Post surgical care after MX

[mbuczkowski 272]

I am contemplating Dr Illan in MX but my sister, who is a nurse anesthestitist, states that if there is any complications, no Dr state side will want to touch me.

What did y'all do after you came back?

PS....my sister had a bariatric patient die on her table due to blowing out his stitches 4 years after surgery.

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[Samara1974 116]

I spoke with my primary care doctor before surgery and he agreed to do my post op labs and followups

[Gcarter 50]

My primary care doc is doing the same for me. How scary and awful!

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[JamieLogical 8,708]

I am pretty sure no doctor in the US is going to let you die just because you had surgery in Mexico. As for my post-op care, I met with my PCP prior to surgery and she agreed to do my follow-up blood work and to see me regularly afterward. I saw her at 2, 4, 8, and 12 months post-op. Now I just see her for my normal physicals.

[lurker lora 89]

Yep once I told my doctor what I was doing she was very supportive and is doing all my follow-up work.

[Zedzed 2]

How could someone not have healed, and be relying on stitches 4 years later? That sounds off to me.

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[biginjapan 647]

What if you moved to another city? Or another country? I find it strange that doctors would refuse care because they weren't the ones who did the operation.

FWIW, I'm going to see my gastroenterologist next week to make sure I can get the tests that I need post-op when I return from Mexico. (no GPs/PCPs in Japan - specialists only!)

[mbuczkowski 272]

I am not sure which procedure the guy had, but he grossly over ate at Disney while on vacation. I don't have all the details but I was told he basically busted the suture line

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