I had my surgery 2/8/08 in Mexico. I'm not sure what had happened during my surgery but instead of it taking 30-45 minutes. I was in there 3 1/2 hrs with different explainations. They had to get the right band, a machine broke down and they were waiting for a part, one of the medical staff was not there. (I don't know the true answer) Everything seemed ok while I was there after that but none of the hospital staff spoke English at all. I had the surgery on a Friday and expected to be back to work on Tuesday. We'll Tuesday morning came and I took some pain medication and then ended up calling in sick. A friend from work called and told me to go to the doctor but by this point I couldn't even go to my purse to get the number to make a dr. appt. I felt better by the time my husband got home from work, but by now my port site was a disgusting pussy mess gushing out. I made a dr appt for the next day and was hospitalized for 4 days. The port site was very infected and I had to have another surgery to remove it. A nurse was coming to my house twice a day to change my wound (a 4 cm deep wound) I'm down to once a day now and will be going back to work on Monday 3/10/08 I had no idea that I would be off for soooo long or that I would have been soooo sick. I'm pretty healthy other than a bmi of 35. I had them leave the band in and may eventually have a new port put in but I'm scared of more surgery.

The reason I think I got the infection was they had me take a shower after the surgery without covering the wounds (they covered them with plastic after) and the Mexican water is NASTY.

My Dr thinks it was something done during surgery. I will never know. I just want people thinking of this surgery to know. I do belive in the surgery but would only get it done in the U.S. I just wish my insurance would have paid for it, because they're sure paying out now.

Thanks for listening all coments are welcome

Hopefully cases like yours will make your insurance company change its policies to included coverage for weight loss surgeries. Good luck to you and thanks for the fyi.