I am trying to find people who had surgery by Jose Rodriguez in Accuna Mexico. I am considering him and any info. would be appreciated

I had surgery with Dr. Rod and I thougt that he was great. I would do it again. I am scheduled for a fill appointment with him next week. He was so nice and really took time to talk with you before the procedure. I am also from the Houston area.

Bumping. Hoping that others have experiences to share.

See Mexican Bandsters post # 13725. The lady died, which is extremely unusual.

She surely made some big mistakes in not seeking help sooner, but it also sounds as if that last fill from Dr Rodtiguez, without fluoro, sent a serious situation over the edge. It sounds like she was about ready to erode, and a fluoro would have found it and prevented her death.

I've heart from quite a number of people who had port infections and port flips, (more than the average, I think) requiring more expensive surgery. Ask on The Mexican Bandsters board for more.

I believe Dr Rodriguez is one of the very few doctors who do not suture the port down, perhaps leading to mor flips and turns maiking the post not able to be filled.

Everyone says he is very nice though, and his coordinator Barbara is too. But I guess "nice" is only part of it. Renee

Yes, actually I had surgery by him on Monday. Everything went extremely well. My port is sutured. I have two other friends who had surgery by him in November and are doing extremely well. They are following up with one of our local surgeons here and have each had fills. When fluoro was used for the fills, the local surgeon told them that their placements and ports were "perfect"....so thats all I know. Barbara is a dream and a huge support. The hospital staff and nurses were fabulous....very professional and pleasant. We never had to ask for a thing. They were in the room at the very minute pain meds, antibiotics, etc..were due with no delay. My incisions look very good. I'm taking my Toradol and antibiotic and on my liquid phase so far with no problems. The experience of myself and my friends was excellent. As longtime RNs and several from the perioperative phase in the hospital...we all had reservations and picked everything apart. None of us had complaints and were very impressed at many things. Hope this helps.

Caren or Neill1993 or Mamadiggs or others using Dr. Jose Rodriguez in Acuna

Would you guys mind giving me updates on your well being. Looks like

Tricare will only pay to disect me so I'm going to Mexico. I'm only a few hours

from Del Rio so Acuna is close enough.

I guess my question is "Are you still happy with Dr. Jose?" And do you all

have any suggestions that you think I might not have thought about? [Not

sure about how much sense that made] I did read in one of the forums

about one of his patients dying, something to do with a fill.

I hope I put this in the right place. Thanks

Sue

Susan, I am doing great and extremely pleased. I have 3 other friends here that also went to Dr. Rod. We are all very happy. Even though we had our surgeries in November and February....he is still available to us by phone as is his assistant Barbara. She just helped us with something recently. We think they are both great. Being in the medical field...I know that all surgeons have mortalities or patients that don't do well. After 25 years in the business, I don't know of many who don't or haven't...if they tell you otherwise...I'd worry.

I don't know all of the circumstances with that particular patient. All of us who are morbidly obese have risk factors and some more than others. Surgery always has risks, but so does morbid obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes. The choice is personal, but our experience was nothing but positive.Caren

I did! I highly recommend him! I am going back to him for my fills even though it is a 6 hr. drive (we make a weekend out of it). There is a group at yahoo.com for his patients and you can find out lots of information about him.

He is very caring, his nurses are awesome. He is VERY accessible my phone. Call him if you haven't already. Here is his website. http://www.joseband.com/

He is awesome!!!

I got my band in June 2002 and am still very pleased with Dr. Rod.

Caren or Neill1993 or Mamadiggs or others using Dr. Jose Rodriguez in Acuna

Would you guys mind giving me updates on your well being. Looks like

Tricare will only pay to disect me so I'm going to Mexico. I'm only a few hours

from Del Rio so Acuna is close enough.

I guess my question is "Are you still happy with Dr. Jose?" And do you all

have any suggestions that you think I might not have thought about? [Not

sure about how much sense that made] I did read in one of the forums

about one of his patients dying, something to do with a fill.

I hope I put this in the right place. Thanks

Sue

i am considering going to mexico. i live in houston but will probably need to be self pay since it will take a year and sizable deductable for approval.

am looking for friends in houston willing to discuss dr.Rod and how they went about going to Acuna for surgery and overall experience.

Lynn

I live near Corpus Christi and decided on Dr. Rodriguez, across from Del Rio, Texas. My hospital experience was very good, he sent me home with a full course of liquid antibiotics and pain meds (never needed them).

Barbara L of San Antonio drives people to Del Rio and stays with them during surgery and afterwards, and arranges for the hotel and such. She does so much teaching on the way down and the way back. She has care packages of foods safe for the first days until you can get what you need (if you haven't yet).

Fills are a bargain once you get to San Antonio. Barbara picks you up at the airport or nearby hotels, or drive straight to her house for safe all-day parking in her driveway. You pay her $25 and she takes care of you all day - including lunch after the fills and then pharmacy and tourist shopping! And the fills are done under fluoroscopy (you get to watch it all) and are only $100. You can be on your way home within a few hours.

Dr. Jose Rodriguez in a Gastro-Intestinal surgeon, has been installing bands for over 8 years, is multiply boarded and certified. His website is http://www.JoseBand.com He charges $6800 for the surgery, last time I checked.

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