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My journey with Dr. Ivan in Mexico, Guadalajara. Part 1.

Started by lovelessheart, December 06, 2014, 08:09:54 AM

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Part 1. Pre~op

Firstly, let me reintroduce myself. I am LOVE. A few of you may have seen me post awhile back about my journey with Dr Chett. The week of my surgery date everything seemed to be going so wrong. My flight was delayed due to snow storm reasons(twice! it hardly ever snows here!!!) a dear relative became deathly ill ( RIP) torn between my destiny and my reality. I decided to post pone, with it being the day of surgery... basically all the 2k something that I put towards my srs...was a waste...no bueno. Although Dr. CHETT, did try to work with me and was very kind with trying to fit me in... it was just so much. So I took a loss.

After that happened... I hated to even post at Susans. I didn't want to tell everyone that was following my journey, that this was going on.

So now I'm here. Again. THIS time, not with Dr. CHET, but this time with Dr. IVAN. Not much information on him. So jere is a quote from an email from his sweet assistant, Ms Christina.

"Dr Ivan has been doing
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lovelessheart

(Continued) ....SRS surgeries for many years now on his own Mexican patients, (just since 2005, more than 100!) but has started offering his services to medical tourists just since last year.  He worked at a clinic that did a lot of TG patients so, high volume but not his OWN clinic just dedicated to SRS... understand?  As I said in the intro letter, this is really about trying to offer something absolutely unique and truly of quality, experience and integrity to the transgender world.
Everyone else is either a plastic or general surgeon-turned-TG surgeon... even in Thailand...  Mexico has nothing equal to what we are offering!  =)   Dr Ivan is a RECONSTRUCTIVE UROLOGIST so even when he's NOT doing SRS surgeries, urology and reconstructing all different genitals, whether it's a child or infant with a birth defect or malformation, to traumatic reconstructions on adults, etc etc...  reconstructing parts "below the belt" is what he DOES.
Dr CArlos Mendez is our plastic surgeon and he does the esthetic surgeries (including the labia construction) and handles ALL the post op follow ups. =)
Lastly, DR Ivan is the ONLY Mexican surgeon invited to be a guest surgeon with the famous and respected Dr Marcie Bowers SRS surgeon from California!"

My reason for cjosing him was based on location/results/price. In that order. So follow my you all. Ill answer any questions you have about this.
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lovelessheart

Update April 14/2015:

Surgery date is set for june 26. Dr ivan requires you to purchase soul scource dialators. So im buying one every 2 weeks. The orange one will arrive today or tomorrow. Excited to see how big this one is. Seems that everyone has a lot to say about him. The hotel was included in his price of 10995 . So everything from surgery cost and operational was included. My srs letter has been sent . The next thing and final thing would be to have my test ran.. which thats no biggy but I will call and make an appointment today to insure that I can do it in time. Christina, the informationista lol, or the person who supplies you with the information through email back and forth... feels like a friend next door. Seriously, very kinda and sweet. Oh and reachable! You can call the office and she answers . The surgical.procedure that im having done is srs with the urethra and scrotum to lengthen the vagina. The urethea will give me aome lubrication and more feeling inside the vagina. This technique is unique from dr ivan. Thats all the updating for now, untill next month .

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jenn90210

hey lovelessheart congrats on the new surgery date, i hope everything goes well!!
i'm looking into srs surgeons at the moment and was wondering if maybe Dr Ivan has a website?
how did you find out about him? have you seen any before and afters?
please keep us posted!

thanks :)




HRT - April 16, 2012
Full Time - January 8, 2013
BA & Body Feminization - Dr. Suarez - Oct 5, 2013
VFS - Dr. Kim - March 18, 2014

FFS - Dr. DiMaggio - December 11, 2014
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lovelessheart

Quote from: jenn90210 on April 16, 2015, 03:50:46 AM
hey lovelessheart congrats on the new surgery date, i hope everything goes well!!
i'm looking into srs surgeons at the moment and was wondering if maybe Dr Ivan has a website?
how did you find out about him? have you seen any before and afters?
please keep us posted!

thanks :)

His website is sexchangemexico.com . Not much there associated with the website as its still in reconstruction. However if you email christina, she informs of all faqs. I heard about this doctor theough yourtube video . She had recently went there.. I actually spoke with to girls who have had srs with him and both love the outcome. He workked alongside of dr bowers . I have seen results and I live them!
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jenn90210

