American, 44, Wife and Mother of 3, and Medical Tourism Rep. undergoes Surgery In Colombia

Wednesday, September 26th was the beginning of my lowest point. My husband decided to return to our home 25 minutes away, to catch up on sleep. I could not blame him, the sleep deprivation made both of us even more frustrated, anxious, and quick to amp on each other things we did not mean. He left at 9pm and promised me he would return to me by 8am for the procedure at 9. Well, when he failed to post at 9 I started to get a bit angry at first, because he swore up and down, pinky promised, and gave his word he would be there for me. As 8 turned in to 9, I had the operators calling his cell phone and the house phone. None answered. By 9:30 I began to think that something else was delaying him. I had some help from an english speaking woman who was able to call our building security. They had no record of him leaving any time since arriving the night before, so he was still in the home. The security men knocked hard several times on the solid wood door, and no one answered but our chihuahua Sadie. More calls from me, my Mommy and Daddy, the floor operator,
the building security, made me panic. Fortunately my procedure was wisely postponed due to my hysterical scene combined withanxiety, pain, and fear......What has happened to my husband?
After another went by which seemed like a millenia. The security guard tried one last attempt to discover my husbands whereabouts. At about 11am, the message they translated was this-he simply had slept through his alarm clock, and having two doors closed between the bedroom and front door, he was so sleep deprived he was not awakened to the dog barking, pounding on the door, calls for his name, or phone calls. He slept a total of 16 hours. I envied him and was angry, relieved, distraught, and had reached unbearable levels of pain. It was the worst day of my life. I did manage to eat half a BigMac my husband snuck in as a peace offering. It was the most delicious two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun in the history of MacDonalds. I ate half of it before bringing it back up and into the toilet. But those fries....they were keepers.
Thursday was day 6. Quite a blur. I have to remember it, so until then. Salud!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American's Medical Tourism Emergency Surgery in Colombia

Today

Three days after surgery

I was admitted on Saturday, August 25.  I had not eaten for two days and only sipped water and broth.  The pain had increased from about a 6 (scaling from 1 to 10) to about an 8 overnight.  Doctors and nurses checked on me about every 2 hours, and added severe dehydration to my symptoms.  My lips and mouth were completely white from what everyone said-mirrors were not in my vocabulary at that point.  That weekend was one I wish never to relive.  Before the pain medication wore off, I was literally crying in agony.  The doctors were not certain about my diagnosis and mentioned several ranging from kidney stones to a bowel obstruction.  All equally as frightening and painful to me.  Finally Monday arrived and I was quickly taken to get a sonogram.  Although four very pregnant women were waiting ahead of me, I was taken right away to the exam table.  The technician was as gentle as he could be, and when he captured the image of a large mass at the top left of my abdomen, he showed it to me on the screen.  He didn't make me wait hours for the doctors to read the results and share the same information.  Although I was shocked and disturbed, the tech was comforting and assured me I had the best team of physicians working on my case.  Everyone shared this same sentiment with my husband and I, and it was true as we soon realized.  But the waiting game wore on all of us.  My family in the states and my father in Ecuador grew concerned as my pain severity was evident over the phone.  My husband was staying strong for all of us but after weeks of seeing me in pain he could not sleep or eat. 
Which made two of us.  I was not even allowed water so of course it was all I thought about.  Watching the Food Network was definitely out.  Sleeping came about an hour and a half at a time until the pain woke me.  I wrote in broken Spanish to Ledys, my favorite nurse, I never experienced pain this severe in my entire 44 years.  And I have given birth 3 times naturally.  My youngest was born 9 1/2 pounds.  I am about 5'4" and 125 lbs.  Yea, I know what pain is.   

  





Someca Joins with Primo MedTour

Frederick Siller, President oof Primo MedTour and Travel, S.A., announced today its partnership with Someca Clinicas Odontologicas, a full service, well established dental clinic with 4 offices in Barranquilla and Santa Marta, Colombia.   With over 25 years experience, Someca Doctors and staff are fully trained with the latest technology and committed to the quality standards necessary for optimal service and patient comfort.   State of the art, sterile facilities and excellent tech dental equipment combined with caring and certified personnel providing the highest standard in dentistry care from braces to 24 hour emergency service

On a personal note, my wife has had excellent results with her dental implant procedure.  We plan on proceeding with dental veneers for both of us, as well as replacement of silver fillings to white.  We will post pictures of our new 'Hollywood' smiles very soon.

Colombia Is Open for Your Surgical Needs!

Colombia Jumps in to Medical Tourism Industry
February 26th, 2010

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SOURCE: IMTJONLINE

The Colombian government is promoting the South American country as a medical tourism destination, where visitors can receive high quality-low cost treatments such as cosmetic surgery and dentistry.
Tourism minister Luis Guillermo Plata says that the government expects to see a rise in medical tourism visitors because the quality of Colombian medicine is high but far cheaper than treatments in Europe and the U.S.The government estimates that twenty foreigners travel to Colombia every month for cosmetic surgery procedures such as liposuction, rhinoplasty and breast augmentation. The majority of patients come from the USA, Spain, Panama and Mexico, according to the government. Approximately 2.2 per cent of visitors to Colombia in 2008 came to receive medical treatment, around 27000 people.
Colombia is projecting itself as one of Latin America’s main destinations in terms of health tourism. Expectations concerning the increase in the number of health tourists in the coming years are high due to the excellent quality of medical care and the high cost of treatment in the United States and Europe, where the ratio to Colombia is seven to one.
The development of health and medical tourism in Colombia depends on getting referrals, international accreditation hospitals, alliances with international clinics and hospitals, as well as the implementation of an infrastructure for bringing together the health and tourism sectors.