Mexicos Dr. Kuri(anyone had him)

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Hi there:

I had my surgery in Mexico by Dr. Kuri in June of 2011. I found that he was great and the facility was awesome. I had no issues whatsoever while I was there. I am from Ontario Canada so I had to fly 6 hours to get there. I had a heck of a time finding a fill doctor. I couldn't find anyone in my province that would even see me, so I had to go to a place in Michigan. They scheduled no follow up visits. I was flying by the seat of my pants and wondering why I wasn't losing any weight, even after 3 fills. I had no counselling, and no advice. I have really felt all alone in this journey. After a year and a half, I have no restriction and can eat almost as much as I could before. I am only down 11 pounds since the surgery. I searched the internet high and low and finally found a place in Toronto that would see me. When I went to see him today, he told me that he couldn't extract any Fluid from my band at all. He is wondering about a faulty port. I have to go down in another months time and have fluoroscopy to see where the Fluid is going. If I have a bad port, then I am going to have to travel back to Mexico to get it fixed. No doctor here in Canada will deal with problems from a band done from another doctor.

I'm sorry I've made this a large post, but if you are from Canada and are thinking about travelling to Mexico or any other foreign country to have surgery like this, THINK LONG AND HARD about it. The surgery was great, but the aftercare really is just not there. I am not bashing Dr. Kuri or his staff. They were great, but there is little they can do for patients that live so far away. I am hoping one day I will have the weight loss I've always dreamed of.