Thanks Surfcrest...
You said it and were right on the mark!
tj
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Thanks Surfcrest...
You said it and were right on the mark!
tj
I have not logged in for a couple of weeks and so have just seen this thread, as well as Jim's request in one post for information from me. Unfortunately, a later post has meant this information is probably largely irrelevant.
However, for those from the UK living in Thailand, it is very important to note that merely returning to the UK and expecting to get medical treatment is no longer automatic. The law was changed some years ago. Now, even if your national insurance contributions were not all fully paid up - including the years when you were living overseas - and you decide that you will return to the UK PERMANENTLY, you will qualify for free treatment as soon as you land back in the country. Qualification is based purely on residency. However, if you just want to return for treatment and then plan to come back to Thailand or somewhere else overseas, you do NOT qualify for free treatment. You will be charged as a private patient.
You will therefore be subjected to a lot of questions about where you will be living, how you will support yourself in the UK, and so on, and you have to satisfy the doctors and hospital administrators that you are indeed genuine about having given up residence abroad.
My brother and sister are both doctors and two years ago I quizzed them on this particular subject. Both said there may be degree of latitude depending on the individual medical staff. But most doctors/hospitals do obey the regulations. What my siblings suggested is that anyone who even THINKS he may require medical treatment for a serious illness at some point in the future should take steps now that will help when it comes to proving that you are returning permanently. This can include registering a bank account in a town/city where a relative lives, having mail occasionally sent to the relative's address, registering with an estate agent on one earlier visit saying you are looking for a place to rent/buy and then keeping your name on their books - and so on. Anything that will help to prove your case.
The issue which no doctor or administrator will know for certain is whether or not you will actually stay in Britain after the treatment is over or disappear back to Thailand or wherever. Apparently the Health Authorities do not run such checks. So both my brother and sister advised not to pay too much attention to this regulation when returning for treatment! Just tell them you are back for good! But every little piece of evidence will help your case.
Still not a nice predicament to be in but at least this way he has some dignity and perhaps less suffering.Quote:
Originally Posted by travelerjim
I agree with that line Newalaan...Quote:
Originally Posted by newalaan2
Also rather like the bit where you call me demented. You're so adorable when you abuse me. :happy7:
[quote="Surfcrest"]
DELETED. 1) You have already said this about LMTU many times in this thread. Give it a rest.
2) Your attacks on 4 other posters about the past is irrelevant and off topic.
For now, still Neal/Daboss :3some:
Thank you fountainhall for your informative posting about the UK National Health Service.
Indeed, the information you shared may prove most helpful to a UK expat who has need to return to the UK for medical care.
As always, your replies to questions posed from time to time are detailed and helpful information.
and...Much appreciated!
tj
Very grateful fountainhead for the extremely useful info re an expat returning to the UK for the NHS.
Thank you!
I dont know this man , we can only hope he will recover.
And if you want to know the truth on a forum , its impossible to tell. Then you have to meet him personally in Bangkok before you decide to give a donation.
" Believe only half of what you see..... and none of what you hear."Quote:
Originally Posted by loke
An old adage goes something like " If three people tell you that you are drunk, its time to lie down"
Another goes "where there's smoke there's fire"
You don't have to believe anything on the Internet but here one can do a little research and see for yourself
the history of certain posters, the reactions to them and at least get an idea of what is true.
You will find hundreds of postings unless they were all deleted when certain posters got banned.. :old:
I want everyone to know I feel bad today. Why, you ask? Well I read someone's post yesterday and it got me to thinking. It was a restless sleep and I awoke several times thinking about it. It was a post from kommentariat.
It got me to thinking. The post was about Timmberty and LMTU. Thread titled something like the Bitch Board is closing. It got me to thinking about LMTU and what this person was saying about me. I struggled with this all nite and awoke at 4am to start to compose this.Quote:
Originally Posted by kommentariat
How do I start to see how it applies to me and so many others?
LMTU never knew me. Never met me, never spoke to me, in fact never sent me an email. How was he to judge me!
Over the two years I have been the target of numerous posts that were down right nasty. His name for me was Boss Hogg. Really, really big fat man (ok, maybe that's true :-) ) and he made posts on his Bitch Board that hurt the bar like, "don't go there it is all full of ladyboys. Not a man amongst them". That can hurt a business especially when we had more men than ladyboys. All the time it was Boss Hogg this and Boss Hogg that; and the filthy lies he would post about this board, bar and me. How do I forgive him? I mean we are all going to die and some of us will die quicker than others. LMTU was so sick that he wrote about my sleep apnea, my dialysis, my weight and made this big prediction that I was to die in my sleep in 2014. I do hope it is peaceful, sure, and I do hope it will be in my sleep. Well I know it's not far away but I also hope it's not close, but to write a prediction of when I will die? Cruel and distasteful.
I am not cruel person although I can be when someone makes up lies and are two faced. Anyone would get angry. It's human nature. I don't wish this man to have cancer but I am a firm believer in karma. What you reap, is what you will sew. What comes around, goes around. I can't stop the karma for you because I don't have that power. If there is a God, there will be a judgement day for everyone. I just look on at all the people he made sick comments about, made ill with his really sick posts, and I know that karma has struck yet again.
No John, I cannot forgive you as you never met me. Never asked about how I was or my difficulties from dialysis and all. You never met me to see what kind of person I can be. Yes cruel, hard and sometimes unforgiving, but with a heart of gold if you try to see it. No, you knew nothing about me yet you crucified me.
If there is a God, I do hope he forgives you.