My insurance will not cover me.

Weight loss surgery is an exclusion.

The private pay here in Jacksonville is $15,000.

It is $3899 with BariatricPals.com in Mexico.

So, I am going to Mexico.

Surgery date is 8/10/2015 with Dr. "A"

How exciting!! Congrats!

Congratulations.

I chose to go to Mexico for similar reasons. I could only qualify for WLS through my insurance if I had been a documented BMI above 40 for 5 years. Well, in the last 5 years, I had worked hard to lose weight "on my own" multiple times in the past 5 years and had gotten below 40 BMI for much of that time. So my choice was to stay fat for 5 years so I could have my insurance cover surgery or pay for it myself. I chose to pay for it myself and plan to spend the next five years happy and healthy instead of fat and getting fatter!

Congrats on your decision!

Did the same. When I checked, I found their rate of infection was lower than most places in the US. I didn't know why until I got there. I think it was because:

• Big private rooms
• Frequent mopping
• Less equipment, hence few surfaces to wipe down

In short, less was actually more in this case. Hope your surgery is just a walk in the park like mine.

Congratulation on taking the first step BigHarleyGuy1!

See you here in TJ!

Welcome to Dr. A club!!

Congrats to you. Similar issue here - after paying very high premiums - because of high blood pressure, obesity... this over-paid insurance would not cover me. So off to Mexico I went after exhausting research of course. I'm almost 4 months out and feeling great. No regrets. Glad I did it! Wish you all the best....

My insurance, Tricare, will only pay for the band or a full bypass. I want the sleeve, so Dr. A. was my choice. September 5th is my date!

Right behind you Big Harley, August 11, with Dr. A.

I also chose Mexico for similar reasons but I would like to let you know of a problem I just ran into. 4 days ago I went to the hospital because I was severely constipated (normal occupancy after this surgery). I am 3 weeks post op so I'm obviously back home in Florida. Turned out I had pancreatitis. The doctors in the hospital (specifically the surgeons then sent to see me because of my recent surgery) told me this was due to the sleeve surgery I had 3 weeks ago. The told me that all they were going to to do was give me fluids and make sure I could eat food and discharge me. Their exact words were, "Since you made the commitment to have the surgery in Mexico, you can follow up with them on how they want to treat your pancreatitis." What?!? How am I supposed to follow up with doctors thousands of miles away. I had to get lawyers involved and it was 3 days of hell in the hospital. So now I want to make sure people know that this is the way doctors may treat you back home. And the other complaint I have about having the surgery in Mexico is that I have no nutritional support here for guidance or a Bariatric dr here if I have any questions or complications. But I completely understand why you are making the choice. Just do all of your research and have a plan for when you get home for the event complications arise.

I also chose Mexico for similar reasons but I would like to let you know of a problem I just ran into. 4 days ago I went to the hospital because I was severely constipated (normal occupancy after this surgery). I am 3 weeks post op so I'm obviously back home in Florida. Turned out I had pancreatitis. The doctors in the hospital (specifically the surgeons then sent to see me because of my recent surgery) told me this was due to the sleeve surgery I had 3 weeks ago. The told me that all they were going to to do was give me fluids and make sure I could eat food and discharge me. Their exact words were, "Since you made the commitment to have the surgery in Mexico, you can follow up with them on how they want to treat your pancreatitis." What?!? How am I supposed to follow up with doctors thousands of miles away. I had to get lawyers involved and it was 3 days of hell in the hospital. So now I want to make sure people know that this is the way doctors may treat you back home. And the other complaint I have about having the surgery in Mexico is that I have no nutritional support here for guidance or a Bariatric dr here if I have any questions or complications. But I completely understand why you are making the choice. Just do all of your research and have a plan for when you get home for the event complications arise.

What doctor did u use? So the USA doctors are saying that gastric sleeve caused the injury?

The plan I have includes 2 years of follow up with the surgeon and nutritionist via Skype. I have had pancreatitis twice before, and the funny thing is, the treatment is iv fluids and nothing by mouth until the inflammation is gone, so they were treating you. I would certainly have gotten lawyers involved as well!

Yea, it looks like they treating you too based what I read on the web. This confirms I need to get insurance. Thanks for sharing.

I used Tijuana bariatrics. And they did respond via email when I let them know I was admitted for pancreatitis. The problem was that they recommended to have some tests done to make sure there were no gall stones and no leaks. But the dr here canceled all of my tests and told me to follow up with the Drs in Mexico.