Gastric sleeves in Mexico

I found out yesterday I will be a self pay, so have been looking into international options. 

I'd like to hear from people who got a gastric sleeve in Mexico -- good reports and bad. 

Thanks for any help you can provide.

I had my sleeve done about 14 mos ago with Dr Francisco Contreras. He doe not advertise on OH and most folks here don't know about him.
I have lost over 135 lbs and have maintained my weight for about 3 mos. I had NO problems post op, no GERD, no nausea with any foods, no reflux or many of the common issues I see posted on the board.
I flew to San Diego on a Friday and was back home in Phx on Monday. I was able to drink liquids easily right after surgery, could even take my pills within 2 days of surgery. I could have stayed in the hotel after surgery for several more days (it would have been covered) however since I was in no pain, not taking pain meds and could drink without problems, after discussing it with Dr C opted to come home sooner than planned.
Dr C saw me at least 3 times per day both in the hospital and the hotel. I got great, attentive medical care in the hospital from all the staff.
Please let me know if I can help in any way.

A lot of good surgeons in Mexico don't advertise and aren't listed on this website. Mine doesn't need any more business, he's really busy and people from the US still find him.

SMoran is a friend of mine.  She doesn't want to go to a non board certified surgeon in a clinic in TJ.

*I* do not make kickbacks like you.  Look at your posts, every single post you write is pushing people to your surgeon.

If your surgeon is board certified in surgery why doesn't the gov;t of Mexico know that?

www.cmcgac.org.mx/

He's not listed.  He licensed, he's not board certified.

MWG historically disses any of the surgeons she does not  "approve" of. She has flat out lied both about me and my surgeon and even when presented with cold hard facts continued to spew her venom and lies.
I have no idea if she actually gets kickbacks though that appears to be the pervailing belief. What I do know is she shows marked bias towards certain surgeons, that she refuses to give cites or sources for her facts, accuses other  people of not being who they say they are and posts outrageous lies. She touts herself to be an "expert" on Mexican surgeons and surgery and has an avid following however, in my experience, she cannot and should not be trusted.

Everyone has my number, eh?  I have NEVER pushed one surgeon, I have pushed the GOOD surgeons, ALL of them unlike YOU.   You push Almanza non stop.  I suggest the good surgeons, ALL of them.

Search your posts vs, ny posts.  The truth is in the posts.

I have never been kicked off LBT, my ID there is WASaBubbleButt.  Still posting, still writing. You big fat liar.  But the Betancourt paid posters have been kicked off such as Fab by 50.  She was kicked off the forum forever.

I was the Admin for VST.  When Alex (owner of LBT) went to bed with betancourt I quit, (as did my counterpart Elisbethsew) because we wanted people to go to SAFE surgeons.  You know, those surgeons that are board cerfified in surgery?

Maybe someday your surgeon Almanza will be able to pass that test for surgical board cerfified and he too, can be board certified.

Heh....

I in fact was permanently banned from Vertical Sleeve Talk for openly and repeatedly challanging MWG aka Wasa. I openly called her a liar and provided proof that she was lying. Ironically about the time she "resigned" as an admin over there I was reinstated without my even requesting to be.
I'll say again that I have no "proof" that she is paid by Aceve's office however I may be only one that does not accept this as fact.
She does make wild accusations and some of what she says borders on libel, I know I check with an attorney when she continued to post that I was not who I said I was and further posted that she had "proof" of this. Not that she ever showed her proof mind you.
In my more benevolent moments (this is NOT one of those moments) I feel sorry for her and seriously think she needs psychiatric help. In the other moments I allow her bull crap to get under my skin.
The bottom line is she is a liar and should not be trusted. I have no problem with Aceves he is probably an excellent surgeon and his patients certainly seem to like him. I am not sure she is helping him all that much because so many folks see that she lacks credibility in much of what she posts.

No, not everyone else is a liar.  Just you.

I posted the proof, show me where your surgeon is board certified in surgery.  Here is the link of ALL board certified surgeons in Mexico:

www.cmcgac.org.mx/

Is your doctor listed there or not?  You are great at throwing around accusations, back one up for once.  Just one.

I do not accuse everyone of being a paid poster, just the obvious folks such as you.  Check out your own posting history.  You push and push and push for everyone to go to Almanza.

Prove just one of your bizarre accusations.  Just one and we'll be happy.

I have absolutely zero interest in getting involved in all the toxic spew and juvenile name-calling being slung back and forth here, but I do have a question.  I went to the www.cmcgac.org.mx/  wesite and found Dr. Aceves. I read Spanish fairly well... but this site isn't the easiest to figure out for a non-Spanish speaker.  Here are his stats according to the site:

Nombre:	José Alberto Aceves Díaz
Ubicación:	Baja California
Año de certificación:	1991
Última recertificación:	2003

Okay - that's clear enough. Trouble is, I don't know how often doctors are supposed to recertify to maintain their board certified status. The list of pass/non-pass recertifications for 2009 is really unhelpful, since there's no key to match folio numbers with surgeons that I can find:

http://www.cmcgac.org.mx/resultados_recertificacion2009.html

So... what does it all mean? Can anyone shed a little (polite) light?

Thanks in advance!