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Robert’s three weeks in Hainan: questions first, travel second
An edited first-person account shared with Shengshi Medical Travel. Robert describes what he asked, how the trip felt and how his care continued at home.

An edited first-person account shared with Shengshi Medical Travel. Robert describes what he asked, how the trip felt and how his care continued at home.
“I wanted something more useful than a headline.”
I’m Robert, from Toronto. I was 56 when I made this trip, and I’d been living with type 2 diabetes for fifteen years. By then, four insulin injections a day were part of my routine. What wore me down was doing all that work and still feeling that my diabetes was difficult to manage. When I read about a cell-based programme in Boao Lecheng, I was sceptical. I wanted to know what it actually involved, what the risks were and whether someone with my history could even be considered.
My wife brought a notebook
Shengshi arranged a video discussion with the medical team. I had a list ready: side effects, the number of visits, the time away from home and the full budget. My wife took notes while the interpreter helped us work through the questions. Afterwards we received a written itinerary and a breakdown that separated hospital costs from travel services. I wasn’t looking for somebody to tell me everything would be fine. I needed enough information to make a decision.
Appointments, then room to breathe
We stayed in Hainan for about three weeks. In my own plan there were three infusions, scheduled a week apart, with observation afterwards. That was my schedule; it isn’t a programme I could recommend to somebody else. Between appointments, when my condition and the medical schedule allowed it, my wife and I spent time by the sea. We visited Boao, Shimei Bay and Sanya. Having help with transport, accommodation and language made those ordinary days much easier. My wife took far more photographs than either of us expected.
The important part happened back home
Back in Canada, I kept seeing my own doctor and tracking my blood glucose. Over the following months, my doctor adjusted my insulin, including stopping the bedtime injection and reducing daytime doses. I also felt less tired and noticed less tingling in my hands and feet. Those are the changes I described to Shengshi; they don’t establish what caused each change or what another person will experience. I still have diabetes, and decisions about medicines belong with my doctors.
What I would tell another family
I’d say: take your time with the questions. Ask what evidence applies to your case, what isn’t known yet and what happens after you go home. Keep your usual doctor involved. The sea and the photographs are good memories, but the useful part of this trip was having a plan I could understand—and people who helped me follow it.
Read the complete Chinese original
从每天四针胰岛素说起:一位加拿大 2 型糖尿病患者的乐城干细胞治疗实录
我叫罗伯特,多伦多人,今年 56 岁。和 2 型糖尿病打交道,已经十五年。
十五年里,我最熟悉的东西不是球赛,是胰岛素针头。从一天两针到一天四针,剂量年年往上加,可糖化血红蛋白一直没怎么降下来。当地医生的话说得很直接:再这样下去,眼睛、肾脏、血管都会出问题。
我试过换药、节食、运动,能坚持的都坚持了,数字还是不好看。那几年,我常常觉得自己是在跟一个看不见的对手耗,而我在一点一点输。
第一次听到 "干细胞能治糖尿病",我不信
去年底,我在网上看到一条消息:干细胞治疗 2 型糖尿病,在海南博鳌乐城拿到了正式批复,可以开展实际治疗了。这在国内,甚至在全球,都是少有的获批落地的项目。
第一反应是怀疑。我在加拿大问过内分泌医生,他说 "那东西还处在临床研究阶段,别指望"。我也上网搜,全球大多地方确实还没正式获批。可博鳌乐城这条,是正式的批复,不是新闻标题。
我不懂什么 "间充质干细胞",我只想知道三件事:安不安全、能不能改善我的血糖、值不值这一趟。
视频会诊那天,我把顾虑一条条问完
联系上盛世医旅之后,他们先安排了一场跨洋视频会诊,屏幕那头是乐城的内分泌科医生。
医生没有急着劝我来。他先把原理讲清楚:这种干细胞输进体内,会去调节紊乱的免疫、帮助修复受损的胰岛功能,从而改善血糖、减少对胰岛素的依赖。它不能包治,但数据摆在那里。
我把提前写好的十几条顾虑念给翻译,让她逐条替我转问:有没有副作用?要输几次?恢复期多长?费用一共多少、还会不会有额外支出?
医生的回答,我妻子在旁边一条条记。会后,盛世医旅把行程说明和费用清单发给我,医院费用和旅行服务费分开列明,哪些包含、哪些待定,写得明明白白,没有一句含糊。
我订了机票。
在博鳌,治疗比我想象的平静
落地海口,接机、公寓、翻译、陪诊,都是提前安排好的。我没操过什么心。
治疗是门诊做的,不用住院。一个疗程三针,每周一针,连续三周,正好二十一天。每次回输也就半个来小时,输完观察一阵就能走。
剩下的时间,我们没有待在房间里等。盛世医旅把这三周的行程安排得明明白白 —— 每周回输完,就带着我妻子在海南走走。
三周里,我们去了不少地方。博鳌的海边,天和海蓝得不像话;又去了万宁,在石梅湾的沙滩上走了整整一个下午;最后几天去了三亚,看了亚龙湾,还钻了一趟呀诺达的热带雨林,满眼浓绿,跟多伦多冰天雪地的冬天完全是两个世界。玩累了,再坐下来吃一顿地道的海鲜。
妻子一路上拍了几百张照片,说这是她陪我治病的这些年里,过得最轻松的一趟。
全程都是盛世医旅的人在张罗 —— 车、票、住、吃,连她想看的海边日落,都提前订好了观景的位置。我们几乎没操过心。这不像一次看病,倒像一趟不错的旅行。
真正让我意外的,是之后身体慢慢给到的回应。
回去之后,血糖开始慢慢变好
回到加拿大之后,我的血糖开始逐渐好转。这一趟下来,我回来也有几个月了,各项指标都在一天天往好里走 —— 睡前那针长效胰岛素,医生帮我停掉了;白天的剂量,也比以前少了大半。手脚那种断断续续的发麻,明显轻了。最朴素的变化是,我下午不再动不动犯困,能陪我孙子踢完一整场球了。
上个月去多伦多复查,我的内分泌医生盯着报告看了很久,问我到底做了什么。我讲了博鳌乐城的批复,讲了我输的干细胞,讲了一路上的安排。他回去查了资料,回头跟我说了句:这是真的。
他说这话的时候,我有点想笑,也有点想哭。十五年,我第一次在诊室里,不是低着头听宣判。
如今,盛世医旅的随访计划还挂在我日历上,专属医生每月跟进我的用药和指标。我知道这不是一针就好的奇迹,但它的的确确,把我从那条一直在输的路上,拉了回来。
如果你也在打胰岛素、也在为血糖发愁,我只想说:多问一句,多查一步。有些路,是真的值得飞一趟的。
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