has anyone out there had their surgery in Tijuana, mexico? Trying to do some resurch ..

I will be having my sleeve done there at the Jerusalem hospital ,by Dr Abril in June.

Just wish Iknew if I was doing enough checking, but dont know where else to go.

I would be thankfull for any input.

I personally went to MI hospital, Dr. Alejandro Lopez was my surgeon. I used A Lighter Me as coordinators, and I had an amazing experience!

ashley,

I I have been resurching for months now. I have found a few negative posts but nothing that anyone would ctime..onfirm..I think that if we go into this, knowing that it is a sergi center, it will be fine IF there is a big emergency, there are other

full service hospital close if needed.. I dont know about you, but here, they do sugeries in our sergi center all the time.

I am confident and good to go. who is your dr?? mine is Dr Abril, he does their weekend surgeries.. Now I am just waiting for time to fly by.. hope it hurries

Hi Earth moma

I agree. And i belive it will be Dr. Almanza. Idk ive heard really good things about him so lm goin!!

AshleySkinnyer PortlandOR

that is who my dr was going to be.. but I had to change my dates, ive heard great reviews about him, In my resurch

dr abril is very good also.. Im not going until June 14, 2013..

Good luck to you both, please come back and share your experience with Dr Almaza, first hand experience is what people are wanting and needing to hear

Revision 1/31/13 by Dr Cabrera and Venezuela in MX

Hi some one going with dr ponce de leon on march 20

Hello everyone,I am going April 8th,my best friend had lap band done in september 2012,He did have an infection were one of the stitches were left in only because he took them out his self.With his awesome results I am going to have the sleeve.He had told me the Dr and staff are very friendly. Answered all questions and was there to make sure he was taken care of properly.

ashley' date='

I I have been resurching for months now. I have found a few negative posts but nothing that anyone would ctime..onfirm..I think that if we go into this, knowing that it is a sergi center, it will be fine IF there is a big emergency, there are other

full service hospital close if needed.. I dont know about you, but here, they do sugeries in our sergi center all the time.

I am confident and good to go. who is your dr?? mine is Dr Abril, he does their weekend surgeries.. Now I am just waiting for time to fly by.. hope it hurries[/quote']

If you can get your surgery at a full service hospital/clinic rather than a surgical assembly line in a strip mall (as reported on this forum by patients) for a comparable price by surgeons with not so many sketchy reviews.... Why wouldn't you?

Amanda Rae

Chiming in! I went to Almanza valentines day, if you'd like to hear my FIRST HAND experience, rather than hearsay, please feel free to msg me

Smh... No one seems to mind a "hearsay" post if its complementary. Only when it's critical...

Amanda Rae

Chiming in! I went to Almanza valentines day' date=' if you'd like to hear my FIRST HAND experience, rather than hearsay, please feel free to msg me [/quote']

Well Steph I have found your comments very helpfull and i will be getting Sleeved on yje 13th

AshleySkinnyer PortlandOR

I had my sleeve done at Jerusalem Hospital with Dr. Mario Almanza on 9/22/2012. I have lost 55 lbs. I had a great experience and was treated very well. I would definitely go back and would recommend him also.

I had my sleeve done at Jerusalem Hospital with Dr. Mario Almanza on 9/22/2012. I have lost 55 lbs. I had a great experience and was treated very well. I would definitely go back and would recommend him also.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POST!!!

Im going next week 3/13 and have been worried because of the people who say they have seen a post of a post u knw...but ive only seen good recommendations. Thank u

AshleySkinnyer PortlandOR

ashley,

I am so glad to see that someone from Oregon, is going to mexico for their surgery. I live in Prineville, Ore a little town about 40 miles from Bend..

Charlisea. so glad to hear some positive... I will be going to same hospital, but Dr Abril, their weekend surgon.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POST!!!

Im going next week 3/13 and have been worried because of the people who say they have seen a post of a post u knw...but ive only seen good recommendations. Thank u

AshleySkinnyer PortlandOR

Exactly, that's why I took the time to post link for you to a recent thread I read on this board where multiple people shared their Jerusalem FIRST HAND hospital experiences. I took the time to do this for you because I don't find it helpful to receive second or third hand information either. If you don't want to click on the link I gave you and see with your own eyes where people gave less than stellar experiences then that's up to you... you can just ignore the link and keep saying that you've never seen any one provide a negative first hand experience with the facility that Almanza uses. Of course you'll want to weigh the positive and the negative and make the best decision for you which in all likelihood will be continuing with your present plan... but it's irritating to me that I GAVE YOU THE LINK to a recent thread on this board that recounts several first hand negative experiences and yet you continue to claim that you have not read any negative first hand experiences.

And again, here is the link. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/65082-notes-on-mexico-jerselem-hospital/ and yes.. there are positive reviews in that thread as well... discount the negative reviews if you want. I discounted a negative review of the facility where I'm having my surgery, but I don't pretend like it doesn't exist.