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

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Amen to that! Every time I go a US dr. I apparently have to leave my brain in the waiting room or I am viewed as a hypocondriac!

On Aug 27, 2011 9:33 AM, " ca_josh " <letsslamit@...> wrote:> > > 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 lbs> Day of Surgery 376 lbs> Week 4 354 lbs

> Week 8 332 lbs> right now I am 323.lbs> > total weight loss is 66lbs....YEAH!>

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I have a friend (hope she doesn't mind me sharing here) who had the VSG with Dr. A right after you did and had the same problems. She admitted to the ER before hearing from Dr. A's office that she had H pylori.She had every test and never a clear diagnosis. They made comments about politics and "touching" her after going out of the country for the surgery. She was in such bad shape that they admitted her, assuming it had to be a problem with her surgery that they scheduled a consult with the "chief bariatric surgeon" the following day. What do you know....he never showed. What excellent care! Not! When it came to her eating/drinking (she hadn't been able to eat for days), no one was on the same page...nurses had no clue if she could have ice chips, juice, a full meal or nothing at all! How can you be unclear on nutrients when that was what brought her there?!? She finally said "This is

why I went to MX!!" (YOU GO, GIRL!) She rubbed it in how many times she got to see the docs in MX and the level of care she got. She was eventually discharged with a "shrug" and the diagnosis of: whatever it was, it resolved before you came here. It wasn't until the call from Dr. A with the lab results that she got the true diagnosis.Here in the US you are just another number...and if you have insurance, that is a $ number. So many unnecessary tests and $8 for a tylonol. Don't get me wrong, it isn't that Dr. A isn't trying to make a living, but you can care and provide great service at the same time. I never felt like a number. Dr. A and Dr. C never had to walk into my and grab my chart before knowing how to address me. Everytime I bumped into them in the halls walking around, they knew my name. Extra time was spent to answer my questions, extra concern was extended to tend to my needs. When I awoke from surgery itching like

mad, about to claw the skin off my face, Dr. A made them stop in the middle of the hall and get me some meds so I didn't have to wait until I was back in my room before the problem was addressed.My "health care" insurance would have paid for my surgery, but I

made the right choice hands down and would fight/defend that choice through any opposition from any of US's "finest" medical providers!!! Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 26, 2011, at 5:32 PM, "ca_josh" <letsslamit@...> wrote:

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 lbs

Day of Surgery 376 lbs

Week 4 354 lbs

Week 8 332 lbs

right now I am 323.lbs

total weight loss is 66lbs....YEAH!

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Oh wow wtf! Healthcare does really suck in the states! Im sorry you had to go through that pointless ER visit-i definatly know how that s**t goes!  I am so glad your doing better now and congrats on the super weight loss!!

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Krista...I want to tell you a story.I originally had a band.  Wow... what a mistake!  My band was 5 years ago, my revision to a sleeve was 3 years ago.  Goal for 4 years now.

One time when I was in MX for some band related problem I was talking to Dr. Campos.  I asked him an honest question.  I've always thought of Dr. C as Dr. A's mini-me. ;o)  I asked him, what is the one best lesson you have learned from Dr. Aceves.

He stood back and thought for a moment.  He finally told me that the #1 lesson he learned from Dr. Aceves was to really seriously care about a patient.  Don't refer to them as the sleeve in room #27, refer to them by their name.  If you honestly and sincerely care about the patient, they have a better surgical outcome.

THAT is the Dr. A crew.  That is what he expects from his staff.  From Nina to to Yolanda to everyone, seriously care about the patient and they have a good surgical outcome.

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Krista Casey <kristaacasey@...> wrote:

 

I have a friend (hope she doesn't mind me sharing here) who had the VSG with Dr. A right after you did and had the same problems. She admitted to the ER before hearing from Dr. A's office that she had H pylori.

She had every test and never a clear diagnosis. They made comments about politics and " touching " her after going out of the country for the surgery. She was in such bad shape that they admitted her, assuming it had to be a problem with her surgery that they scheduled a consult with the " chief bariatric surgeon " the following day. What do you know....he never showed. What excellent care! Not! When it came to  her eating/drinking (she hadn't been able to eat for days), no one was on the same page...nurses had no clue if she could have ice chips, juice, a full meal or nothing at all! How can you be unclear on nutrients when that was what brought her there?!? She finally said " This is

why I went to MX!! " (YOU GO, GIRL!) She rubbed it in how many times she got to see the docs in MX and the level of care she got. She was eventually discharged with a " shrug " and the diagnosis of: whatever it was, it resolved before you came here. It wasn't until the call from Dr. A with the lab results that she got the true diagnosis.

Here in the US you are just another number...and if you have insurance, that is a $ number. So many unnecessary tests and $8 for a tylonol. Don't get me wrong, it isn't that Dr. A isn't trying to make a living, but you can care and provide great service at the same time. I never felt like a number. Dr. A and Dr. C never had to walk into my and grab my chart before knowing how to address me. Everytime I bumped into them in the halls walking around, they knew my name. Extra time was spent to answer my questions, extra concern was extended to tend to my needs. When I awoke from surgery itching like

mad, about to claw the skin off my face, Dr. A made them stop in the middle of the hall and get me some meds so I didn't have to wait until I was back in my room before the problem was addressed.

My " health care " insurance would have paid for my surgery, but I

made the right choice hands down and would fight/defend that choice through any opposition from any of US's " finest " medical providers!!! Sent from my iPhone