OK, this scares me. I was all for Almanza, even though I'm not thrilled with my choice. I'm hoping to make it out of the cattle call and be healthy and move on after the 3 days. I was considering Dr. Kelly, but now I'm hearing about deaths. I'd LOVEEEE Aceves, but he's just too expensive. Is there any middle ground Doctor in TJ who does a decent job? This scares me.... I always heard great things about Dr. Kelly.

What about Dr.Lopez in Tijuana I have him on June 22 and I haven't read or heard anything bad on him?

First, I'm not defensive for Dr Kelly, I'm defensive against total ignorance. I don't feel emotional toward my surgeon. We have not bonded in the 5 times we have met. Heck, in all honestly I'm not even "out of the woods" being 3 days preop. I could go home and find out my kidney was harvested and sold (JK!).

I find it amazing that everyone here truly believes they know of every Bariatric surgery death that has happened in Mexico......all because a coordinator told you so. Cracks.me.up.

And no I don't work for any doctors. I'm a midwife in OH/WV/PA.

florence does have a blood bank and ICU. I was typed and blood was available for me before surgery and I made DARN sure of that. I have extensive experience in the medical field and wouldn't go to anything but a hospital for surgery.

Obviously someone with a vendetta dug this thread up after 2 years. Dr Kelly had a death. We've heard. Guess what, if ANY surgeon operates in the thousands of obese patients they've had deaths too. It's statistically impossible that Dr Kelly, Dr Aceves, Dr Garcia etc haven't all had more than one death. Get your head out of your booty.

First' date=' I'm not defensive for Dr Kelly, I'm defensive against total ignorance. I don't feel emotional toward my surgeon. We have not bonded in the 5 times we have met. Heck, in all honestly I'm not even "out of the woods" being 3 days preop. I could go home and find out my kidney was harvested and sold (JK!).

I find it amazing that everyone here truly believes they know of every Bariatric surgery death that has happened in Mexico......all because a coordinator told you so. Cracks.me.up.

And no I don't work for any doctors. I'm a midwife in OH/WV/PA.

florence does have a blood bank and ICU. I was typed and blood was available for me before surgery and I made DARN sure of that. I have extensive experience in the medical field and wouldn't go to anything but a hospital for surgery.

Obviously someone with a vendetta dug this thread up after 2 years. Dr Kelly had a death. We've heard. Guess what, if ANY surgeon operates in the thousands of obese patients they've had deaths too. It's statistically impossible that Dr Kelly, Dr Aceves, Dr Garcia etc haven't all had more than one death. Get your head out of your booty.[/quote']

I find it funny people like you feel the need to bash the OP for posting this. It doesn't matter if you had a wonderful experience. I'm sure everyone who had a great experience had no problems at all but what if someone did have some problems? What then?

How do you know for sure they have a blood bank and ICU? Is it because a coordinator told you so? Yea, they never lie. This is my life I'm dealing with so I'm trying to make the best decision for me and I'm tired of people on here bashing any negative experience they had or may have heard someone had! I need to know the good and the bad for me! When all these people are posting say, try so and so they are great and I had no problems! Makes me think they are a coordinator posting. Starting not to trust a lot of people on here. Stop bashing others for trying to be helpful.

I still cannot decide between Garcia and Aceves. I need to find out for sure if Florence has an ICU and a blood bank. I don't want something happening to me down there and I cannot get real medical attention.

I find it funny people like you feel the need to bash the OP for posting this. It doesn't matter if you had a wonderful experience. I'm sure everyone who had a great experience had no problems at all but what if someone did have some problems? What then?

How do you know for sure they have a blood bank and ICU? Is it because a coordinator told you so? Yea' date=' they never lie. This is my life I'm dealing with so I'm trying to make the best decision for me and I'm tired of people on here bashing any negative experience they had or may have heard someone had! I need to know the good and the bad for me! When all these people are posting say, try so and so they are great and I had no problems! Makes me think they are a coordinator posting. Starting not to trust a lot of people on here. Stop bashing others for trying to be helpful.

