Has Anyone Used Dr. Almanza In Tijuana For Gastric Sleeve Surgery?

[wkeller818 9]

I went to Dr. Almanza on Aug 26th 2011 and have had no problems! The nurses were very attentive and nice. I am down 103 pds since aug 1st of this year!! Not too shabby!! Anything can happen with any Dr. anywhere!!! He is very experienced and you can feel comfortable with that part of it. As far as the recovery house and the fact that the clinic is in a strip mall, well thats something you can deal with or you can't!! Dr. Almanza himself, is very good at what he does!!

[waterlover 15]

you should write a list down of what you are looking for in a doctor, even price. this is what i'm doing while i'm searching for a doctor.

 

one of the most important things for me is aftercare. yes every doctor can make a horrible mistake, no matter how nice or experienced they are, if you have surgery and end up with some part of your body perforated or an artery slit, is the place where you had surgery or even the place where you are recovering after equipped to save your life? do they have an ICU? blood available? round the clock care with machines checking your vitals often enough to notice a drop in blood pressure if you are going into shock from blood loss?

 

i'm really picky, i need to have all of that available in case i'm one of the 1% who gets a dreadful accident or complication.

[circa 333]

Mt. Zion is the same as Jerusalem clinic ( http://mtzionmedical.../contact-us.php ) . I had my surgery 12/6/10 and have had a huge success with little to no issues, the only issue has been with kidney stones due to my not drinking enough Water, but this cannot be attributed to the surgery, only my own issues with nausea post op and not keeping up with my liquids. I had a good experience with them.

 

HOWEVER, and it's a BIG however - there are some posts in the forum here about issues with the place and the staff. There was also an armed robbery at the recovery house earlier this year. Due to these issues I will no longer recommend the center.

 

Please use the search utility in the forum and dig up the post and make your own decision.

 

 

I had surgery in a hospital here in the states and I had my credit card and ID stolen out of my wallet that was locked away - should I not recommend ever having surgery in that hospital because of a thief? No. I would recommend having someone hold on to your wallet though.