Hello and welcome to our brand new blog, The Travelling Patient. This blog is all about the issues and potential benefits of travelling abroad for medical treatment or surgery.

But we cannot write all this on our own! We want this blog to be a collaborative effort, so the site can be as useful as it can be for anyone considering medical treatment abroad. This blog is only as good as all of you, and we would really love to hear your thoughts about medical tourism.

We would like to know: Would you travel abroad for medical treatment? What has your experience been? Have you had any treatment abroad? And in what countries? What worked well? What did not work so well? What tips would you recommend to people considering medical treatment abroad? What special travel preparations do you need?

To kick things off, please fill in the poll about your reasons (or not) for having surgery or treatment abroad.