As a fellow Newby was anything Newby wrote inaccurate? She wrote:
"[i don't want to] have my sleeve surgery done in a Strip Mall clinic (like Alamanza and Jerusalem Hospital)" Are Alamanza and Jerusalem in Strip Malls?
"[i don't want to] use a surgeon that doesn't have a lot of experience (like Garcia and Lopez.)]" How many procedures have the "named practices" performed compared to the 3 most experiences Sleeve docs in Mexico? Have Garcia and Lopez performed even nearly as many as the 3 docs with the most # of successful procedures? Here I will define success as "less than 2% bad outcomes or complications per 1000 sleeves performed.
Newby also wrote "My life is definitely very valuable to me and I'm not willing to risk it!" She's not telling anyone else what to do. She didn't say that if you chose a doc with less experience you value your life less than hers. I think anyone who read that into her words is allowing their own insecurities to pop-out. She's just stating for herself that she wants one of those docs with the greatest # of successes. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Thanks, Newby, for putting forward your personal list in which you speak for no one except yourself. I too don't want to get surgery in a Strip Mall or receive aftercare in a recovery center that was robbed. I also don't want surgery by a surgeon with less experience compared to others. I don't think the way you wrote your email was insensitive at all and I glad to have the information you wrote as it is information I was unaware of and NO ONE says what you wrote was inaccurate.
Mark Twain: "Insensitive is what they call you when they can't call you a liar."
PS: My LapBand was done by Dr Ariel Ortiz in 2003 when he was one of the priciest. I got good surgery and free fills for a few years, which was good. But his office kept no charts and it was up to me to remember the dates and fill amounts of my adjustments and to report them to the doctor at fill-times. They had no records and no idea! Also, I was in a hospital room in August with no air conditioning. That's what top-dollar bought and that's why I'm doing quality-hunting AND bargain-hunting for my sleeve. Thank you for your original post.
I currently have a BMI of 30 and am scheduled for sleeving on April 21st. Would love to know what kind of results I can expect when starting with a lower BMI. I've heard stuff about slower weight loss but would love to hear about experiences straight from the horses mouth, as it were....
I'm self funding in Mexico. Yes, I'm having thoughts about whether I am crazy to be doing this to myself but I have struggled with weight my whole life, been on every diet under the sun and am so excited at the prospect of actually being able to lose weight and maybe... stopping the future gain so I don't end up in a worse situation than I'm currently in...
I know it's maybe a slightly unusual case but I hope to hear from some people!
Thanks!
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