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Surgeon Testimonial Alejandro Aguirre M.D. Ensenada and Dr. Aguirre was an absolutely great experience. Dr. A was wonderful and thoroughly explained everything. I felt very at ease. He is an excellent surgeon. His staff is wonderful. His assistant Rosella was great! She is Dr. A's daughter and she makes all the arrangements. She was so sweet and came to visit everyday. The nurses at the hospital were fabulous, caring, and attentive. I had Alejandra and Sonia and they were the best! I also had Alejandra for 4 days of private nursing visits. I utilized Dr. A's designated apartment and nursing service. I highly recommend it. I also can't say enough good things about Bambi (Dr. A's driver). He is a wonderful person and definitely the way to go. Please feel free to email me with any questions I would be happy to share my experience. Member Interests
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My Happy Dance I went to Stein Mart and TJ Maxx and treated myself to a few pairs of new jeans today... In get this...
Oh yeah single digits baby!!! From tight size 28 to 4
Hi, it's me Eggface! on January 22, 2008 10:53 pm  Post plastics January 2008 at the beach (my zen zone)
The next phase of this incredible journey... on November 11, 2007 5:08 pm October 18th 2007 - I had a Lower Body Lift, a Breast Lift and Augmentation, and an Arm Lift at Cosmed Clinic in Mexico.
9 comments | Click here to leave a comment.Yes, I'm psycho  and had it done all at once. I'm healing well  .Feel free to check out my personal blog for details.
Recipes and Rambling of a Former Fat Chick  Click on the banner to cruise over to my personal blog. The World According to Eggface ~ Recipes and Rambling of a Former Fat Chick ~ Updated practically everyday!  TY Haven for my great banner!
As they say in Futbol... on August 14, 2007 9:17 am  GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! I'm unbelievably blessed. Hmmmm How to celebrate???
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on June 20, 2007 11:33 am I feel like I need to get all philosophical and wax poetically about how my life is so wonderful since RNY and how the moon and stars have all aligned now. Well... it's partly true. A year ago I suffered from sleep apnea, acid reflux, high blood pressure and severe migraines. I was taking a ton of pills I was embarrassed to go pick up at the pharmacy because they were pills a 70 year old woman should be taking not a 35 year old. My sleep apnea episodes in the night besides having the potential to kill me also caused me to wake up several times throughout the night so my days were hideous. I woke up more tired than I went to bed and dragged my ass through the day. If sleep apnea episodes didn't wake me in the night I woke up with stomach acid pouring into my mouth and sometimes out my nose. I nearly choked to death more nights than I care to count. My through the roof high blood pressure made me a ticking time bomb for a heart attack. I had severe migraines on a weekly basis… the kind of migraines where you want to curl up in a ball and die. Within a month of surgery all of these conditions were resolved. No sleep apnea, no acid reflux, stellar BP, I still get migraines but truly nowhere near as many.
5 comments | Click here to leave a comment.So then the bonus: As of today I'm -126 pounds (and still losing a few pounds a week) I lost a flippin super model. I am ecstatic. I'm smaller than I ever remember being in my life. I'm sure I saw these sizes once as a child LOL but I seriously don't remember them. I eat great food and rarely miss something from my old eating life. In fact, I pretty much eat the same (minus bread, pasta, rice, and sweets) I just don't eat for four anymore. The world is different at this size. I have energy and enjoy exercise. This from a girl who once said, "Why would anyone purposely make themselves sweat?" LOL. I can sit in planes and use the seat belt and tray table, I can slide into booths at restaurants, shop in any store in the mall, fit on roller coasters, I'm not afraid I won't fit or I'll break it. I can cross my legs, see my feet and paint my toes without contorting my body into Bavarian pretzel like formations. Then there's the male attention I have suddenly reawakened. Heck maybe those Bavarian pretzel formations may come in handy after all. When I was a fat girl I never had doors held open for me and now men leap (yeah leap) to get to the door to hold it open. Which really sucks because when I was fat I needed the door held more than now. Errr. I am so glad I decided to do something about my weight. I am so thankful I found Dr. A and I was given this life saving tool. But and I say this because I'm about keeping it real. Weight loss surgery isn't a cure-all for everything in your life. As a pre-op I remember saying many, many times "if only I wasn't fat" to explain away way my life wasn't perfect. Well I'm not fat (well technically unless I was the size of an Olsen twin I am still fat errr crack-smoking BMI chart BS) but not everything is roses and sunshine. I still have a few gray clouds I need to work on and being successful at WLS has added a few, which hopefully a good plastic surgeon can help with. It'll be awhile before feel comfortable with this new me but I'm excited to see what the future holds. At least I feel like I have a future now. For a Before and After shot check out my personal blog post. My Story
I'm 36 (Ughhh when did that happen?!) I've been the "chubby girl" for as long as I can remember (like everyone else I tried all the diets, pills, gadgets...) I thought about wls surgery a few times throughout the years but my serious quest for WLS began after my Dad died. His official cause of death was congestive heart failure and sleep apnea. He was a big guy. Not to long after... I was tested for sleep apnea and BINGO! So not wanting to go out the way my Dad did I got serious. I decided to self-pay in Mexico after I received my insurance denial letter. Three days before I left for Mexico my appeal came through and I was approved. The waiting list for my surgeon in the states was several months so I decided to stick to my plan to go to Mexico and I'm so glad I did. Dr. A was great (see my surgeon review or PM me and I'll answer any Q's I can) BTW No more sleep apnea, no more acid reflux, my blood pressure is stellar and I'm off all medications. Best thing I ever did for myself. I'd still be on the waiting list in the states and instead I'm healthy and happy in my new body. Some people say... "OMG! You went to Mexico?!?!" like its a bad thing... but I believe in only speaking from experience and now having been in both American hospitals and a Mexican hospital. I would choose the Mexican hospital in a nano-second. I was in a huge private room with marble floors, I had two nurses assigned to me and one other patient, I had private nursing for 4 days after surgery and my surgeon came to visit me twice after I was released. I rarely see that level of care in the states. I would recommend my surgeon to my dearest relative. Was I afraid? Sure but I chose a Surgeon I had faith in and I let the expert do his thing. I also made peace with the fact that I could die. I just figured I was a ticking time bomb that was eventually going to die from one of the many co-morbidities I had and frankly even when I was living fat I was "dead" because I wasn't making the most of my time on earth. I was trapped. So I made peace with the fact that if God wanted to take me he would and that was that. I'd rather die fighting for life then passively kill myself which is what I was doing. Feel free to PM me with any questions you may have. ~Michelle Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
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