I don't like that idea either. Who did you end upgoing with?

I want the gastric bypass and not the sleeve because the bypass restricts AND malabsobs which I think because of my morbid obesity, I need both. But I called Dr. Ortiz office today and they said he only does the sleeve, he doesn't do gastric bypass. I don't know if I should look for another dr in mexico or just get the sleeve. I weigh about 315 pounds now, the most I've ever weighed. Has anyone had the gastric bypass surgery in mexico recently?

Hi VNickinocole - I got the vertical sleeve gastrectomy for a few reasons. First, its a fairly minimal surgery all in all - it staples one's stomach smaller and cuts away the parts which trigger diabetic symptoms and all that. Also, there really isn't a dumping syndrome for eating the wrong foods - but there is always spit-up if you eat too much. Also, if I absolutely needed to rewire my intestines and go to the roux-en-y/gastric bypass later, I could still do that in the future. So far I've lost over 100lbs in 7 months and I'm healthy enough to walk and go to the gym. I've put on probably 10lbs of muscle, so the scale stayed the same but my clothes are smaller. I have about 50lbs to go to hit goal, maybe less, hard to say. I've been struggling with antidepressants keeping weight on, so I'm certain that if I wasn't taking them, I'd probably be closer to goal - but still, the transformation has been real quick. Family members who haven't seen me from Christmas were astounded at the difference. I went from size 30/32 to a size 14 in 7 months.

Good luck!

oh yea, PS - the sleeve was done so well! I had my normal doctor and 2 others (who were just curious) look at the incisions and they were impressed. Also, I felt I was well enough to go back to work in a couple of days. There wasn't anything I couldn't do - except eat lol! I'm 40, by the way.

what kind of surgery did you get?

I had a bad Mexico experience but was able to get care back in states, someone who had surgery at same time hasn't been able to get any care back in states so it seems highly dependent on location etc.