CDianne

Hi Michhc I rarely check this board, but saw this just now (January 3, 2013). Have you found the forums on Obesityhelp.com? There are forums for most provinces, some more active than others. http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/BC/ I stumbled across that site by accident.

I had VSG surgery on Feb 6/12. My sister-in-law came with me. I was glad that she did, more for having someone to do things with than anything. I had an awesome experience with my surgery and felt great by the following day. I'm also very foggy about details in the hospital! I remember next-to-nothing of the time I spent there. I had absolutely no pain at any time and probably didn't really need the painkillers they gave me to take for two days after leaving the hospital. I had no trouble at all walking around or hauling my suitcase around at the border or in the airport on the way home. We stayed at the Marriott in Tijuana. There didn't seem to be any tour companies in the city, but the concierge at the hotel found us a cab driver to give us a tour around Tijuana and took us to do some shopping on Revolucion Avenue and stopped at WalMart for some juice. I took an hour-long nap each day, but other than that was up and out most of the time. We spent our last night in San Diego and there is a tour bus there that goes around the city. I live in Canada and had never been to the southern U.S. or Mexico so I wanted to see at least something of both cities. Dianne C

Thanks everyone who has replied. Good to hear that you had a good experience there.

I'm new to this forum and how to navigate around it, so hopefully this is the right place to post this. Is there anybody out there in Canada? Particularly Manitoba (Winnipeg)? I'm looking into going to OCC for vertical sleeve gastrectomy and wondering if there is anyone local who is willing to discuss their experience? Thanks for any responses.

Anybody out there in Canada? Particularly Manitoba (Winnipeg)? Looking into going to OCC for VSG and wondering if there is anyone local who is willing to discuss their experience?