I am sure this is an old subject. I have decided to get the procedure and must pay cash. My employer dropped this benefit on my insurance. It is $10600. @ the WishCenter in San Antonio & about the same @ Dr. Rumbaut. I have narrowed it down to these 2 DRs. San Antonio is Dr. Rincon. All my fills will be done in FL. I have my arrangements. I cannot decide and am afraid of picking the wrong place. I hear great things about Dr. Rumbaut and a few good things about Dr. Rincon. Nothing bad about either. Anyone???:omg:

Hi

happy and hopeful I am new to the site and was thinking about going to monterrey mexico for my surgery. But like you am scared about the whole mexico thing.I hear nothing but good things about DR RUMABUT but have not talked to anyone who actually saw him. Can you tell me anything else about you experince? How much weight have you lost? Where do you get you fills? where are you from? I am writing from san antonio texas

There is not a problem advertising for a doctor who you had experience with, but there is a problem with EMPLOYEES of those doctors who advertise. Aracely is an assistant to the doctor he was speaking of. There IS a difference there. Are you going to trust someone who is just trying to persuade you to come to HIS clinic? Think about it.

Cathy

I'm rather unhappy with this admonishment since I'm very interested in various doctors and the services they offer. I certainly prefer to hear from people who have had experience with these doctors, or who have found information that I haven't found. Is there a site where people can discuss the merits of various doctors without remonstrations?

hey Anyone From San Antonio That Has Gone To Either Dr. Rincon @the Wish Center Or Dr. Rumbaut In Monterrey Mexico? Trying To Decide Between Both Of These Doctors ! Please Help

lizagarcia23@hotmail.com Thank You

There is not a problem advertising for a doctor who you had experience with, but there is a problem with EMPLOYEES of those doctors who advertise. Aracely is an assistant to the doctor he was speaking of. There IS a difference there. Are you going to trust someone who is just trying to persuade you to come to HIS clinic? Think about it.

Cathy

I know. I checked that website and it was not a lapband site. So I'm not as naive as I was. But thanks.

I paid 9,000.00 for mine with the cost of airfare to get it done in ROME ITALY. The European lapband has the most sucess rate. My doctor is bi-ligual and is great. The only thing I had to do is get a psych evalution before surgery. The team in ROME is outstanding and they send patients at the PRIVATE AMERICAN HOSPITAL in ROME......I travel a lot but getting fills aren't a problem. I have lost 110 pounds and in 3 yrs. I have also did some plastic surgery TT, and next week a LIPO job on my thighs and hips because that fat is stubborn....WISH ME LUCK...If anyone can give me any do's or don't in lipo let me know.....THe TT cost was 5,000.00 and the extreme lipo will be 4.000 .......the flight is also included.

Hi noccobella,

Which band did you get? Just curious.

Thanks,

Cathy

I paid 9,000.00 for mine with the cost of airfare to get it done in ROME ITALY. The European lapband has the most sucess rate. My doctor is bi-ligual and is great. The only thing I had to do is get a psych evalution before surgery. The team in ROME is outstanding and they send patients at the PRIVATE AMERICAN HOSPITAL in ROME......I travel a lot but getting fills aren't a problem. I have lost 110 pounds and in 3 yrs. I have also did some plastic surgery TT, and next week a LIPO job on my thighs and hips because that fat is stubborn....WISH ME LUCK...If anyone can give me any do's or don't in lipo let me know.....THe TT cost was 5,000.00 and the extreme lipo will be 4.000 .......the flight is also included.

I thought I just responded to this, but I'll try again. At the time of the original post, I was still recovering from surgery, so I guess I wasn't very vigilant.

... Monterrey is a very rich city. Almost everyone we saw were businessmen (population is much more "Spanish-Mexican" than "Indian Mexican).

...My ONLY complaint was ONE nurse (out of many) who had very poor English skills. Everyone else spoke fluent english.

...I'm a Harvard educated lawyer from NYC ...

Hmmm. And I would have guessed Bob Jones University.

Sue

:::just Indian enough to have collected on a ratified but ignored treaty. And one other thing for any less visible racists out there...in case you, too, don't like Mexicans (almost all of whom have Indian blood unless they are simply Spanish immigrants to Mexico, which would make them...you know...SPANIARDS)...Rumbaut is not a native Mexican. He was born in Venezuela of Cuban parents and he went to junior high in Ohio. Then again...the name "Ohio" comes from an from an Iroquoian word meaning “great river.” Damned indians, they're just everywhere.:::

I am considering Dr. G. Sanchez Vidrio in Tijuana, Mexico. I haven't seen his name on this site at all. I researched a bunch and I am getting nervous about not seeing his name mentioned!

I LOVED the wishcenter here in San Antonio.

:cool: Kristin