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Long flight to Germany from Canada
Hello everyone,
This is my first post on here. After months of research and consultations. I’ve narrowed down my surgeon search to Dr. Koch in Cottbuss (when the border opens up) and Dr. Brown in California.
I have a left side indirect inguinal hernia, no bulge, neck defect 1.9cm, sac is about 5cm.
The decision to go to Germany is attractive because it’s $2000 dollars less expensive, and I have a free place to stay in Munich if I wanted to prolong my trip.
However, does anyone know if sitting on a flight for 16 hours will increase risk for strangulation or worse. I can’t find anything online about this, all I know if my toothpaste bottle herniates after being on a flight. I’m scared I’ll go into a medical emergency on the flight if I choose to go to Cottbuss. But I’d have to spend all of my savings to go to the US, despite the short drive it is from Vancouver.
The other option would be to book a flight with four layovers and lay down on the floor at each layover – the whole journey will be about 25 hours that way though.
Opinions? Any North Americans gone to Germany for the surgery that were in pain before getting on the flight?
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