"Everyone at Mexicali Bariatrics is wonderful!!! My mother got the Lap-Band with Dr. Aceves in 2007. She's lost over 150lbs now. Which is rare success with the lap-band. My mother has brought 5 or 6 of her friends to Mexicali Bariatrics and I've watched all of them have wonderful success, some with the band but I think most were with the sleeve.
In 2013 I decided to go with the Lap-Band as well... 6 months later I realized it was not working for me. I wanted to go back to Dr. Aceves and get the revision to a gastric sleeve. Unfortunately Dr. Aceves passed away and my heart was truly broken.
I was surprised and encouraged by the folks in Mexicali, they kept their clinic running and success rates were still sky high. I knew I would be safe and taken care of here.
Dr. Wilhelmy met my expectation of absolute excellence. They take a few extra steps to make sure 1. The surgery will be successful and 2. No leakage!!!
I'm almost 1 month post-op and I'm over 30lbs lost.
Although I had a tough time with the surgery (band removal, gall bladder removal, and gastric sleeve) They were very attentive to my pain and I never felt like I was waiting for pain meds. The doctors seem like they live in the hospital.. or at least two blocks away, because they were there around the clock.
I was so confident in the people at Mexicali Bariatric that I was talking to my fellow patients in the van ride from San Diego to Mexicali. I told them my story and my mother's story and ensured them that they made the right decision and everything was going to be alright. I can understand the fear of going to mexico for surgery. I had the same fear in 2007 when my mother told me she was going. I worked in hospitals (ekg tech and CNA) for 5 years. and Almater Hospitals is one of the cleanest hospitals I have ever seen. I guess I was just a bit too enthusiastic about everything because these lovely ladies in the van thought I was some kind of seed planted by MBC.
So the day after surgery I asked her again... do you still think I'm a seed? and we laughed a lot because she realized everything I said was true. The facilities are amazing, the people are wonderful.
I can go on and on about how great Dr. Wilhelmy, Dr. Campos, Dr. Beltran and the team, Carla and Yolanda are.
Please if you'd like to ask me any questions PM me and I'd be happy to answer.
btw.... I'm not a seed. "
