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• Posted to My Experience - Costa Rica on 30 Apr 2013

  Guess it all depends on what you like. Personally, I don't want to be awake during major procedures. Dr. Lev's anesthesiologist is amazing. You are awake 5 minutes after surgery and I had no nausea or ill effects at all.

• Posted to My Experience - Costa Rica on 30 Apr 2013

  I was a little concerned about that also but decided to take a leap of faith and deposited the entire amount in Dr. Lev's account before leaving for CR. Less to worry about then. Everything turned out just fine. I opted for a brow lift also once I consulted with him and didn't have enough cash you used my credit card for the additional monies at the clinic.

• Posted to My Experience - Costa Rica on 10 Mar 2013

  You might check out Las Cumbres

• Posted to My Experience - Costa Rica on 10 Mar 2013

  I stayed at Che Tica, it has its good points and bad. The staff there is wonderful, very friendly and helpful. The food varies from hum drum to very good, typical of Costa Rica. What I thought was very strange is that the first few days after a facelift, you really can't chew food very well and they are serving you beef or chicken!! They should know better and have jello, ice cream, vegetable only soup available. I did ask for some jello on day 2 as I just could not eat and Ruben was very reception and bought jello and 4 bowls were brought to my room so I could keep it in the fridge. It was a life saver, they should have had that ready though. The rooms are rustic, almost all of them get very little sun and are COLD. The hospital bed in each room was extremely comfortable. The shower temperature varies constantly while you are trying to shower so you have to keep adjusting it. I think all of us staying there ran out of propane during their stay and you have to wait a day for them to get more. That is ridiculous, they should have canisters on hand to replace immediately, afterall you are recovering from surgery. There was a cold spell when I was there, so that may not always be an issue. What I disliked more than anything was that it was SOOOO noisy. It is right off the highway and you hear jake brakes from big trucks all night long. I had to wear earplugs. It is about a 20 minute drive to San Jose, but I didn't mind that at all. At least it took some time up during the day. The trails to hike are very limited unless you are the adventurous type, probably not a good idea the first week, and I got very bored watching TV. Would I recommend it? I'm not sure. I guess a lot depends on how particular you are. Hope that helps you.

• Posted to My Experience - Costa Rica on 26 Feb 2013

  I believe there was a nurse with me all night long, or at least someone was with me (I pretty much just slept all night). She stayed in the room, there was a bed on the opposite wall and she checked my blood pressure and changed the cold compresses on my eyes all night. I felt perfectly safe and well cared for in the clinic, better than a hospital where people are moving around all night with lights and bells going off, people moaning, etc. It was very quiet and personal