I am removing the post.

yaya

Edited July 18, 200818 yr by yaya78006
has turned into a fiasco

Sorry guys but it is true.

I am not going to tell you my very good friend's name who told me about the person who told her about this incident.

I can't remember if my friend told me if the woman was a friend or a relative.

I am of the age of memory shortness problem. :wub::thumbup:

Yes, you can not live without a pancreas which is why the poor dude went to the hospital sick as a dog.

If your pancreas stops working you have to take meds and I believe be on dialyasis.

Like I said, I do not know if the poor guy made it or not.

The reason I wrote this is to recommend that people who go to Mexico have a "buddy" advocate with them in the operating room to make sure this doesn't happen to them and only go to highly recommended Dr.'s and Hospitals in Mexico.

Or go to Canada.

I almost went to Monterey, Mexico because my insurance would not cover my lapband.

We just did financing and stayed in San Antonio.

There are Dr.s in Mexico who have offices here in the US.

A great amount of these Dr.'s have their education in the US and are board certified and can operate here in the US too.

They just get to keep more $$$ in Mexico because they don't have to have malpractice insurance.

I have 3 friends who have had their surgeries in Mexico. 2 in Monterey and 1 in Peidris Negras.

They are all fine and doing well.

Wow, this would'a made big news. Show me the news articles on this one.

I'm telling you, you can't. You got played and fell for it! HA!

Wasa, that is exactly what i was thinking. If this happened, it would be in the news.

I am from the midwest, a very small town and believe me, I've heard all the horror stories about all the things that happen (suppossedly) in Mexico. But I have lived in a border town for 13 years, never have i heard about anything happening in real life. I got my band in Mexicali, I am still in one peice and very happy with the results.

Wasa, that is exactly what i was thinking. If this happened, it would be in the news.

I am from the midwest, a very small town and believe me, I've heard all the horror stories about all the things that happen (suppossedly) in Mexico. But I have lived in a border town for 13 years, never have i heard about anything happening in real life. I got my band in Mexicali, I am still in one peice and very happy with the results.

Can you imagine Dr. Aceves ... of all people ... stealing your pancreas?

He would be insulted at the mere suggestion, as would any medical professional.

Ahahaha!! Are you sure your friend's friend's friend didn't wake up in a strange hotel, in a bath full of ice and missing a kidney? LOL!

I can't beleave you would just beleave it to be true without question. oh, I have an island for sale really really cheap if your interested.(Oops i'm sorry that was just hateful) pre-op diet no food, must be getting to me.

I am removing the post.

yaya

Edited July 18, 200818 yr by yaya78006
That is all

YaYA, please don't get mad, most of us just think it's funny. it's not a shot at you. I just think everyone here just doesn't want to spread unnessary fear. some people beleave everything they hear and it wouldn't be fair to classify all surgery in Mexico or anywhere else for that matter like that. When you start a thread you open yourself up to everyones opinion sorry to say i think it's pretty childish to get mad when you hear something you don't like. you can agree or disagree but no need to get angry.

Yaya..it is ok. We are not making fun of you...we have fallen for these types of stories. It actually is a good post. It should make everyone wake up and check out these rumors before they believe them. It also should make everyone that is interested in surgery to investigate their doctor. There ARE quacks out there. I know Doctors that I wouldn't let operate on my dead dog.

Perhaps there is a ring of truth to your story. Perhaps they came back without their gallbladder...and it turned into a pancreas after the story was told a couple of times.

The pancreas regulates your blood sugar, no blood sugar=death. You receive a pancrease from a deceased donor. Maybe you should research what the pancreas does and you will see for yourself you can't live without one.

BTW, I have a kidney transplant.

again just want to reiterate this IS and has to be an urban legend. It is so similar to the story of the kidney that was stolen in a hotel room or some other dive. this is a delicate surgery and in order to be used as a transplant organ very specific protocol must be followed. there are too many things that simply can not be true in your story. Mexico was a truely awesome place to have a surgery. if i ever need another one of any kind i will go back unless it is an emergency. Not only did i have a lap band put in but i had a vasectomy at the same time, and i am proud to say that i am infertile (confirmed by a us lab). so for those of you wanting to or thinking of going to mexico. GO GO GO do not hesitate. best thing i ever did.

again just want to reiterate this IS and has to be an urban legend. It is so similar to the story of the kidney that was stolen in a hotel room or some other dive. this is a delicate surgery and in order to be used as a transplant organ very specific protocol must be followed. there are too many things that simply can not be true in your story. Mexico was a truely awesome place to have a surgery. if i ever need another one of any kind i will go back unless it is an emergency. Not only did i have a lap band put in but i had a vasectomy at the same time, and i am proud to say that i am infertile (confirmed by a us lab). so for those of you wanting to or thinking of going to mexico. GO GO GO do not hesitate. best thing i ever did.

Mexico is a great option WITH proper research! Same with US docs. Just because a doc is in the US doesn't make him any good. This holds true with any country.

Yes, yes... absolutely an urban legend. The story is absolutely impossible on many levels.

Dr are you sure you are not missing an organ? I heard there is a black market for penis transplants in Mexico!

omgrotflmbo. i cant stop laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaya:

Please do not let this post discourage you from exchanging your stories and experiences on here. Some of these people have been down right rude and a lot of the replies were uncalled for in my opinion.

I agree, EVERYONE should do their "homework" before selecting a surgeon and letting them perform a procedure.

Yaya:

Please do not let this post discourage you from exchanging your stories and experiences on here. Some of these people have been down right rude and a lot of the replies were uncalled for in my opinion.

I agree, EVERYONE should do their "homework" before selecting a surgeon and letting them perform a procedure.

I don't know, spreading around this kind of misinformation and urban legends about an entire country is insulting to those in that country who worked very hard for their education and reputations. If there was a single news article, media attention, anything other than my friend had a friend that knew someone that said something... that's not really fair to the medical professionals that work very hard for a living. Just think how insulting that would be if someone suggested your doctor couldn't be trusted not to kill people because he was stealing their organs for profit, it wouldn't be very flattering.

This kind of story needs to be somewhat verified before posting.

In this country we are already so amazingly ignorant of the countries outside the US and what they have to offer, this kind of urban legend just makes it worse. We already have media spoon feeding us information, if one doctor does something stupid from another country we believe the media that the entire country is not to be trusted. Yet we have the SAME thing happening in THIS country but somehow that is excused because not all US docs are stupid. But ONE doctor from Mexico does something ignorant and we blame every doctor in Mexico. It is insulting to them and makes us look like the real idiots.

Perhaps if we would start picking up a book and doing actual research, educating ourselves about places outside the US we wouldn't need the media teaching us about cultures based on sensationalism.