Originally Posted by
alpenrose
Never thought about that part of the process--thanks for the insight!
The need for a wise and knowledgable connection to a local physician has been on my list of connections to have when traveling (via good travel insurane) but the idea that we would be in trouble for lack of medical care on a major holiday in a huge US metropolitan city had not passed through my mind.
I worked my iPhone Contacts List very hard (and his iPhone Contacts List as well).
After his surgery was over and done with, I talked with many people who said that they would have had no idea what to do and may well have gone to an ER in a major hospital.
Part of the 'joy' of aging is learning how to gather information and how to make the best possible decisions. I think that we've come out OK on this one as husband is doing well, but my frustration at the time was the feeling that we were not doing as well as we needed to do.