Re: Waiting for info before I book my surgery

[Guest guest]

Hello, I know what you mean about being scared...I was with my husband and was still scared, but I soon found out I had no reason to be scared...You will be safe with Earnesto and they will treat you like a queen...I know it's scary but please don't let that stop you...You have nothing to be afraid of by going...They are the best!!!!! I'm sure there will be some bandsters who went alone reply to you too...But I want you to know if I knew now what I knew then I wouldn't be scared to go alone...It's nice to have someone with you to help you...But if you don't have anyone then by all means go alone...Can you ask a friend, sister, brother anyone???? Good luck and just so you know you won't regret getting the band...I got mine this past Sept. and I'm down 38lbs... ttyl, Rena lrrkrk <lrrkrk@...> wrote: I would like to book my surgery for Feb. 14th, however I can't find anyone to go with me. My husband is freaked out about me going by myself. Would someone (who went alone for surgery) please let me know how it was. Is it safe? The thought of me going to San Diego/Mexico, by myself, is scary; but I don't want it to keep me from doing it. Is there much crime in Mexicali? I'm a little freaked out myself. Please let me know.

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Hey there! You are never really a'one'. You get picked up right as

you are leaving the luggage area. Then they take you to the hospital

for your tests and then over to the hotel. The next morning they pick

you up at the hotel and take you over for surgery. So the only time

alone is on the flight and in the hotel and if someone else is going

you will get a chance to know them on the ride from the airport and

can hopefully eat with them. I never went out so I dont know about

crime.

If you have a friend to take with you- I would but dont be afraid of

going alone. Once you get picked up there will be others with you

about 90% of the time.

>

> I would like to book my surgery for Feb. 14th, however I can't find

> anyone to go with me. My husband is freaked out about me going by

> myself. Would someone (who went alone for surgery) please let me

know

> how it was. Is it safe? The thought of me going to San

Diego/Mexico,

> by myself, is scary; but I don't want it to keep me from doing it.

Is

> there much crime in Mexicali? I'm a little freaked out myself.

Please

> let me know.

>

[Guest guest]

//Would someone (who went alone for surgery) please let me know how

it was. //

I went alone and would do it again if I had to. I was nervous too

but once you arrive and Ernesto picks you up at the airport, you are

NEVER alone (except in your hospital room).

After surgery I just wanted to sleep and relax. There was someone

there with her husband and he got so bored he left and stayed at the

hotel most of the time. I am so glad my husband did not go. He

would have been trying to talk to me and ask me how I was doing. He

would have tried to be nice but I know I would have been annoyed by

his kindness.

You will meet so many other bandsters (who don't post but do read

the board) there having surgery the same day as you or the day

before/after you. You will have much more time to spend with your

new friends if you are not trying to keep your traveling companion

occupied.

//Is it safe?//

Absolutely! Again at NO time was I ever alone except in my hospital

room

7/18/05

280/180/140

[Guest guest]

>I went by myself and it was a piece of cake. You will nap a lot and

when you are not napping you will take a few laps around the Alameter

Hospital. Then you will be ready to sleep again. I brought a portable

DVD player and used it some but mostly on the plane. Travel light and

take only what you need -- jammies, comfortable travelling clothes,

robe, slippers, Gas-X strips etc. (there are tons of posts onwhat to

bring). I met the two other bandsters and both they and their husbands

were very supportive and helpful to me even though we'd only just met.

One even let me use his cell phone to call my kids since I wasn't

getting service in the hospital. You will be fine. Your hubby would be

bored to tears. You will get more rest if you " fly solo " .

[Guest guest]

I wish I would have went alone. My husband and another couple came down with me.

Everyone was scared for my life...What a joke. I felt like I needed to entertain

them and I just wanted peace and quiet. Plus they are all PICKY EATERS....So

they would cross over the border everytime they got hungry. Then they would

complain , complain, complain. They were all worse than my kids!!! I ended up

leaving the day after surgery because they were all driving me NUTS!!!!

Everything will be fine. You are totally safe.

---- rena brown <rena71857@...> wrote:

> Hello, I know what you mean about being scared...I was with my husband and was

still scared, but I soon found out I had no reason to be scared...You will be

safe with Earnesto and they will treat you like a queen...I know it's scary but

please don't let that stop you...You have nothing to be afraid of by

going...They are the best!!!!!

>

> I'm sure there will be some bandsters who went alone reply to you too...But

I want you to know if I knew now what I knew then I wouldn't be scared to go

alone...It's nice to have someone with you to help you...But if you don't have

anyone then by all means go alone...Can you ask a friend, sister, brother

anyone????

>

> Good luck and just so you know you won't regret getting the band...I got

mine this past Sept. and I'm down 38lbs...

>

> ttyl, Rena

>

>

>

> lrrkrk <lrrkrk@...> wrote:

> I would like to book my surgery for Feb. 14th, however I can't find

> anyone to go with me. My husband is freaked out about me going by

> myself. Would someone (who went alone for surgery) please let me know

> how it was. Is it safe? The thought of me going to San Diego/Mexico,

> by myself, is scary; but I don't want it to keep me from doing it. Is

> there much crime in Mexicali? I'm a little freaked out myself. Please

> let me know.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hello,

I would also like to book my surgery for Feb. 14th, however am still

waiting for my funds in the mail before I can schedule. I am in the

Seattle area but I would most likely be traveling alone, also. So we

can support eachother before and after. I'll keep you posted if that

is the day I actually go on.

Amy

[Guest guest]

I was planning on going alone and the same thing, my husband was

freaked out. He said he would never have let me go alone, but it was

truely not a big deal. I ended up with a friend that said she would

come with me. We traveled at seperate times to San Deigo, my sister

lives there so I went to visit her and her new baby, then my friend

and I met at the airport on a Thursday. Ernesto picked us up and we

traveled together from there on. The advantage to having a friend

with me... she loved to read as much as I did, so we both read A LOT.

She was NOT picky she was truely there to help me with whatever I

needed. If I needed something out of my suitecase I could ask her and

she would jump to it. We laughed A LOT. When ever something

stressful was going on we laughed, whenever something was funny we

laughed, when she wanted a can of coke and the nurses told us not to

cross the street to get it we laughed I don't think the trip would

have gone as well with my husband along.

So all that being said, I certainly did NOT need anyone with me.

There was never anything that I needed someone else to do for me. It

was just fun to travel with my best friend. Our joke was that we

couldn't believe this was the first time we were traveling together

and we weren't going to go it on a beach, we were going to Mexico to

get me cut open LOL

Take care and good luck with your decision.

Cyrena Weeks

DOB: 1/19/07

(240)230/214/130

>

> I would like to book my surgery for Feb. 14th, however I can't find

> anyone to go with me. My husband is freaked out about me going by

> myself. Would someone (who went alone for surgery) please let me know

> how it was. Is it safe? The thought of me going to San Diego/Mexico,

> by myself, is scary; but I don't want it to keep me from doing it. Is

> there much crime in Mexicali? I'm a little freaked out myself. Please

> let me know.

>

[Guest guest]

There is nothing to freak out about. You will be well taking care of.

The Dr are great and the staff are very supportive and loving. You will

be just fine.