Surgery in Mexico??

Has anyone in Arkansas actually had a satisfactory band surgery in Mexico and then found an Arkansas physician willing to take on the aftercare?  I have been approved for my surgery and am waiting for a scheduled date.  Sadly, I have a friend and a relative that both need the surgery, but have no insurance coverage.  Neither can pay out-of-pocket.  That is out of the question.  A cheaper (yet safe and satisfactory) surgery out of the country would be their ONLY hope.  Traveling back for fills and checkups would be a ridiculous thought.  Both would need an aftercare doctor somewhere in the central Arkansas area.  Anyone else had any experience with this?

Sorry to say, the answer would be a big, very big, NO.  Most doctors won't treat Banders done by other doctors, but they especially won't touch ANYONE who had their surgery in Mexico.

Check with BeliteWeight.com.  I think if you go thru them to have the surgery in Mexico, they have a list of Dr.'s who will do the fills.  I THINK that's what they told me when I was going to get the band...but I also think that it's dependent on you useing their surgeon.  I do know one person from here that got the band in Mexico YEARS ago...I'll ask her where she went for fills....she went back and got the VGS revision.  You MIGHT also want to encourage them to get the VGS because it has the same restriction as the band, but doesn't need the fills.  NOT that have anything against the band..if that's what they wanna do...I'm just trying to give options.

Remember, you get what you pay for.....Any US surgeron will tell you Mexico does not use the same quality band as the US. I knew someone who went to Mexico, it was a near death experience for her. In the end, well, she passed. Not due to going to Mexico, but her life was a living hell because of going to Mexico.....So with that being said.