Hi folks, I thought I'd let you know this little tidbit for those of you who want & desire the sleeve but are financially strapped. If you google gastric sleeve medical tourism in South America you'll come across many medical tourism websites. A lot of the sites will list gastric sleeve, banding, gastric bypass.
They will often ask which procedure you are specially interested in. You fill out a form. What happens is you will be offered quotes and listing of surgeries and doctor's in many countries to choose from. I had a friend who was severely obese and cash strapped. She told me she was offered quotes by doctor's who were willing to do her surgery for cut rate prices. Kind of like bidding on "priceline." I don't know what website she used specifically but I do know she got her gastric bypass for somewhere in the ball park of $5,000+ in some South American country. Exactly two yrs later she went to these same sites and bid on a cosmetic body lift and again she was able to find a doctor who did it very reasonable. Now normally these surgeries cost way more than you actually pay but for some reason if business is slow these doctor's are willing to do the surgeries for a reasonable price to stimulate some business for themselves. So I wanted to make you aware of it and it's good to know. Lorna
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