Hi , I'm Interested In Having Lap Band Surgery And I've Been Looking Arround For Doctors In Mexico . The Doctors That I'm Looking In To Are Dr.huacuz And Dr.aceves , And So Far I've Heard Some Good Things About Dr.aceves And I've Also Heard Some Good And Bad Things About Dr.huacuz . Some Feed Back On Both Doctors Would Be Greatly Appreciated .

Now , I Do Have Some Questions About Dr.huacuz :

Is He Really Inamed Certified ?

I've Heard He Is Not Very Good At Stitching , Is There Anyone In This Forum Who Experienced This Problem With Dr.huacuz?

Thank You

:clap2: Another happy Dr. Aceves patient here also!!! Great staff! Yolonda and MaryLousia rock!!!:confused: First fill is set for Jan 4,2007!!!

I was banded 6 days ago by Dr. Huacuz. My wife and were picked up at the airport. I was given a battery of tests and had surgery the same day.

I was dressed, and walking around at 10 AM the next morning. I was sore at the stiches, but that was it. I went back to work yesterday.

He has my recommendation.

Michael

Dr. Huacuz 11/29

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I was banded 6 days ago by Dr. Huacuz. My wife and were picked up at the airport. I was given a battery of tests and had surgery the same day.

I was dressed, and walking around at 10 AM the next morning. I was sore at the stiches, but that was it. I went back to work yesterday.

He has my recommendation.

Michael

Dr. Huacuz 11/29

289/278 today

I was banded by Dr H the day after you.

Back at work already? Good for you- I'm still just exhausted.

How are your incisions doing? My stitches are itching pretty bad and I can't wait to take them out.

Good to hear you are doing well. I put some anti itch cream with cortizone, and the itching stopped. I'm down 18 lbs and no hunger.

Michael

I don't know about those doctors...but I can tell you about Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana Mexico, who is awesome.

Good to hear you are doing well. I put some anti itch cream with cortizone, and the itching stopped. I'm down 18 lbs and no hunger.

Michael

I get hungry here and there, but no way am I going to eat something I'm not supposed to. My best friend had her lap band put in 6 months ago and decided to try a few tiny bites of a tortilla the first week, chewed well and had horrible pain until it passed. That is enough to scare me from trying anything stronger than cream of wheat when I am hungry.

I am down 4 lbs which, considering all the sugary juices I have drinking all day, is surprising.

Last night I finally ventured out of the house and went to the ballet with the family. By the time they had the dance of the sugarplum faries, I was really tired, but I made it through.

Are you going to be going back to Dr H for fills?

dr. aceves is who we chose for my daughter after looking into him. great doctor, hospital was very clean and proffesional. would not change a thing.

Someone is full of it 1800 surgeries haaa hhhaaaaa, everyone needs to realize that a lot of the defense of these shoddy doctors are not even real bandsters. They are shill posters who are actually employed by the so called surgeons they are shilling for and defending. Ok instruments that are supposed to be used 1 time are being used over and over. when you start the erosion process and the band (will) be removed you will pay again to remove it. SO WHERE IS THE SAVINGS. hepatitis is the latest thing people have been exposed too, whats your life worth, you can get banded here in the states for less than 10 thousand look around. at least your band will last the rest of your life and not a year or 2.

Dr. Huacuz has done over 1800 bands. VERY experienced.

Sweety

hhhaaaa hhhhaaaaa what a laugh,,, where do you get your facts, surely you just grab them from thin air. p.s. hows the weather in Tijuana. since you work for the local (so called) surgeons, many here are aware that you schill post over and over its ,,,OBVIOUS,,,,HULLOOO

johnnyreno---did you have a bad experience with one of these Dr.'s? If so please let us know what and when, it is the best way to spread the word on these boards.

I personally was banded 2 years ago by Dr. Aceves, with no problems at all, I had a great surgical experience, and have had wonderful results with my band. I am able to eat all foods, and am almost to my goal weight. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

I am not now, nor have I ever been employed by, nor paid a solitary cent by Dr. Aceves or his staff, or the hospital he operates out of. I reccommend him strictly on the experience I had with him. My Sister In Law and I went to be banded together, and she has taken her 2 DD's...as well as 3 others locally who have been banded by him---which is where I became aware of him. It was not through the boards or a website, or a paid coordinator---it was satisfied word of mouth.

Please let us know your experience.

I do agree, that it is wonderful that now the surgery is available at an affordable cost in the US....I think it is ideal, it was not however available to me when I was banded, or at least I was not aware of it being available at a comparable amount.

Kat

hhhaaaa hhhhaaaaa what a laugh,,, where do you get your facts, surely you just grab them from thin air. p.s. hows the weather in Tijuana. since you work for the local (so called) surgeons, many here are aware that you schill post over and over its ,,,OBVIOUS,,,,HULLOOO

Heh... if he has done 1800 bands they sure aren't Inamed or J&J bands. Those companies have not sold him that many bands. And if he is so darn busy placing bands why does he need a day job and then go to his clinic and operate at night?

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f11/dr-daniel-huacuz-he-inamed-certified-11940/

The above is an interesting thread.

Know what else is interesting? When Dr. Huacuz signed up with OH and paid them for advertising he claimed to be a fellow of the ACS, that takes some serious work to be a fellow.

I called the ACS a few days ago and they have never heard of Huacuz but they were not happy that he was claiming to be a member, let alone a fellow. They made it very clear that he is to remove those initials after his name on OH (F.A.C.S.) immediately and I happened to contact OH at the same time and son of a gun, within a day the FACS was gone from his name.

He's such a liar.

Check it out for yourself, go to Welcome to the American College of Surgeons. See if he is a fellow, he isn't.

i'm not sure what happened here but wasabubblebutt sent an e-mail to me about this. i'm not the one that stated anything about this doctor or about tijuana. i do have my facts straight and have only commented on what i know through my daughters experience with dr. aceves. get your facts straight before you send e-mails. thank you

hhhaaaa hhhhaaaaa what a laugh,,, where do you get your facts, surely you just grab them from thin air. p.s. hows the weather in Tijuana. since you work for the local (so called) surgeons, many here are aware that you schill post over and over its ,,,OBVIOUS,,,,HULLOOO

Johnny, sweetness, the weather in Tijuana is probably the same as it is here in San Diego. I am gainfully employed on the American side of the border and not by any of the surgeons. Where did I get my numbers? I asked the doctor. It's really easy. This is how I did it. Looked on the website, got the number, dialed, asked the question, got the answer.

i'm not sure what happened here but wasabubblebutt sent an e-mail to me about this. i'm not the one that stated anything about this doctor or about Tijuana. i do have my facts straight and have only commented on what i know through my daughters experience with dr. aceves. get your facts straight before you send e-mails. thank you

I think you might have your emails confused. I just saw this thread a few hours ago and I certainly did not email you about it. Perhaps you received an email notification that someone posted in this thread?? Besides, I was responding to another poster, not you. I too, went to Aceves and am very happy.

Edited May 5, 200818 yr by WASaBubbleButt

Dr huacuz is fantastic for me ok