AlighterLisa35

I'm 2 months post op and was wondering if the rides were safe at this point ??? I enjoy the rides with my son every year but not so sure if it's safe or not.

Sleeved on May 10th !! Started at 220lbs and now 186 !! Down 34lbs and loving it !!

We went with A lighter Me !! Dr Ortiz and Dr Morales !! May 9th- flew from Newfoundland to San Diego( long day when your starved and everyone everywhere was eating) lol. Got picked up by our driver Orlando and drove through the Mexico boarder.( don't have to show anything to go into Mexico and just had to show our passports and answer a couple of questions on the way back ) went straight to the hospital for our pre op testing. Left that and was taken to the hotel where we had to check in ( you do need a credit card for the deposit but everything was put back on my card). Relaxed for the night. May 10- we got picked up by Abraham at 7am and taken to the hospital for our surgeries !! Before noon both my friend and I were back in our room recovering. ( we both got a discount for sharing the room). The hospital was clean, nurses were great and on top of our meds. Most of them speak very good English but there is some that don't speak much English at all and that was a little hard. You can absolutely tell your not in a Canadian hospital when it came to bedside manners( holes in blankets and bed sheets lol, we had to go look for toilet paper and towels, no help when we took our first showers) but never once did I feel unsafe or like the didn't know what they were doing !! May 11th. Spent the day walking the hall and resting !! May 12th. We were discharged around lunch time and driven back to the hotel where you have to check in again. We sat in the lobby while they gave us our care packages( pain meds and some Malox type drink, Gatorade, Alm drink bottle, bandages , tape and our lab test and a cd of our leak test to bring back to our doctors ) We rested in the room for an hour and met in the lobby for our driver to take us shopping !! We went to two little shops. ( I took US cash with me for this). May 13th- this should of been our second night in the hotel but because our flight left so early in the morning on the 14th we went over to San Diego and spent the night there at Motel 6 ( they have a shuttle that will take you to the airport for $5 and the hotel only cost us $68, we both got another $50 discount to help with this room ) The Doctors we great and explain everything so well and made sure we were totally comfortable !! All the A Lighter Me staff were great as well !! All the hotel Staff were awesome and very attentive. We never opened a door for ourselves while we were there. You get free bottles of Water,homemade Popsicles and Soup broth. Overall my experience in TJ was great and I never once felt scared !! What part of Canada are you in??

Yes it is indeed a 3-5 year wait here in Canada and it's first come first serve type of deal... Don't matter what your condition is you just have to wait till your name reaches the top of the list. I did hear that the list are getting shorter cause people go to TJ Mexico instead of waiting. I was one of those people, I didn't even bother with trying here in Newfoundland, just didn't want to wait. Myself and a friend went to TJ on May 9th and are now on the losers bench !!! I'm 4 weeks out and I'm down 28lbs !!

1 week of clear... Oh My Gosh.. I was on 2 shakes and salad for dinner for 10 days and these next 3 day before surgery is clear liquids and I'm STARVED and don't know how I will survive my Flight on Friday.. Hope my Surgery is the first one on Saturday if not I'm gonna be skin and bones anyway...lol

Hi James Just wondering how everything went ?? I'm having my surgery on May 10th with Dr Ortiz. I'm also going through A Lighter Me. Any input would be greatly appreciated !!

My surgery is May 10th & I started out at 220lbs. I'm now down to 213lbs. I get the same thing as you about not being big enough. I hate when people say that... Put 80+ pounds on their body and see how'd they feel then. Good Luck with everything !!!

I will update you once I'm home about my experience down south !!

May 10th !! Dr E Ortiz in Mexico !! Seems so unreal yet. 2 - 3 shakes a day plus high protein salad for dinner !! 4 days on pre op and down 5lbs !!

Hi !! Just wondering how everything went ??

May 10th here !! Super excited !!

May 10 !! With Dr Elias Ortiz !!