Misfortune

Has anyone heard of this doc. And if so, what was your experience? :help:

Research... Every complication on here.. and make your decision.. Don't just listent to one or two people... And whatever your decision.. Goodluck!

I have posted in complications already, and my story happened 2 yrs. ago and I still hear horror stories of Betancourt, but don,t forget that the Dr."s that leave Betancourt also start their own hospitals.. "Haucuz." It is not only Andreas... It is his physicians.. (rather what they want to call Physicians).. I was on life support and had a infection , I had to get my ribs removed.. I would have died... It is so hard to find other Doctors in the U.S. to have anything to do with you after complications from Mexico.. I had one Doctor ask me to leave his office give me my money back and respound "This is just the beginning of your problems." All I can tell you guys to do is keep searching for the right Doc. and Pray... Some wonderful Doctor will help you and do the right thing. I had to keep my infection for a while and they kept giving me antibiotics and they call it "packing" the wound.. No help.. They finally had to go in and remove my ribs... I hope this helped some .. If you have anyother questions. Please ask I will do the best I can to answer..

As for "sueing" it is possible.. But very very hard, and if you look up your doctor.. Alot of them have a address in the US.. Which means u can sue.. They have this address to do the same. To make sure they can get their money if necessary. I was told that it is possible and there has already been lawsuits done. But as for me... I couldnt find a attorney to touch it.. so goodluck and if you do find out something that I dont know... please share..: )

Well first off, I want to tell you "sorry", and I hope you get better...And BEST of luck with the wonderful new baby on the way!!! And as for "Betancourt" and "Haucez"... We all make mistakes sometimes... And these two gentlemen have made many, and they are messing with many innocent peoples lives, and I feel it needs to stop! As for the lady that had a great experience.... Luck was on your side! My situation was much different and it affected not only me but my family! My post is on line and it is horrible .... Not only was there mistakes, but they also lied and ...ran out the back door when the Mexican and American Embassy showed up at the hospital. So if they have nothing to hide,, why run or lie... ????? I have'nt posted on here in a while and if you read my previous post I am not a bitter person, but I sincerly beleive that we should do our research more. And If you choose to go to a Dr. that has many complaints after you do your research... Hopefully Luck will be on your side! God Bless everyone.. And "Nataliesmommy" things will get better! And for the record, I am not here to "Bash" any Dr. or Mexico... All I am doing is sharing my experience, and hoping I will help someone of not making the mistake I made...

I havent been on here in a while, so I just read your post. I am sorry you both had a awful experience! I really wish there is omething we all could do to stop this! I just recently went through another major surgery last month due to the molding clinic. I have had 7 surgeries since May 2005, including the banding. I hope and pray this one will be it. Goodluck! And if you have any ideas please let me know... Thanks... Happy holidays!

Just thought I would let everyone know, A year ago today I was on Life support do to the neglegeince of a surgeon in Mexico. :think I was put in a California Hospital because Mexico did not have the facilities for the complications that went wrong.. They saved my life. I had 2 more weeks to live and they was letting me go. Thank God I did pull through only by a miracle! I have had 6 surgerys since the first Lap-band surgery. It was hell and i hope many reads what I have to say, and if any questions please feel free to contact me. I went to Mexico to have the surgery done because of financial reason. Probably like most of you, It ended up costing me over $500,000 due to stupidity. So please, do much thinking and research before making the decision. Being alive is much better, then being dead and skinny!:clap2:

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If anyone got Bariatric surgery at this hospital, during Sept. 2004-April 2006, I just read something awful, that you should know. If so, please write me personally, and I will share my Info. because I dont want to say or solicit any names..

:help: I have a question, I know someone that went to have the lap-band put back on and due to the past procedures she had to much damage, so it was not done, but instead she said they had shortened or rather cut some of her intestine ?line, to be able to make it shorter so she would go to the bathroom more and it would take less time for digestion and she would lose weight. I have heard of something like this on tv. But didnt know what it is called, and is it Dangerous? Do you have any clue what I am talking about? If so could you please tell me what this procedure is called, so I can check it out I was curious if this was crap or not? Thank you so much...:help:

Thank you very much. I appreciate the info..

