johnnyreno

Subject.. Dr. Huacuz and Andres in Tj at the molding clinic...When my husband and I decided to get banded We called Andres at the molding clinic...I talked with a lady named Violet she said she was from New York and told us about the molding clinic...We then talked to Andres we did a little looking around and did not hear anything bad about the clinic...well anyway we arrived there and we were rushed around to have tests done etc. Then Andres took us out for drinks at his favorite bar...we were not told what we could eat etc. except to stop at 12:00 midnight...we were taken to a hotel and picked up in the morning Dr. Huacuz and Dr. Ramero and Andres and Violet were there the doctors were giving some instructions to us about the surgery etc.i went first, well anyway the operation was good i woke up fine and went to the other room 10 min after surgery to give my husband a kiss before his surgery...they took him in and i walked around a little bit ...my husband came out of surgery fine and he took a couple of hours for him to get up....: )...three hours after the operation we were taken to the hotel and left there with some juice ,jello ,water...a very few antibotics i don't think there were any pain pills or anything for nausia ...we had not tried to take anything by mouth yet ...but here we were left alone at this hotel...well my husband took sips of Water and crushed the antibiotics and took it down very well...i tryed to just take a sip not even a sip and my chest felt like someone had hit me with a hammer like i was having a heart attack not like i have ever had a heart attack ...but it hurt bad...i could not take any antibiotics or mt ,thyroid medicine, all i did was feel pain in my chest and vomit for four and a half days it was horrible ...i would have rather had a baby...instead of this ,,,,the doctor stoped by the hospital with Andres and Violet...he told me i would be okay and to stay out of the bathroom like i could help it...Hi....I did not want to feel this way ...I thought something was really wrong...basically ..Andres came to the hotel and gave me a couple of shots that did nothing ...We would try and call for help ..remember we could not speak spanish and we were abanonded at this hotel ...i went on like this for four and a half days ...i was never taken to a hospital back to the clinic...the moulding clinic...I was severly dehydrated and i had to call and beg for an iv or something , they brought a iv and hung it on a lamp post at the hotel...how ghetto was this...my husband wanted to take me to the hospital in San diego...i was very hot and dehydrated and was having a hard time breathing and i could not stop throwing up and the pain in my chest was horrible...i had to beg andres to come to the hotel ...maybe three times...well anyway i went on like this and finally andres came to the hotel 4 1/2 days later and took me to the moulding clinic where i had to have emergency surgery and i had to pay for it...wow!! $5500.00 more dollars i had to do it i thought i was going to die in mexico...i had to pay for the extra days at the hotel...etc etc. i really wanted this band to work...i was very dissapointed in Dr. huacus dr. Romero, and in Andres the paitent cordinatior ...they just abonded my husband and myself...frankly we were very scared , we had to call our son and have him fly out he was very upset to see a iv hanging from a lamp in the hotel...may i also ad tat my son works at a hospital in reno nv.We would not wish this experence on anyone when it all cmae down to it Andres and Dr. huacuz only wanted one thing money ...and they got it...i do want to be rebanded all of this happened in may of 2005 ..my husband had tryed to post what happened...and i wrote some posts also .everyone asked who was the doctor now after reading the other ladys experience i am not asshamed to say who they were any more...please be very careful,,,when choosing a doctor ...thankyou for reading this Sheri

stop trying to drink anything you need iv to knock your ass out immediately. along with antiinflamitories the rest hopefully it will stop the swelling. get the doctor on the phone now, dont wait, dont take no for an answer. my wife did this 4 days and it was to the point she had it removed. get on the phone and tell him to knock, you damn near out, steroids to stop swelling, and dont take no for an answer. trust me been there done that, email me at srcnv@SBCGLOBAL.NET IF YOU NEED MORE HELP...

Well he sure will be getting a call from me. i need all the help and support i can get.

I know how hard it is to find help for banded in Mexico patients here in nevada, not everyone understands. I feel its support too. p.s. im not bashing the rules. just need help in rural nv.

I do not feel this is advertisement. This is SUPPORT just informing people I'm here instead of going all the way back to Mexico and fly all the way back to find out later this fill did not work. This could be devastating to a new Bandster, plus counter productive. And I get these types of call all the time from Dr Kuri’s, Dr Ortiz, Dr Joya’s, Dr Rumbaut’s, Dr Rodriguez’s, Dr. verboonen, Dr Amfroy’s and finally Dr. Sanchez’s Patients. I do think I offer a great service and you can ask my patients. I apologize to all individuals who think this advertisement. For my X-wife AnnMarie You will have to judge this yourself.

