Second Surgery and again...failure
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, 11-03-2016 at 10:05 AM (4848 Views)
So, I went to have my re-sleeve in March of this year and I feel as though I have been a victim of the worlds biggest fraud. I am almost 99% positive that I was cut open on the table and absolutely nothing was done to my stomach. I woke up and had the easiest recovery in the world, with the exception of felling as though I had, had a surgery and been on anesthesia. I began "sipping fluids" as soon as Dr. Almanzas team would let me and went through cup after cup of apple juice and broth, never felt weird or full or painful or anything. As soon as I was home and after the first week of clear liquids did second week of full liquids, and again, no restriction, nothing felt different at all, nothing hurt, no nausea, all my incisions were done over the old ones and they all healed fine. I am over 6 months now and have not lost a pound with the exception of the few I lost just form having surgery and not eating for 2 weeks. I still followed the diet and I haven't lost anything else. I was consuming 6 to 800 calories a week of almost pure protein and very little carbs, not losing a pound. but the worst is when I then tried the cottage cheese capacity test because I wanted to see if my restriction was different... before I went in I could eat a 16oz tub of cottage chees all at once and still feel hungry (or at least not feel a restriction or ill or anything) and guess what, I still can, nothing is different, they did not revise my sleeve, they did not bring back a restriction of any kind. The only thing different is that now my wallet is $4500 lighter. I have contacted weight loss agents, tried to get my records and a return phone call, and all I get is a message telling me they tried too contact me last week. well I posted in my message to them that I could not be called during working hours and was available between 4:30 and 5:30 every evening mountain time, and what did they do, they called my cell during work. I could not answer and I have not heard from them since. I have left several messages and requests for my records on my patient portal. I was told a manager would call me. No, all I got was a message on the portal telling me they tried to reach me. That's it, and that I should write if I have more questions. Wow, and all this time I was worried about having surgery in Mexico being safe, in regard to my health, did not occur to me to be worried that I would be ripped off.