I don't know where to start....I've been fighting this battle for so long and in just ready to give up....I was denied today.....I have the right to appeal but who has the energy....revision to the sleeve is not in my future....I just want to cry and sleep....

Dr.fernando Garcia is simply the best surgeon....my husband' date='daughter and myself were sleeved last December.[/quote']

Thanks for posting that Kim. I really think I made the right decision.

Thank you all for you supportive words and gestures of kindness in meeting up in MX. I have made my decision my decision t be sleeved in MX and have contacted several agencies. I think I'll feel more comfortable in Tijuana. I can't wait to be on the other side. The only downside is that now I have to wait all the way until July first. As a teacher I have a small window to do the surgery and originally wanted to have it done during spring break. Alast, now my husband can't get off and he really wants to go with me. I WILL get this done for no one but myself.

P.S: I was banded in 2008 and originally lost close to 80 lbs. unfortunately my band cracked and caused internal damage. Because my insurance carry felt I had lost sufficient weight they originally denied. Several months later i got married and changed insurance company. After gaining back most of the weight after the band was removed in October, they rejected my claim again. Now I'm close to the BMI I started with 37. But I won't give up hope. I'll be in Martha's Vineyard for August and byglolly I will be in a size. 12.....right now I'm comfortably in an 18. The insurance company said I wasn't above 40 BMI and or 35 with comorbidities. Both my sisters have diabetes and are insulin. My mother has high blood pressure and hypertension. But thats not enough. I refuse to have those develop.

Thank you all for you supportive words and gestures of kindness in meeting up in MX. I have made my decision my decision t be sleeved in MX and have contacted several agencies. I think I'll feel more comfortable in Tijuana. I can't wait to be on the other side. The only downside is that now I have to wait all the way until July first. As a teacher I have a small window to do the surgery and originally wanted to have it done during spring break. Alast, now my husband can't get off and he really wants to go with me. I WILL get this done for no one but myself.

P.S: I was banded in 2008 and originally lost close to 80 lbs. unfortunately my band cracked and caused internal damage. Because my insurance carry felt I had lost sufficient weight they originally denied. Several months later i got married and changed insurance company. After gaining back most of the weight after the band was removed in October, they rejected my claim again. Now I'm close to the BMI I started with 37. But I won't give up hope. I'll be in Martha's Vineyard for August and byglolly I will be in a size. 12.....right now I'm comfortably in an 18. The insurance company said I wasn't above 40 BMI and or 35 with comorbidities. Both my sisters have diabetes and are insulin. My mother has high blood pressure and hypertension. But thats not enough. I refuse to have those develop.

Congrats on your decision! It's such a wonderful option for those of us whose insurance won't cover wls or those like yourself who are denied. And this forum was soooooo helpful for me, especially the Mexico specific section. I was like you. I had my heart set on surgery at home and was looking into different doctors. I'm also a teacher and was told that my United HealthCare policy would be including wls surgery after this past year's open enrollment. When open enrollment time came and it wasn't included I was heartbroken. Alas, Mexico landed on my radar and everything has worked out just fine. I used dr. Ponce de leon and he was fabulous. His coordinator, Trish, is absolutely wonderful! Who are you thinking of going with?

Heck my insurance doesn't cover w l s at all. Self pay and best decision I have ever made.

My sister and I plan to be sleeved in TJ the first week of July!