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No choice, really.

Right; nor, alas, even a Dickens biographer, what with writing fatuous Dickens posts on a public forum. First, confusing and making up the most basic details about Dickens’ well-documented life; then, from a hopeless muddle, inevitably pulling out a laughable conclusion—well. Not that having the facts straight would help your case anyway. @Sparktrader knows that. But why? Ignorance? Dotage? Trolling, to be sure. The good news, however, is that having failed to win the mistress, you may still hope to woo the maid. Instead of biographer, aspire to Dickens Googler. Unconvincing. The REAL POINT being that Rubbish is always found in the usual places. For example, A notably pretentious example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, more amusing than your last. Keep ‘em coming. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their own ability, and that people with high ability at a task underestimate their own ability. As described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the bias results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability . . . .It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from people's inability to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their level of competence. --Dunning–Kruger effect

As for a box, recommendations are all over the map from Big Spenders down to Cheap Charlies. https://aseannow.com/topic/1164294-android-tv-smart-box/ https://aseannow.com/topic/1170348-android-tv-boxes-hardware-and-software-for-dummies/ https://aseannow.com/topic/1206614-expat-tv-options/ You'll find Nvidia Shield gets a lot of love. Mini PCs, laptops, old computers. At least one self-interested Android box vendor usually shows up to sneer at the cheap boxes. Nonetheless, lots of average folks, such as myself, do just fine w/ a cheap box in the range of B1000 or less from Lazada. Good luck!

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their own ability, and that people with high ability at a task underestimate their own ability. As described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the bias results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability . . . .It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from people's inability to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their level of competence. --Dunning–Kruger effect

It's merely extending beer expiration dates, a major concern here.

True, but then there's also management thereafter, to which changes to diet very much apply: These lifestyle changes can help you manage cardiomyopathy: Quit smoking. Lose weight if you're overweight. Ask your doctor what a healthy weight is for you. Get regular exercise, but talk to your doctor first about the safest type and amount for you. Eat a healthy diet, including a variety of fruits and vegetables and whole grains. Use less salt (sodium). Aim for less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day. Avoid or drink less alcohol. Try to manage your stress. Get enough sleep. Take all your medications as directed by your doctor. Go to your doctor for regular follow-up appointments. --https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cardiomyopathy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20370714 Manage diabetes is another. It's surprising how many people are unaware they have prediabetes. Which principles are also preventative, if one is following them. 'Course, the OP may have an inherited condition, but most cases are not, after all.

The thought had occurred to the OP, but he soundly rejected it here: Throwing caution to the wind and b u g g e r the diet – How about you on the grounds that the stress of dieting might shorten his life. Much less stressful, if accompanied by, say, a bowl of Birds custard--and therefore life extending--is worrying about an enlarged heart, nausea, regular watery soft feces, high cholesterol, carrying around extra fat, and chasing after docs and meds. Not an uncommon choice, with roughly predictable results.

Where did you exclude Pattaya in the topic Pattaya: Dead as a Dodo in the Pattaya forum, in response to HashBrownHarry's response to the subtopic of casinos reviving Pattaya?

Doc didn't "just say there was nothing wrong with you." "They" said they found nothing wrong during that visit. Whether your purported "nothing wrong" was cured by the thought of the bill and then also by taking your B3000 pills remains to be seen. One may hope. If not, then you've learned about billing at Bangkok Phuket. Perhaps the problem was somehow owing to more of the flatulence that's distressed a number of our other members.