looking for any and all information (good & bad) on my potential Dr. in Mexico

[ATX Girl 24]

No worries. Totally relaxed here. Just not a fan of judgmental attitudes, especially in regards to personal preferences regarding something as big a decision as surgery.

Sorry, I don't find the Center of Excellence BS, because I have a very low immune system and don't want to take any chances being in a regular hospital and contracting something.

Not everyone's circumstances and situations are the same as yours and therefore, not everyone will see things the way you do and arrive at the same conclusions and make the same decisions. When I come across someone in a situation that I find myself being somewhat judgmental of, I stop and remind myself that one different circumstance in my life could have put me right where they are and that I have no right to judge them.

But again, no worries. I know most people don't look at things the way I do and again, that's ok! I I just thought I would explain so others who hadn't yet made a decision knew where I was coming from and that it wasn't a black and white "dissolvable stitches or not" kind of thing. I think Dr Q is likely a great surgeon - he just wasn't the right decision for me.

[ATX Girl 24]

Oh, and congrats on reaching goal!

[AmandaRaeLeo 2,145]

I' date=' personally, used Dr Almanza last year (2011) and though my experience was good and I have been very successful, I would recommend Dr Quinones. I say this because I feel from everything I have read and the several patients I have talked to about their experience with him, that the aftercare and the treatment of the patients far exceeds that of jerusalem clnic. its just craziness over there. As far as the "dissolvable stitches" being a determining factor...I mean...really?[/quote']

C'mon. When you end your comment with ..."I mean... really?"

Well it can easily, and understandably, be taken as snarky. I won't go so far as to say you were being snarky. But perception in reality.

Amanda Rae

[Nicolanz 1,484]

She said it was "one of the MAIN REASONS". After being on several Sleeve FB pages and several Sleeve Forums for over a year and a half' date=' I have found that "Center of Excellence" or not...(which is a bunch of BS, I know from being a nuse for 25 years), I would estimate that at least 75% of folks have their incisions not only open, but at least one of them will become infected, oozing, etc, , whether it is done in the UK, the US, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan....you get the point. It has nothing to do with the facility or the surgeon. A lot has to do just with how your body responds to foreign objects, i.E., sutures dissolvable or not.

Lord.you guys are sure on the defensive. Relax.[/quote']

Woah!

[toohighofa# 14]

he is based out of santa fe clinic and so is dr. Jesus Martin Lopez