Anyone here with experience with Dr. Ponce an his coordinators and hospital, etc.....can you share?and how much you paid? Ty!!

No problem. She has taken good care of my friend too that came! So glad I did This, and I really liked how they have given me a dvd of both the surgery and xray/nasty butt dye test!

I am new to these boards. I am considering Dr. Ponce in July. For the Canadians out there, what happens if there are complications when you get home? I imagine the hospitals won't turn you away, but do you get billed for it since you had out-of-country elective surgery?

I am new to these boards. I am considering Dr. Ponce in July. For the Canadians out there, what happens if there are complications when you get home? I imagine the hospitals won't turn you away, but do you get billed for it since you had out-of-country elective surgery?

I am from Ontario, Canada and all of my after care was covered by our health care. I even had an emerg. visit and a scope done and there was no issue with where my surgery was done. I just set up an appt. with my own doctor and he put a referral in with a local surgeon to do my follow up care when I got home. Good luck:)

Thank you so much. I hope it doesn't vary from province to province. I have a few calls & emails into Alberta Health to confirm. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to book my surgery with Dr. Ponce de Leon very soon!

I am from Alberta and had several complications after surgery with Dr Ponce (surgery was March 26th). Be sure that if you are prescribed anything other than the antacid or pain pills that Trish gets you the name brand drug NOT a generic (Dr Oscar told me that the no name labs in Mexico are unreliable). Besides my complications I had a good experience at the hospital and with Dr Ponce & I would do it all again (but would never go back to Mexico during Holy Week again). My complications included a bacterial infection that abscessed a couple days after I got home, then another trip to the ER for a mad bowel (sorry can't remember the medical term) & I just found out Friday I have C-Diff. All of the costs associated with the complications, including 2 trips to the Er & x-rays & 5 days of IV antibiotics, were covered by Alberta Health Care with the exception of prescriptions of course.

My question is for those who booked through Trish - did the $5500 include 1 or 2 nights stay at the Lucerne?

One night, but we had so much fun we paid for extra nights to continue our vacation.

Dr Ponce was also my surgeon and I went through Trish too. Love them both, my stay included 2 nights in the hospital and 1 night at the Lucerna that my husband and I loved. Here's a pix from my follow up appt 2 weeks ago.

I also want to say that I speak absolutely no Spanish but the nurses & the other patients at the INT hospital were great to me (there were only 2 of us there at that time for wls). I got C-Diff in Canada (after my broad iv anti-biotics) & the INT hospital was extremely clean! Cleaner than Canadian hospitals & the shower had really nice hot water which was great because I had some pain after surgery.

Oh Tammy I wish! I'm going June 10th!

I'm scheduled with them for 06/11! We need to meet

Proudmama....omg that's awesome!!! I think trish may have mentioned you. She said there was a lady comming on the 11th (I originally wanted to fly in on the 11th but u beat me to it! Lmao j/k) if that is you she already said she would introduce us! Can't wait to meet you!!!!!!!

Butt Dye test??????????

?????? Not sire what ur referring to?

I have no idea either, just saw one of the other posters mention it.

Blue dye leak test, perhaps? I didn't use Dr. PDL but I'm thinking its a typo for the leak test.