I am from Bowling Green, Ky. And was wondering if anyone on here has heard of Dr. Argotee in Paducah? He is at Lourds Pavillion?

You can by Nioxin at almost any beauty salon, but it is much cheaper if you know someone to buy it for you at a supply store. Someone with a liscense. And yes the is a kit you can buy with shampoo, vitamins, and therapy treatment. I suggest to use it all. I love It!

Gina, Give the Nioxin a chance.. It works great. I lost all my hair and after a couple weeks of using it, I could see and feel new hair. I have nothing but positive things to say about it. I have a full head of hair now, and even thicker, and I still use it. Goodluck and try to be positive.. : )

Well just thought i would tell you , I lost all of my hair! It was awful, Everytime I would wash my hair, hands full fell out! And yes you are correct, I felt the same way, I have surgery to look and feel beautiful, lol and my hair falls out! : ) Big ass, and no hair..(Boy God works in mysterious ways! ) Beautiful is on the inside..! The good news is, It does grow back.. I went to the hair club and let them do a treatment on me, it was funny, what little hair I had left they got in a Knot! Took them 3 hours to get it out and 3 people.. I told them finally just cut it !! I am going to be without hair there anyways with all the pulling.. So they did..Had to wear a cap from there on out. Then like I said it all eventually fell out. And to top it off after that episode, they wanted almost $2000.00 for a years worth of treatments..! WOW! So let me get back to the good news, as they were pulling and tugging on my hair, I was reading the ingredients. Found out how they treated, went to store and found Nioxin! MUch cheaper than 2000.00 and guess what after about 4 months all my hair was back!! It is still growing and I still use it.. But i recommend the Beginning package with all 3 steps and do what it says.. Vitamins and all.... So please dont be sad, you can get your hair back it might not be as beautiful or as thick,, but it does come back. And you want to hear something else funny, my hair grew back totally opposite of what it was,.. I had blonde straight hair! Now mind you straight as can be, would not hold a curl for more than 30 mins.. And now I have brown very wavy hair.. I use to say what I would do to just have a little curl!? And now I have it, : ) and dont know what to do with it.. : ) Goes to show,, we are never happy!! God Bless everyone, and to be honest about this . As I am writing this I am smiling thinking back how I paniced and how stupid I was thinking that my hair meant everything..! It is kinda sad but funny..Hair is on the surface and shoot I almost lost my life and was still not out of the woods at that time but sure was worried about my hair.. ! All I am saying is just "Be Happy!" Or atleast try your best and dont worry about the little things.. : ) Goodluck! And I hope this helps.. : )

Sarah, thanks.. Well I did contact a couple lawyers and they said they can not help me due to not having a liscence in that area. Yes you re correct about having continious procedures, so maybe I might still have time. I will check into that.. Good thinking! : ) I was not going to persue this but now I hear there are so many others out there, and I am paying for it financially and physically, while he is living it up , opening his own facility and still doing what he is doing. And like you said he has no intention on responding to me or he would have already..You know it is one thing to think about things, but when you hear it from others it seems to open your eyes a little more.. And yes I will continue to update anything I do find out.. Thanks again, and God Bless..

Trish, I also had a hole I got to pack for about 6 months.. It will get better! It was awful for a while and I felt it would never heal..But look on the bright side it could be worse! : ) Oh yeh and Dr.C nice to meet you also...

Dr. C..My disaster has already happened..LOL But I just want you to know I think you are doing a great thing.. (Not unless you can give me advice on a serious hernia due to my 6 surgerys in 6 months..: ) ) I hope you can help others... By the way just curious, How long have you been a Bariatric Surgeon?

