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LindaLena    18

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Anyone here have their sleeve surgery performed by Dr Ortiz? Did he and or the anesthesiologist,listen to your concerns regarding nausea and pain? I'm going June 30th for mine and I'm beyond scared and nervous! I worry about waking up in pain and nauseated/vomiting. I'm doing my best to let everyone know upfront that with prior surgeries (in the states) I was given something so I wouldn't wake up sick.

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Kindle    8,667

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I've always woken up nauseous from anesthesia and I made this very clear to Dr. Jimenez (the cardiologist that does your preop health survey) as well as the anesthesiologist. They definitely listened because I woke up pain free and with no nausea for the first time ever. I never needed a single pain pill. YEAH!

In fact I was so impressed with my recovery that 2 years later I contacted Dr. Martinez and he had the anesthesiologist email me his protocol to give to another anesthesiologist when I had my gallbladder removed here in the US. Unfortunately one of the anti nausea medications they used at OCC is not available in the US, because it is a form of THC. So they ended up using injectable anesthesia on me for my gallbladder instead of the usual inhalant. But that worked, too.

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LindaLena    18

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Thank you so so much!! I pray I get the same results when I wake up and I'll be talking to everyone again when I get there. Last words before going under will be, "nausea meds!!!" Lol

 

 

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I had my surgery at OCC with Ariel Ortiz and I definitely felt "heard" with all of my pre and post-op concerns with all of the members of the surgical team. I didn't have the same concerns as you about anesthesia, but I had a good long talk with the nutritionist, the cardiologist, Dr. Ortiz, and the anesthesiologist before my surgery. Plus the techs that did things like my blood work and putting in my IV were great.

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