I was highly recommended to this doctor by a friend who had gotten a sleeve and lost lots of weight she's currently at her goal weight. She had also recommended 2 family members and a co-worker all with great results. This is something I'd been wanting to do so right after having my 4th baby I started doing my research. Which is why I added them on yelp since I couldn't find anything about them here so I figured I'd pave the way to future possible patients.
Let me start by saying the facility is easy to find, not by the border but more like 15 minutes from the San Ysidro port of entry. The hospital is a 2 story building looks relatively new and has onsite and street parking. The outside building says Hospital Insurgentes which was confusing to me at 1st because I expected it to say Obesity not 4 me. So just to clear it up the docs office and the surgeries are performed in the same building. This is also where patients recover after surgery. The hospital is very clean, has a nice cool AC, nurses are very nice for the most part. It has all the US hospital accommodations, oh yea place has outside security and you also have to be buzzed to go upstairs you just can't walk in.
I went in to my initial appt in May, couldn't get an appointment with the doctor around the time I could be in TJ so spoke to the psychologist Jacqueline. She was polite, educated and knowledgeable so I gave my deposit and booked surgery for the following month 6/13/17. I was bummed about not meeting the doc that would digest me, however I had pretty much made up my mind before going in for a consult. I just needed to checkout the place for myself and make sure it was legit. While there I was able to speak to returning patients and even one who was walking around, turned out she had surgery the day before. She told me it went great, had discomfort but no real pain. She was American and lived in California.
Came back for surgery on 6/12, did the labs and a electrocardiogram and was seen by a physician to evaluate if I was healthy enough for surgery. I have no medical conditions except for thyroid but it's normal so I got the ok to proceed the next day with surgery.
Came in for surgery the next morning I was the 2nd operation of the day. The doc came up to my room took me in and what felt like being under anesthesia for 15 mins and I was done doc said ur good Ms, we are taking you to your room. My cousin was waiting for me upstairs the doc told her all went good. I was in a room with another patient, they do have an extra bed for each patient so a relative can stay with you. We shared a room and bathroom and we each had our own TV. Only downside is I was never able to watch it because the nurse said I or a relative had to "checkout" the remote downstairs. There's no elevators so I wasn't going to go down and up the stairs. I was taken back by that answer because why can't they bring it to the patient? Then when I asked for the wifi password I was also told I had to ask the receptionist outside the doctors office for it?!! Really??! The docs were upstairs as well so I just walked over it was part of my exercise however I do think they should be able to provide that as well!!! Anyhow I slept pretty much the whole time those meds are good!! I was out for the most part, I mean I couldn't stay awake which is good because I was there for 2 days and I felt so rested. I didn't have ANY pain whatsoever yes I know sounds ludacris but it is a fact. I mean I had a headache and that was painful. I have 4 tiny incisions, i expected to feel different and I didn't I felt normal which is good. I even questioned if in fact they had shrunk my stomach because I felt nothing. However when I had my first "meal" on day 3, oh yea there was a difference. I got full so quickly with 100 ml of liquid soup. The only bit of discomfort was because I had a drainage I had with me even after being discharged. They finally took it out the last day I was in town before heading back to the states.
Overall I'm very happy with the outcome, I've had 0 complications, have lost 40 lbs in 2 1/2 months, I would recommend this office. I did take a star off because the remote and wifi situation at the hospital. Before heading back to the states I had to see the doc to remove my drainage, I asked the doc about a medical pass to cross the border, he said oh yea go downstairs and ask the front desk. I did, the receptionist there gave me some lame story of why they didn't have any "at that time" trying to avoid eye contact and just being very vague. Her story was not creditable. The other reason I took off a star is besides the 1 phone call to follow up on me a week after surgery they have not called to follow up at all. That's kinda disappointing to me, since I do live far, I can't take advantage of the free 1st year doc visits but I'd appreciate at least a call from the nurse every month just to follow up. read more