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Obesity Control Center Paseo de los Héroes 9111 #100, Zona Urbana Rio 22010 Tijuana, B.C., México 22010
I was on Monjo for two months I had horrible side effects and only lost 8 pounds. I was miserable. Six weeks ago, I went to OCC and had weight loss surgery. I am so thankful! I feel absolutely great and I am down 28 pounds. My relationship with food has changed thanks to their nutritionist and I would not change it for the world. Now, I look forward to the future! Thank you, OCC!!
Yeah except the 10 people I know who got either lapband or gastric bypass all put the weight back on. Every single one. I know a few people on an Ozempic type med and time will tell if it's going to work long term or not. That's the key is long term results.
Did you know that the American healthcare system is a scam. Only Oath you’re upholding is the one you signed with big pharma. Medical care shouldn’t cost humans a penny.
I feel like with any and all educational surgery videos that the explanation should be done with a voice over rather than during the surgery. Each and every surgery is very serious and can run certain risks. It may not be the case, but I feel that when your focus is on making a video, your main focus is no longer on the patient on the table. The patient will have a longer surgery which will keep them under anesthesia longer which I hear is also undesirable. I am sure you are a great surgeon and an amazing team. But just from my own point of view, I feel this patient wasn’t the priority in this video.
If you want to see what their doing you have to pinch the video and it’ll show you like with your two fingers on the screen zoom in and it’ll flip the rotation to what their doing
You are awesome for showing us this video because I'm going to do the bypass 2 and I'm very happy to know what's going to happen and I'm very comfortable with it from Fresno God love
Spot on! I’m 62 and having gastric sleeve in June. I needed to hear this. I was ready to concede to being a fat old person, stay home, stream and read, and sleep. But something finally clicked inside me and I realized I was afraid to try one more thing, a big thing, and fail. But as a senior gal, I’ve been through some stuff. I’m a warrior! I’m not giving up!
How do you verify a physicians license in Mexico and what is the standard of care? How can you believe anything you read? What happens if something goes wrong and you are back in the states? Where do you go?
I would check websites like Reddit and RU-vid, Get a feel for the various surgery centers. In Tijuana there are several good places, I went with Guttierez at MBC. since he has done in excess of 5k surgeries plus he has accreditation in both Mexico and USA. Call and discuss with them - they have all the answers.
I had gastric bypass at 68. Glad I did. It is now 4.5 years post-surgery. But I am wondering if his very fast recovery was because maybe he had sleeve rather than gastric bypass??? I had surgery in TX. My bariatric surgeon was very experienced. However, in contrast to the man interviewed, I was in the hospital two nights. I had pain meds first day and felt fine. They withdrew the pain meds second day and was given no pain meds after that. I had significant pain for nine days following surgery. Hopefully most people get some kind of pain meds. I think Texas was scared everyone would get hooked on pain meds at the time. But at any rate, I am still glad I had the surgery. I do have some kind of strange complication that caused me to lose more weight than expected, but I consider that a plus. However, I now have acid reflux (which I did not have pre-surgery) and now have frequent vomiting. I have had multiple endoscopies. They saw a small hiatal hernia is all. Someone speculated that the vegas nerve might have been nicked during the gastric bypass. So although I deal with these digestive issues now, I am so thankful to not be overweight any more, and am glad I had the surgery.
wow is the first place i see they address this i had talk to 2 other so call top doctors on TJ found 2 bad reviews about this and they seem like upset about me asking and seem just not even good following up with them at all
I’m kinda tired of hearing about precipitous weight loss. It just doesn’t happen in older female patients. These testimonials just set older patients up for worry and depression when they don’t lose as fast.