Quote from: lovelessheart on April 16, 2015, 02:19:25 PM
His website is sexchangemexico.com . Not much there associated with the website as its still in reconstruction. However if you email christina, she informs of all faqs. I heard about this doctor theough yourtube video . She had recently went there.. I actually spoke with to girls who have had srs with him and both love the outcome. He workked alongside of dr bowers . I have seen results and I live them!

thanks for the info! :)




HRT - April 16, 2012
Full Time - January 8, 2013
BA & Body Feminization - Dr. Suarez - Oct 5, 2013
VFS - Dr. Kim - March 18, 2014

FFS - Dr. DiMaggio - December 11, 2014
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Cadence Jean

Hi, Love!  I hope things go well for you with Dr. Ivan. :)  I'm looking at my options for surgeons.  I'll be emailing Christina for more information and following this thread closely! hehe  Did they quote you a price?  Are you having any other procedures done in the same visit as your srs?
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lovelessheart

Quote from: Cadence Jean on May 01, 2015, 12:49:34 PM
Hi, Love!  I hope things go well for you with Dr. Ivan. :)  I'm looking at my options for surgeons.  I'll be emailing Christina for more information and following this thread closely! hehe  Did they quote you a price?  Are you having any other procedures done in the same visit as your srs?

Thank you! Im excited. Next month is the biggggg month!!!! Yayyyy!!!!!! Just ready to start healing!!! My pricings were for 2014 which was 10995. Everything included such as hotel ect. Not having and other procedures while im there.
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Ellesmira the Duck

I'm very interested to see how it all goes. I think when my mom looked into Bowers for me she came back with the rough price of 40k for the whole thing, so if it all goes well for you (and I hope it does) it might give some of us a cheaper alternative. That said I'm kind of wary of surgeries done in Mexico. I've heard some good things and some really bad things and everywhere in between. 10k sounds far more of a doable price, can't wait to hear the next update. =)
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Dee Marshall

Sounds wonderful Andi I hope you have a great experience, for your own benefit and my own! But, ooh, the phrase it brought to mind: "cut rate c***!" Giggle!
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lovelessheart

Quote from: Ellesmira the Duck on May 06, 2015, 09:12:43 AM
I'm very interested to see how it all goes. I think when my mom looked into Bowers for me she came back with the rough price of 40k for the whole thing, so if it all goes well for you (and I hope it does) it might give some of us a cheaper alternative. That said I'm kind of wary of surgeries done in Mexico. I've heard some good things and some really bad things and everywhere in between. 10k sounds far more of a doable price, can't wait to hear the next update. =)

Oh I deff will keep all updated. I will update on things soon. Yeah the cost was stunned me and the ruslts and the fact ive apoke with two girla who went to him. I went to dr cardenas in mexico... so I was like great, a place im familar with.
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lovelessheart

Quote from: Dee Marshall on May 06, 2015, 02:53:01 PM
Sounds wonderful Andi I hope you have a great experience, for your own benefit and my own! But, ooh, the phrase it brought to mind: "cut rate c***!" Giggle!


Thanks!!! Counting down the big day!!
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Cadence Jean

I received my quote from Christina today. Dr.  Ivan has increased his prices to 13k usd for 2015. All inclusive. Still one heckuva deal. I've asked her for Post-op references that she alluded to in her email. Love, did you get in touch with some ladies who had surgery with Ivan? Im' also wondering to if the price of food is included in the 13k. It looks like the trip is three weeks, so I hope the added expense of feeding myself won't be a factor. :)
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Cadence Jean

I'll also mention that this is about 3.5k less than Brassard recently quoted me.
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lovelessheart

Yes that is still an awesome deal. I did speak with a few ladies on the surgery. One im a friend with on fb.. ive seen her reaults and its a natural anatomy vagina. As well as jessica, havent seen hers im not sure of, but I did speak with her. She is the one that I saw on youtube about his surgery. Breakfast is included as well as hospit food, of course. However id youd like meals for after breakfast when you arrive to your hotel.. it is on you.
Quote from: Cadence Jean on May 09, 2015, 01:50:52 PM
I received my quote from Christina today. Dr.  Ivan has increased his prices to 13k usd for 2015. All inclusive. Still one heckuva deal. I've asked her for Post-op references that she alluded to in her email. Love, did you get in touch with some ladies who had surgery with Ivan? Im' also wondering to if the price of food is included in the 13k. It looks like the trip is three weeks, so I hope the added expense of feeding myself won't be a factor. :)
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lovelessheart

