I had mine done with Suporn last month, I just got back to the states Monday in fact. Mine was $12,000 given February's exchange rates, plus $1500 for the flight and $1500 for the hotel stay (including room service more than half the time I was there), so $15,000 total not counting the grand I spent shopping and sightseeing. It was definitely an experience I won't forget, and I was incredibly sad to leave.
Posted on: September 04, 2008, 04:47:11 AM
Not sure how to answer this privately Deniz, it's not letting me view your profile or use the email button under your avatar. I was in Thailand from August 4th to September 1st, with surgery on August 7th. There were no complications, with his technique there is 0 chance of a fistula and a prolapse is impossible, and those were the only two I was concerned about.
I will be honest and say that the week I spent in the hospital was the worst week of my life. I was in extreme discomfort (I wouldn't really call it painful), nauseous from the drugs, I couldn't eat much (I lost 7 pounds the first two weeks I was there), I couldn't sleep well because the bed was poking my friggin hips, and rolling over took 5 minutes because of the discomfort and all of the tubes coming out of me and pillows crammed between my legs made it like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube.
If I didn't have my laptop and the hospital's internet connection, I would have gone snooker loopy.
I was still dizzy and nauseous the first two days out of the hospital, but that went away quick when I stopped taking the pain medication. It didn't hurt enough after leaving the hospital for me to need them, just the random electric shocks of the nerves reattaching which the pain meds didn't do anything for anyway. I was able to walk around and get to an ATM across the street the day after I got out of the hospital, and by the time I left the only thing I had trouble with was sitting down, even with a doughnut. Now I'm able to sit half-Indian style no problem, but I still need my doughnut to drive.
My experience once I was out of the hospital was wonderful. The girls at the clinic were awesome, and out of everything I miss them the most. I got to meet and hang out with some amazing T-girls as well. Going on the clinic's regularly scheduled trips to Pattaya and Dr. Suporn's beach house was a lot of fun, but my friend and I decided to hire a taxi for the day through the clinic (around $50) twice, one for another trip south towards Pattaya and another north to Ayuthaya and the Grand Palace in Bangkok. On the south trip we stopped by the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo where I got to feed a baby tiger and pose with crocodiles, then the Million Year Stone Park, and then rode an elephant to the Sanctuary of Truth. On the clinic trip to Pattaya we stopped at Nong Nooch gardens, where I was molested by an orangutan (with the pics to prove it!) and saw an elephant show where I bought a painting one of the elephants made during the show.
As far as surgical vacations go, you could do a lot worse than Thailand, if you can stand the heat and humidity.
