Hi everyone, I'm new to the group. I live on the gold coast in Australia. A few of my friends have been sleeved and my sisters dad all with massive success. So I took my hubby along to an information night here and we decided that sleeving is probably my best and only option for permanent weightloss. We don't have insurance being that the Aussie health system in general is fantastic but this surgery is around $15,000- $19,000 aud. Anyway I am going to Egypt next Friday for 2 months with my children and my hubby suggested that I do it there (he's Egyptian) as I'd have a lot of post op support there from his family. I'm freaking out a bit as Egypt has both its current political and certainly 3rd world health problems. We are getting a surgeon my husband is good friends with but I can't get a straight answer whether he has done this surgery before. I know I need the surgery... Doing it here in australia is very difficult because of the high cost and no support (I have a 4 and 6 year old). In Egypt the surgery will be between $4,000-$8,000 which is the highest if I have major complications si much cheaper plus family round the clock support. But my Arabic is limited and their English is limited too. Do u think its something a general surgeon should be able to do?
