Patient Experience
As a 44-year-old marathon runner, my pelvic organ prolapse symptoms emerged during ultramarathon training. Dr. Ozden, herself an athlete, understood my need to return to peak performance. Her robotic-assisted surgery and sport-specific recovery protocol had me running trails again in 8 weeks, and I've since set two personal records.
We're a same-sex female couple who needed reciprocal IVF using my eggs and my wife's womb. Dr. Ozden coordinated the complex timeline between egg retrieval, embryo transfer, and synchronization cycles while navigating Turkish legal requirements. Her cultural sensitivity and medical precision gave us our son, with my wife carrying our genetic child.
After a traumatic childbirth injury in another hospital left me with a vesicovaginal fistula, I lived in isolation for two years. Dr. Ozden's reconstructive surgery not only repaired the physical damage but her post-operative care included psychological support and a peer network of other fistula survivors. She restored my body and my place in my community.
My 31-year-old wife, a deaf graphic designer, needed complex myomectomy but feared communication barriers during surgery. Dr. Ozden learned basic Turkish Sign Language for medical contexts, arranged for a certified interpreter throughout hospitalization, and developed visual consent forms. My wife said it was the first time she felt fully informed and unafraid in a hospital.
As a 58-year-old grandmother with multiple sclerosis, I hesitated about prolapse surgery until Dr. Ozden proposed an innovative collaboration: she livestreamed the procedure to my neurologist in Ankara for real-time consultation about my neural responses. This interdisciplinary approach addressed both my gynecological and neurological concerns simultaneously.