Re: My Surgery with Dr. Aceves and MX! Level of care before and a...

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Hi,

I have posted on this board for over 3 years now, and you said ALL the things I have said over and over about the Health Care System in the US. It is broke and NO one cares.

I am sorry you had to go through all of this. I am excited that you got the care you needed.

I thank your from the bottom of my heart for saying what I keep saying on this site and other sites too.

Hugs and get better soon.

Suzanne

In a message dated 8/27/2011 9:33:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, letsslamit@... writes:

Hello Everyone,First of all I want to say thanks to everyone in this group. I had the VSG with Dr. A on 6/18/11, my expirience was 5 star. Post-op I had a minor complication not related to my surgery with Dr. A. Well, I have been expiriencing servere gastritis and acid production for years before having surgery. Dr.'s in the states told me it was my diet and so on. After having surgery, symtoms stoped until 3 weeks ago. Around the same time Dr. Campos(Awesome) informed me that pathology report from the removed portion of my stomach had come back positive for H pylori. That had totally shed the light on the pain I was expiriencing.After learning this I immediaatley went to my local ER, due to it being difficult to drink or eat anything. ER DR. explained to me that they don't do h pylori testing or treatment in the ER since it's noirmally not an emergency. I explained to him that I wasnt able to consume anything, I was severlly dehydrated and weak my case was an emergency. ER Dr did not do urine test or blood work he reffered me to a specialist and scheduled an appointment to have an endoscope. My only problem was my appointment, was 45 days away. (F*** HMO's)... Once discharged the only thing the ER Dr. put on my paperwork was heart burn... I told him you know damm well I dont have heartburn and it h pylori) So I paid a co pay of $250 for them to tell me to fly a kite.After going thru this the next day I call Dr. A's and Dr. C's office and they were extremly helpful. Luckily I only live 3 hours away, Dr. Campos did the follow up free of charge and prescribed the necessary medications to treat my condition. (All meds total cost was about $190.00.)I now have a diffrent view on our the healthcare industry in the States. These people think they are praticly gods, never wrong and every band aid is worth a million dollars. And the truth of the matter is that US Dr.s are full of it and are here to serve only the insurance and pharmacuetical companies. The worst part is Dr's here suck, on average a us bariatric surgeon does about 250 surgery in thier career liftime. Dr.A has performed over 1,500 procedures. Just because Dr.A is in a diffrent geographical area doesnt mean the human anatomy will change as you cross the border. Wells things are staring feel better for me, Thanks Dr. A, Dr. C you guys rock!My Stats:Before Suregery 389 lbsDay of Surgery 376 lbsWeek 4 354 lbsWeek 8 332 lbsright now I am 323.lbstotal weight loss is 66lbs....YEAH!

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Suz....Neener.  I live in Mexico now.  Dr. Campos is my PCP.  You know how a regular appt goes?  We go to his office.  I tell him any damn thing I want to and I take as much time as I want to tell him.  He asks me details about what I talk about.  Then we go to the exam room and he does his thing.  Then we go back to his office and he tells me in detail what he found and how I fix my problem.

You have NO idea how much that was appreciated after a few weeks ago.  On a Friday I was involved in an auto accident where I smashed my head on the car and the very next day on a Saturday I fell down my tile stairs face first.  Concussion.  I asked him seriously, is this the concussion or did I turn stupid all the sudden.  He was sooo reassuring in telling me this was a head injury and life would be normal once again.  He was right.

That is why I have been out of action on this board for the past few weeks.  I was really stupid. ;o)   Ask Nina, she'll tell you!  HAHAOn Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, <SuzanneSH@...> wrote:

 

Hi,

 

I have posted on this board for over 3 years now, and you said ALL the things I have said over and over about the Health Care System in the US.  It is broke and NO one cares.

 

I am sorry you had to go through all of this.  I am excited that you got the care you needed. 

 

I thank your from the bottom of my heart for saying what I keep saying on this site and other sites too. 

 

Hugs and get better soon.

Suzanne

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Bip

Well, this is not good. But, I am thrilled to hear that you are getting better. I would missing having you on this board with me terribly . You are going to have to take BETTER care of yourself. I will be checking in on your more often. Hope that you faces is OK, but considering who you are working for now, he can fix anything and make you as beautiful as always. Watch what you are doing OK.

Hugs,

Suzanne

In a message dated 8/29/2011 11:57:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Bipley@... writes:

Suz....

Neener. I live in Mexico now. Dr. Campos is my PCP. You know how a regular appt goes? We go to his office. I tell him any damn thing I want to and I take as much time as I want to tell him. He asks me details about what I talk about. Then we go to the exam room and he does his thing. Then we go back to his office and he tells me in detail what he found and how I fix my problem.

You have NO idea how much that was appreciated after a few weeks ago. On a Friday I was involved in an auto accident where I smashed my head on the car and the very next day on a Saturday I fell down my tile stairs face first. Concussion. I asked him seriously, is this the concussion or did I turn stupid all the sudden. He was sooo reassuring in telling me this was a head injury and life would be normal once again. He was right.

That is why I have been out of action on this board for the past few weeks. I was really stupid. ;o) Ask Nina, she'll tell you! HAHA

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, <SuzanneSH@...> wrote:

Hi,

I have posted on this board for over 3 years now, and you said ALL the things I have said over and over about the Health Care System in the US. It is broke and NO one cares.

I am sorry you had to go through all of this. I am excited that you got the care you needed.

I thank your from the bottom of my heart for saying what I keep saying on this site and other sites too.

Hugs and get better soon.

Suzanne