Nigerian Patient Experience Atrial Myxoma Surgery in Chennai, India

International Patient Experiences

India is a promising land for healthcare destination for Atrial Myxoma Surgery for foreign patients all across the world. The quality of Atrial Myxoma Surgery performed by heart surgeons at Chennai and Pune in India are often par with the ones performed in developed nations like US or UK, and often exceeds in terms of quality and cost effectiveness. Just lately, Ms. Lucy along with her son from Nigeria came for her Atrial Myxoma Surgery in Chennai in India. Read on to see what he has to say about his experience in India.

Hello, I am Ms. Lucy from Nigeria. To get my Atrial Myxoma Surgery in Chennai-India proved heaven to me. I'm sharing my story for people to be aware of an overlooked condition, atrial myxoma. Atrial myxoma is basically a heart tumor, mine was located on my left atrium. The risk with having Atrial myxoma is that the tumor can grow to the size of a grapefruit blocking blood blow to the heart. Another risk is that the tumor can break off and cause an embolism or blockage. I had always been active and into athletics...tennis, running, racquetball etc. The first symptoms that I remember were feeling tired and the beginning of weight gain because I didn't feel like exercising. These symptoms were noticeable about a year and half before they got really bad. I then began to not have any stamina to sustain exertion without being totally winded. This all began about a year earlier. I did not for one second think that these symptoms were related to my heart.

I went to my doctor for an unrelated reason, I had burned the roof of my mouth. While I was there I had a coughing spell and he suddenly my doctor asked me to lay down so he could check my heart. He listened and then told that I had a heart murmur. So he ordered a stress test and an echo gram. The echo gram revealed that I had a large tumor on the left atrium of my heart. I was immediately suggested Atrial Myxoma Surgery. I was aghast to learn this, though my doctor suggested some place for the Atrial Myxoma Surgery, however, I couldn’t find any solution to have my surgery done in Nigeria. I then made my mind to find an alternative abroad to get rid of this tumor. Few of my friends had been to India for their various medical treatment, they encouraged me with their positive experiences of getting my Atrial Myxoma Surgery done in India. I then searched for Atrial Myxoma Surgery in India. I came across the website of Dheeraj Bojwani Group. Went through their entire site, reading their patients stories and hearing their experience for their surgery and treatment in India. I then dropped them an e-mail about having my Atrial Myxoma Surgery. I got a quick reply followed by a call. The executive explained me the procedure of getting treatment in India, and requested to send my investigation reports. Within two days, I got another call; he shared with me the expert opinion from their doctors and concluded with me with offering good prepositions pertaining to my Atrial Myxoma Surgery in Chennai or Hyderabad in India. I accepted the proposal for Atrial Myxoma Surgery in Chennai and booked my tickets.

On reaching Chennai for my Atrial Myxoma Surgery, I was really happy to see the entire arrangement. Visited my cardiac surgeon, and discussed my case, really felt at ease and relaxed following this conversation with him. I was pleased to see the clean and green environment surrounding the Hospital in Chennai. I was told that it is one of the best Cardiac hospitals in Chennai and in India and I completely agree with as I had great experience throughout my stay at the hospital in Chennai. The only treatment available for Atrial Myxoma is by surgical removal. After 3 days of reaching India, I had my Atrial Myxoma surgery at Chennai’s best cardiac hospital. The surgeon made sure that all the cells of the tumour are entirely removed since there seems some probability for the tumour to grow back. The cardiac surgeon removed a mass about the size of an egg and sent it to be tested to see if it was cancerous. Fortunately it was benign. After 5 days 24x7 treatment and medication, I was discharged and within next 2 days I was in Nigeria. After couple of weeks I returned to my normal daily activities. Even after all of that I still feel blessed to be amongst the living. At this point, I want to thank everyone from the doctors, the nurses, the cleaners and the hospital staff who gave their 100% and was there with me throughout my surgery and my stay in Chennai. I am also thankful to Dheeraj Bojwani group and their executives who arranged everything for my successful Atrial Myxoma Surgery at Chennai in India. May God bless them all!

Sincerely,

Ms. Lucy

Nigeria