10/15/08

Well the surgery went very well on Oct 11. I am in the hospital. I am suppose to check out to the ideal beach resort on Friday. It is great to be without pain in the joint. Swelling is an issue and we are working on getting it down so that I can get into my clothes to go to the resort. Everything else is going well.

  Dr. Bose is really fantastic, as well as his staff. Healthbase has really done a beautiful job of initiating and following through on all of the technical details to get us here and to make our stay pleasant. We will be forever grateful for the web site which was the starting point that lead us to Dr. Bose and finally making the decision to come to India.

Now I can see one of my hardest jobs will be to not get carried away in the recovery and rehab process. I have been this direction before two years ago and had to go through the same process for recovery, hopefully I have learned something. We really think this whole thing has been an answer to prayer the way it has worked out and continues to move forward. I will keep you posted on my progress when we get back to the States.

Thanks for all of your help.

All the best,
Ken

11/11/08

Hi Vicky,

I have been busy getting back to normal and enjoying walking without pain for the first time in 2 years. What an amazing experience. Dr. Bose is everything and then some that people have said about him. I am so glad I didn't have this done with someone else. I have not had any soreness at all from any part of the surgery except for some annoying swelling around my sacrum that has been a devil to get rid of. I think it is anesthesia related.

I am back on my bike since the second week and am slowly getting strength back. The amazing thing is I was walking with only a little pain 10 hours after surgery. And I have no idea how this guy reattaches muscles so that there is virtually no pain and considerable strength almost immediately.

I am sending Healthbase and Dr. Bose videos of my progress on my bike and other activities. They have been wonderful.

Hope all is well on your end.

All the best,
Ken

11/18/08

This was one of the most successful and life changing experiences of my time on the planet. From the time I started to investigate hip resurfacing online and connecting to Surface Hippy it was a rapped unfoldment of events and details so that my wife and I found ourselves in Chennai, India anxiously awaiting hip resurfacing with Dr. Vijay Bose at Apollo Specialist Hospital. I suffered for 2 years following a bicycle accident that broke my hip socket. It was surgically repaired but deteriorated quickly turning into advanced osteoarthritus. The pain and increasing disability was destroying my career as a professional coach. My insurance coverage was minimal and that cost of going to India under Dr. Bose care was 20% of the cost of having surgery in the US and that included everything for two weeks and one week at a luxury resort. Most importantly, my research was telling me that Dr. Bose is the best surgeon in the world at this procedure.

Through inquiring about pricing for the trip, I was contacted by a Medical Tourism company called Healthbase.com and spoke to a man named Moe who not only helped me immediately transfer my X-rays by Internet for Dr. Bose review but took charge of all the details and communications involving the trip. Visa's, reservations in hotels and surgery dates, payment transfers, and conference calls with Dr. Bose, and any other requests we made, Moe was invaluable to the smooth working out of the trip.

The surgery was remarkably successful and I was walking without pain 10 hours post surgery. I know that is hard to believe, but it is true. Dr. Bose is not just a surgeon, he is almost a genius. I was riding my bike two and one half weeks after surgery and there has been virtually no pain since the surgery. Every day is better than the last.

To anyone in a similar position as I was, I would whole heartedly recommend you investigate Dr. Bose at Apollo Specialist Hospital in India and contact Moe at Healthbase.com to take care of all the details for you. And also look up Surface Hippy web site on the internet. A must to find out who is doing what in the field of hip resurfacing. I can't thank all those involved enough for helping me get my life back.

A very grateful and healthy patient,
Ken Snowden
EnduranceCoaching.com