Chubby girl in Utah

I was sleeved by him on February 10th. He is a fantastic Dr. I had two others that went with me from Utah. He had also performed surgery on two of my other friends from Utah. There is a total of 5 of us that have used him as our surgeon. PM me. I can tell you about my experience. Three of us used the clinic and the other two used the hospital. I can fill you in on each of the different experiences. I am on Facebook on International Patient Facilitators Page on Feb 10th showing a before picture. He is not a scam. He is about the average price of surgeons in Mexico. PM me if you want more details.

I was sleeved on February 10th by Dr verboonen in TJ. I started this journey at 260 and I am 214.5 So that makes a weight loss of 45.5. I just started really exercising but I feel so darn good!

I was sleeved by Dr verboonen on February 10, 2012. I had surgery in his clinic (I would have preferred the hospital). I am 5 weeks post op and doing great. I had two other friends that were sleeved by him the same day and two other friends that were sleeved by him earlier in 2011. We have all had good experiences. Unfortunately there is not alot of referrals that share their story about him, which is very sad. I feel like he should have more referrals and good things said. His surgery price in the hospital is $5400. He is a great doctor and very personable. If you have any questions you can always PM me.

I had sugery on 2/10 and I have had the same knawing feeling in my stomach. I am taking 3 prilosec per day (total of 60 MG) and a zantac at night and have been good the last couple of days. My GI dr gave me a prescription for Nexium to try but my surgeon suggested 60 mg of prilosec first.

Jerry -
My insurance will not cover the VSG or any baratric surgery. This is the reason I am going to Mexico.

Rahnava -
Look at the IRS requirements. This is not considered "plastic" surgery. It is considered sugery which is covered under the guidelines from the IRS. That is why I waited until 2012 to do this surgery.

So my surgery is set for February 10th. I have posted a couple of times because I am currently in the same situation. I was not able to front the money for the surgery and wait for FSA to pay me back. My coordinator provided me an invoice stating surgery was on January 20th. My FSA company reimburses on Friday. I am showing my money ready to fund on January 20th. This way I will have a cashiers check to take with me on the 10th. PM if you have any questions. I am using Dr verboonen at Obesity Goodbye.