Category Archives: Survivor Stories

Testimonial: Gold Wing Member Has Accident Before SkyMed Membership is Processed

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Roger Moraes – San Jose, California While at a Gold Wing Road Riders Association district rally Roger Moraes and fiancée Mary Kay Jeskey attended a breakfast presentation given by SkyMed Representative Peggy Wood. Roger and Mary Kay were the first ones to sign up for a SkyMed Ultimate membership with an additional three-year extension. The […]


Testimonial: Unexpected Slip & Fall While Glacier Hiking in Reykjavik

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Paul D’Espinosa Boston, Massachusetts My wife, Deb, and I had flown to Reykjavik Iceland, the capital of Iceland, to see the Northern Lights and explore the city. During our visit we decided to go glacier hiking and had on all the required hiking gear. It snowed the night before and we were hiking on solid […]


Testimonial: Member Not Recovering Well After Surgery Flown Home to Boston

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Richard and Mary Johnson, from Watertown, Massachusetts, near Boston, were wintering at LaCasa Mobile Home Park in North Port, Florida and in April Richard had to have heart valve surgery. Their daughter, Deb, said, “Dad was not recovering from his surgery as expected, so each of my three brothers came down for about a week […]


Testimonial: Slip & Fall Accident in Switzerland

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Sondra Nelson Houston, Texas I was in Switzerland visiting the Christmas markets over the holidays and on the next to the last day of my trip I slipped and fell on the ice. I broke my leg above the ankle and needed surgery. I was taken to Interlaken Hospital and called my daughter from the emergency […]


Testimonial: Heart Trouble On The Way Home, Bellevue, NE

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Duane & Marian Cheney – Bellevue, Nebraska – Duane and I were driving down the highway in our 36’ Winnebago motorhome and towing our pickup on our way home from Wellton, Arizona to Bellevue, Nebraska. By the time we got to Alamogordo New Mexico it was around 7:00 p.m. Duane wasn’t feeling well and complained of […]


Testimonial: Member With Acute Gallbladder Problems In Mexico Airlifted Home

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A Vagabundos Travel Club member and a SkyMed member since 09/01/02, Margaret developed acute gall bladder problems while vacationing in San Quintin, MX, a small town about 150 miles south of Ensenada, MX, and needed surgery as soon as possible. The local hospital lacked the facilities to perform surgery, therefore the Lockwoods preferred not to […]