Hi All,
Please help me o wise ones, what would you do if you were in my shoes?
With my experience I feel absolutely unsure about a surgeon unless I've met and seen patient's results in person.
However being from South Africa. There are not any patients I can find from Rahal/Hasson and Wong/the other great surgeons I hear of on this site. I have to travel to see results.
Some concerns arise because of this:
Obviously the cost... a trip + accommodation to meet patients,
as well as the separate costs if I choose to have the surgery
(I'm young... my "fund tree" has not fully grown yet).
Also, I might just settle and want to have surgery done during the same trip even if I'm not 100% certain...for convenience sake.
Which is a terrible idea, but I don't know how I'll react in these situations due to the emotion/just wanting this pluggy nightmare to end.
There's also the possibility I travel to a location, meet 3 of 4 surgeon's patients and am unable to find an available slot in the doctor's diary when/if I do intend on having the surgery within the same trip.
Am I making the situation more complicated than it is?
Are there other good ways to verify results? (HD skype etc... which is still not close to meeting in person).
Regards,
U