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If road bikes & actually cyclist then Cycling Chiang Mai has some great tours Super nice owner https://cyclingchiangmai.cc/

Yeah but that same math works both ways. Anyone "retiring" to place like Thailand on 1k a month or so as you say is nuts++ That person is in no way financially able to pay for medical care If or more likely when he will need it. Que the I can fly always home while having a stroke crowd 😉 Back in America that group with a 1k SS check qualify for EBT/SNAP for food Plus United health care gives them another $175 a month for anything Plus Medicaid pays their Part B *& Part D Then to top it off Social Security Supplemental Insurance pay them the difference up to X level (but they cannot leave the country for more than 30 days at a time) https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-17-008.pdf So yeah its not as dire a pic as you paint. Believe it or not most of the car/van living crowds want that life (Gawd knows why but they do 😅 )

Yeah that sounds a little sketchy Holter is always good as they have small wireless ones you wear now for up to 14 days & shower etc with it. It gives a good show of events if your having them often If your young they will likely fade & also if it is certain types like I sad those are not dangerous but bothersome as of course folks worry. But aside from learning triggers to keep from starting you can also learn ways to make them stop quickly Valsalva maneuver usually woks for many. When I was young mine would run sometimes 10+ hours then I'd go to the ER & they would give me a shot of adenocard which stopped it instantly But for me I found if I have one I lay on floor butt close to wall....feet/legs on wall pointing straight up...take a deep breath slowly in & slowly out & it usually stops right away 😉 Here is a pic of the new modern type monitor that can track you for two weeks Good Luck & try not to worry too much. These things are quite common in many folks

That is odd ? AFAIK Cryo-ablation first freezes the pathway to check of your system will stay up....IF it goes down the cryo thaws & all is well. If there is no problem after freezing they then will burn which is permanent But in the burn only method if your system goes down after burning a pathway then a pacemaker is needed AFAIK the difference in using cryo is just a safer route & I remember many years ago checking & Bumrungrad had it then All that aside as others have said you may want to check if your psvt is not life threatening then it is just a bother & will eventually fade in most folks. Also folks who have an ablation many times will need more as they rarely hold long term. I have had psvt,pvc's, pac,s on & off for decades now. As others have said see if you can note the triggers...keep a diary. In my case it was mainly stress & I occasionally had alcohol which I no longer drink due to that trigger. Good Luck!

I remember beer 😉

This story is almost paperback worthy Kind of a classic story of foreigners doing business in Thailand One falang partner & his Thai wife screwing over the other falang partner Using a loan shark to borrow against partners share Being on overstay Getting a shady court ruling to be allowed to leave country & "earn" money to repay the falang partner Then grabbed at airport on exit due to overstay Yup this has all the makings of a Stephen Leather Thai Novel 😅

Born in 2024 will probably all just be called Shim Or she/him/her/them/they whatever the heck it is these days

Well long answer is when you turn 60 your worth 600 baht a month 70 is 700 baht a month 80 is 800 baht a month 90 is 900 baht a month Short answer is not much ???? About the Israel deal as sandy said " It would be delusional to think any government can "protect" it's citizens abroad. " Especially ones that chose to work in a place like Israel

Don't want to be a wet blanket but, What are your plans? I mean how much weight do you want to lose? Do you hope just this injection will achieve that? Sustain that? You want to inject yourself with something designed to manage blood glucose levels and HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes but use it to lose weight So I am wondering do you plan to also change? Meaning change your diet at all or exercise? Because truthfully these things...all of them, meaning lose weight by taking this pill, injecting this drug, drinking this tea yada yada yada... They all end the same or worse because in the end you actually need to change what brought you to your undesired weight. It is much safer & actually works to change those things. Make the adjustment of calories in or increase the calories out. Good Luck!

This thread & the subject... even if unsure highlights many expats greatest fear. That is the flexible goal posts Does not matter if the subject is about future taxation or the Health Insurance requirements that has been bubbling for years, or even the possible increase in Visa Ext financial requirements. It is the indecisiveness that makes it tough IMO It is this type of tension that is the worst for any expat ????

I would say your not realistic at all if you think your not getting a prostitute as a side girl. You want to pay for sex but dont want a prostitute ???? ok Unlike you Side girls are realistic & know your married, also know what you cannot offer so they are always looking always "working"

That is actually quite amazing in Thailand Because the first question any Thai hospital has before they do anything is ....How are you going to pay?

I guess the easy way is do you have a Thai bank account? "Most" Tourist do not

Ok so Doesn't that just mean 179 days or less then?

Well if I'm honest with myself 180 days a year is about the maximum good days Thailand has per year anyway ....Will have to just skip the smoky/Hot season & part of the rainy season ???? But we were considering buying a new home In Chiang Mai next year & that would be off the table

That would be a tough one...I wonder how you prove it is savings? I think it should be on the other foot...meaning they prove its not. If I say I'm retired & my income is SS & savings & they think otherwise then it is they who need to prove that I mean how do I prove this money of savings? I can of course prove my SS is X amount a month with the US SS verification letter but savings? I have no idea

Good question for a gynecologist ????

Seinfield The Sopranos Breaking Bad Those were great. But to be honest that is when we last watched TV

That would only be extreme if you did it in the Hot season...And Barefoot ????

Exactly! Great post & great attitude ???? Good Luck

I would take the 17 no prob with what year this is. Just happy to skip the first 16 years of life and only have one year left till legal age. It would be the cherry on top if I could take with me what I have learned in this life to that 17 yr old body but if not no prob either ????

Actually it should (if really understood) make people perk up & live the life they want to live. Not put anything on hold. For instance when I told my sister we are in the home stretch I also say even if we had 20 left that would be the home stretch & not much at that. Most of us clearly remember Y2k well that was 23 years ago Knowing this at least for myself it makes me realize while yes maybe we live once (not sure about that ???? ) but for sure we dont live forever so lets not waste our homes stretch . Instead lets LIVE

My sister is 70 & I always tell her we are in the home stretch ...but she continues to work at a medical office. I always say isn't there something more you want to do? She says she wouldn't know what t do if she & her husband didn't work. ???? I think its a slave mentality but then again to each their own. But yes OP I agree & tell folks at best reach 83 & I believe that is the number that SS USA uses in max calcs. Because when you do a compare of starting at 62,66 or 70 & they all pretty much wash at 83

Far Left usual BS alert That aside so your saying the flawless past decade of Iron Dome is suddenly faulty? Heck even the JDL is posting here again after almost two years break