So... you go on these sites like bariatricpal.com and obesityhelp.com and realself.com and before you know it you've chased down a rabbit hole click... click... click... one link leading to another. There I was knee-deep in alternatives. Honestly, if you had asked me just yesterday if I would ever consider surgery across the boarder, I would have given you an emphatic Hell. No.
As with a lot of things in my life, I get hell-bent on things that I think I know something about, when in all actuality, I didn't know jack crap.
#1 - I had no friggin idea that Mexican doctors were so outstanding in their field.
#2 - I had less of a friggin idea that Mexican medical facilities were so state of the art.
#3 - I had noooooo clue that many of the employees of these Mexican medical facilities are American and most of them are past patients of the very same facility that they are employed by.
#4 - I didn't know how many people were really doing this.
Ahhh, heck - I could go on and on.
The point is, this is really appealing to me. The total cost is about the same as my out of pocket will be, so I am still planning to go to my consultation with my US surgeon on Thursday, but if they indicate that this is going to be a 6-7 month rat race, I am going to put in some serious consideration with my south of the border friends. I still have a LOT to investigate, including talking to some real life people who have gone this route. I need to find out what happens if I get back to the states and have complications. Will my insurance cover me if I have problems that arise from the surgery? Still lots to know.
I do realize that the best case scenario is that my insurance covers me and doesn't require that I jump through flaming hoops to get this done. This needs to happen ASAP, as my other health conditions are making my quality of life difficult, at best. The good news is that my GP faxed to me 3 months of medical weight loss efforts from last year. I hope that this will be at least a portion of the insurance requirements. I really don't know. Still in the beginning stages of all this and I have a lot of questions. I can't wait for Thursday.
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