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So the Med diet doesn't include potatoes? I thought they were good for you ? I love mash with butter

Just took one of the posters advice & got a PET/CT scan for my liver disease . This is the type of scan where they slide you through a machine . Well according to the doctor nothing to report only a fatty liver and not to come back for a few months But ....but ..as the doctor was reading me the report of the scan ..she said nothing to find EXCEPT the scan has found Spondoloysios a apparently a lumbar disease and curving of the spine . She said the report mentioned L2 & L3 deteriorated to age She asked no symptoms for that and I don't yet anyway Now I was shocked and she didn't mention anymore about it , So I come home to look ok in the mirror to see my body is sort of curved to the left ,is this spindoloysios? I asked a workmate to watch me walk and asked him if he could see if my body is curved to the left he said it was It looks as though my spine is curving to the left ! Who has this ? Will it worse ? What treatment can I get for this ? I'm really worried about this ,I don't want to be one of these people walking with a crooked body or hunchback ?

Yes , you probably have 15 years left

Yes good point, especially if you have a heart attack, imagine the cost if you don't have insurance. Even if U have insurance it would be expensive with gap fees etc ,I guess something like that definitely back to Australia or the UK for the public free system ( even though in Australia you still have to pay the specialist) ,not sure about America though I don't think they have a free public health system???

I met a old Australian farang in Pattaya years ago who had kept his Australian health insurance,I remember at that time he was paying something like $140 a month for hospital only insurance but obviously he would have to go back to Australia for treatment I'm not even sure it's valid actually if he isn't living there but who knows maybe he kept a address over there But better he banked his. ,$140 and went on the public health system . I'm sure in the UK they have private health insurance too if you don't want to use the public hospitals ,I guess you could do that

I have seen a pic of you a few years ago ,you are very fit ,I believed you also run or did everyday too . It can happen to anyone

This is why I like to plan. Obviously much different if you have a (genuine) partner that lives with you ....but let's look at the say 65yo single male retired to Pattaya living alone in a condo . Planning for emergency probably doesn't come into most of them , even some don't have a Will made or point of emergency contact . As I said it's ok not to have any insurance if you have the cash ..but...fail to plan because it won't happen to me ...is ridiculous It's ok to say ..oh I will go back to Australia or UK if I get a illness,but have you planned that? Where will you stay? Who will look after you during chemo or whatever? Plan now !!!

I'm interested in what a expat should do in regards to getting a major illness whilst living in specifically Thailand,I could add in all of Asia eg Philippines( but I will just leave it as a expat in Thailand example) I mean I'm not knocking Philippines they probably have better oncology hospitals than Thailand So what are the stages of this if God forbid this should happen to you So this is the scenario your over 60yo retired in Thailand , and you HAVE expat health insurance. You get a major illness eg cancer Do you stay in Thailand ,or go back to your own country? Now what if you don't have expat health insurance? Is there a big gap fee for oncology eg radiation A well known YouTuber a few years ago developed cancer , unfortunately he had no expat health insurance and was apparently going to take it out at 60 but only reached 59 when he got cancer . Unfortunately he paid millions for treatment in Thailand before going back to his country where sadly he passed away I believe at age 60 So the thing is , can we rely on the expat health insurance for major illness ? Can we afford to go without it if there was a major illness? It's ok saying oh I will go back to UK Australia or wherever if I got a major illness but you will be on a waiting list there to see a specialist if your using the public health system, and then if you get worser you will rely on carers etc ,so maybe better to stay in Thailand and get treatment there Have you planned this ? Have you planned for emergencies,?

After going thru all this I can assure you I will never drink again I was only a social drinker and still got this disease so I really now am interested what the Liver function blood tests eg AST & ALT would be if a heavy drinker ? Their livers must be slowly going to buggery without them knowing

Whilst we are talking about Cemeteries I visited one up in The nether regions of isaan a few years ago mostly coloured statutes with cremated boxes Unfortunately I was chased out of there by wild dangerous dogs

