[CharlesinCharge]

I am sorry to hear that, but not surprised. Like I said, in my group of 6 that had surgery at Stenum there were a few that were undergoing financial hardship to pay for their procedures. But, they were in terrible pain and suffering like me, and just had no choice. I was really lucky, because I had savings that I used to pay for it without having to go into debt or anything (and my parents are very well off and later paid me back for 1/2 of my costs). But, many many people have extreme trouble paying $35K - $50K out of their own pocket and so are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to these overseas procedures.