So, a few things have occurred over the last few days. My dad passed away in a terrible motorcycle accident and his wife, my step mom, is in critical condition. Alongside of dealing with the pain of losing my father, my hero, (I am 23, he was not supposed to leave me this soon) and dealing with attorneys for his estate and lawsuit, i am in the middle of my pre op diet and going through the motions and I am losing my insurance. My mom is putting me on hers, but I don't think it covers bariatric surgery.

I don't want to be selfish in thinking about this at a time like this but I have appointments coming up that I'm trying to get with my patient advocate about to see if I should go to them.

I am just wondering if I should keep going or if I should step back and just take the plunge and go to Mexico. I almost made the decision to go to Mexico before but decided to start the program I'm in now. What is every ones experience with mexico? Is it sketchy? Scary? Way more expensive and not worth it? I did a lot of research on it before and every thing seemed legit but I am still a little bit not convinced. Can anyone offer me some insight on this?

On 5/10/2017 at 10:17 AM, MarinaGirl said:

There are a number of highly qualified and capable bariatric surgeons in Tijuana; just do your research and don't make price the #1 criteria. I went there in April and had WLS at Hospital Angeles with Dr. Ramos Kelly. It was a great experience and I'm healing very well. And I can always call or email him for guidance but for the most part my follow up care is with clinicians in my hometown (PCP, GI, ND).

I am so sorry for the loss of your father and injured step-mom. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

What all is needed for follow up care? Did you have to pay out of pocket or use insurance?