Surgery story Puerto Vallarta
My experience in Mexico was awesome. I went to Puerto Vallarta.
It wasn't any different from me going to all the appointments when I was doing it here in Virginia. They have the same standards and I did my research because you get what you pay for. There are some cheap surgeons in Mexico but I wanted skill and not necessarily price. I did allot of research, talked to tons of past patients and prayed about making the right choice.
I vacationed for the first 4 days (we went early) and I did a walk through the hospital to see where I would be staying then I went to my doctors office to do all my pre-op testing (blood work, EKG).
The next day I checked into the hospital at 10:30 they had my results for the blood work which came back fine. I had already did blood work before I life just FYI and had a baseline so I knew what to expect. I then met with the nutritionist, the psych doc and my surgeon again, and also internal medicine doctor.
I had a private room it was a full hospital with intensive care, blood bank etc. The hospital beds about 14 that is typical in Mexico. At 3:30 I went down for surgery the anesthesiologist was there and the rest of the staff lights out!!!!
I woke up in the recovery area nauseous of course I am always very nauseous the nurses were right there and took care of me until I was OK.
I was then wheeled up to my room which was a private room and made sure I was comfortable while I was there. The nursing staff was fine most spoke English and all the doctors were fluent in English.
There was one to one nursing I believe and like I said they were great.
I was did my leak test on day 2 believe and all went well. I was then given ice chips and waited to be discharged back to the hotel. We took a cab that was prepaid back to our hotel that was also included in the price and the doctors came in the morning at about 10:00am to check on you. If you had any questions before hand all you had to do is call their cell phone which I did and they answered right away.
I stayed at the hospital for another 2 days and was then released to travel back home. I was given my prescriptions the day before I was admitted to the hospital so I had all those filled prior to going in for surgery which was great.
The flight was fine and the only part I wish I would have changed is eating more of my favorite foods before surgery lol and taking less items with me. If you want to know more pm me and I well tell you more details.
It wasn't any different from me going to all the appointments when I was doing it here in Virginia. They have the same standards and I did my research because you get what you pay for. There are some cheap surgeons in Mexico but I wanted skill and not necessarily price. I did allot of research, talked to tons of past patients and prayed about making the right choice.
I vacationed for the first 4 days (we went early) and I did a walk through the hospital to see where I would be staying then I went to my doctors office to do all my pre-op testing (blood work, EKG).
The next day I checked into the hospital at 10:30 they had my results for the blood work which came back fine. I had already did blood work before I life just FYI and had a baseline so I knew what to expect. I then met with the nutritionist, the psych doc and my surgeon again, and also internal medicine doctor.
I had a private room it was a full hospital with intensive care, blood bank etc. The hospital beds about 14 that is typical in Mexico. At 3:30 I went down for surgery the anesthesiologist was there and the rest of the staff lights out!!!!
I woke up in the recovery area nauseous of course I am always very nauseous the nurses were right there and took care of me until I was OK.
I was then wheeled up to my room which was a private room and made sure I was comfortable while I was there. The nursing staff was fine most spoke English and all the doctors were fluent in English.
There was one to one nursing I believe and like I said they were great.
I was did my leak test on day 2 believe and all went well. I was then given ice chips and waited to be discharged back to the hotel. We took a cab that was prepaid back to our hotel that was also included in the price and the doctors came in the morning at about 10:00am to check on you. If you had any questions before hand all you had to do is call their cell phone which I did and they answered right away.
I stayed at the hospital for another 2 days and was then released to travel back home. I was given my prescriptions the day before I was admitted to the hospital so I had all those filled prior to going in for surgery which was great.
The flight was fine and the only part I wish I would have changed is eating more of my favorite foods before surgery lol and taking less items with me. If you want to know more pm me and I well tell you more details.
Sounsd like you had a pretty great experience and glad to see you're doing well!
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