THIS IS JUST A WARNING.

Over a year ago I had sleeve plication surgery with Dr Rod in Mexico.

I had bleeding problems from the start. I puked blood for 12 hours. The staff at the hospital and the doctors were informed several times and their attatude changed dramatically from being nice to a not give a dam. They told me I was not pukeing blood many times as I showed them the blood in cups. I went home and from day one I felt like I had no restriction. They just kept fluffing me off when I contacted them. After the period of time to get on solid foods,, it was clear there was no restriction. I went to a specialist in canada and they did a barium set of exrays in canada and found ABSOUTELY NO RESTRICTION ANYWHERE. The stuff flowed to every part of the stomach freely. And it was thick as wax.

Good job,, DR ROD.

I sent the medical report to the hospital and DR Rod. They came back and told me there was nothing wrong. Well specialists and Barium exrays SAY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.I asked them what they wanted to do to fix this and was fluffed off again. BELIGHTWEIGHT FLUFFED me off too. I asked for my money back..Fluffed off again.

Nice bunch,,, they botched the surgery , took my money, and fluffed me off. They will not answer e-mails, nothing. But WOW,,, look at the bright side. After 10,000 dollars,, months of agony, My stomach will hold a wopper, fries , and a shake if I wanted to put it in my stomach.

NO WEIGHT loss in over one year post opp.

A WORD OF ADVICE TO ALL LOOKING FOR PLICATION SLEEVE,,,

DO NOT HAVE THEM DO IT,,,

Not with DR ROD and not with Belightweight. They are so nice as long as you pay and then just go away.But iF the surgery is bungled or you have post opp problems,,,forget it.

Pay the extra money and get it done in the USA. AT least it will be done right, and you may get some value for your money.Now I contacted another DR and he says I need to have the Rodreguz surgery taken out and then a sleeve done. Only 10,000 more.

And DONT believe all the crap and hype to read on these med sites. After all,, they are trying to SELL YOU SURGERY.

I will be surprized even to see this posted.

Great Post Little Miss Diva!!

GREAT post Oregon Daisy!!!

Though I am a Dr. Kelly patient and fan, I recommend Aceves highly as well for all these reasons. With any doctor- US, Mexico, wherever- it's important to REALLY do your research. Dr. Aceves is not just one of the most qualified surgeons in Mexico, he's one of the most qualified in the world.

It really pays to do your research when spending thousands of dollars on allowing someone to remove the greater portion of a vital organ, no matter what country you're in!

thank you oregondaisy.

I am more than happy to post and share what I know about Dr. Aceves. A lot of people think that all of us who went to him post about him because we are paid. That is just crazy. He can't afford to pay all the people who went to him and absolutely loved him!

He makes his living by word of mouth and I have never heard anyone say anything but fantastic things about him, including me. I loved being in Mexicali and everything about my experience there!

There are EXCELLENT doctors in Mexico. I hate when people have this uninformed opinion about another country.

I totally agree! I had my surgery here in CA with a fabulous surgeon, Dr. John Feng, who has done sleeves for over 10 years. He trained in NY with the man who originated the sleeve. I trusted his experience and skill. However, I would never think that there are not surgeons in every other country of similar experience and skill. I can only ascribe this sort of attitude to ignorance and gently encourage anyone who feels this way to expand their minds to see that we in the US are not actually the center of the universe! In fact, so much of our medical system has to do with fear of lawsuits and monetary influence from the drug companies that I fear we have lost our way just a bit.

Based on this quote from Dr. Watkins the same is true not only for plication but for all WLS

I can only report that when I asked my surgeon about plication he said that he will never do them. He believes it is a mistake to fold the stomach over , increasing risk of erosion and other complications. He believes ( and I restate this as this is just his opinion!) that this surgery will not be widely adapted and will not be the great thing it sounded to be to me. I was really attracted to it at first myself!

i think one of the best parts of the VSG is the way it makes your body produce less grehlin which in turn makes you less hungry. i would find it so hard to still have a huge appetite but have a small stomach. i would compare that to being on a diet. torture for me!

Also, re: grehlin- at my last support group meeting it was reported to us that generally grehlin production resumes full force after an average of two years with the RNY but has been reported to be much more long lasting with the sleeve. As one of the lucky ones who is never hungry I cherish this particular side effect and was happy to hear this!

I have not been hungry since my surgery date- so whatever choices you all make- I pray the same for you!

yeah, I am thrilled to still not experience much hunger. I hope it lasts forever!

I feel so horrible about what happened to you. It's awful that you had the plication and it failed. I wish you all of the best. I can't imagine going through this and having nothing to show for it. It makes me feel awful. I know how hard it is to lose weight and wls is usually the last resort. I can't believe that your hope has been drained. I really hope another surgeon reads about your problems and offers to help. Good luck.

You are speaking from what? Certainly not experience in the medical field or from having surgery in Mexico so from what I wonder.

