Testimonials
As a 54 year old woman with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis I was getting really anxious to find something that would stop my MS and help give me a better quality of life. I began research into CCSVI information in November. I began signing up for every place that was offering at least diagnosis, in the hopes it would lead me towards the procedure. Suddenly, I found the clinic in Los Cabos. I signed in very quickly and was accepted to go on June 14th.
That was the trip that changed the course of my future! Amerimed, Andres Brakke, and Dr.Raphael Moguel are my new found heros for sure.
I had blockages, and a valve problem which was corrected within no time. The staffing at the Clinic were all wonderful, very caring and excited for us all.
The next day I went out in the sun,swimming in the pool, for the first time in at least fifteen years. My intolerance to heat was gone. My balance was better, my feet were warm. I did not have tinnuitis, or brain fog. I felt like it must feel to be 100%, but to me it was 1000%. I could even jump.
Dr. Moguel was able to restore all my functions, and send me home a new woman with a completely new outlook on my life.
The treatment I had at the clinic was amazing. Mr. Andres Brakke, the administrator was so helpful and sincere, and Dr. Moguel was incredibly professional while being very friendly, excited and concerned.
I strongly recommend going there for the CCSVI procedure if you get the chance. It is also a beautiful setting with beautiful people, so you can enjoy yourself while there.
Anne Mac Donald
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
There is this place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico it is a wonderful place. A place of miracles. I would know, I have been there, seen them with my own eyes and experienced them for myself.
I have seen a woman, who was told by her US doctor that she needed her leg
amputated, walking around and around the lobby after her surgery in Cabo. I
have seen family members who’s loved ones had a heart attack on their cruse
ship, smiling in the same lobby with the joy of relief that death has not come
their way. I have meet people with Multiple Sclerosis who came into that
lobby with canes and in wheelchairs leave without them. I watched others with
simpler aliments come in and be treated and leave with smiles on their faces.
I, myself, went in with hope. Hope that I would walk out better than I wheeled in. I have MS.
This miracle place is Amerimed Hospital and the miracle worker is Dr. Moguel.
Dr. Moguel and his team evaluated me and found an enlarged jugular vein,
really enlarged, and a valve blocking the flow from my brain. Angioplasty did
not work for me, even though Dr. Moguel put two balloons in at once, the valve
was too much of a problem. Dr. Moguel offered to do surgery. That surgery
fixed my vein and has given me back some, if not most, of a “normal” life.
Nothing short of a MIRACLE!
I found myself sitting in that lobby, very content and happy to be sharing in so many miracles.
Saying thank you is not enough. I pledge to embrace my new life daily!
Cyn Kohls
Grand Junction, CO
www.iusedtorun.org
On June 13, 2010 I was enlisted into a clinical trial for CCSVI evaluation and treatment by Dr. Rafael Moguel at Amerimed Hospital in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Dr. Moguel and the other doctors and staff at Amerimed Hospital were completely professional and competent. In fact Dr. Moguel was so kind and caring. I felt completely at ease in his care. He performed a venogram and diagnosed a blockage in one of my jugulars and angioplasty was performed to open it. I would never hesitate to return to Dr. Moguel’s care. Mr. Andres Brakke the Clinic Coordinator who made all non medical arrangements was also a godsend. He was always on hand to make sure anything we needed was taken care of. I will be forever indebted to Dr. Moguel and his staff.
Anne Outhwaite
Dear Dr. Rafael Moguel MD FSCA&I
I am writing you to give my testimony for the excellent and timely care that you and your staff gave me during my heart attack on our recent trip to Cab San Lucas. Your fully equipped hospital, Amerimed, with a Cath Lab and cardiologists, enabled me to survive this severe heart attack. You and your team responded quickly, completing the treatment and the procedure of installing two stents within the critical 90 minute window. Your communication with my wife and me was excellent and compassionate, explaining my condition, what procedures you would take and why, and continued during my 5 day stay there. You were competent and knowledgeable about specific issues regarding the stent choice and my conditions, and your recommendations for treatment for me upon returning to Oregon. My wife was very calm during this stressful ordeal inpart to the excellent care and quality of service I received from you and your team.
We also appreciated you quickly forwarding all records and images to our doctors in Oregon so that we could meet with them the day after we returned. My Cardiologist agreed with all that you did. He wants my heart to recover for two weeks, and then I will have additional tests to determine the need for a third stent at that time. I am recovering my strength and feeling well, thanks to you and your team.
I am very happy with the outstanding care I received from you and the staff at Amerimed, Cabo San Lucas.
Cordially,
Dick Dunnahoe
Dear Doctors,
It is with great pleasure and gratitude that I write this letter to you about your health care facility, Amerimed in San Lucas.
My husband was recently hospitalized under emergency circumstances while we were on vacation. Very quickly and efficiently upon arrival the appropriate tests were taken, results analyzed and then two serious procedures were successfully performed – an embolization and a fasciotomy.
