Sweet_56
The Best Is Yet To Come...... :D
Sep 16, 2011
Ok, Ok, OK... For all of you who are coming down here RELAX!!! I am such a big baby (honestly...It is hard to admit but true) I can`t believe I was soo worried about testing today, and now at 9:41pm (local time) I am excited for tomorrow.. Still scared about the surgery aspect but I know I am in good hands. I have this irrational fear I am going to get sick, have pain, or worse yet die... Today after meeting SOME of the staff I have next to nothing in the fears department. I know some of you will find this hard to believe...that`s totally fair because I was constantly reading blog after blog and Post after Post thinking to myself ``How can these people not be freaked out and losing their minds?`` It`s a simple answer the staff are amazing!! Well ok the ones I have met so far and if that is a pre-cursor to the famed Dr. A I will be elated. I will give a brief rundown of how today went. We stayed overnight in San Diego due to the flight schedule situation and now finding a flight that made it to San Diego before 11am...However in hind sight I am sure you could work with the staff to have Ernesto pick you up slightly later from the Airport. Ernesto (who had the surgery and looks awesome) picked us up at our hotel (which was Days Hotel-Hotel Circle - Nice Rooms- Fairly Cranky Staff) and from the hotel we headed towards the border, but Ernesto was nice enough to make a pit stop at a gas station for drinks and a potty break before the trip. The drive is around 2 hours and Ill prewarn those of you who are backseat drivers... HE DRIVES FAASST!!! I felt very safe though and he along with the other lady I met provided conversation the entire trip which allowed me to take my mind off of the pre testing etc. The trip into Mexico was awesome the landscape was gorgeous and the sun was shining. I am a big picture junky so I took tons of pictures...Ill post some later on Youtube, or here. Crossing the border into MX was easy we drove right through without even stopping. The hospital is maybe 10 minutes away from the border when you cross it. When we arrived at the hospital the very first thing we did was meet Yolanda. A very nice lady.. She was talking to the other lady and myself..However I was sooo nervous that I didn`t hear a thing leaving her lips. We were immediately given cups for a urine sample which is tricky as I couldn`t find a hat anywhere... After your done peeing they sweep you away to bloodwork.. I don`t like needles at all but the Nurse was EXTRA nice and careful when she took my blood and hit my vein the first try...THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN CANADA!!!! After the bloodwork I went and changed into a gown and went for an EKG.. Side note: That was the first gown I ever wore that fit me and I had extra room in. After the EKG I flipped the gown around and walked to the xray which was both fast and painless. Again the staff I encountered were warm, friendly, and soo relaxed it helped me to relax. Once that was finished and I got the A-OK I followed Yolanda back to the lobby where we waited for about 10 minutes and we met the anesthesiologist who gave us a run down of what he would be doing and answered any questions we had.. After that we met with Yolanda and finished discussions about financials at that point Dr. Campos popped in (What a young looking and friendly guy!!!). As I was a gigantic ball of nerves they gave me something to take to help me sleep tonight, and told me to go and enjoy my last meal...Whatever I wanted... YAY!!! I am now sitting here thinking about tomorrow, and I am definitley not as anxious or nervous as I was any of the last 13 nights leading up to tonight. I am completely comfortable with my choice in both Dr and coming to Mexico. I met some awesome ladies who were leaving today and I spent time talking with them, and I can`t wait to talk with the ladies tomorrow who I have been talking to via Email and Forum Boards. Everyone here is just sooo darn nice!!! My fiance and Mom wont be able to see me until after I have been in recovery so I don`t know if my inital plan of having them get some footage of me post surgery will happen or not, but I will try my darndest to get something together so that folks thinking about coming can have a look at the hospital. It is the cleanest hospital I have ever seen... Not a speck of dust, kleenex, anything in the garbages.. There is always someone cleaning... Anywho I should get to bed as I have a BIG day tomorrow.I'll write a little jig for everyone!!!
So Here`s to You and Here`s to Me
A Little Wish for SUCCESSFUL surgeries
May we lose from our toes to our nose
Becoming the people we want to be..
So Here`s to you, Here`s to Me!!!
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About Me
Saskatchewan, XX
Location
55.6
BMI
Surgery
09/17/2011
Surgery Date
Sep 12, 2010
Member Since
