Tris

hi everyone!
My name is Tris and I live in Utah for the moment and sadly, no, i do not have 10 husbands, nor do I have 10 sister wives. Grew up in SF Bay area, moved to London, then Oregon, Idaho. I used to love to travel and moved to England and lived there some 7 years. I am a huge anglofile. and btw, didn't know a soul there. I had the time of my life, almost got married twice, and made some friends I will never forget. Since I have gotten heavy, travelling has basically stopped, as I find it difficult to hike and explore.. and I have become incredibly shy and stay inside a lot. hence my exploring this operation.
A few hobbies : fossils, trilobytes, calligraphy, hiking, my 2 dogs, baking, the beatles, music, and crafting. I work full time as a professional musician, playing the harp, and love music of all types.
I play the harp, string bass, violin and viola, a little french horn, as well as psaltery and piano. I feel really lucky and blessed to be able to play harp for a living, and bless my parents for starting all this up when I was about 4 years old. They met in a string quartet in high school, and passed along the music to my brother and me.
I love real estate and purchased 2 properties on my own, and am getting my condo ready for rental. New dreams: a very small RV or vintage small trailer, find a small pool I can afford for my back yard (looking at horse troughs (ikr?), natural pools - google it, so cool) or just a small above ground from kmart, and get my backyard finally done after I refi my home. I also want to buy a new harp.. I have my eye on a carbon Fiber one that is just amazeballs. Oh, did I tell you I make harps too? I hate to admit how many harps I have. Harps are like potato chips, you can't just have one. Its sort of a passion.. have harp, always looking for more.. the perfect harp. OK i will stop now, I do rattle along. Hope to gather more info on this operation, and then finally go forward, bravely.
tris

hi everyone!
My name is Tris and I live in Utah for the moment and sadly, no, i do not have 10 husbands, nor do I have 10 sister wives. Grew up in SF Bay area, moved to London, then Oregon, Idaho. I used to love to travel and moved to England and lived there some 7 years. I am a huge anglofile. and btw, didn't know a soul there. I had the time of my life, almost got married twice, and made some friends I will never forget. Since I have gotten heavy, travelling has basically stopped, as I find it difficult to hike and explore.. and I have become incredibly shy and stay inside a lot. hence my exploring this operation.
A few hobbies : fossils, trilobytes, calligraphy, hiking, my 2 dogs, baking, the beatles, music, and crafting. I work full time as a professional musician, playing the harp, and love music of all types.
I play the harp, string bass, violin and viola, a little french horn, as well as psaltery and piano. I feel really lucky and blessed to be able to play harp for a living, and bless my parents for starting all this up when I was about 4 years old. They met in a string quartet in high school, and passed along the music to my brother and me.
I love real estate and purchased 2 properties on my own, and am getting my condo ready for rental. New dreams: a very small RV or vintage small trailer, find a small pool I can afford for my back yard (looking at horse troughs (ikr?), natural pools - google it, so cool) or just a small above ground from kmart, and get my backyard finally done after I refi my home. I also want to buy a new harp.. I have my eye on a carbon Fiber one that is just amazeballs. Oh, did I tell you I make harps too? I hate to admit how many harps I have. Harps are like potato chips, you can't just have one. Its sort of a passion.. have harp, always looking for more.. the perfect harp. OK i will stop now, I do rattle along. Hope to gather more info on this operation, and then finally go forward, bravely.
tris

hi everyone!
My name is Tris and I live in Utah for the moment and sadly, no, i do not have 10 husbands, nor do I have 10 sister wives. Grew up in SF Bay area, moved to London, then Oregon, Idaho. I used to love to travel and moved to England and lived there some 7 years. I am a huge anglofile. and btw, didn't know a soul there. I had the time of my life, almost got married twice, and made some friends I will never forget. Since I have gotten heavy, travelling has basically stopped, as I find it difficult to hike and explore.. and I have become incredibly shy and stay inside a lot. hence my exploring this operation.
A few hobbies : fossils, trilobytes, calligraphy, hiking, my 2 dogs, baking, the beatles, music, and crafting. I work full time as a professional musician, playing the harp, and love music of all types.
I play the harp, string bass, violin and viola, a little french horn, as well as psaltery and piano. I feel really lucky and blessed to be able to play harp for a living, and bless my parents for starting all this up when I was about 4 years old. They met in a string quartet in high school, and passed along the music to my brother and me.
I love real estate and purchased 2 properties on my own, and am getting my condo ready for rental. New dreams: a very small RV or vintage small trailer, find a small pool I can afford for my back yard (looking at horse troughs (ikr?), natural pools - google it, so cool) or just a small above ground from kmart, and get my backyard finally done after I refi my home. I also want to buy a new harp.. I have my eye on a carbon Fiber one that is just amazeballs. Oh, did I tell you I make harps too? I hate to admit how many harps I have. Harps are like potato chips, you can't just have one. Its sort of a passion.. have harp, always looking for more.. the perfect harp. OK i will stop now, I do rattle along. Hope to gather more info on this operation, and then finally go forward, bravely.
tris

Hello all!
I have just joined and am researching both VSG and gastric plication, though I seem to be leaning in the direction of VSG at the moment. Years ago, when I researched the lapband, I did a rather exhaustive graph/chart comparing the Mexican doctors doing the band, their experience (number of bands they have performed), location, cost, and contact info. I posted this over on yahoo groups, and I think a lot of others found it useful. Being the ultra cautious (read scared) person I am, I never got the band and now I guess I am glad i did not.
My question is: has anyone done this yet for the Mexican doctors for VSG? I hate to reinvent the wheel if this has been done. It seems if there is a place we could post it here in this group, it might save a lot of us newbies a lot of time and then we can just do research from that page. I felt at the time, I was pretty open minded as I hadn't had an operation and wanted the graph to reflect that, just presenting the facts. It might not be a bad idea to also post if there have been any numbers for morbidity (deaths). Although it might be hard to get a doctor to answer that.
so..
1. Is there a graph/chart now that anyone knows of that shows each Mexican VSG Dr.? where?
2. If not and I have to make one, WHERE would I post it here in this forum?
THANKS
tris the newb

Hi, my friend and i went to tiquana mexico just over 3 wks ago for our surgeries and we both had a good experience. We both did our research not only on the surgeons but the hospital and the Medical Tourism company we went with. We ended up going with medical tourism corporation, they are the ones that do all they leg work as far as aranging someone to pick you up and take you back to the airport, they get the schduling done and hotel lined up. And they also have a person to meet you once you get to mexico to help you. The surgeions were dr ismeal cabrera and dr venezula. And the hospital was Hospital MI doctor. We were impressed with the whole process and would both do it again. It only cost $4500 all inclusive from the time they pick you up and drop you off at the airport. And they put us up in a 5 star hotel/casino called pueblo amigo. It was a good experience and i have lost 22 lbs and i think she has lost about 20 and its only been 3 wks

I made a chart comparing Mexico surgeons last summer. Ended up going to Dr Alvarez. Down 120# so far, in 9 months, and have had no problems.

I made my own comparison chart. However, it was very easy to narrow it down to the top three most reputable doctors in my opinion.
I was also having my lapband removed, so cost was a huge factor along with doctors reputation and amount of surgeries they had done.

Hi Tris,
I am fairly new and would love to see a chart and comparisons on Mexico Drs. I have been trying to figure this out for 2 or 3 months and it can be very confusing. I have almost made a decision but have not made a date yet. I just know I am looking forward to it and reading this forum has helped a great deal.
Welcome and if I can help please let me know. I am not great at this but am learning to communicate the best that I can.
From one newbie to another,
honib52