We were extremely well treated and informed at all times by both of you. All the information that I received while in Mexico was repeated to me upon arrival back in Canada.
Even after our return, you kept in contact with me by email with respect to my husband’s condition and recovery status.
We can honestly say - and we do tell everyone - that you saved his leg.
We are forever grateful. Thank you.
With Best Regards,
Gloria and Rafael Bachar
All of the doctors tell me that I was very fortunate to have received your care. They tell me that the treatment was "very aggressive", but absolutely saved my life. One even commented that I may not have had such an outcome had I been treated here in the US. There are no words to tell you how grateful we are to have been at your hospital and under your care. When I came home to hug my children, I was overwhelmed by how blessed I have been. I am determined to make use of the new life you have given me.
Thank you again. If there is anything you think I should know about my status and/or medical care, please let us know. Please tell your staff thank you and convey our gratitude and appreciation.
Bob and Sherry Fortelny
Dear Dr. Moguel:
We are very happy to let you know that Steve Vittoria
is doing really well and recovering nicely. You are a Hollywood star!
The Cardiologist at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles was "extremely impressed" by your cardiac treatment of Steve. The reports you provided were comprehensive and provided all the necessary information for the doctors.
We will always be grateful to you. Should you and your family ever visit Los Angeles please be sure to contact us. It would be an honor to entertain you in our home. We ordered the DVD movie Steve told you about so watch in the mail for a delivery.
Many Thanks & Best Wishes,
Ellen Vittoria
Steve Vittoria
Shannon Vittoria
Buenos Dias, Agnes, Karina, Luis, Maly, Rosie, Jorge ' George', Rafael ' Rudy', Dany, Hugo and all other staff, caring doctors and nurses who looked after Ken!!!!
I just thought it was about time that I sent all of you a short note to tell you how Ken was progressing since he arrived back home on Monday October 13. After a very informative tour by your paramedics enroute to the airport, we boarded onto to an Air Ambulance Cessna Citation, piloted by two pilots and two paramedics, along with Ken and I. When we arrived in San Diego, we were immediately driven to the huge University of California Medical Center Hospital. When Ken settled in to his new private room, he was soon examined by several Cardiologists and for the next twenty-four hours had all the tests that Rudy and George requested. The outcome was that nothing medically should be done now and that his new St. Jude's Pacemaker is working just great !!!! Thanks again everybody in Cabo !!
I think, along with my son Jay and Ken, that his heart is a little, tiny bit better and therefore his breathing has improved to some extent. He found that his fall from his syncopy episode proved hard on many parts of his body besides his sore shoulder. After being bed ridden for eight hospital days, he found it extremely difficult to walk without popping Extra Strength Tylenols for about a week or so. Now it is five weeks today since his pacemaker was installed, and he is now able to take short walks down the street where we live. He is still dreaming of being able to snow ski this winter, BUT, I keep saying if you can get into your very stiff ski boots, buckle them up, then get out of them again (which takes much more effort than putting them on), maybe then you can tackle the easier runs on the ski hill.
I thought that you would appreciate a few photos, I took with some of you and Ken. My son, Jay is going to try to scan them and then send as an attachment to this e-mail. I hope it works.
Best wishes and Bless all of you for your kindness and care given to both Ken and I. Thanks again from the entire Ozanne family.
Love,
Betty
Good Morning Dr. Moguel and Staff,
Arrived home to Alberta late Monday Feb 02/09. Very long day however all went well. Connential Airline service was excellent.
Went through customs etc. without problems. When we arrived at our home all of us were very tired. We went to bed and I slept 4-5 hours without waking.
This was wonderful.
Please let Dr. Berzunza know that I am eating better everyday. Also getting stronger. Incisions are healing quickly with no problems. I do miss the wonderful sunshine and warm weather but we are happy to be home in Alberta.
Regards to everyone there at the hospital. I miss your smiling happy faces.
I have an appointment with Dr Dutoit (family doctor) Tues. Feb 10/09.
I will be in contact with you in the near future.
God bless you all. Thank you for saving my life.
Love Mary Frew and Family
Dear Dr. Moguel,
I wanted to bring you up to date on my status. I have met with my new heart doctor; Dr. Graham of the Indian Heart Physicians and I have been performing cardiac rehab since I got home. Last week I had a Myoveiw Stress Test and got the results from Dr Graham this week. Thanks to you and your efforts on my behalf; the test showed NO damage to my heart and the coronary circulation was excellent.
Thank you so much for caring for me and the excellent treatment that I got there at AmeriMed Hospital in Cabo San Lucas. I also appreciate the care and concern that you showed my wife during this crisis. I am very thankful for the decisions that you and the caregivers on the ship made as they were definitely responsible for my successful recovery. I have lost more than 30 pounds and I am now back to work full time and Dr Graham has given me the ok to play golf and do other things around my home and most importantly he approved for me to take a trip to Poland in May to see my first grandchild that will be born April 21.
Again thank you very much and may God continue to bless your abilities.
Mike McHone
