Anger..

[Gary Bentz 102]

Anybody here feel anger waiting for surgery?

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[petesmom 8]

Have you ever considered Mexico for surgery. My ins. Would only cover 40% of sleeve surgery. Mexico is less and I am only waiting about 6 weeks .

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[highfunctioningfatman 2,675]

I had mine done in Tijuana Mexico at Trinity Medical. They said that usually they can do 2 weeks notice.

[Hammer_Down 631]

I'm Canadian and my provincial healthcare system will not cover non essential surgeries. So I would need a BMI of 50+ (I was BMI 36 preop), plus other obesity related medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease or blown out knees (none of which I have).

I opted to go to Tijuana, Mexico and pay $4700 instead of $15-20,000 in the USA. There was no waiting, and I only needed 2 weeks notice to complete preop diet requirements.

In reality, I booked the surgery for about 4 months ahead so I could save the $10k for my wife and I to both have a gastric sleeve and not have to seek financing.