{"id":3314,"date":"2025-09-24T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/older-patient-reports\/my-lasik-surgery-in-istanbul-report-from-wednesday-april-2-2008\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:19:43","slug":"my-lasik-surgery-in-istanbul-report-from-wednesday-april-2-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-lasik-surgery-in-istanbul-report-from-wednesday-april-2-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"My LASIK surgery in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Wednesday, April 2, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My LASIK surgery in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Wednesday, April 2, 2008<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Mr Karaagacli-Leoni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you very much for your email. I have completed the patient survey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, I would like to thank you very sincerely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were two of us in Istanbul, Rolf B\u00fcchler and I. We really enjoyed our time, and on my part <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I only regret one thing, namely that I did not stay in Istanbul for another two to three days. This city is so vibrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really could not imagine it. We did not even eat badly and tried a bit of everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to fish restaurants, ate the different kebabs, and enjoyed Turkish hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think you can really make this public on your website as well. We had immediate contact and were always treated very kindly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was pure holiday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also went to the Bazaar and visited the Blue Mosque. This culture was very fascinating! I would have liked to stay a few more days!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the process from the flight to pickup at the airport, to the hotel and the operation, I have to say it was all perfectly organised! Many heartfelt thanks! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were very well cared for, especially before the operation, when we became a bit more nervous\u2026 which is, of course, normal\u2026;-))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fear, or rather the uncertainty, was eased for us by smiles and reassuring words, especially from Fred. This distraction was fantastic!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation itself was now just a \u201cside issue.\u201d I experienced no pain during the procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we went back for the check-up on Saturday, everything was perfect! We had no pain and felt like newly born! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You and your team have changed my life somewhat, especially in a positive way. I am very grateful to you and your team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have already passed on your address, and I hope that others will also choose you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, many heartfelt thanks for your support and for the entire organisation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please also convey my best regards and a very heartfelt thank you to your team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-baef362d wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/agb\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2191\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-report-about-my-surgery-report-from-tuesday-april-15-2008\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-report-about-my-surgery-report-from-tuesday-april-15-2008\/\">The previous report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-container-content-5e2576f9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/impressum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2193\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/berichte-von-patienten\/erfahrungsberichte\/erfahrungsbericht-zahnbehandlung-in-istanbul\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-with-laser-eye-surgery-report-from-wednesday-march-26-2008\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-with-laser-eye-surgery-report-from-wednesday-march-26-2008\/\">The next report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My LASIK surgery in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Dear Mr Karaagacli-Leoni Thank you very much for your email. I have completed the patient survey. First of all, I would like to thank you very sincerely. There were two of us in Istanbul, Rolf B\u00fcchler and I. We really enjoyed our time, and on my part I only regret one thing, namely that I did not stay in Istanbul for another two to three days. This city is so vibrant. I really could not imagine it. We did not even eat badly and tried a bit of everything. We went to fish restaurants, ate the different kebabs, and enjoyed Turkish hospitality. I think you can really make this public on your website as well. We had immediate contact and were always treated very kindly. It was pure holiday! We also went to the Bazaar and visited the Blue Mosque. This culture was very fascinating! I would have liked to stay a few more days! Regarding the process from the flight to pickup at the airport, to the hotel and the operation, I have to say it was all perfectly organised! Many heartfelt thanks! We were very well cared for, especially before the operation, when we became a bit more nervous\u2026 which is, of course, normal\u2026;-)) The fear, or rather the uncertainty, was eased for us by smiles and reassuring words, especially from Fred. This distraction was fantastic!! The operation itself was now just a \u201cside issue.\u201d I experienced no pain during the procedure. When we went back for the check-up on Saturday, everything was perfect! We had no pain and felt like newly born! You and your team have changed my life somewhat, especially in a positive way. I am very grateful to you and your team! I have already passed on your address, and I hope that others will also choose you! Once again, many heartfelt thanks for your support and for the entire organisation! Please also convey my best regards and a very heartfelt thank you to your team! Yours sincerely Yours sincerely The previous report The next report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3221,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3314\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}