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Anybody from Canada here who has gone to Mexico for surgery? How was your experience? How much did it cost? I thought there was a board here dedicated to this but I can't find it.

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You're in the board that's dedicated to it. :)

I know we have a few floating around as they used the same surgeon as myself. I'm not too far from the Canadian border myself, so hello semi-neighbor!

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5 minutes ago, CanucKnucklehead said:

I just confirmed my date today...I'll be travelling from Toronto for surgery on March 13th!


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Good luck in Mexico!

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I'm from Canada and will be heading to Tijuana in March. The quotes I got for private surgery in Canada were all close to $20 000. Surgery in Mexico, plus travel costs will be roughly half of that.

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I just got sleeve on feb 3 at the Oasis of Hope hospital with Dr. jaime Ponce de leon. It's a small but lovely hospital. The driver accidentally took me to the INT hospital first and I'm glad I paid a bit extra for the Oasis. Staff were all lovely. Hospital was clean. I felt totally safe. Nothing dodgy about it. Before I knew it tests were taken, the same questions asked multiple times (so thorough), spoke briefly with the dr through his interpreter and junior doctor, as he doesn't speak much English. I waited a bit and then off I went to the OR. Next thing I knew I was awake. I had bad gas in my chest but not everyone does so depends on your body. The gas pain was the worst thing about my experience. Everything else went well. My incisions are healing nicely, day 5 after surgery was hard but woke up a new person on day 6. Things can turn on a dime in this journey. I went through a woman named Deborah who is lovely and helpful and will answer your questions anytime of day or night. Procedure cost $6k American, plus flight and I spent a bit tipping drivers and bought some meds there for just under $40. I spent 2 nights at hospital and one night at hotel. I could have gone to a cheaper place (clinic) and been treated like sheep lining up to be sheared but I paid more, had a great surgeon and hospital team, felt taken care of and special and to me that was worth it as I travelled there alone. If i required aftercare I'm sure I could get it through Debrah but I haven't needed anything. I thought the surgeon would visit me after to see how I was but he didn't. But it was fine as the other staff were lovely and the junior doctor who spoke English well (and studied in Kelowna) was there often and even took me on a little tour of Roserita and then back to the hotel. I would recommend the hospital and the staff 100%.


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I just had surgery in MX on Feb 5th. Duodenal Switch by Dr Juan Arellano. If you're a Canadian make sure you have your agreed upon method of pmt in order and both parties are aware of any clearance times, if any.

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Hi I'm from Winnipeg and going to Mexico March 16th I am going through alighterme and Dr Ortiz is my surgeon I am nervous but excited.

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23 hours ago, Waiting4March said:

Hi I'm from Winnipeg and going to Mexico March 16th I am going through alighterme and Dr Ortiz is my surgeon I am nervous but excited.

Dr. Ortiz from the OCC? I'll be there at the same time. I'm from BC.

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I went to Dr. Joya in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. He did a great job.

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Hi no I'm going through Dr. Elias Ortiz at a little me my surgery is being done at the Mi Doctor Hospital. Too bad I'm looking foward to meeting up with someone from Canada thats going there.

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On 2/16/2017 at 2:23 PM, Sam68 said:

I just had surgery in MX on Feb 5th. Duodenal Switch by Dr Juan Arellano. If you're a Canadian make sure you have your agreed upon method of pmt in order and both parties are aware of any clearance times, if any.

How will you manage aftercare? For example if you need to deal with issues your family doctor can't help with..

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