Eric Tiesi

Physician Assistant

Sorry I think I posted this question in the wrong area

Hi Everyone I was trying to figure out what the meaning of "pb" is??????

thankyou..

I am sure that the doctor will reband me for next to nothing,

....he did try to talk me into keeping the band in ,but it was to the point where I was begging him to take the band out !!!!

I could not breath my blood pressure was very low and I was vomiting into my lung during the surgery to remove the band.......

I had a lot of stress before going into surgery ,

I think I should have waited ..then went at a later date.....

My husband and I did go and at the same time,

so we really did'nt have any support people ,other than each other ...That was kinda silly to do it at the same time ...

but i feel confident that if i get rebanded that my husband will be there to take care of me.....we had met a lady who had gone by herself to do the surgery ...that must have been stressful..

I am sorry to hear about all of your awful experiences with doctors....

but i am happy all went well with you ...all of you are sweet and informative and inspirational........thx Sheri

Hi everyone

Well Johnny is doing great getting ready for his first fill yeahhhhhhhhh

I was checking out my body mass and all that stuff .

I don't think i can loose almost 100 lbs with diet and exercise alone i know i can loose approx. 25-35 lbs but then i get to a point where its at stand still...

I am talking with my husband ...we are trying to figure out how long i should wait untill i try again....????????? any answers will help ...

if i do i would want to stay on a drip its too scarry to try without it....

can nykee pleas tell me how many days she felt that horrible chest pain ...

and anyone else how long did it take before you felt like yourself again..

thx Sheri

im at 4 plus weeks now il schedule it may take a few days.

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES. you people are the bomb

thank you so very much for all the great info. this sight is a wealth of knowledge and makes me feel like im not alone in this.

i was banded on may 6th whenn should i get them to fill my band? THANKS IN ADVANCE for any help.

I am going to get a personal trainer and try really hard, I'm 42...whewwwwwwww

I have never really exercised before in my life ,I have been on every diet known now for over five years . No I will never do the gastric bypass : )

I and my husband are still healing after I feel better I am going to try the trainer..walking etc. Sheri

ask your doctor for cypro.

Hello Everyone ,

Thanks for reading our story,Yes we are in Reno....

I am not sure how big my band was I had in but I know it held 4cc inamed..

My problem was I could'nt get any air ,I thought I was going to pass out...

I tryed for almost five days....Thankyou for all of your input...

and yes I would try it again....

My doctor did want to put me on a morphine drip but it was too late ...

we did the emergency surgery.... : (

Sheri

HI EVERYONE,

My husband and myself had our operations at the same time ...I don't know what we were thinking : )

We could'nt take care of each other...

I had researched the inamed band for a couple of months before the operations.

We went to meetings etc. It seemed to be so much better than the gastric bypass ,no disrespect to those who have had that done ...I am just a sissy

less evasive etc.

My husband and I are self employed without insurance .

Well we figured we would have less health problems without being obese etc.

And maybe an insurance company would consider us as customers instead of obese and denied insurance wow how rude.

Well I went in first because I wanted this operation so bad (and my husband was a little nervous) I had the operation it was great I woke up just fine no nausea nothing ,I went in five or ten min. after waking up to kiss my husband before his surgery,Then he went in came out with no problems .

I thought this was a breeze ,I felt a little tight in my chest but that was it.

I had iv's hooked up etc. I had not attempted to drink sip anything yet.

later on that evening the iv was done and it was time for me to try and sip some Water and take my liquid meds whewwwwwwwww that was it. I began

vomiting it was horrible ,The doctor came in and injected me with some anti -nausea meds. it worked untill I tryed to sip some more water and meds about a hour after the shot ...more vomiting and oh my gosh my chest felt like someone was hitting me with a sledge hammer ...well this went on for Four Days imagine that well I did'nt get any meds or water down during that time nor did I get to take my thyroid meds. the whole time ....I could'nt stop vomiting even a drip from an ice cube would make me vomit ....for crying out loud the doctor said I was vomiting up my own saliva ....violently vomiting

it got to a point where I could barely breath...the doctor took me in for emergency surgery I was vomiting into my lung and had to have that vacumed out.....I feel like such a Failure..

My husband has done just Great I am so proud of him!

Okay I am a little jealious it did'nt work for me.....But still proud of him : )

The only thing we could think of was I was under alot of stress we had a death in the family two days before surgery ,my grandfather died at 98 years old and i took care of him .......maybe I should have waited?

thanks for reading Sheri

hello to all, my wife and i had lap bands on may 7th mine went just fine so far. but my wifes was removed after the 4th day

due to an enflamed isoffagus she couldnt keep any thing down not even a ice cube. she is really bummed out can anyone shed any light on this subject. THANKS for any help