am NOT 5'4.... its the principal. Had Dr. Garcia came and spoke with me himself my experience may have turned out differently. Who knows!! I may have had the surgery.

Thank you I am planning to have my surgery with Dr. Kelly. He was my first choice to begin with but I went with the other Dr because it was $600 cheaper. .. dumb on my part... I dont know when I will be able to have the surgery now.. I took the time off of work and it didnt work out.. I do not recommend anyone have their surgery at that hospital.( Florence hospital). I cried my eyes out for hours in that lobby and the staff just acted like I wasnt even there.. it was a nightmare. .

*Susan* I definitely will! Thank you so much. I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life

My surgery is scheduled for February 27th with Dr. Kelly. I gotta say I feel so much better after reading all these stories and comments. Thank you everyone. I couldn't be happier with my decision to have him preform my surgery

@lindafromflorida... thank you!

My surgery is for 2/27/14 and my major fear is a leak!! What are the odds of that happening to someone? Very scary! But the benefits out weigh everything else for me

I finally found a Dr. that I am happy with in Tijuana. Dr. Ramos Kelly. Im scheduled for February 27! Im really nervous.