Southernlady33...

What you are claiming is entirely untrue. Have you been to Mexico for surgery? If not, you should probably say nothing about what you don't know. Do you even know anyone who has gone to Mexico. Yes, there are those horror stories out there but don't you realize we have those stories right here in the US also. We do have different regulations but what we don't understand about Mexico is they have been doing these surgeries even before us, because they aren't regulated like us so they started this way before us. They have double the amount of surgeries under their belts than US Drs. do. There are some things to watch out for as you would watch here when looking for a Surgery. Most important are statistics. Many of the Mexican Drs. have taught many of our US Drs. It is true that when you go to Mexico and aren't planning on staying for the after care you could have an issue on finding a Bariatric Surgeon here that wants to treat someone else's surgery. But saying that you can't find a doctor to do so, is false, and most times if that should happen and it can and does with Mexican, America, English, European drs. you will most likely be covered at that point by your own insurance that won't cover weight loss surgery here.

I know many people probably (10) who have been to Mexico in every case they had great experiences and outcomes, also they often claim it was like a day spa atmosphere, clean, orderly, friendly and many of those have great and long associations with their Surgeons and staff way beyond the warranty period of their surgeries. I'm not sure you understand that you do have a warranty with your surgery in Mexico just like in the states. But most people leave and don't return so it's kind of hard for a Surgeon to fix what they can't fix if your not there for them to do so. Surgery is a gamble, there are % chances of problems. Mexico gets a bad wrap and I'm seriously sick of it. There are those low rent places that will seriously try to do surgery on anyone for anything in other countries but for the most part these WL Clinics are on the up and up and have excellent follow up and post op care, that is if you stay for it, it is critical. So if you want that you should stay day there for 30 days post surgery, end of story.

Can anyone recommend a surgeon in Mexico close to the San Antonio border?

Was the bypass surgery experience about the same as your sleeve surgery? Have you had positive results since the revision?

I had sleeve surgery done by Dr. Almanza about 5 years ago but would NEVER recommend any others use him. In fact, my mom and sister both traveled to Tijuana for the same surgery but they used a different hospital and surgeon and they were way more pleased. I was with both of them for their surgeries and the experience was much different and way more professional. I felt like part of cattle that was rushed through a line. My friend actually walked by the room during my surgery and saw me on the table! The doctor himself was showboating about how well his own surgery has worked and never really seemed interested in the details of my own health/surgery. It wasn't a back alley type of place but it felt similar to me. I'm thinking about having a revision surgery but I definitely won't be using his services. Never again.

Looking into surgery in Mexico. How did yours go?