You have been accepted. Your protocol is written. What follows is the part nobody explains properly — the actual logistics of flying to another country for medical treatment. Here it is start to finish, with nothing glossed over.
Before you book anything
Wait for our go-ahead before you buy a flight. We mean that literally.
Patients sometimes book travel the moment they hear they are a candidate — before the physician review is finished and the treatment dates are locked. Then the dates shift, and now there is a non-refundable ticket in the mix and a great deal of avoidable stress. Your coordinator will tell you the moment it is safe to book.
Once your dates are confirmed, ground transport becomes our problem, not yours:
Airport pickup when you land
All clinic transfers, every day of treatment
Any additional appointments during your stay
The ride back to the airport when you leave
You do not need a rental car and you should not be hailing taxis. Your liaison will be in contact before you land.
Day one — the assessment
You will meet your physician in person before anything is administered. Vitals, a review of what you are currently taking, and whatever questions you still have. It is a real conversation, not a formality.
By the time you arrive, the lab will have your cells prepared and quality-tested, with a Certificate of Analysis showing the cell count, viability, and sterility for your specific batch. You get a copy. Read it. If something on it does not make sense, ask — that document exists precisely so you do not have to take anyone's word for what you are being given.
Treatment days
Depending on your protocol, treatment runs across three to five days at the clinic. Plan for three to five hours per session, most of which is monitoring rather than the procedure itself.
An IV infusion goes in slowly while you sit or lie down; people generally read, nap, or talk their way through it. Injections into a joint or the spinal canal are quicker, but involve more preparation and are done under sterile conditions. Either way you stay for at least two hours of observation afterwards.
How you are likely to feel
Most people get through the following days with nothing worse than:
A low-grade fever
Some tiredness
A mild headache
That typically passes within one to three days. Anything beyond it, and your liaison is reachable.
Going home
Most patients are cleared to fly 24 to 48 hours after the final session. You will leave with a summary letter for your doctor at home, and your WhatsApp line to the liaison stays open for the first two weeks after you land.
The next twelve months
Follow-up starts thirty days out: monthly telemedicine check-ins with a physician, for a year, included in what you have already paid. This is where we find out how you are genuinely responding, and where recommendations get adjusted.
It is also, frankly, the part that separates a medical programme from a transaction. Anyone can put cells in your arm and wave goodbye at the airport.
What we will not promise
We cannot promise you an outcome. Biology varies between people, and any clinic guaranteeing you results is lying to you.
What we can tell you is exactly what you are getting:
A protocol designed by qualified physicians around your specific clinical picture
Cells manufactured to pharmaceutical-grade standards, with documentation to prove it
Medical support that does not end when you board the plane