"As with any of these surgeons, you will spend more time with their coordinators but my experience was good. He was very straightforward. Dr. Espinoza followed up every day in the hotel. Despite the language barriers, I was able to understand the nurses and they were able to understand me. My 10 words of spanish got me by.rnrnIn Mexico, all the business and instruction is done by Nathalie. Very competent and always in motion. The experience from the airport on was perfectly executed from a logistics perspective.rnrnI would definitely recommend the whole experience. Puerta Vallarta is a great place to recover so we walked all over the city, enjoyed the beaches and pools, sun and fun. rnrnIt was much smoother than I expected, the pain level much lower, my activity level much higher and my weight loss much faster than I expected it. rnrnQuibbles? (and they are minor.rn1. There are nicer hotels in PV to stay in. But if you do, you have to go to the hospital for your daily follow up instead of having them see you in the Krystal. We'll probably go back next spring and stay in Nueva Vallarta. Pristine Resorts in Nueva Vallarta.rnrn2. I paid with my American Express Card. I knew there would be a fee but it ended up being 37 peso's per dollar. Gerald told me it would come thru somewhat higher but it ended up being $300. Since I travel internationally I'm used to charging $100 and having it show up at $101. That's what I thought he meant that with the exchange rate, it would be more. I didn't realize that the Hospital recovered the 3% fee that AMEX charges by applying a higher exchange rate. (10.80 vs the 10.43 I got on all my other AMEX charges) Totally my fault for not listening carefully enough.rnrn3. American Airlines cancelled my flight coming home. If they had called me, I would have just stayed a couple more days. Since they didn't I spent a couple hours in the Airport getting a routing home. "