Have you ever been to jail , particularly either as a visitor or long term guest? I always get fascinated by jail's when I travel to parts of Asia and other countries (some people get fascinated by Cemeteries) and in my trip end up going to take pictures of jail's . As for Cemeteries I had friend in 2008 who came from Indonesia,took him to see the Blue Mountains in Australia,he was too interested in the Cemetery,anyway that's another story ,it's strange someones fascination in something when travelling,it's not all wine women & song ,even had a friend picture post offices ,bizzare interest in taking pics & visiting post offices I went to visit a ex Thai bar manager friend in Pattaya jail a few years ago,I didn't like him,I only went there to look inside the jail really, but we had to talk with him behind a cage wire almost like a bird aviary and other prisoners standing next to him also talking/shouting to their visitors. Bang Kwang in Bangkok is my favourite,but I must admit the guards especially the women guards were the nastiest looking people I have ever seen. There was no smiles from them. I visited the jail.in Cambodia too,just on the outside though,asked a tuk tuk to take me ,dirty dusty looking jail with rusty barbed wire So the question is have you ever been to a jail in the world I remember hearing from a guy at work saying there was a jail in the innermost area of the Scottish Highlands, I would love to see that

Unfortunately I don't like getting old , apart from the decreased life we have ,(many of us will go between 78 & 84) there is the added illness's too I'm probably looking at a liver transplant and looks like a kidney transplant down the track . I will get my heart checked soon too hopefully that will be ok

I have been back to my medical centre GP, unfortunately I felt lumps under my skin near my ribcage and kidney. They are not noticeable however I have to push deep to feel them The doctor ,(older male probably in his 70's) put gloves on and felt the lumps , at first he complained he can't feel anything until he pushed right into the skin, I told him I'm worried about these He dismissed this saying they were fatty cysts , I have never heard of these and he went to the internet to show me some images of people who have them . I think he called Lymphobia or similar lymphedua? But has anyone had these "lumps" under their skin especially around the ribcage and kidney , It's sad really when GP's are no longer caring as they used to be years ago

And not only that many of these farang do gooders groups in Cambodia are just money collectors paying themselves fantastic salaries and nice life on the donations they receive such as World Vision ,etc

Oh don't get me started on those "do gooders " groups who run charities saying they are saving the children from trafficking and orphans etc It's been proven in Cambodia many are in fact not orphans

As you were a nurse all your life ,I guess you working with many men ...and women who were in same sex relationship eg gay people

I had no idea of this ,it seems under the right ribcage ? On the top part ?

Yes I too have that dull ache on the right side but Sheryl says we shouldn't have this ,? It's not stopping me from doing anything,it's just annoying But you need to do something asap because if you google it ,you only have a shirt life with that liver ,

If your not interested in liver disease etc then please ignore me ! I'm going thru a stage at this time of inflamed liver

Thankyou for the link going to try to see this guy on my next visit in May /June ,or someone there in Thailand I will ask them the cost of another liver

I know but I feel like the GP is not doing enough She is not young so should be experienced at this I'm thinking of seeing another GP but I'm not sure what tests to ask them for ? Someone suggested a Fibroscan , I asked her (GP) about this but she suggested wait 1 month to lose weight Another a PET scan. In the meantime I need to plan ahead , I'm google India cost is 50k for a liver transplant

Go into the other thread and you will see my blood results I posted ! Alt was I think 57 The other 82

I need to plan ahead Yesterday I made another Will,the lawyer in Sydney was so slow I had to tell her about my fatty liver and life expectancy she hurried it up

Why hasn't the doctor tested me for this ? Or have they? I will make an appointment online to see her tommrrw (Tuesday) immediately!! All they have done is blood tests and ultrasound I have seen this lady GP more than 7 times in the last 2 weeks and all she wants to do is....wait until I lose weight Always seems too interested in putting me on weight scales and referring me to a dietetician rather than send me to a liver specialist !! The pain is a dull pain which is not stopping me from going to the gym but nevertheless it's not a good sign I never thought of this hep C ,I will tell her tomorrow to test me for this !!! Thankyou

The doctor recently diagnosed me with a fatty liver I'm doing my best in the last 2 week of diagnosis to lose weight and stay off sugar & oils So far in 2 weeks lost 6kg height 177cm and 108kg I have bigger body structure so what would my best weight be ? According to google it's 78kg that would be very small However I'm still experiencing some dull pain in the liver so I have been googling at it says I may have about 3-5 years left with liver function but because of the pain must be inflamed so doubt I have that long My question is has anyone here undergone a liver transplant? I know I have to pay so is it possible in Asia? I'm thinking about trying to change it soon ,any idea where to go ?