Originally Posted by
SA_robert
Excellent answers all. I am familiar with Australia, having lived there for three years, and my daughter just came back from South Africa where she, too, had a life-threatening allergic reaction to something she ate.
I was thinking more of a diagnosis of something longer lasting- e.g., a cancer or something similar. Suppose one just wanted to stay in place and get whatever treatment is available to locals rather than return to the massively expensive US. I have lived in Peru and know some people there. Other than visa issues (which can be handled in a variety of ways), is there something I am not thinking of that would prevent me from just deciding to "ride it out" in such a country?
If I were diagnosed with a terminal disease, I would think I would want to get back home to be with my family in my final days, and be around my doctors who know my medical history better. Might want to even get a second opinion - who knows what another doctor might say. My grandmother was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in the early 1980s and lived until 2009. Talk about a crappy diagnosis.