TESTIMONIALS
A journey-I'm so glad I took.

Wow, this has been a journey. At first when I told my family that I was having surgery, they were apprehensive, but when I told them where I was going. They were downright opposed to my decision. Undeterred by the negativism, I went to Tijuana alone to have surgery with Dr. Almanza. At my highes... *

04/25/2016
Changed my life!

i am at my 5 month post op now and i must say i am so glad i have made this decision to have the gastric sleeve done. I have lost a total of 80 lbs so far. I feel great most days. I will not sugar coat this tho, you totally have to be ready for this physically and mentally. Let me start of by say... *

04/23/2016
Change for better

Hi my name is Lily and I'm 43yo mother of 3 that has struggled with my weight all my life. Like most of you I have let the life of raising kids, making a home and working a full time and at times a part time job get in the way of my health. When I started my journey I was at 340 pounds at 5'4 and ... *

04/21/2016
Great Experience

I will admit it now. I was a little worried going to Tijuana to have my procedure. But once I was there all of the nerves went away. Everyone took such good care of me. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It's been almost a month since I had my surgery and everything is going well. Still on liquid d... *

04/21/2016
My Amazing Journey

My name is Kathy Bastian and I started my journey on April 7, 2016 with gastric sleeve surgery performed by Dr. Mario Almanza. My friend Natalie Lewis had the surgery one year prior to mine. I had watched her thrive by loosing 75 pounds, getting her high blood pressure medication, and looking like... *

04/21/2016
My experience

My experience was wonderful, it was awesome. Surgery went great, doctors and nurses was great, hotel was great...everything was awesome...I recommend... *

04/21/2016
Surgery testimony

I had my surgery about two years now and I'm still satisfy with my decision. The agent and the Doctor where so supportive and keep tap on my discoveries. And I haven't had any problems with my surgery since I had it done. Thank you for the team and doctors I lost 50lbs.... *

04/20/2016
Life changing!

The decision to have the surgey and making the appointment came very fast.
Dr. Almanza came highly recommend to me and he and his staff did not disappoint.
The nurses at the hospital and hotel were the nicest and sweetest. They were very helpful to answer any and all questions I had.
The hotel was... *

04/20/2016
My New Journey

I am 5'6" and was 225 pounds, I feel fat, lazy, and was so disappointed and sad with myself. I researched several places and I found that Dr. Velazquez would be my best choice. When I arrived in San Diego I was greeted by a very kind driver who took me straight to the hospital for a same day surgery... *

04/18/2016
Good experience

Everything went well for me. The staff was professional, knowledgable and helpful. Everyone spoke English. The only bad experience I had was after surgery I shared a room with 2 other people, one of them was throwing up all night long so I got no sleep that night. I would suggest asking for a prescr... *

04/18/2016
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