My surgery 10/18/16 with Dr Garcia

[Brenda Sherwood 64]

My journey really started 10 months ago when I attended a seminar locally and started the 6 months of classes and diet for insurance. I jumped through all the hoops for insurance and was denied. Fought for months and was denied a total of 5 times. I started reaearching mexico a few months ago as the backup plan and saw all excellent stuff about Dr Garcia so after my last appeal was denied, I scheduled with him and started my preop that day. Fast forward to today, 2 days preop. Everything went great. The drivers got me to my hotel which is beautiful then to CER Hospital for surgery. The doctors and nurses were very attentive although some nurses knew limited english. My surgery was around 2pm. I woke in recovery at 4 and didnt go upstairs until 6. That night felt pretty bad for me. Extremely uncomfortable. Pretty much just slept and walked. Day 1 post op was pretty much the same. I felt a tiny bit better but not much. Walk 10 minutes, mess around on phone for 10 minutes, sleep an hour, repeat... the idea of any liquids was still not appealing but i managed to get 1 of the 3 Gatorades they brought me down. That night was a bit better. They brought me something to relax. I took that before bed and slept a long time. Woke up around 5am energized and feeling pretty good. Got up amd showered and cleaned up room. Then was told it was time to do leak test. The stuff they make you drink for that is pretty nasty and gave me and the other girl diarrhea. Now drinking pedialyte for that. Then they took out drain which wasnt nearly as bad as i thought it would be. Was told it was horrible so i was ready for torture...not at all. I feel way better with it out. Now im back at the Marriott waiting for my room to be better. Sitting and sipping my poweraide and pedialyte. Will update more...

[melunruh 91]

I'm glad you're feeling ok. Praying your recovery continues to be uneventful!

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[shedo82773 1,236]

Congratulations!! So very happy everything and READY for your new life. That's the problem with each of us being so different that we all have different perspective about what is bad and what isn't!! This is why everyone says not to compare our journies. We are all different as to what hurts us and what doesn't!! I'm so glad you are doing so GREAT!!! And I look forward to following your weight loss.

[Brenda Sherwood 64]

Day 5 now at home. Flew home yesterday, that was a very very long day. Left Mexico at 9:30am, home at 6:30pm. Feeling pretty good but so upset that I gained 10lbs from surgery weight! They warned me that I might gain a couple from the IV fluids but 10....geez! I know it will come off soon. Incisions are good except one is stinging a bit and kind of red. I'm getting my fluids in easily, much easier than others post about. Wondering if my pouch is slightly bigger than most. I'm tired because I can't sleep on my back and afraid to sleep on my stomach. I also have a 2 year old so that changes things. She just woke up from nap actually, so continuing later...