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My painful experience in Mexico
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I went with my wife to have her sleeve surgery in Mexico with Dr. A. As far as that went I think things went great and she is doing well. HOWEVER, my experience in Mexico is a totally different story which I feel others need to know about.
I ended up getting food poisoning and then kidney stones. I even had to rush to the ER in San Diego because the Mexico doctors were unable to control my pain and nausea after multiple attempts with a multitude of different medications. I was in severe pain and very nauseous for around 24+ hours, but nothing they did helped.
I guess the drugs in Mexico just aren't that strong and are watered down OR I just wasn't given any of the good stuff. I was completely miserable. I know the hospital was trying their best to get a hold of doctors to help me and then a couple of different doctors disagreed over what they thought was wrong with me, but I already knew I had a kidney stone. I didn't need a medical degree to figure that out because I have had kidney stones 5-6 times previously and it felt the exact same as before. Anyone that has had kidney stones at least once in their life know exactly what they feel like the next time. There is no mistaking it for something else.
But MUCH thanks to Rosa and Juan. They went above and beyond trying to get me back to the states to receive the care I needed. Rosa was so sweet and caring. She was willing to call a US ambulance and drive me to the border where the ambulance would me pick me up and take me the rest of the way into Sand Diego. She was then going to stay the night with my wife in the Mexico hospital. I decided to tough it out another night because I didn't want to leave my wife alone in Mexico no matter how bad of shape I was in. So, the next morning we were discharged from the Mexico hospital and went to the recovery house. I was feeling ok for the moment but later that night the kidney stone pain came back with a vengeance as it moved within my urinary tract and I toughed it out some more until the next morning when ultimately I couldn't bare the pain anymore. After a few hours Juan was able to find me an Uber ride to the San Diego ER.
The pain was almost unbearable (as anyone that has ever had a kidney stone knows), but THANKFULLY once I finally arrived at the ER in San Diego I received proper care where they were able to 100% confirm kidney stones and control the pain and nausea within 2-3 minutes. That's right...within 2-3 minutes and not 24+ hours. I haven't passed the kidney stone yet, but at least I have meds that can help mask the pain until it passes. I just hate I had to shell out $600+ extra while in the Mexico hospital even though I didn't receive any successful treatments.
Also, a big thanks to Little Robert and Morgan for their friendship and to the nurses, Dr. A, and another doctor for trying to help even though they were unsuccessful.
Thankfully we are home now, but haven't had anyone from BariatricPal MX check on me or my wife (since we had to rush and leave Mexico a day early due to my kidney stones), but I'm sure they have been trying to reach us...