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PS: Sheryl, I sent you a PM not related to this topic

Thanks for the advice, I will consider this seriously

Sorry, out of curiosity, are you a GI doctor by any chance?

I hadn't noticed anything before they told me I had gallstones

2.6 cm or 26 mm

Goo luck with that! Lol I'm taking statins for my cholesterol since 2017. Before it was extremely high, now at the upper level of the so called normal range

Sometimes a vague feeling of pressure to my right-low abdomen but now I'm not sure anymore if that's suggestion or a real thing. In any case, is very mild and occasional.

A friend of mine had his removed by laparoscopy at Samitivej for about the same price you're mentioning. He had health insurance, though.

HI, I am in early 50s and I was diagnosed with a few gallstones, one about 2.6 cm, a few others smaller. No gallbladder wall thickening or signs of inflammation. They seem to be asymptomatic, as I don't have any particular issue and discovered them during a routine US check. The GI suggested surgery but I'm not particularly fond of surgeries for a series of reasons which would be long to explain here. Instead, I repeated the US after 1 year (a couple of months ago) and apparently the big stone increased to 2.8 cm, which led the GI to insist again on the surgery. I know it's a relatively low-invasive procedure (laparoscopy) but another doctor (not GI though) told me gallstones don't usually need to be treated unless they cause symptoms. On the other hand, I have read that these situations can suddenly evolve into acute inflammation with a lot of pain and requiring emergency surgery. So, now I am wondering what to do. Anyone with related experiences or stories to share?

I read all the topic as I am particularly interested (unfortunately). I am in my early 50s and worried at the perspective of getting old and sick without adequate health coverage in Thailand. I have a friend who recently underwent a relatively simple surgery. Faced with the expenses claim, his insurance company run a deep search of all his medical records and eventually found something that could somehow be related. Apparently, he had failed to report it before starting the policy. My question is: How deep can insurance companies go into checking your medical records here? Can they easily check all your records across all hospitals in Thailand ever since you stepped into the country with the click of a button? Is it really that simple? So do you have to worry that they find any trace of preexisting or undeclared health problems or it's more a matter of chance?