Are Complication Posts Being Deleted

[cerenatee 90]

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?

[Pixie Dust 526]

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!

[PdxMan 4,292]

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.

[cerenatee 90]

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.

[ppasjm 37]

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'

[stefaniwg 172]

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!

[Amanda626 153]

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

[cerenatee 90]

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.

[gibson_girl 108]

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.

[amytug 996]

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.

[cerenatee 90]

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.

[cerenatee 90]

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.

[AmandaRaeLeo 2,145]

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

[cerenatee 90]

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.

[gibson_girl 108]

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.