Hello, my name is
Eleazar Lopez Sandoval, I am 34 years and I live in Tijuana, Mexico.
I had the Gastric Band HELIOGAST procedure with the WLS Clinic team
on March 24th. I first met Dr. Kelly in October, 2005 by personal
recommendation. The first impression that I had about Dr. Kelly was
very good and grateful because I never thought that I could find
people that could help me with my obesity problem, because for many
years I’ve tried and failed with all my attempts to lose weight, I
have tried everything that is available for weight loss and after
all that time I am finally succeeding, the first time that I visited
them I weighted around 661.3 lb (300 kg) and my BMI 106.2 and I fall
under the Super Obese group. One of the reasons that I decided to go
for bariatric surgery it’s because Dr. Kelly and his team gave me an
extended explanation of both procedures (Gastric Band and Roux-in-Y
Gastric Bypass) they told me the benefits of this procedures as well
as the complications that might arise with either one of this
operations and another reason that I am loosing weight is because
they are giving me nutritional support that involves behavior
modification techniques and a change in my eating habits.
The impression that I had about the team it’s getting better day by
day because they are reliable in the medical side and the treat me
without prejudice, the one feeling I got all my life from people at
work, school and family as well.
From my view the WLS Clinic’s team is one of the bests because they
explained things that I was not aware of and they made me understand
that obesity is a disease that affects every organ in the body and
they explained all the hazards involved and I finally understand
what Dr. Kelly tried to explained me on my first visit to his
office. That day when he explained to me that obesity is a
“metabolic syndrome” and not only a storage of fat tissue with a lot
of complications I did not understand a word but slowly I began to
do so an now I feel very comfortable and Dr. Kelly’s bedside manners
always impressed me and he has made my self steam go up. I want to
tell future patients that this team above all cares for patients
that need help and they give them the necessary support pre as well
as post-operatively and they believe that patient follow-up is of
paramount importance. In these days my weight is 328 lb (149 kg)
with a BMI of 51.6; I want to thank the WLS Clinic team and
specially Dr. Kelly.
