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Two weeks ago I underwent a spinal surgery.... laminectomy with one level fusion. I feel fantastic, after only 2 weeks, I am walking and pain free! I highly recommend Dr. Jose Manuel Gonzalez Gonzalez. He does his surgeries in Country Hospital 2000 in Guadalajara. He is an excellent Nerosurgeon. My surgery was complicated due to alot if nerve damage. Dr. Gonzalez performed an open back surgery and completely fixed me! I will forever be greatful to him for giving me my life back. If you are suffering with a spinal problem, contact Dr. Gonzalez. He comes to Quality Care Clinic next door to San Antonio Hospital. By the way, he also cleaned up a mess left after a spinal decompression I had at San Antonio Hospital...worst experience ever. The care at SA Hospital was horrific and the Endoscopic proceedure was even worse. The care and attention I received at Country Hospital was first class.... I hope this post is helpful to you.

Rosa Zepeda 332 801 7499. Managed the Vivero across from Laguna Centro for about 25 years. Bi lingual and thoroughly familiar with all local plants. Buena suerte.

Yup he is my husbands Dr. also. Wayne had back surgery 8 months ago and is all brand new. He was walking the next day and back to the gym lifting after only 1 month. We had 4 friends that went to him before Wayne's surgery and have had many more friends have surgery after and all are very happy. This Dr. is a miracle worker!!!

We have had our in-person appointment at the consulate in Seattle and passed the income test. Next step for us is to enter Mexico on a 30-day visa. We plan to finalize the process at the Chapala immigration office. If anyone has done this recently or knows someone who has I have two questions: 1. How long did it take to get the final permanent visa? 2. Can you make an appointment with the Chapala immigration office?

Not going to happen. Take a look at the satellite view, high pressure and dry as is normal for this time of year. Maybe a few afternoon pop up showers around the mountains to the south of here. A little southerly circulation building over Oaxaca, close to their time of the year for some rain to start. They need it bad. Our rains come on the easterlies. None of that circulation starting up yet. Should be interesting to see how this far from typical La Niña affects Mexico weather if it does at all. CA and the U.S. Southwest not only weren't warm and dry as typical for La Niña, they were chilly, snowy and wet. Big floods in CA, big snowpacks in AZ, CO and NM. Looked a lot more like an El Niño year there.

To clarify a bit: when you enter Mexico for the purpose of completing your legal residency, you are not a tourist, and do not want to be issued a tourist visa. Instead, you're engaged in a special process that INM calls canje. Make sure to show the INM agent (at the airport, etc.) the special sticker the consulate placed in your passport. He or she will know what to do. Most international airports are now paperless, but in your case they'll issue the old-style FMM form and give you the bottom portion. Don't lose it, because INM (or your migración facilitator) will need it and your passport to set an appointment for issuing your green card. This FMM form may be marked for only thirty days, but that's okay. As long as you've applied for a green card at INM and it's in process, you're good -- even if the process takes more than thirty days to complete. You just can't leave Mexico in the meantime. You won't get your passport back till later, so you'd have a hard time leaving anyway. The canje process is quite painless and involves no further approvals, just bureaucracy. You're already approved for residency, but it takes a while for INM to generate the physical green card. LQ

This is what I keep in the fridge at all times. Had over 5 stings to date and it worked every time.

We still miss Magaña - either location.

Yes. We will stay the same time. Ok with us.

You would know in seconds if you called the number. Quicker than waiting for an answer on a weboard

1. how long will entirely depend on how busy they are and if there are holidays (eg Christmas/new year). 2. Not sure about making an appointments. You could contact Ana Siller SILLERTRANSLATIONS@GMAIL.COM She speaks english and helps expats with the immigration process. She could likely tell you if you need an appointment. "Next step for us is to enter Mexico on a 30-day visa." You have six months to get to Mexico, then you have 30 days after you enter to start the visa process.

Guessing this is for Lakeside. Standard advice is hire an immigration lawyer. We used Azucena Bateman, on 16 de Septiembre in Ajijic. She's not expensive, and will reply to email. Recommended. Tell her I sent you. https://www.facebook.com/AzucenaBatemanCampos/ You can do it all yourself, but that'll only save you about $100 USD. Tourist visas are mostly back to 180 days now, by default, so the only requirement on you (besides INM fees) is to remain in Mexico while your legal residency is processed -- maybe five weeks, but allow six. An immigration lawyer can provide an entire education, has the right connections, and will send somebody with you to INM. It's the only way to fly. As an aside and if you don't know them already, I can also recommend Paul Kurzweil's YouTube videos on practical matters for expats. He keeps the content fresh. https://www.youtube.com/@qroo/featured Search for his migración topics this way: https://www.youtube.com/@qroo/search?query=inm immigration LQ