Kellie... All I have to say is you are right! I totally agree! Mo matter how many tucks, cuts or whatever, if you are not happy with yourself mentally, then you will never be happy! I also like you phrase at the end; Just Today!

awayfrmitall: Please do not feel you are hyjacking anything.. All comments are very welcome with me, and I beleive everyone feels the same. Yes I have tried my best not to bash the Doc. Haucuz..Although it has been very hard..: ) but like you said I am just here to share and maybe help someone else... And yes it is about research, but like Jboy (the attorney) said research..research.. research.. and he had surgery with him, and had no idea of me. But i am assuming now he does.. So no matter how much research, many things are still very well hidden..Since I have posted this I have heard of others with the same Doc. Not quite the extreme as mine but... they are there.. And the sad part is he is still practicing( and i do mean practicing) lol . I just pray that everyone this man touches has had a prayer said for them! I also just recently heard that someone that was in the hospital at the time of my incident, had said that "he (Haucuz) ran out the back door when the American Counsel showed up.. again this is heresay, but if this is true it is very, very hard for me to not try to Bash him.. He alsmost took my life, it is so hard to forgive , but i am sure i eventually will, but i will never forget.. And one more thing I was also told that the Clinic no longer associates themselves with him, and he now has his own facility. So beware! Alot of things have changed since my incident hospitals ,doctors and everything.. So like I have said before, RESEARCH! Thanks again for your reply Jamie.. God Bless.. Oh and one more thing .. I have a question for everyone out there that reads this ... If you was in my shoes, would your try to contact him personally again, and what exactly would you ask for? I dont know if I can legally do anything now since it has been a year, but does anyone have any advice for me, or maybe some suggestions.. Thank you so much.. And if anyone does not want to Quick reply me, then please feel free to send it to me privately.

Meow.. I see.. I have also heard of breast reductions being done because of back problems.. Thanks for your reply. I was just curious.. Best Wishes. And congrad on your 25 pds..: )

I also had a slippage directly after my banding. I could not keep nothing down. I went back the second time and they repaired it, supposibly.. Still very sick, went back again to have removed , and like one of the other post said, the slippage can cut off blood flow and the tissue around the esophagus dies.. Which can allow preforations.. My case was much more complex than the average person. I will probably never really know what started my comp. but it was told to me "slippage". I have A thread also under comp. and if you want to know the outcome please read toward the end. If you start from the beginning it will take a while because of the contraversy..So shoot to the end if you like.. ANd all I have to say is dont take chances, yes money can and will be an issue, but always go with your gut!!! No punt intended! : ) It is usually right! Also a positive note , I had a sister-in-law that went through 2 pregnancys with the band..no complications... So I guess like I said go with that gut feeling.. Do what you feel is best for you and God Bless and Best Wishes...!

Wow, I sit back and read all the mistakes made.. It is soooo scary. I would really like to know if anyone here does have a Mexican Attorney, And if they really plan on doing something about these complications? I also would like to know if the law still stands about only having a year after malpractice complication, to be able to sue? I really think we should all join together and fight . A battle is alot easier to win with a army, than alone...! If it is almost impossible to sue, then why not really get them were it hurts.. "National t.v.?" I think we would all have great storys, and possibly help others..

