Phoenixrising

Many of the MD's travel to other cities to do the surgery. Juarez/El Paso TX seems to be a "new market" in terms of WLS and the MD's from other areas of MX are traveling to areas that have been "underserved" so to speak. El Paso/Juarez is more convenient for folks from NM and Far West TX rather than having to travel to San Diego or Eagles Pass/Monterrey area.

I have heard that Cigna was going to start requiring this but I hoped it was just an ugly rumor. I agree it is just another road block they are putting out there. I don't know which is worse, saying they will cover it and then making in impossible to meet the criteria or just excluding all WLS of any kind which is the policy my employer has with Cigna.

At the risk of starting another "My MD can beat up your MD" thread I would like to hear from folks that have had surgery with Dr Verboonen and what their experiences were. I am working to help someone do some more research and would really like personal experiences of those who have used him. Thanks

At the risk of getting flamed I am going to say my piece. First let me say I have NOT had the lapband but I have had experience with Dr Arturo Rodriguez. He was supposed to do my VSG a few weeks ago but due to a monumental bank screw up it had to be cancelled but that is not the point. My point is I came on to this board tonight to see about getting info on how folks handled liquid diets but when I came across this thread I could not keep my fingers from responding. I also tried to get hard facts and sources from WASA on another board and not only could/would she not give me her sources or cites for her stats she became rude and disresptful and finally put me on ignore. I had a conversation and several email exchanges with Dr R about the accusations Wasa had made and I found his answers to be credible. He did talk about the band they used over 10 years ago and was honest about the problems that resulted, hence they stopped using that band. As for all the hype about Dr Sanchez, the man is dead and accusing others of being incompetent or worse because the associated with him defies logic to me. I wish I had been able to have my surgery with Dr Arturo Rodriguez. The reasons I am not have nothing to do with any concerns I had about him, had nothing to do with my doubting his skills and everything to do with timing and location. I think everyone is entitled to their opinion, however when folks starting spouting facts and statistics they refuse to back up that is no longer an opinion.

Does anyone have any info on Hospital INT in Tijuana?

Please tell me more about your experience with Dr Arturo Rodriguez. What sort of problems did you have? When did this occur? Have you had any revision WLS? What about surgery was the problem?

PM is private message. Basically an email to the person directly rather than a post to the board itself. In terms of Mexican doctors, while in some cases the MD advertised is not the MD that does the surgery this is not true in all cases. In terms of legal recourse, check with Wasabubblebutt as she has information on someone that successfully sued their surgeon in Mexico so apparently it can be done.

I would really like to hear from anyone that had surgery with Dr Arturo Rodriguez. I have come upon some disturbing posts, which may or may not even be true and would really like to hear from folks that have actually used him and what their experiences were. I do not want to get embroiled in coordinators or other endless arguments about who is righter than who. Just want contact from those that have used Arturo Rodriguez