Mum’s plea after ‘big-hearted’ son, 29, who rescues Thai dogs, struck with brain tumour and needs £15,000 to fly home

[oldlakey]

7 hours ago, Tony125 said:

Update 5

Posted by Sarah Evison

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We are coming home! George has been given his fit to fly certificate and so we leave the beauty of Koh Samui on Wednesday returning to the UK on Thursday of this week
without you this would not have been possible and the whole family thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity 
but unfortunately it doesn't stop here. Upon our return, George will start cancer treatment at the North Staffs hospital in Stoke. His girlfriend, Natalie and George will be staying with my family whilst he undergoes whatever treatment he requires. It's not going to pleasant nor easy, but we look forward with positivity and light in our hearts. 
Please do not stop donating as any amount is , believe me, going towards Georges wellbeing in the future
Again , thank you all

Sometimes it appears the world is not such a bad place

[cat handler]

On 10/4/2018 at 12:34 PM, Sheryl said:

many travel insurance policies will cover "acute exacerbations" of pre existing conditions including medical evacuation back home.


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Ha ha ha, good one, you almost had me there. Health Insusnce companies are charities? Yeah right. 

No insurance company will cover you for pre-existing conditions, ever, its how they make their money. You would slso be lucky to find one that will cover you for an undiagnosed pre-existing conditions, if they dont have to pay up they wont.

[schvonsky1]

2 hours ago, cat handler said:

 

Ha ha ha, good one, you almost had me there. Health Insusnce companies are charities? Yeah right. 

No insurance company will cover you for pre-existing conditions, ever, its how they make their money. You would slso be lucky to find one that will cover you for an undiagnosed pre-existing conditions, if they dont have to pay up they wont.

Absolutely bullshizer if you have a pre-existing condition and you declare it they will do a screening and 9 times out of 10 if not all the fooooooking time you will be insured I foooooooking know ya ???? end????????????????????

[Sheryl]

Travel insurance differs significanlty from regular health insurance in many ways, including this one.

 

There are many travel insurance policies that quite explicitly cover "acute exacerbations" of pre-existing conditions. Meaning emergency care needed to stabilize you to the point you can return home. Further treatment once at home is outside the travel policy and you are usually requited to have insurance or NHS eligibility in your home country to get a travel policy.

[wgdanson]

10 hours ago, cat handler said:

You would slso be lucky to find one that will cover you for an undiagnosed pre-existing conditions, if they dont have to pay up they wont.

How would someone know if they had an undiagnosed pre-existing condition.  They go to claim for let's say a heart attack and are then told, oh no we won't pay because you had it 10 years ago, but nobody knew. I think not.

[cat handler]

10 hours ago, wgdanson said:

How would someone know if they had an undiagnosed pre-existing condition.  They go to claim for let's say a heart attack and are then told, oh no we won't pay because you had it 10 years ago, but nobody knew. I think not.

And how would an Insurance Company know that you didnt know something was wrong with your health but didnt have insurance in your home country, for example a badly infected tooth requiring a root canal? You cant just nump on a plane to Thailand and then see a dentist and have it covered by travel insurance. 

Again Insurance companies dont pay out if they dont have to. If they find out your condition was present before you left your home country they wont pay for treatment. And you are right, if you had a heart attack 10 years ago they wont cover you for it if you have another one in Thailand 

Edited October 23, 2018 by cat handler

[cat handler]

19 hours ago, schvonsky1 said:

Absolutely bullshizer if you have a pre-existing condition and you declare it they will do a screening and 9 times out of 10 if not all the fooooooking time you will be insured I foooooooking know ya ???? end????????????????????

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Heres an idea, get on line and try taking out travel insusnce and declare that you have had a hesrt attack recently, see how you go . You may end up getting cover but you will be paying a lot more in premiums for the increased risk. If you don’t declare you wont be covered. 

[sambum]

18 hours ago, cat handler said:

And how would an Insurance Company know that you didnt know something was wrong with your health but didnt have insurance in your home country, for example a badly infected tooth requiring a root canal? You cant just nump on a plane to Thailand and then see a dentist and have it covered by travel insurance. 

Again Insurance companies dont pay out if they dont have to. If they find out your condition was present before you left your home country they wont pay for treatment. And you are right, if you had a heart attack 10 years ago they wont cover you for it if you have another one in Thailand 

"for example a badly infected tooth requiring a root canal? You cant just nump (jump?) on a plane to Thailand andthen see a dentist and have it covered by travel insurance."

