'Next time I’ll plan for the unexpected.'
I’ll admit: Too much reading on random medical websites got me to this panicked line of thinking. I lay in the bed at our hotel in Aswan, clutching my phone close while reading through“Let’s go check out the pool,” my husband, Greg, said gleefully, hoping to do something fun on our last day in Aswan.
On our first day in Egypt, I hiked up the exterior of the Great Pyramid. I made it up the intensely steep staircase inside to the center—I had trained for months so I could do it. I squeezed my legs tightly around a camel named Peetre, doing my best to cling on as he bounded down dunes of sand before flopping down in front of the pyramids, where I treated him to a nice meal of leafy greens.
The pain worsened every day, and it wasn’t long before I found myself wincing with every step up the long staircase between our boat’s dining room and our bedroom on board. After arriving at our last stop of Aswan, my calf was tender to the touch, swollen, and the pain had radiated up my whole leg. Once we spotted the hospital’s red cross sign, I approached the check-in window. But I wasn’t prepared with much Arabic, so it was tricky for me to convey what was wrong with me to the staff at the counter. He asked me to pay a small admittance fee before handing me a piece of paper with Arabic writing on it and motioning for me to sit in the waiting area.
Thankfully, I wasn’t dealing with any severe health issues. But the situation was admittedly stressful. I was in pain and in a foreign country. I had no idea how things would work in terms of insurance and payments; I just knew I needed my leg looked at. I didn’t speak the local language. In hindsight, I should have been better prepared.
In fact, my experience in Aswan was essentially just like any other doctor's appointment I've ever had. For example, I went to the hospital, did my best to explain what was wrong, got diagnostic imaging, was assured it was nothing serious, and was sent home with a prescription should I have needed it. This pretty much describes what would’ve happened if I’d gone to the ER back home in Los Angeles.
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