CBD oil and other medicinal cannabis medications are now easily available anywhere in Australia via a Tele-health (telephone) consultation.
Things have changed radically in the past 12 months. It is now very simple.
I am being held up myself for similar Medical M products because of Xmas and the covid delivery hitches - but it should not take more than a couple of weeks to get approved, prescribed and dispensed, normally. Then delivered to your door regularly, reliably and speedily by Australia Post on an ongoing basis. The range and quality of CBD and THC medicinal products is excellent these days. Not unaffordable, and the prices are dropping steadily. (eg, highest qual flower products are now a little cheaper than street weed)
PM me if you want a quick walk thru.

I don't agree that the Au medical system is shit. (at all) But yeah, there are now long-ish delays for non-critical surgery because of Covid.
I am on the public waiting list for two "non-critical" (but crucial) operations myself.
It's a bitch, it's why i m not back in Cambodia right now but c'est la vie. I want to be fully patched up before i return back home.

Ps, Surgeons in Australia cannot just refuse to operate - they must have valid health reason. Especially in the public hospitals. It is the sworn responsibility of your GP to find you specialist care - and to advocate for you. You can insist on it.
If you cannot find a doctor or a surgeon to treat you in Australia - it is probably for good reason, and it would be very risky to try to get that procedure done anywhere in SEA. imo.

I admire you determination to travel and work overseas.
and understand your frustrations at us lot here. best wishes.

Sirhaden1 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:22 pm
Phnompenh hospital is Bangkok hospital, so that might not be so bad.

Yes, the Royal Phnom Penh is part of the Bangkok Hospital group (as in Bumrungrad now).
They do have some good doctors, I can vouch for the Thai uroologist and the Burmese obs/gyne surgeons, and a Thai radiologist.
I would not be happy to just accept anyone there without a solid prior recco, however.
Also, if you don't have insurance coverage, the Royal can be super expensive.

OP have you looked into India? Lots of people are going there now for excellent health treatments.

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 3:36 am CBD oil and other medicinal cannabis medications are now easily available anywhere in Australia via a Tele-health (telephone) consultation.
Things have changed radically in the past 12 months. It is now very simple.
PM me if you want a quick walk thru.

I don't agree that the Au medical system is shit. (at all) But yeah, there are now long-ish delays for non-critical surgery because of Covid.
I am on the public waiting list for two "non-critical" (but crucial) operations myself.

Ps, Surgeons in Australia cannot just refuse to operate - they must have valid health reason. Especially in the public hospitals. It is the sworn responsibility of your GP to find you specialist care - and to advocate for you. You can insist on it.
If you cannot find a doctor or a surgeon to treat you in Australia - it is probably for good reason, and it would be very risky to try to get that procedure done anywhere in SEA. imo.

Hey there.

I'm not trying to be a smartass, but I've got some news that may surprise you. MM is not available everywhere. In my OP I mentioned that I was in a rural area, so I've got to travel 200ks to get the WuFlu booster as it's not yet available here, and within the last 4 weeks MM was suggested by the Methadone doc in this area, but while it may be a decent alternative, MM also isn't available here yet. I need to see the methadone doc because no other doctors will touch opiates now.

We must agree to disagree because I've been royally bent over and anally raped by the Australian medical system. Surgeons, like GPs in Australia are private businesses so they're afforded every right you or I can expect in business. One of those rights is the "refusal of service" entitlement, without supplying a reason. I was given a reason, however, and that was because it's not a standard procedure. They told me to go back to my GP and get pain meds. It didn't matter that I was seeing the orthopeades because the pain meds I had wouldn't be increased (granted, I'm already on quite a bit) and didn't help. I saw the top two orthopeades in the area, and they just bent me over and took their turn. Australian Medicare is only good in an emergency situation, for ongoing care through the public system, bring your own lube.

Australian GPs today take a revised oath to provide a "Duty of Care," but that only extends to things like ensuring you have another GP to go to if something happens to the GP you were previously with. If you can't find another GP, the actual medical centre or surgery must provide ongoing care until you do. That's limit of their responsibilities, other than that, if something becomes a hassle, for example, their opinion is all powerful. If they say further care is not required, tough. That's it, the end. They're absolute garbage, and they will only write referrals and supply basic scripts, anything more and it's off to a specialist where Medicare returns, what, 25%? I've been tossed around the AU medical system for 30 years, and the problem is that nobody has the balls to take responsibility, they just palm you off onto someone else. Medicare and public health can kiss my ass!

I've been trying to get help with my foot for ages, and there's nobody one can turn to. Medicare doesn't want to know, the NSW Ministry of Health doesn't want to know, public hospitals will only provide acute care in an emergency situation, and won't help further without a specialist booking a procedure. The only surgeons employed by hospitals, public or private, are shitty interns and registrars, and any specialist surgeons are either hospital management or private entities. The local member, the State member, and the Federal member couldn't give a shit either...so, where does one go from there? I've written to them all, about several issues. The best they can do is suggest I contact the other. Trust me, if you're not presenting for routine procedures, you're going to get reamed.

