What was it like to have a knee replacement in nearby Queretaro?
Since health care issues are the number one worry of potential expats, I’ll go into detail about exactly what it was like to be in a small Mexican hospital for my first knee replacement surgery August 14, 2007. (Personally–I came through fine, was kept in the hospital until Tuesday because the doctor knew I had 21 steps to maneuver to get into our casa, and am walking around already just as good as before the surgery. I’ll need rehabilitation therapy here in SMA to finish the straightening, since for years apparently I have been favoring my right leg, and that may be one reason I have fallen so often on the cobblestones here while Norma has not.) I processed this decision for months, just as any expat who doesn’t have the money for excellent full medical coverage does. Dr. Michael Schmidt does orthopedic surgeries out of Munich, the US, Hospital Angeles in Queretaro, and Clinica Queretaro, a small clinic above the offices of about ten medical specialists. To have a knee replacement in
