I went to Mexico Bariatric Hospital to have a Gastric Sleeve after a lapband 20 years ago, they put me under, went in, and did nothing!!! This was in October 2015. They lied and said it was done.

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What city and who was the surgeon?

Tijuana

How long did it take you to find out that they did not perform the surgery?

Last year, I just had surgery in the US on 10/10.

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Who was your surgeon?

They opened you up and did not cut out your stomach. That is terrible why would they go to all that effort to cut you open and not do it. Curious did you lose weight as a kind of placebo effect.

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James asked two clear questions. And you chose to only answer one....I am assuming you want to raise awareness but you've not even said who the surgeon was

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Alex also asked who your surgeon was..

I don't believe this..you just found out last year you didn't have the surgery complete. Did you not have any restrition when you ate?

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by GoddessMoon

GoddessMoon, this is the first time Ive been on any forum and I've never experienced rudeness like this. If you read my post, I had a lapband years ago and this was suppose to revise that (which was $1000 more) and do the sleeve. In regards to you question, its hard to tell what difference it would feel. What finally happened is the lap got more and more constrictions that I had to have fixed. My gastro dr ordered the upper GI and CT which showed no sleeve before he had to start doing EGDs.

Now, I don't remember the dr, Im going to look at emails, give me 10 min.

Dr. Cabrera was the doctor. Also, they do not cut you open, its all laparscopic. There were 4 little holes in my abdomen, not a large incision. I think he went in and the scar tissue was really bad and knew he couldn't do it, but never told me and kept my money. Also it was and extra $650, not $1000 for the lap to sleeve, please see attached.

Also, no I did not lose weight actually I gained and I thought I was just the precentage that it didnt work for. Looking back, the sleeve was suppose to be done in Sept 2015 and it was confirmed that it wasn't done on June 2016.

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Thanks for the information. I am sure the members of the website will want to know. If there is anything else you wish to share, please feel free to add additional information.

1 hour ago, BridgetteG said:

Is Dr. Ismael Cabrera the original surgeon you went to or is he the one that quoted you on revision surgery? I don't think Mexico Bariatric Center was around when you originally had your surgery.

I have heard about similar issues from a few patients over the years. There were and still are some bad surgeons, in Mexico and elsewhere. Some were using expired staples and equipment as well.

At least you found out and didn't live not knowing your entire life!