I am so happy!, today I received a mail from Dr. Verboonen, I finally have a date September 30, just 17 long days away, and I don't have to travel because he is Cancun to do lap bands the last week of every month.

I just made my ticker and will be reading every post here night an day!, I think that because of this forum I have realistic expectations of things to come. Thank you all for sharing and cheering!!!

Hey what happened, I thought you were going with Dr. Ortiz?

verboonen huh? Interesting choice, I have not heard his name around here since he was convicted of insurance fraud last year sometime , he must be out of jail then now ...well best of luck to you

Congrats CancunGirl - we have the same surgery date. See you on the otherside in Bandland. God Bless and quick recovery. Take care.

That's right! I thought I recognized the name! Is he practicing in Mexico now?

Thank you for your answers, Dr. Ortiz is not working in Cancun now, they send me a message and they don't know when he will be back again, several other doctors work here in Cancun, I checked all and choose Dr. verboonen, his curriculum is amazing, he is a lap band expert and the team he has here is the best I found (http://hopeparadise.com/) and the patient coordinator Karen has been great supportive and helpful. I hope I am choosing right.

As far as I know he had always worked in Mexico (Tijuana and Cancun), please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong also I have read all the posts from his patients here and in all the lap band groups I could find; the only negative thing I found is the insurance stuff, but since I don't have insurance well is really not relevant to me.

Starr I hope we can stay in touch and compare experiences is so nice to know we are sharing a band date! This 17 days are going to be loooong. The best of luck, and a speedy recovery to you too girl!!!