It is what it is

[Kris 78]

Gosh, that is a scary story. I hope you heal up well! It does not sound like a very well organized operation. I'm sorry Dr. Almanza did not check up on you! He really ought to have done that, if only for just a few minutes.

I do agree that crap like this happens all the time in US hospitals, so it's really unfortunate when it happens in Mexico because it reinforces the mistaken perception that Mexico is not a good or safe place to have surgery.

[Janese58 11]

Thats just scary. Surgery on Saturday and only 1 nurse ( and not a good one at that ) until Monday. Sorry I would freak out being in there with only this pos nurse to depend on. No doctor? I would hope the people still considering going to Alamanza at least dont have their surgery scheduled for Saturday. Were you locked in there? I had surgery at 3pm on a Tuesday and at around midnight I was walking outside in the courtyard to get some fresh air. I would have been mortified being locked in somewhere. How many guests were there inside with you? What were they doing? Who fed them? Did I miss something?

[Ruby 26]

WOW- that is a terrible experience indeed. I would definitely put that in writing to the surgeon directly, so that they can make the necessary changes to avoid this to happen to somoene else.

I had Surgery in Juarez, Mexico (Dr Rod) and my experience was really great. There were plenty of staff and my meds were brought to me around clock. I personally cannot recommend him and their team at StarMedica enough.

I hope that reaching your goals will get you over this experience.

Best of Luck!!

[itscometothis 12]

Agreed.

I hate to hear that, I hope you recover well. I had the opposite experience, I had good care there. You need to bring this to their attention or they will not know to correct it. Thank you for posting your experience there, I like hearing from actual patients and their experience rather than people that bash Doctors from hearsay. I hope they get it corrected.

[itscometothis 12]

Sigh.. I really hope you start to feel better soon Having to go to a foreign country to have surgery is just plain hard. I went to Mexico as well and while I did not have the same surgeon as you and my experience was a good one, it's still difficult to have to travel far from home to do this. We all just want to stop struggling with our weight.. we do what we have to do.. and we just have to hope for the best. It should just be simpler for us all. Big squishy hugs to you!

[shellnsons 7]

Sorry for what you went thru that is terrible and I pray you heal well. This is making me scared because I am having Surgery on Saturday November 5th with Dr. Kelly...I hope the night nurses are on point and that the Dr. Kelly will come and visit me

I need to find this out ASAP....

[thinoneday 445]

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. Sounds like the guy (??? nurse) was taking the pills for himself and then acting dumb (confused) about it. Probably having some good nights sleep himself while you were hurting. Did you tell Dr. alamanza about this? that is not good. I hope your ok now. Did you find a good doctor to help you now? I would definately write a letter not only to Dr. Alamanza but to the Mexician board of physicians/nursing association as well. . . if they even have controls like that there.

[A New Day 5]

That really stinks! Dr. Aceves and Dr. Campos were in my room multiple times a day checking on me.

[SouthernSleever 228]

It's not surgeons in Mexico it's THIS surgeon in Mexico. Gawd the stories just keep piling up. Thank you for your posting so people can weigh their options. For some people the risk of a crappy surgeon/treatment is worth the savings exp if you have no insurance. It's a bad situation to be in. I hope you heal well!

[Janese58 11]

@Shelinson....Dr Kellys set up is very different. There are nurses not just to A nurse and they are on the same floor as you and come at the press of a button. Really....it will be fine.

[britiajon 1]

Problem is that other then the actual surgery you never see the surgeon again. At least I didn't. Nor did anyone with me. Even when we got the leak test and went back to the clinic to have the xrays checked by the dr. We were instructed to stay in the van and the driver took them in.

I was shocked by that. Even when I requested to speak with the dr the day after when they refused me pain medication they just shut me up with a shot of morphine. No dr ever came to see me or speak to me about my pain level. It never occurred to me that there would not be Drs to care for us post surgery. The night of surgery I was throwing up bright red blood. I asked the nurse and all she did was take the bowl with the blood in it downstairs to ask I'm assuming a dr and then she came back and said it's normal.

They are definitely lacking in the aftercare department.