Regulars here know I have a specific focus and interest in testosterone replacement therapy/Hormone replacement therapy (TRT/HRT) via threads existing threads HERE and HERE as well as many articles on my site via myself or other authors.
I do some consulting work in that arena, including for some medical professionals in the US. It’s been an area of research for me for 20+ years, well before the current “Low T” interest which is the marketing name some pharma company invented as “hypogonadism” does not role of your tongue I guess.
And as some of you know, I spend a fair amount of time in Panama. Something I have been investigating in Panama is the idea of a location that would focus on TRT/HRT and allied/overlapping concerns; life style, fitness/health, etc. The idea just dawned on me a few months ago after speaking with a number of docs here and seeing how much interest there is.
Although I find some men being well served by the doctors they work with, I find the majority of them fail to get what they really need, and with vets, it seems even worse in this particular area. It’s often frustrating, verging on heart breaking, to see how some suffer when there’s simply no need for it.
Panama has top quality medical facilities, an economy growing at a rate that’s the envy of any nation, low crime, the and Panama City is a first world city, which is why it’s become such a popular destination for such a wide variety of people in business (it’s the second largest banking center in the world), retirement, and vacations.
All the details have yet to be worked out, but I will have a medical doctor on staff, have specialists on referral, access to a full lab for blood work, and offer packages that will result in getting squared away (and for some, it’s been years of trying to make that happen and the frustration is palpable) and a vacation to boot, that will still cost less – all in – than doing it in the US. I will offer special pricing to Mil and LE as it’s the least I can do for those of the thin green and blue line, which for me, is not a metaphor.
I’m calling it Life Performance Center Panama currently.
As mentioned, in the planning fact finding stages, but all the pieces of it – should I decide to move forward – are there so it could come together fairly quick if it happens.
I’ll post updates regardless and am happy to answer Qs anyone has.
BTW, “Medical Tourism” is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and Panama becoming a key player to that. My sister was quoted 5k+ for some crowns and root canal. Panama it cost her $1,400, she had a weeks vacation, and still ahead by several thousand. Her dentist was an oral surgeon who graduated from a US medical school who practiced in NYC for years and his son going to BU medical in Boston currently. As we all know, costs in the US are completely out of control, hence the huge growth in medical tourism.
PS, this is the only location I have mentioned this possible development outside of friends, as it’s the only place I feel able to do so honestly.