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It all went great! The hospital staff/nurses are all very sweet and calm and welcoming. The facility is small, but, fully equipped and clean. The limited number of room keeps the focus on you the entire time. The location is awesome.... Literally minutes from the border. Dr. Gonzalez was kind, answered all my questions after giving me the rundown on what was going to occur. The anesthesiologist was sweet, knowledgeable and gave a lot of info before surgery, too, although by the time my surgery was done that day, I had a different guy (she was with another surgeon on numerous surgeries before Dr. G. Started his surgeries for the day). I would absolutely recommend Dr. Gonzalez and the Clinica San Juan. :) Good luck!!
Just filled out the online paperwork for medicaltourismco.com. We'll see what their suggestion(s) are.
Hello,
I too would like to go to Dr Gonzalez, but am VERY nervous because I cannot seem to find ANY info on this man. How did things go?
I cannot find ANY reviews on Dr Gonzalez or the newspaper article you are referring to. Did you have your surgery? If you had your surgery, can you PLEASE share?
Hi, Angie! I can't say positively, however, I used to work for a health insurance carrier in MA and my employer would NOT pay for complications that occurred from surgery outside of the country that is NOT life and death (i.e. a heart attack, stroke, etc.). Having said this, many U.S. health insurance carriers are beginning to approve out of country surgery IF approved ahead of time with them, as they know that many of the doctors are trained in the U.S. and they would have a considerable cost savings. Contact your health insurance carrier member services department and ask to speak to the person who approves/denies such requests.
MaronitaMay
http://www.obesityhelp.com/profiles/bariatric-surgeon/fernando-garcia/reviews
Here is a link to his reviews. I know another doctor's picture is at the top but the reviews are for Dr. Garcia. The reason that I know this is because I read many reviews on here and other websites before my surgery to make sure there was nothing negative about him. I'm not sure why ObesityHelp has screwed up his info. There are unethical surgeons everywhere, so choose wisely. Do lots of research!
I had my surgery last October with Dr. Fernando Garcia, tijuanabariatrics.com. I had a great experience. I actually have been corresponding with someone else on here who just had surgery with him a few weeks ago and she is doing well. She had surgery at CER hospital. Back when I had the surgery, he was doing them at a different hospital. If you have questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks! The complications insurance definitely sounds like the way to go. Can I ask where you had your surgery? I'm in the Seattle area, so, I'm thinking of having mine as close to the California border as possible to limit travel time. I've yet to read about anyone having a bad experience in Mexico, and it is really encouraging. I wish I had the surgery five years ago when I first started researching it. I'm trying to get my husband on board here. :)
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