I have a number of life complications related to valve issues::
1) Insurance here in Thailand will not cover pre existing conditions or most outpatient stuff
2) I live overseas/Bangkok
3) I may have to move back to the states for the best care+ the rotten insurance here
4) I dread moving back to the states: I have nothing there and Thailand is my home
5) I have no one to take care of me post op either in the USA or Asia
6) I own no home, have no real family, career, etc etc in either the USA or Asia.
7) I am single, no wife kids girlfriend...Family is dead except for sick house ridden brother in San Jose. Live alone since 2000.
Potential solutions:
1) Finding a partner easier in Asia--still working on it
2) Post op live in help is cheaper here
3) Housing cheap here. Life easy cheap. Don't need a car in Bangkok. Live one KM from major subway, groceries etc etc
4) Going to get registered at a Thai government hospital that does a lot of valve surgeries at low cost. See if I can get a price, check on quality of care etc etc
5) Trying to get an insurance plan that may cover valve surgeries.
About me: 58. American, Diagnosed 2019= went from mild moderate to moderate in 2020. May have been diagnosed in 2010 but didn't know it. Also have mild left ventricle hypertrophy, I had high blood pressure but eliminated it with vegan diet; almost off meds. My weight is sub 160 and lost 20 lbs on the diet. All my other risk #'s low except lpa and CT score and family history.. Recent tests attached for echo, bloodwork treadmill. Just did am MRI--no blocked arteries, heart and valves working great--ditto for recent treadmill.. Exercise and meditate every day, take statins, aspirin, B12, Coq10, hardcore vegan diet, K2, magnesium. omeprezole, gingko, low dose losartan, an anti depressant, ginger, etc etc every day---
Another option is when closer to surgery hop on a jet, get re evaled in the USA, and if needed do the surgery and recover at a shared or solo Air Bnb.
On the best heart diet on earth: FAQ | Dr. Esselstyn's Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Program
hoping surgery many years away.
Trying to stay in Asia where I am happier than USA,
Medical care in Bangkok is globally known. I know at least one British expat who did his valve replacement at gov hospital
My current heart dr does valve surgeries, trained in the USA and is an excellent doctor
Further thoughts ? Anyone relate; in similiar circumstances ? Cheers Dave
1) Insurance here in Thailand will not cover pre existing conditions or most outpatient stuff
2) I live overseas/Bangkok
3) I may have to move back to the states for the best care+ the rotten insurance here
4) I dread moving back to the states: I have nothing there and Thailand is my home
5) I have no one to take care of me post op either in the USA or Asia
6) I own no home, have no real family, career, etc etc in either the USA or Asia.
7) I am single, no wife kids girlfriend...Family is dead except for sick house ridden brother in San Jose. Live alone since 2000.
Potential solutions:
1) Finding a partner easier in Asia--still working on it
2) Post op live in help is cheaper here
3) Housing cheap here. Life easy cheap. Don't need a car in Bangkok. Live one KM from major subway, groceries etc etc
4) Going to get registered at a Thai government hospital that does a lot of valve surgeries at low cost. See if I can get a price, check on quality of care etc etc
5) Trying to get an insurance plan that may cover valve surgeries.
About me: 58. American, Diagnosed 2019= went from mild moderate to moderate in 2020. May have been diagnosed in 2010 but didn't know it. Also have mild left ventricle hypertrophy, I had high blood pressure but eliminated it with vegan diet; almost off meds. My weight is sub 160 and lost 20 lbs on the diet. All my other risk #'s low except lpa and CT score and family history.. Recent tests attached for echo, bloodwork treadmill. Just did am MRI--no blocked arteries, heart and valves working great--ditto for recent treadmill.. Exercise and meditate every day, take statins, aspirin, B12, Coq10, hardcore vegan diet, K2, magnesium. omeprezole, gingko, low dose losartan, an anti depressant, ginger, etc etc every day---
Another option is when closer to surgery hop on a jet, get re evaled in the USA, and if needed do the surgery and recover at a shared or solo Air Bnb.
On the best heart diet on earth: FAQ | Dr. Esselstyn's Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Program
hoping surgery many years away.
Trying to stay in Asia where I am happier than USA,
Medical care in Bangkok is globally known. I know at least one British expat who did his valve replacement at gov hospital
My current heart dr does valve surgeries, trained in the USA and is an excellent doctor
Further thoughts ? Anyone relate; in similiar circumstances ? Cheers Dave
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