I still cannot decide between Garcia and Aceves. I need to find out for sure if florence has an ICU and a blood bank. I don't want something happening to me down there and I cannot get real medical attention.[/quote']

I cannot speak on Florence. I was at Almater. I do know that they are a full service hospital. A baby was born while we were there. When my heart was acting up the ER doc came into our wing to take care of me and got me regulated. Dr. Campos also came in.

No complaints for me.

First' date=' I'm not defensive for Dr Kelly, I'm defensive against total ignorance. I don't feel emotional toward my surgeon. We have not bonded in the 5 times we have met. Heck, in all honestly I'm not even "out of the woods" being 3 days preop. I could go home and find out my kidney was harvested and sold (JK!).

I find it amazing that everyone here truly believes they know of every Bariatric surgery death that has happened in Mexico......all because a coordinator told you so. Cracks.me.up.

And no I don't work for any doctors. I'm a midwife in OH/WV/PA.

florence does have a blood bank and ICU. I was typed and blood was available for me before surgery and I made DARN sure of that. I have extensive experience in the medical field and wouldn't go to anything but a hospital for surgery.

Obviously someone with a vendetta dug this thread up after 2 years. Dr Kelly had a death. We've heard. Guess what, if ANY surgeon operates in the thousands of obese patients they've had deaths too. It's statistically impossible that Dr Kelly, Dr Aceves, Dr Garcia etc haven't all had more than one death. Get your head out of your booty.[/quote']

My surgery only covered removing most of my stomach.

Nothing was mentioned about having my head extracted from my mASSive bum.

You really are very defensive. And to imply we don't know how to effectively research our surgeons/surgery is insulting.

The burden you must carry of being the only person with a clue. The only one who knows how to research. It must be cumbersome. *sarcastic tone*

Don't get me wrong, deaths are bad, but the death rate isn't 0 in the US either, but we don't have articles of "Two people dying recently in the US." It happens. It really does. It's terrible, but death is a risk with every major surgery, and it can happen to the patients of even the best surgeons.

I find it funny people like you feel the need to bash the OP for posting this. It doesn't matter if you had a wonderful experience. I'm sure everyone who had a great experience had no problems at all but what if someone did have some problems? What then?

How do you know for sure they have a blood bank and ICU? Is it because a coordinator told you so? Yea, they never lie. This is my life I'm dealing with so I'm trying to make the best decision for me and I'm tired of people on here bashing any negative experience they had or may have heard someone had! I need to know the good and the bad for me! When all these people are posting say, try so and so they are great and I had no problems! Makes me think they are a coordinator posting. Starting not to trust a lot of people on here. Stop bashing others for trying to be helpful.

I still cannot decide between Garcia and Aceves. I need to find out for sure if florence has an ICU and a blood bank. I don't want something happening to me down there and I cannot get real medical attention.

No, because I checked myself before going into surgery. I can fax you a copy of my type/cross and too bad I didn't take pics of the blood. Florence/Oasis of Hope is a decent size hospital even by US standards. It's world famous for its late stage cancer treatment. Not large, but it would definitely pass JCAHO from the 2 days I've seen it.

I don't mean to come across as a crabby pants, and I'm likely passionate for reasons other than you think. I deliver babies for a living. I'm still very new and so far so great, but statistically one day something is going to happen that won't be great and will be out of my hands. I am glad I won't have an agency saying I'm on drugs ect. My fellow midwives aren't lying in wait to smear my name when I have only done my best.

I'm also concerned that you think you can find deaths in Mexico with each surgeon, you can't in Mexico or in the states. That database just isn't available. The fact he still has his FACS and American College of Bariatrics designations speak volumes.

Anyway, I'm done. Bash the original poster? I never did. I said the person who dug this up from 2 years ago has a vendetta....I never said ANYTHING about the original poster. I also haven't put ANY surgeon down. If we all choose the same surgeon we'd not have the ease of scheduling I enjoyed with any of them.

The head/booty was intended to be a joke. I know, it's hard to tell a joke in text writing. BUT if you still believe any surgeon has done thousands of Bariatric procedures and never lost a patient, well yes, you should probably contact a coordinator promptly for it's removal

You all have a blessed day!

You do know that Dr Kelly has had no deaths that story is not true. I can find nothing about it on line and if it happened it would make the media and it didnt