Thanks for your reply. A little compassion never goes astray. Working while away is only an afterthought. It all depends on the position and if I start to get bored. I'll never again teach little brats in an after school academy, so I'll just wait and see what's available. I'd only spend 3 months with them before, and that was enough. The rest of my time was spent as a uni lecturer with half of the hours and double the pay. Maybe it was just Korea because youngens there are treated like gods by there parents, and get away with everything. For privates, teaching adults is the idea because they pay for classes themselves and don't screw around. Money is money, I guess, but there's no need to get destroyed by 5-year-olds all day if you're not desperate or unless you receive some kind of bizarre pleasure from it.

So far you guys have been great. I'd really like to know what anyone has been paying for Oxy, but if nobody has any experience with it, what can I do...

armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:48 am
Yes, the Royal Phnom Penh is part of the Bangkok Hospital group (as in Bumrungrad now).
They do have some good doctors, I can vouch for the Thai uroologist and the Burmese obs/gyne surgeons, and a Thai radiologist.
I would not be happy to just accept anyone there without a solid prior recco, however.
Also, if you don't have insurance coverage, the Royal can be super expensive.

A second opinion is always valuable, especially in Cambodia, thanks.
I received most of my damage when I was 20, and insurance hasn't been interested in me since. Are you able to give me an example of their prices, for, say, a consultation?
As long as it's not too far north of $50 US, it'll be a monthly thing and therefore affordable. Hell, even if it's $100+, if it means flying or not, it's nothing. I'll send them an email and see what they've got to say for themselves. Do they have a pharmacy onsite or is that my problem? I guess the email will answer that, too. I'll most likely forget about any surgery, but I'd be interested to know their opinion on Oxy.

kgbagent wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:10 pm OP have you looked into India? Lots of people are going there now for excellent health treatments.

Well, I have a little, actually. It wouldn't be my first choice, but it's cheap enough and it appears as though meds are also available and affordable.
I noticed there were a lot of articles online about the FDA and the Indian government working together in 2019/20 to clean up pharmaceutical opiates. Do you know if they're still easy to access or is your suggestion just based on advertising for medical tourism? I guess I'll be sending off even more emails.

Cheers

Sirhaden1 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:22 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:05 pm You are seriously thinking of coming to Cambodia for a surgical procedure ? Did you know that people living in Cambodia (including Cambodians) go elsewhere for operations if they have the choice , Thailand or Singapore mainly.

I second what SA said. There is no way I would CHOOSE Cambodia, (or Laos or Myanmar), to have a non-emergency operation. You seem concentrated on getting your preferred medicine, but why not get operated on in a country with modern health standards, and THEN run off to SEA to get your drugs ? Or try Thailand. Check out the Thai expat forums, or PR will fill you in.

Sincerely. I have experienced hospital stays in Cambodia and China. Not by choice, and I do not recommend either.

Phnompenh hospital is Bangkok hospital, so that might not be so bad.

Double the price of Bangkok hospital though...

I come from the UK and operation cost's are free on the national health service, with our NI contribution. But we do have a small prescription charge on per item of medicines. I can understand you getting frustrated when you can't get something done, but what about, like us the option of private health care, we're in our case, we have to pay for that private service.
Again I think if undertaking a operation in this country without a choice of other options is an absolutely crazy thought, and I would say too if you made the choice in your own mind to do so, I would have thought about you being that of a heavy drug user that has no clearer thought on his own condition. In my past and ongoing visits too doctors with my partners problems, gives thet true meaning of the expression of wonder.
But it is the individuals choice, and the amount of drugs they are taking to think of such a venture into the unknown twilight zone. Also if you take the option I wish you the best of luck and a speedy recovery.

wylde wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 2:51 pm

Oxycontin -
30mg x 112
20mg x 56

Endone -
5mg x 56

Trulicity diabetes weekly injection -



Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

In Cambodia you can get loads of prescription medication over the counter, but for some reason certain meds are very hard to obtain.

Guess what... OXY is one of them.

If you need it on a daily basis don't count on obtaining it here easily. And surgery.... Run baby, run. Anything other than life saving surgery is done abroad for most sensible people. Although here in the province they will remove your appendix for 125$. My neighbor (Khmer) had it done and he survived.

Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:35 pm

Sirhaden1 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:22 pm Phnompenh hospital is Bangkok hospital, so that might not be so bad.

Double the price of Bangkok hospital though...

I don't quite understand.
Your man said PP hospital is Bangkok hospital, so what exactly is double the price of Bangkok hospital?