I just searched for posts by Kat1 about the complications she suffered with Dr. Garcia and I couldn't find her complication posts anywhere. I found ones before and after her complications but none about her complications. Then I remembered reading that another poster that said posts about her complications had been removed.

Did VSG do a site overall? Are posts deleted after a certain time period? Anyone know if anything strange happened?

Wow...hope no complications posts are being deleted. I mean, we all know there are risks & I'd like to know the good, the bad & the ugly about the sleeve!

If you first search for Kat1, by selecting Members for the context to find her, then select to get all of her content, I think you will find your answer.

Here is a link to all of her content.

Hi, thanks for replying. That's exactly what I did though and I couldn't find any posts regarding the extent of her complications. Maybe VST changed something and those were lost. I'll just move on.

Thanks for your help.

Kat1's profile was somehow mysteriously hacked in July 2012 and all of her posts disappeared! All the posts about her complications! Hmmmm sounds kind of fishy to me! Just sayin'

I read thru all of her post and it seems that she didn't receive the after care she hoped for at the hotel while she went alone and ended up with a horrible infection. This makes me glad that my husband is going with me and gave me some things to look out for. Thanks for posting this!

We all know the risks if the needed research is done. It's different for each of us.

I read thru all of her post and it seems that she didn't receive the after care she hoped for at the hotel while she went alone and ended up with a horrible infection. This makes me glad that my husband is going with me and gave me some things to look out for. Thanks for posting this!

Thanks! That's what I was wondering. I knew it was Dr. Garcia. People seem to love him but I've read over and over, on various VSG board, where his pateints got infections. Not sure what's going on there.

I imagine he's probably a great surgeon just less experienced.

It's proven that the number of complications go down significantly the more experience a surgeon has. He's done about a few thousand which certainly isn't a newbie, but he's not in the league of Dr Kelly or Aceves.

I went to dr. Garcia and all expectations were met. im 8 weeks out and couldn't be happier with my sleeve. Weird, I hadn't heard of an infection I til now and I did a ton of reading. I believe you tho. Things happen.

I imagine he's probably a great surgeon just less experienced.

It's proven that the number of complications go down significantly the more experience a surgeon has. He's done about a few thousand which certainly isn't a newbie, but he's not in the league of Dr Kelly or Aceves.

Dr. Kelly is having serious problems. I'd choose Dr. Garcia over him in a heartbeat.

I went to dr. Garcia and all expectations were met. im 8 weeks out and couldn't be happier with my sleeve. Weird, I hadn't heard of an infection I til now and I did a ton of reading. I believe you tho. Things happen.

Yeah, they're tricky to find. On one post, on another board, the person out and out said Dr. Garcia, and I saw a youtube video where the person said Dr. Garcia, but it's not really like that on here. On VST, I had to search for complications and Mexico on the complication board and then trace them back to the doctor. Most people won't identify their doctor when they have a complication like infection. I think it's because 1. they still want to believe in their doctor since they picked him/her, 2. they don't want to be slammed and 3. because other people will take over their post saying what an awesome experience they had with the same doctor. It stops being about the person posting and more about an infomercial from the doctor. Of course, all those reasons could be wrong but they made sense to me.

So when I found a complication in Mexico, I would search all the posts the person had and find out who their doctor was. Lulugirl would be an example. It's time consuming but it gives a clearer picture of what's actually going on. For infections, Dr. Garcia's name consistently popped up. And it was the same type of bacteria every time. By the time I hit the 4th infection story, I crossed him off my short list, but all of the infections I read about were in 2012. One post I read said his staff was trying to figure out where the infections were coming from, so I'm guessing the problem has been fixed by now.

It would be unfortunate if relevant and accurate threads are being removed, as long as they're not libelous.

I don't think they are - or at least, I hope not. I just couldn't find any from KAT1 talking about her complications directly, but then I find one about a month later saying something like "If you've been following my journey." I'm like huh? Did I miss something? And then I remember what the other poster had said about her posts being gone (but maybe she removed them. She didn't say why they were gone.) So I figured I would ask about a redo of the site or if negative posts are only left for a certain time period, which would be weird but you never know.

I'm going to edit my post to reflect my actual thoughts. The title does seem inflammatory.

Cerenetee,

The only serious problems Dr Kelly is having is people constantly gossiping and spreading lies about him.

Give me some proof, I know about a death 2 years ago. I want some actual, solid proof that other than one unfortunate problem in thousands (Dr Garcia has had less than 1/3 of Dr Kelly 's experience, one day he WILL have a death. The death rate from Bariatric surgery is 1 in 400).

I'm going to post below why I'm sick of hearing these lies. It's not hero worship, or even a close relationship....it's all about tearing a good surgeon down.

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I'm more passionate because I'm a midwife. Delivering babies is a lot of responsibility and there is always a chance of something going wrong fast that isn't caused by something you did. I've had hemorrhages, shoulder dystocias and other life threatening complications. Thankfully I'm still new and had a more experienced midwife with me but I handled it well and all was well.

A local midwife that has delivered over 5,000 babies and is extremely well respected and has been teaching other midwives for years lost a baby a few months back. This obviously tore her apart. Other midwives and their support staff are much more supportive than Mexican bariatric surgery staff and coordinators lemme tell you.

I so far have a 0% long term complication rate and a 0% death rate. It's because I've only been doing this for 2 1/2 years. The likelihood of me having a severe complication or death regardless of doing everything right when I get to 5-7k babies is really high. I truly feel for all these surgeons, especially the one(s) drug through the mud for operating on THE most at risk population (obese, morbidly obese). That's where my strong feelings in my posts come from.

I'm a Christian person and believe God works through the hands of surgeons. I believe I was led to Dr Kelly, but I was there 4 days and met him a few times per day. I appreciate him and all his wife did very much, but it's not enough to be my hero just a talented person I'm very glad came into my life.

And YES, if anyone was wondering posts about Drs that are obviously great Drs repeatedly saying how awful they were would make me every bit as mad.

Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape.