It is now two months later and I have lost about 10 pounds. setTimeout( function() { Dr. Juan Lopez has over 20 years of experience in weight-loss surgery. He himself preformed the gastric sleeve. // Hide post controls if empty Market data provided by Factset. { Life is so much better when you're not playing Superior Mean Girl online. "interactionType": "http://schema.org/FollowAction", Desperate, I contacted Christy at mexicobariatriccenter. "@type": "Person", function viselyForumInit() { } "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/?do=findComment\u0026comment=3414252", New FDA-approved drug can slow vision loss, Pandemic-era SNAP benefits end for millions of Americans as costs rise, Lawsuits claim dental device wrecked teeth, N.J. school provides mental health support for students, with results. Yesterday he\u0027s ask me if I would like him to pick up omeprazol since he was going for other patients. I really don't understand why Daniel couldn't run the note over this afternoon to make sure it was in my hands. He ask me to get some test done in the states to verify my concerns. It's only a five minute drive. "itemListElement": [ I\u0027m sorry you went through all of that. "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2017_12/D_member_210743.png", I trusted her and the company and went ahead to schedule a lapband removal and a gastric sleeve. Werner asked. Compared to the USA and Canada, weight loss surgery in Mexico is 60 to 70% cheaper. { "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2017_12/C_member_209334.png", "Unfortunately, some of them come back with complications that we have to take care of." I didn't believe the doctor they recommended preform the gastric sleeve. "@type": "Comment", document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); He is leaving a bad taste in my mouth and today is just adding to the pot.Ps my phone does not work in Mexico. A difference of Night and Day from MBC.The moral of the story. "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/?do=findComment\u0026comment=3414195", "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/profile/207322-elenasal/" People eat less, and lose weight. So how did he remove the lap band? I was starving. A recent lawsuit claims some Americans were lured to Mexico for weight-loss surgeries that turned out to be dangerous or even life-threatening. Janice reached out to her boss and owner of A Lighter Me, Sandy Johnston. \nI\u0027m so glad you are sharing your experience on here. "@type": "Person", "name": "Mexico & Self-Pay Weight Loss Surgery" "name": "dsteimen", "name": "nolagirl", May 23, 2018 / 7:41 AM I was then escorted down to a different floor in a room with no nursing attendant and no other patients. } "@type": "Organization", Perhaps they only had it scheduled as the band removal?\n\nYou get a cold-call from another competing company, who takes care of everything for you, and says that MBC, (their competitor), is not legit. "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/?do=findComment\u0026comment=3414348", "interactionType": "http://schema.org/CommentAction", Take care! "text": "Debra- I am so sorry to hear about your experience. No response. } }; A difference of Night and Day from MBC. Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala is one of the oldest operating bariatric surgeons specializing in medical tourism. Christy told me that the owner was in business for years leading me to believe that the company was in business for years. I was undressing when a staff member came in and told me I needed to be moved. The Mi hospital. "headline": "Beware of Mexico Bariatric Center (MBC)", I didn\u0027t have change and I gave him a twenty. Started Yesterday at 06:30 PM, By What and who did what procedure on you? ] "item": { I told him he owed me five dollars back. .cycle-3 img {-webkit-animation-duration: 9s; animation-duration: 9s; -webkit-animation-name: fade3; animation-name: fade3; } or redistributed. Can you please find out what time Victor will pick me up at the hotel? Just reading your post is making me want to go home! Sandy contact me herself and listened to my story. Mexico Bariatric Center has no deaths from surgery. He told Werner there was a campaign in opposition of me to take away my prestige. Again out of my pocket $3000.00 later I was told by my doctor her in the states the procedure was not done.Mexico Bariatrics washed their hand of me. "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/" In reality, they\u0027ve been around for a little bit, (though not as long as some of the other Medical Tourism companies). ReallY" Stressed and my whole self esteem deflated I just felt something was wrong. "People say that their surgeries were not done correctly. "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/profile/210743-dsteimen/" "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2019_01/20181229_143059-1.thumb.jpg.0b2e9ed366785cd3095c44003ee7fb5c.jpg", { I'm really getting worried about the safety.Sent from my iPad Debra SwiszczThings didn't get better during my stay. { He made me feel uneasy. "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/profile/210743-dsteimen/" It would only cost me $6,500. "url": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/?do=findComment\u0026comment=3414441", I was put into one room and moved to another room down on the second floor. Six days after surgery, back in the U.S., Thomas wound up in an emergency room where doctors found she had a hole a leak in her gastric sleeve, and a life-threatening infection. "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2017_12/D_member_210743.png", }, "My work is -- is professional," Dr. Almanza said. Are you able to go back to the clear protein drinks they recommend in the "clear liquid" phase? She was so nice. It has taken me several months to recover from my mexico bariatric expereince to talk on these forums. I know, because I participated in them when I had my surgery in January, through MBC, at Hospital MI Doctor, (though it was with Dr Cabrerra). It's Melissa from TN. "@type": "InteractionCounter", \n", return(number>0?1:-1)*Math.floor(Math.abs(number))};var maxSafeInteger=Math.pow(2,53)-1;var toLength=function(value){var len=toInteger(value);return Math.min(Math.max(len,0),maxSafeInteger)};return function from(arrayLike){var C=this;var items=Object(arrayLike);if(arrayLike==null){throw new TypeError('Array.from requires an array-like object - not null or undefined')} I had incision because Dr. KELLY removed the lapband. Even the Marriott staff have contact with them and can get ahold of either of them when needed. I