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Hi all,

I have chosen Dr. Joya as my first choice for a surgeon - I haven't been able to find anything negative about him on the web, no horror stories or complaints, lots of good testimonials/credentials, and the idea of recovering on the beach in beautiful PV really appealed to me. I guess I just wanted to throw out a line and see if anyone else has heard of someone having a bad experience with him...I see how popular Dr. Aceves is here and wonder why so many more people use him, as I can't find negative things about either Joya or Alvarez. Just a curiosity, want to make sure I'm not missing anything...

Similarly, has anyone had ANY negatives with going the Mexico route? Anything at all that you regret or can tell me to prepare for...

I am just nervous, I think. I am going to put a deposit down tomorrow, to hold my scheduled date as well as passenger airfare for my mother to accompany me. It's a lot of money and a big step...No backing out after this! I feel confident in the research I've done, but at the last minute I just have that instinct to give a shout out and make sure no one knows something terrible that I don't! Crosswind recently wrote something about panicking that she would get to Mexico and find a lot of shady types and a tin shack, I guess those are the fears I'm having!

Anyway, thanks in advance, cheers!

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What made me feel okay about going, was the location of Dr. Aceves. I could not find any stories of violence for Mexicali. I knew I did not want to go to Juarez (based on what's going on there). I'm not sure what town your doctors are in, but that is something you can google to learn about.

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