I thought it would get easier here at older age

[Hummin]

18 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

As we age we get older everything starts to get more difficult just getting out of bed in the morning sometimes you have to take a few baby steps before your feet can start walking in a normal gate you get more tired less energy getting older basically sucks TIT

I see the technology progress in Norway for my mother, thinking of bank, insurance, TV, internet, tax, district office, health services, bank id, where everything is handled by apps with a jungle of options, it is horrible to keep track.

 

I have went through all of it, and she have been paying so much for automatic upgrades and things she do not use anymore. It's a robbery. Insurances where just a check can lower your monthly payments greatly, for an instance, or tv packages you never use. E-mail account you never used now being charged. Electric company used for 30 years never renewed your deal. 

 

And now, she needs help with everything. Completely out of it. And thinking of Thailand, will head the same direction, seems most will have to have one trusted one to help you through the jungle of obligations and duties. 

 

Good luck if someone relying on being single. If you do not trust anyone in your life by now, who you going to trust then? 

[Lorry]

22 hours ago, kwilco said:

Some facilities look excellent but see older foreigners as cash cows. Always get a second opinion, don’t be afraid to question recommendations, and never feel pressured into a hospital stay you’re unsure about. 

This is true, but very dangerous. 

 

I have seen both ways:

A guy who refused surgery in a well-known private Phuket hospital: "these criminals ate not going to cut me open!" He flew home, no surgery was ever necessary. 

Another guy, visibly sick, was recommended Samitivej Hospital, very expensive, and even he had insurance,  he considered it a rip-off and went to the small 30-bed government hospital nearby. Doctors there couldn't do much (and would have loved it, had he gone to the ICU in Samitivej). He died the same night.

 

Get a second opinion from someone you trust.