Medical Insurance

[Jogger]

Good luck OP.

Bumrungrad is considered one of the top hospitals in Thailand,
If I need a specialist it is the number one choice.

[Jun]

Get well soon.

Also an insurance recommendation carries more weight when they pay out AND are prepared to send you to a top hospital.

[Up2u]

"I've been here since Tuesday and the doctors tell me I can probably be released Wednesday, May 3.".... hopefully GB is out of the hospital and feeling better.

[Gaybutton]

hopefully GB is out of the hospital and feeling better.

Thank you. I was released from the hospital Wednesday evening. I'm home now and feel just fine.

I go back for a follow-up Wednesday, May 10.

[Smiles]

Must of been a bitch having to drag that big Viking hammer around the hospital halls. I can picture it now.
Who was minding the gorilla?

GWS.

[ceejay]

Late to this thread - as usual. Glad you recovered and welcome back GB.

For long term stays (over 90 days and up to one year) I used to use a UK firm, Flexicover. I don't know if they will cover non UK citizens and I never had to claim, so I don't know how they are with that. The prices are reasonable.
http://www.flexicover.co.uk/
It takes the form of a regional (or worldwide travel insurance, so you are covered for your journey to and from Thailand and any side trips you might make while here.

[fountainhall]

Welcome back!

[Gaybutton]

Glad you recovered and welcome back GB.

Thank you, gents. I'm happy to report that as of yesterday I have a clean bill of health - no heart or arterial problems of any kind, kidney function and liver function normal, blood sugar 96, blood oxygen 96%, blood pressure 138/77, lung, sinus, and bronchial infections clear and/or close to clear.

In other words, I've got a shot at making it 'till next Thursday.

I think some of you will enjoy knowing I have also quit smoking. I haven't had a cigarette in three weeks and after leaving the hospital I don't even have a desire for a cigarette or an urge to smoke. I hope it stays that way and I get to make it as a non-smoker - joining the ranks of those busy criticizing and complaining about all the smokers.

I've always heard that when a smoker quits smoking, it doesn't take long for him to feel great. WRONG! At least wrong in my case. I don't feel any better, any worse, or any different at all. Oh well, can't have everything.

I'll still be going back and forth to the hospital every few weeks for follow-ups, but other than that I'm doing just fine.

In any case, I'm very glad I have the CIGNA medical insurance. Since this policy is designed expressly for expats, I urge those of you who are expats, or anticipating becoming expats, to investigate CIGNA before committing to anything else regarding long-term medical insurance.

[Undaunted]

Pneumonia may have saved your life indirectly by you stopping smoking.....others reading of your situation should take note and stop smoking as well!

[Gaybutton]

others reading of your situation should take note and stop smoking as well!

That never works. No smoker needs somebody else's advice to stop smoking. Every smoker knows it is best to stop. People have to decide for themselves.

You probably are right in that the pneumonia caused me to stop smoking. Obviously I couldn't smoke in the hospital, but in my case I had almost completely stopped before even being hospitalized. The bronchitis was causing it to hurt to inhale the smoke and was also causing me to hack and cough, which also hurt. Once I found myself in the hospital, I have had no desire to smoke at all.

That worked for me. If that hadn't happened, then most likely I would still be smoking as much as ever. What never worked for me was somebody else telling me, just as if I didn't know, that I should stop smoking. If anything, the nagging had precisely the opposite of its intended effect.

My free advice is don't nag a smoker unless his smoking is affecting you in some way. But nagging a smoker to try to get him to stop will do nothing. If a smoker wants to stop, he'll stop - without anybody's hints, advice, nagging, or anything else. I have never met a smoker who quit smoking because somebody else was nagging him. Have you?

I believe smokers already get it without the necessity of anything further being said about it.

Now, since we're duly way off topic, let's please get back to medical insurance issues.