I am contemplating Dr Illan in MX but my sister, who is a nurse anesthestitist, states that if there is any complications, no Dr state side will want to touch me.

What did y'all do after you came back?

PS....my sister had a bariatric patient die on her table due to blowing out his stitches 4 years after surgery.

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I spoke with my primary care doctor before surgery and he agreed to do my post op labs and followups

My primary care doc is doing the same for me. How scary and awful!

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I am pretty sure no doctor in the US is going to let you die just because you had surgery in Mexico. As for my post-op care, I met with my PCP prior to surgery and she agreed to do my follow-up blood work and to see me regularly afterward. I saw her at 2, 4, 8, and 12 months post-op. Now I just see her for my normal physicals.

Yep once I told my doctor what I was doing she was very supportive and is doing all my follow-up work.

How could someone not have healed, and be relying on stitches 4 years later? That sounds off to me.

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What if you moved to another city? Or another country? I find it strange that doctors would refuse care because they weren't the ones who did the operation.

FWIW, I'm going to see my gastroenterologist next week to make sure I can get the tests that I need post-op when I return from Mexico. (no GPs/PCPs in Japan - specialists only!)

I am not sure which procedure the guy had, but he grossly over ate at Disney while on vacation. I don't have all the details but I was told he basically busted the suture line

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