 

Right and wrong! I am now living in Thailand but a few years ago I was doing 6 months in Thailand and 6 months in the UK stints. The first time I needed root canal treatment a nd a porcelain crown fitted, the insurance paid up. A couple of years later, I had to have the same procedure done again (on another tooth, by the way), and the insurance would not pay as "I had made a similar claim previously"! 

 

So my insurance company reckons that people can't get toothache twice? 

[cat handler]

On 10/24/2018 at 5:13 PM, sambum said:

"for example a badly infected tooth requiring a root canal? You cant just nump (jump?) on a plane to Thailand andthen see a dentist and have it covered by travel insurance."

 

Right and wrong! I am now living in Thailand but a few years ago I was doing 6 months in Thailand and 6 months in the UK stints. The first time I needed root canal treatment a nd a porcelain crown fitted, the insurance paid up. A couple of years later, I had to have the same procedure done again (on another tooth, by the way), and the insurance would not pay as "I had made a similar claim previously"! 

 

So my insurance company reckons that people can't get toothache twice? 

andthen (and then?)......love it when mistype correctors mistyping 

 

your lucky they covered it the first time, they could say the decay occurred in the UK.

[monnington]

On 9/28/2018 at 12:28 PM, wotsdermatter said:

I am not heartless but my question is simple.  If he had received treatment for cancer in the U.K., why come to live in a country where any form of medical insurance would not cover the cost of any possible future treatment?  Saving soi dogs is not a real excuse to ask for help pay for his treatment because there's far too many anyway (but that is another story).  It is surprising the number of people who come to Thailand then have to be "rescued" because of their lack of foresight and are not being able to perform tasks such as ride motorcycles then end up in hospital because of that lack of knowledge.

 

'nuf sed

 

mate, that is a rough thing to say, if he had cancer before maybe he wanted to see the world because he realised life can blindside you and one day, as it has now, you could die or lose it all, become sick etc. he didnt plan to get sick again did he the poor guy. if we all throw him a few quid then we can rest easy we have all done something good today. And people who crash bikes, just trying to enjoy their life, you sound like a real negative, glass half empty, kinda guy. the poor kid just got sick, help him dont have a go at him and if the motorbike crashers dont try to ride them then how they ever gonna learn? no one is perfect, life a bitch we all know it, i hope he gets better soon and they set upa go fund me page i will send him 20 quid for sure. id like to think others woilkd do the same for me

 

[Tony125]

9 hours ago, monnington said:

 

mate, that is a rough thing to say, if he had cancer before maybe he wanted to see the world because he realised life can blindside you and one day, as it has now, you could die or lose it all, become sick etc. he didnt plan to get sick again did he the poor guy. if we all throw him a few quid then we can rest easy we have all done something good today. And people who crash bikes, just trying to enjoy their life, you sound like a real negative, glass half empty, kinda guy. the poor kid just got sick, help him dont have a go at him and if the motorbike crashers dont try to ride them then how they ever gonna learn? no one is perfect, life a bitch we all know it, i hope he gets better soon and they set upa go fund me page i will send him 20 quid for sure. id like to think others woilkd do the same for me

 

If you read my post #223 you will see that because of the donations he has already left  Thailand and is now back in England. Donations for his continued medical treatment can be sent here https://www.gofundme.com/GeorgeGanno

[Kieran00001]

On 9/29/2018 at 11:44 AM, colinneil said:

It is a life destroying thing, it is a viral infection of the central nervous system, most people contracting it do not survive, some who survive are disabled for life, very few people who contract it return to normal.

 

There are so many around this forum who have had or know someone who has had this syndrome, its quite rare really, but we have four here already will personal experience, a bit odd really.

Edited January 2, 2019 by Kieran00001

[Tony125]

15 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

There are so many around this forum who have had or know someone who has had this syndrome, its quite rare really, but we have four here already will personal experience, a bit odd really.

https://wtvr.com/2019/01/01/22-year-old-teacher-chesterfield-native-struck-with-paralysis-stuck-in-thailand-unable-to-return-home/

*** With modern aggressive treatment most recover ***   

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Guillain-Barré-Syndrome-Fact-Sheet

[Kieran00001]

Just now, Tony125 said:

https://wtvr.com/2019/01/01/22-year-old-teacher-chesterfield-native-struck-with-paralysis-stuck-in-thailand-unable-to-return-home/

*** With modern aggressive treatment most recover ***   

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Guillain-Barré-Syndrome-Fact-Sheet

 

It just struck me as odd that within minutes this small forum produced four people with personal experience of it, but maybe its not that unusual after all, your link says it affects 1 in 100,000 people per year, so well over 500 cases in Thailand expected per year.