I am speaking from having lived in several countries, including an extended stay in Mexico. So yes, I am speaking from experience and would never have any serious procedures done anywhere other than the U.S. And to this who find my comment about socialized medicine insulting, my father waiting 2 months for a cast on a BROKEN leg in a country with socialized medicine (this was just last year), was insulting.

My post was not to get into a debate over who has the best doctors. It was a warning about a certain doctor (Dr Rodregus) and Belightweight and the service they DID NOT PROVIDE. And the BOTCHED surgery they did provide. Should have been a red flag when I was wheeled into the operateing room and the doctor was sitting at a coffee table reading a newspaper. IN THE OPERATEING THEATER. Him, nor his staff was masked up and the room sure was not steril.

As for the post of lil miss diva,,and her comment about this being a support site,, keep it that way. Take a hike. The internet is the only way new people can find out about botched surgerys from incompetent doctors and the people funneling unsuspecting people to them. Its all sweet and good to have these crusaders pumping up their surgerys and their doctors and they sure dont like anyone rocking their little boat by someone telling the truth about the failures. Its almost like they are getting a cut of the action or working for the promoters. Well guess what,, there are alot of people,,a lot,, that have botches surgerys and many have died. Me included,, so dont you tell me to keep it a happy little support site only. People HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW about these incompetant Doctors. And as for the other post where he says, we cant let one bad post bother us. This is not a bad post. Its a good post. It may save someones life, wallet, and agony.There are many. My advice stays the same. DO NOT USE DR RODREGUS OR BELIGHTWEIGHT.

Kacee, while we are a support site, we are also a site for people to research and learn about the sleeve, as well as all the options available to them. As long as you are speaking from your own personal experience with the doctor, you are well within the rules of this site to post your story. I am sorry your experience turned out so badly.

As for the post of lil miss diva,,and her comment about this being a support site,, keep it that way. Take a hike. The internet is the only way new people can find out about botched surgerys from incompetent doctors and the people funneling unsuspecting people to them. Its all sweet and good to have these crusaders pumping up their surgerys and their doctors and they sure dont like anyone rocking their little boat by someone telling the truth about the failures. Its almost like they are getting a cut of the action or working for the promoters.

You took my post way out of context. I was not saying you personally could not express your own personal experience. I was addressing everyone else who was generalizing ALL DOCTORS, that was all.

Your story is helping others in their research of your personal Dr. It is NOT helpful to lump all Mexico doctors in that pool. I am in no way, shape or form promoting my Doctor at all. In fact, I rarely respond to any of these types of posts.

Anyway, you're preaching to the choir here. I wish you the best.

With all due respect to your situation, it seems like you didn't do much research.

You indicate you had plication done, but this is a vertical sleeve gastrectomy- these are very different surgeries. Did you know what you were having done?

You also call him Dr. Rod and Dr. Rodregus- his name is Dr. Rodriguez. Perhaps living in Los Angeles makes me more familiar with Mexican last names, but I felt like I practically knew my Dr.'s entire life story before I got surgery from him- I read his name so many times just from my internet research.

I'm not trying to discredit your experience, but it sounds like you were very misinformed and didn't really do much research.

With all due respect to your situation, it seems like you didn't do much research. You indicate you had plication done, but this is a vertical sleeve gastrectomy- these are very different surgeries. Did you know what you were having done? You also call him Dr. Rod and Dr. Rodregus- his name is Dr. Rodriguez. Perhaps living in Los Angeles makes me more familiar with Mexican last names, but I felt like I practically knew my Dr.'s entire life story before I got surgery from him- I read his name so many times just from my internet research. I'm not trying to discredit your experience, but it sounds like you were very misinformed and didn't really do much research.

You are trying to discredit her experience by stating that if she doesn't know how to spell her doctors name she probably didn't do enough research. Get off your high horse and let the woman vent.

With all due respect to your situation, it seems like you didn't do much research. You indicate you had plication done, but this is a vertical sleeve gastrectomy- these are very different surgeries. Did you know what you were having done? You also call him Dr. Rod and Dr. Rodregus- his name is Dr. Rodriguez. Perhaps living in Los Angeles makes me more familiar with Mexican last names, but I felt like I practically knew my Dr.'s entire life story before I got surgery from him- I read his name so many times just from my internet research. I'm not trying to discredit your experience, but it sounds like you were very misinformed and didn't really do much research.

If you had really bothered to read the original post you see that she was possibly having her plication revised to a sleeve which is why she was posting here. Also she was talking about how the doctor, the hospital staff, and the booking agency failed her and was warning people not to use them which is valuable information for people who are researching going to Mexico to have any surgery done. Finally I think that the poster was probably very well informed about the plication because I have not seen her post anything negative about the procedure just the doctor that preformed it. To me that signals that you know what you are supposed to expect from the procedure and that it's failure lies solely with the person who preformed it.