Quote from: lovelessheart on April 14, 2015, 10:38:16 AM
Update April 14/2015:

Surgery date is set for june 26. Dr ivan requires you to purchase soul scource dialators. So im buying one every 2 weeks. The orange one will arrive today or tomorrow. Excited to see how big this one is. Seems that everyone has a lot to say about him. The hotel was included in his price of 10995 . So everything from surgery cost and operational was included. My srs letter has been sent . The next thing and final thing would be to have my test ran.. which thats no biggy but I will call and make an appointment today to insure that I can do it in time. Christina, the informationista lol, or the person who supplies you with the information through email back and forth... feels like a friend next door. Seriously, very kinda and sweet. Oh and reachable! You can call the office and she answers . The surgical.procedure that im having done is srs with the urethra and scrotum to lengthen the vagina. The urethea will give me aome lubrication and more feeling inside the vagina. This technique is unique from dr ivan. Thats all the updating for now, untill next month .
Update May 10th, 2015

Sooo! 44 more days to go!!! Excited. I've recently spoke  with Christina about settling my surgery fees. You do have to make at least a payment in everything else besides the actually surgery fee 30 days before you leave. I leave for Guadalajara on june 23. I will arrive there at 8pm. As soon as I get there I will rest until the next day. However, since im arriving a day early, christina is going to contact dr ivan to see if  I can move my surgery date up. Which is on the 26. There will be three surgeons in the room with me. Dr ivan will construct everything ( hes an reconstructive urologist) and dr carlos is going to do the aesthetics. The other doctor, well, there to supervise and to help.  The hotel room that I will have will have a full kitchen, my taxi driver will be ble to take me to thw grocery store to stock up on groceries for the weeks. I have two more dilators to purchase. However ill purchase them all before I leave. I still need to have my test done before I leave, however if you decide that you. An have them done, they will charge you 100 dollars for the two test. A few weeka before I leave I will go and find some gowns that ill be able to wear around the hotel as well. I did ask Christina how long would it be to be able to swim or have sex, dr cardenas says 6 weeks... however I dont think itll be this soon. Not sure.. ill just hold off for a few months.   Im not really nervous, just excited. Ready for it to be over! I know it will be here really soon. Until later,

Love
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lovelessheart

Quote from: lovelessheart on May 09, 2015, 03:39:43 PM
Update May 10th, 2015

Sooo! 44 more days to go!!! Excited. I've recently spoke  with Christina about settling my surgery fees. You do have to make at least a payment in everything else besides the actually surgery fee 30 days before you leave. I leave for Guadalajara on june 23. I will arrive there at 8pm. As soon as I get there I will rest until the next day. However, since im arriving a day early, christina is going to contact dr ivan to see if  I can move my surgery date up. Which is on the 26. There will be three surgeons in the room with me. Dr ivan will construct everything ( hes an reconstructive urologist) and dr carlos is going to do the aesthetics. The other doctor, well, there to supervise and to help.  The hotel room that I will have will have a full kitchen, my taxi driver will be ble to take me to thw grocery store to stock up on groceries for the weeks. I have two more dilators to purchase. However ill purchase them all before I leave. I still need to have my test done before I leave, however if you decide that you. An have them done, they will charge you 100 dollars for the two test. A few weeka before I leave I will go and find some gowns that ill be able to wear around the hotel as well. I did ask Christina how long would it be to be able to swim or have sex, dr cardenas says 6 weeks... however I dont think itll be this soon. Not sure.. ill just hold off for a few months.   Im not really nervous, just excited. Ready for it to be over! I know it will be here really soon. Until later,

Love
May 28th , 2015.

