Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZOP-uAt2s )
Good morning, everyone. It's so nice to be back home and be able to see the sun rise again. After almost a week of just sun sets, I was really starting to miss it!
And even better to have a genuine POT of good tea to drink. Although I brought my own tea with me, the resort didn't have any large teapots! I had to brew a cup at a time. Too much work when on vacation! (I think I'm spoiled!)
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Stitch, how affordable are those medicines for the local population? There is affordable for expats and affordable for the local population. It could also be that the locals simply don't turn to medicine the way we do and so they don't bother using it.
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No, medicines here are cheaper than dirt. A full 10-day course of 500mg Amoxicillin cost less than a single ordinary Thai meal if bought at a local pharmacy. (Remember that a good Thai meal here costs a dollar or two...) I pay
less than a half a penny a tablet for cetirizine (Zyrtec) generics. How much are they at Target or Walmart? When my father was alive, I used to send him his meds each month. Here, they cost $12 US. In Florida, even with his insurance co-paying, it was costing him $125 a month... Over the span of 8 years of doing that, the savings were considerable.
Hospitals sell them for twice the price (or more!) but only newly arrived expats purchase them that way thinking they are getting 'better quality.' Fact is, Thai medicines are quality-controlled to the same standards as US drugs, and many western pharmaceutical companies have their production facilities here and in Malaysia, India, and Sri Lanka. LOL! I have a feeling that if many Americans knew that their meds were being made in Third World countries they would never get well just because of the reverse placebo effect!
One more cup of tea, the it's off to start my day! Gonna go looking at a new motor scooter today... I liked the one we rented on Koh Chang. Much more comfortable and lots of power to get up the steep, steep hills. (Some of those hills on the island I'd be afraid to ski down!)
Stitchawl