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I was reading about a nurse who is planning to come to Costa Rica for treatment for MS which I think is Multiple Sclerosis no?
Is this big business in Costa Rica?
Have any of you experienced medical tourism type treatments already in Costa Rica for serious medical conditions?
Can you share please?
Medical tourism is certainly a rapidly growing business in Costa Rica.
I know many people who have had cosmetic surgery and my own dentists helps hundreds of American with dental treatments, I don’t personally know anyone who has been here for MS treatment..
Anyone else heard anything?
Scott
Seems like one of the on-line news sites reported some months ago that one or more medical practices had been shut down because they were doing unproven “therapies” for certain patients including, I think, MS.
In the realm of traditional medical care, MS is a generally downhill slide for which there is no cure. As always, someone will step in and hold out hope where there is none.
That said, at least conventional medical care in Costa Rica is a real bargain offered by top-flight practitioners.
This posted in the wrong place and reposted here by SCott
I note that there has been mention of MS treatment on the board lately and although there is no cure for the disease, is there reason for someone to travel to CR to seek treatment?
The reason I ask is that I have a friend in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico who has the disease. I believe she is receiving good treatment at the moment and money is not a problem, I was just wondering if she might look to CR for something new?
Seattle has the highest rate of MS in the U.S. and the highest rate of breast cancers. I am absolutely certain that Vitamin D defeciency due to lack of sunlight is the culprit.
[quote=”grb1063″]Seattle has the highest rate of MS in the U.S. and the highest rate of breast cancers. I am absolutely certain that Vitamin D defeciency due to lack of sunlight is the culprit.[/quote]
I always thought it was attributed to grunge music and coffee houses but you gotta be on to something.:lol:
There was a series of articles in today’s La Nacion about Multiple Sclerosis treatments which you can see at:
Médicos ticos aplican polémica terapia a pacientes con esclerosis [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/NotaPrincipal/AldeaGlobal2491422.aspx ]
Pacientes defienden eficacia de tratamiento [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/Relacionados/AldeaGlobal2491433.aspx ]
‘No es terapia engañosa’ [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/Relacionados/AldeaGlobal2491439.aspx ]
Esclerosis: un trastorno sin origen claro y sin cura [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/Relacionados/AldeaGlobal2496426.aspx ]
‘Si lo prohíben es por algo’ [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/Relacionados/AldeaGlobal2491437.aspx ]
Video sobre la polémica terapia [ http://www.nacion.com/2010-08-25/AldeaGlobal/NotaPrincipal/AG25-ESCLEROSIS.aspx#proyector ]
To translate, please please ‘Google’s Free And Easy Online Translation Tool” at [ https://www.welovecostarica.com/public/Googles_Free_And_Easy_Online_Translation_Tool.cfm ]
Hope that helps…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThere was an article a week or two ago, online, but I couldn’t find it again, where another young Canadian woman said she went to Europe (I think it was) for a ‘similar surgery’ for cystic fibrosis and [i]”the procedure also involved the widening of the veins”[/i] and said the difference was unbelievable and she was intending to run a marathon next month, just a few months after her surgery.
An article today about a treatment for MS, [url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/09/01/kennedy-ms-clinical-trials-901.html]MS therapy trial[/url] in Canada
Another positive article about MS treatment in Costa Rica published in the Edmonton Sun
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: Canadians in ‘cure’ controversy
[ http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2010/09/17/15386766.html ]Just read this [url=http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/10/29/bc-ms-treatment-medical-tourism.html]interesting article [/url]today, regarding a Vancouver-based medical tourism company offering two-week trips including surgery and recovery care in Costa Rica.
[quote=”costaricafinca”]There was an article a week or two ago, online, but I couldn’t find it again, where another young Canadian woman said she went to Europe (I think it was) for a ‘similar surgery’ for cystic fibrosis and [i]”the procedure also involved the widening of the veins”[/i] and said the difference was unbelievable and she was intending to run a marathon next month, just a few months after her surgery.[/quote]More on the Cystic Fibrosis stuff, please. I have a friend that i grew up with and is oF of the longest living CF persons in the world. He IS 56 YRS OLD.
This was posted in the wrong place and reposted here by Scott….
MS treatment complication causes death
Posted Friday, November 19, 2010 at 10:24 AM from 68.70.76.22Canadian dies from MS treatment. Just posting the article. I am not knocking the treatment.
Just received this URL too from a positive MS story …
“Once the procedure was done and I saw the changes immediately in her, I just felt the weight of the world lifted off me,” said Frank….
[ http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/904710–hope ]
There are risks associated with every surgical procedure and if this company is “sending almost 80 patients per month to Costa Rica for this treatment”, (according to the article) it was only a matter of time before some serious complication arose…
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