Im laying in bed, it's morning right now and in about 10 minutes i need to get up and get ready for work. The past few nights i have been dreaming dreams. Either sex after post op (idky) or the actual post op surgery itself. But last night i dreamed i arrived at the hospital. It looked like an abandoned home. Really scary! So i walk inside to see a couch and hear someone snoring. So i wait tor about 2 hours for them to wake up. No answer. The walls were grimy and yucky.. Literally it was a small house. I walked outside to see what the sign read just to be sure  and i was at the right place . i went and opened the door with the sleeping man, he was shirtless laying face down on the bed.. He seen me looking and started charging at me!!! I immediately woke up. In my dream i felt so disappointed. I have been sorta hating to dream here lately.. All because it evolves around srs and im not sure what i get. Of course id rather get a good dream, but the bad dreams..nope..  Keep them sandman! So my surgery is in a few weeks on June the 26. I leave for Guadalajara on the 23. Ive ordered the 3rd dilater from soulsourse . hell, all of them are big to me lol. I sit there and pull them out my suit case from time to time and think, wow.. Is this really going to be in me in a few weeks?? Geesh. If you read my recent post on my last visit to the doctor, you would know my doctor told me she could not see me anymore because it went against her beliefs. Since this happened i don't have a primary doctor anymore, so i cant get the required test here. I called Christina and explained to her what happened and she said for 200, i could get them dome there. So luckily i had already booked my flight a day earlier. I have been packing a long the way to insure i don't forget anything. Cause i will procrastinate out the ass lol. Also, i just found out.. Dr cardenas does use an epidural during surgery to numb the pain down there.. Which is ok to me lol!  So now, i need to get up and get ready for work! ::)

Will updating in june :)
Ps. Wow that close!!

Xoxo love
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Cadence Jean

I'm sorry your pcp is a bigot. :( Another reason that discrimination against LGBT peeps should be made illegal.
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lovelessheart

Quote from: Cadence Jean on May 28, 2015, 09:34:38 AM
I'm sorry your pcp is a bigot. :( Another reason that discrimination against LGBT peeps should be made illegal.

Exactly. I was think if she ever owned a store and told a guy that was buying female clothes and she told him that she cant sell him yhe clothes because its against her beliefs.. Like wtf.. Anyway.. Glad gladdd gladdd my surgery is soon
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lovelessheart

Quote from: lovelessheart on May 28, 2015, 08:15:39 AM
      May 28th , 2015.

Im laying in bed, it's morning right now and in about 10 minutes i need to get up and get ready for work. The past few nights i have been dreaming dreams. Either sex after post op (idky) or the actual post op surgery itself. But last night i dreamed i arrived at the hospital. It looked like an abandoned home. Really scary! So i walk inside to see a couch and hear someone snoring. So i wait tor about 2 hours for them to wake up. No answer. The walls were grimy and yucky.. Literally it was a small house. I walked outside to see what the sign read just to be sure  and i was at the right place . i went and opened the door with the sleeping man, he was shirtless laying face down on the bed.. He seen me looking and started charging at me!!! I immediately woke up. In my dream i felt so disappointed. I have been sorta hating to dream here lately.. All because it evolves around srs and im not sure what i get. Of course id rather get a good dream, but the bad dreams..nope..  Keep them sandman! So my surgery is in a few weeks on June the 26. I leave for Guadalajara on the 23. Ive ordered the 3rd dilater from soulsourse . hell, all of them are big to me lol. I sit there and pull them out my suit case from time to time and think, wow.. Is this really going to be in me in a few weeks?? Geesh. If you read my recent post on my last visit to the doctor, you would know my doctor told me she could not see me anymore because it went against her beliefs. Since this happened i don't have a primary doctor anymore, so i cant get the required test here. I called Christina and explained to her what happened and she said for 200, i could get them dome there. So luckily i had already booked my flight a day earlier. I have been packing a long the way to insure i don't forget anything. Cause i will procrastinate out the ass lol. Also, i just found out.. Dr ivan does use an epidural during surgery to numb the pain down there.. Which is ok to me lol!  So now, i need to get up and get ready for work! ::)

Will updating in june :)
Ps. Wow that close!!

Xoxo love

June 6th 2015 update:

so a few more weeks to go... Be over already!! Lol. There's not much to update however I just recently purchased my last dilator, light Blue one. I dont have any dreams anymore since i got busy focusing on aomething else. It is a major relief because now, i domt think about srs all day. Dont get me wrong, no words can express how i feel that in a few weeks it will be all over, but the preparing and the inconvience that it has on my life is so much not needed. Just cant wait for it all to be over so i can focus on ''normal'' things .. Such as.. Rent..and shoes.. Lmao!!

Nothing really else to report

However.. The hotel does have free wifi ! No calling back to the states for free tho. So they recommend to download an app to reach close family and friends.

Untill take off day,
Love

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