was then escorted down to a different floor in a room with no nursing attendant and no other patients. Wrong procedures are common enough in the US, you\u0027re using an intermediary to pass along info to a foreign healthcare system. "@type": "Comment", } else if (modifyClass === 'remove'){ "text": "Seems fishy. You can lose about 60 to 70 percent of your excess weight. var resizeWindow = function(){ var wClasses = "wDesktop wTablet wMobile"; if(detectDevice() === 30){ $("html").removeClass(wClasses).addClass("wDesktop"); } else if(detectDevice() === 20){ $("html").removeClass(wClasses).addClass("wTablet"); } else { $("html").removeClass(wClasses).addClass("wMobile"); }} "@type": "Language", }, Desperate, I contacted Christy at mexicobariatriccenter. }, GreenTealael, July 24, 2018 I had to run and find someone to look at the IV in my hand. "I've been overweight since I was 16," Thomas told CBS News' Anna Werner. "@type": "Comment", "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2017_12/D_member_210743.png", Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). } { We all deserve the best medical care out there - period. She offered me to come to Mexico with A lighter Me at cost to find out what exactly was performed on my stomach that cost me $6500.On February 2014 I had a surgery performed by Dr. Ortiz from A Lighter Me On his report ( I have copies ) It states that no gastric sleeve was performed. { "name": "MadB", I was shit out of luck.My story got out to others by an x-employee of Mexico Bariatrics Janice from A LIGHTER ME called me and asked me about what had happened with my surgery. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/302210-beware-of-mexico-bariatric-center-mbc/" The health department said there have been other reports nationwide of patients who traveled to Mexico for health care only to return with the same infection. "author": { "@context": "http://www.schema.org", "addressCountry": null MEXICO BARIATRIC CENTER - 46 Photos & 36 Reviews - Av. I told him of my concerns. If your ordeal is legit, I am deeply sorry for what you have gone through. I cannot stress enough the safest course of action is not to travel to Mexico for these procedures. "@type": "Comment", I was undressing when a staff member came in and told me I needed to be moved. Four people from Arizona are suing three doctors in Mexico who performed surgeries as well as companies in the U.S., which they claim arranged for those surgeries and referred the patients to those doctors. I really don\u0027t know what his problem is with me. We also offer you cutting-edge minimally invasive surgical techniques, and a caring support staff committed to your weight loss success. From that point on, I knew I had made the right choice. I was undressing when a staff member came in and told me I needed to be moved. I told him he owed me five dollars back. According to a large study conducted in the United States, 14% of bariatric surgeries have a mortality rate (death rate). .cycle-2 img:nth-of-type(2) { -webkit-animation-delay: -6s; animation-delay: -6s; } I have done a lot of research for over a year and am going through Mexico Bariatric Center - going to Mi Doctor Hospital - having surgery with the team of Dr Cabrera and Dr Valenzuela. MBC was only in business for a few months at the time of my surgery. I told her my story and she was dumbfounded. in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums, By "Yeah," he replied. What was wrong with me? through your throat? (At the facility, not what the US company\u0027s paperwork says). notification_imgURL: "", People are all very nice here but I'm still a little confused about my room. "@type": "Comment", googletag.defineSlot('/15547294/BP_Header_845x60_HT1', [845, 60], 'div-gpt-ad-HT1').addService(googletag.pubads()); "text": "How do they explain your incisions? .visely-recommendations-container .product__image img { height: 100%; width:100%; object-fit: contain; display:none; } I was in that room for a day and a half before they moved me into a real room. i asked if there were any potential side effects of the surgery he said only weightloss UhhhMMMMM yeah right. I spoke to Daniel this afternoon around 2pm and he told me doctor Kelly was going to stop by this evening with the return to work certificate. I had surgery in Mexico with ALO Baratrics & Dr Lopez on February 9th. messageDate.setTime(messageDate.getTime() + (126000000)); He is leaving a bad taste in my mouth and today is just adding to the pot.Ps my phone does not work in Mexico. Family shares a warning with ABC15 after losing daughter after weight loss surgery in Mexico. I contacted MBC and spoke to the owner Ron. "image": "https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/monthly_2017_12/D_member_210743.png", Finally they called a surgery nurse to put the Iv into my hand. .visely-recommendations-container .product__title { margin: 10px 10px 0px; min-height: 60px; color: #2a6496; font-weight: 900; } Research carefully what you are about to do with your body in Mexico. The Dr. that performed my surgery was DR. Ramos Kelly ( I am not the first patient that he has done this too. .visely-pagination ul li { display: table-cell; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px;} Let's review the team of Elias Ortiz & Company in details: Dr. Elias Ortiz: The Chief Surgeon and the head of the bariatric center, Dr. Elias Ortiz is a well-known name in the field of weight loss surgery. googletag.enableServices(); }, "@type": "Comment", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", With that said. I rushed out into the hall asking for help by anyone that I thought could understand english. I'm really getting worried about the safety. "author": { } "name": "dsteimen", I felt fine after the surgery and could eat just about anything I wanted. After being register I was moved to a normal hospital room. FINGERS CROSSED FOR AN APRIL SURGERY DATE!! @media only screen and (min-width: 1024px) { .visely-widget-container:before { content: 'large'; } } Were the forms you signed translated, or did you have someone there to translate them for you? Even the Marriott staff have contact with them and can get ahold of either of them when needed. "addressLocality": null, Address: 705 E. Bidwell Suite 2-111 Folsom, CA Last April my lapband of 5 years slipped and needed removal. I contacted the doctor and Mexico Bariatrics. Using an internationally accredited facility is not a guarantee that your medical care will be free of complications.. I'm well traveled so once I was at the hotel I was pretty much on my own. 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