To everyone out there that has or is reading these threads. I thank you all very much for the thoughts and the prayers that has been sent to me. But for the ones that seem to make accusations about me and my experience, I am not trying to be nasty, but you are making it very hard for me. I have noticed that several of you do not want to hear the bad experiences and feel that you have to defend someone. But they do happen.. And I do not see anyone telling the people that had a "good" experience that it was not true, or noone is making accusations about them.. Saying that is not true " you did not have a good experience and you are lieing because I know that Doctor or facility and it was a bad experience." Everyone is always ready and wanting to hear the good, but doesnt want to face the bad. Melissa this is to you and anyone else that does not beleive me.. I realize you was a patient at the same clinic and as you say you now represent that facility. And I am very happy things went well for you. But... dont be blind..You said you was there when I had my procedure and that you know what happened to me,but due to patient privacy issues you can not discuss them. Well if you know what happened to me, and Andres also knows, and you still want to make accusations... then this really disturbs me. And by all means let me refresh your memory , and due to patients privacy, and me being the patient, please allow me to share. First off, I had my procedure in May,2005.. I had complications, flew to Mexico 3 times. 3rd time went back to have band removed..Was very ill. Band was removed, and Andres calls my boyfreind and says he needs to come and get me . The clinic can no longer can take care of me because my illness got worse and they did not have the facility to care for me. Went to Cali. Diagnosis was made by Mexican Surgeon in Mexico which was wrote down and sent to Cali. Diagnosis was read to my boyfreind by Andres that I had postoperative pancreatitis. Went to Cali. and was treated for that diagnosis. They gave me several medicines and liquids, but I was only getting worse. Finally after several days and more test they had found i had perforations in the abdomen and pneumonia. All of the medicines and liquids they had been given to me was seeping out of my stomach into my body, causing serious infection. During the repair of the preforation, the surgeons went in and found another hole that had already been sutured in Mexico. It was very infected and had alot of dead around it. They also repaired that hole, which ment removal of portions of my stomach. During this process they realized Mexico had cut one of my main blood flows to my stomach because it had been in the way of the banding. And without the bloodflow the tissue around the stomach could do nothing but die, which could have caused the holes.. Again another hole, which more removal of the stomach took place.. Now during this whole time I was only getting worse because of all the infection in my body, everything started to shut down.. I was put on life support.. My boyfreind sit there 24 hrs, watching the one he loved slowly dieing, my kids came to see there mother totally helpless with tubes running out her nose, mouth and chest. They had to make a decision in 2 weeks to either keep me alive longer or just say "goodbye". And for what reason?? Because someone had Lied and tried to cover their mistake. It could have been prevented only if someone would have lived up to their mistakes.. So if you knew this is really what happened, and so did Andres, then why ... Why do you make accusations.. And why doesnt Andres just call. If he sincerly had nothing to do with this, and he knew what happened, then pick up the phone and give me some answers..This is someones life, and if he is such a sincere man and is so concerned of his patients.. ??? Now mind you when he called my boyfreind to come and get me, yes they had the van pick him up from the airport, but when he arrived at the clinic they made him pay $60.00. I am laying their very ill and they ask for more money just because they picked him up.. What kinda crap is that? Oh and here is the best part, after I was being sent to Cali. by Ambulance they had the nerve again to ask him for more money due to my complications... WOW! So excuse me if I seem a little bitter!! But this was and is my life and it was almost gone . And until or if you experience watching a loved one lay and die, or you experience yourself dieing and thinking you might not ever see your kids again, just because of someones else mistake and lies.. Then you can comment on mine, but please get your facts straight because the next person might not take it as well as me.. God Bless everyone ..And i wish nothing but the best and great success in your new life! But I am very tired of argueing, so if anyone has replys or questions please reply to me personally and I will do my best to respond back.. Best Wishes..

I am not hear to argue with anyone.. I do Know I have contacted or rather tried to contact Andres. And yet no return call!!! My number has not changed either. I know who my Anesthesiologist was Pablo Castro.. A very nice man.. And yes he is that Pic. but that is not who I am saying..So..???And as for asking if I had survived? Or if I am still alive, That was what I was told, and I know THAT!!!!! And if he was sorry or concerned, you tell me why he will not return my calls!? I am not asking you to defend Andres. And I also know you said you are a "patient" of theirs, and now you work for them. Which means you was not in that surgery room and you do "not" know what happened to me. I dont know what happened to me and it was my body! And Like I said many times, all I want is information, why, and apology. This has changed my life drastically, you have no idea!! I am a single mother in debt up to my butt, lost my job, unable to work any physical job, very unhealthy, had 6 surgery's and need more, but do not have insurance. So you defend him and everyone there, as far as I am concerned, but you have no idea... One more thing I did not say it was the same surgeon under a differant name, if you notice I said he is no longer listed, and I do not know the other surgeons, and one more thing I did not say nothing of Lopez, I said I had never met him.. And as for the picture of the gentleman, I am saying the one in the right hand corner in front of Violet does look like him, and if he is a anethes.. why is he not listed? I do not see him listed under staff. And if that is not him ,he sure looks like him to me, and if I am wrong I have no problem saying "sorry" and i was wrong. Unlike others.. God Bless