Just got out of the hospital
 

Glad you're feeling better. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

Funny thing about the hospital. An aircon private room costs $16/day. At the Garden Cafe they have aircon rooms $20/day and no pretty nurses check on you. Ah... now I know what the "illness" was... think I may be catching a bit of that myself... *cough*

I think my room is still available and from what I gathered so is the very best looking nurse. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/naughty.gif

Another funny thing. Just as we're finished settleing our accounts and I'm just so ready to leave my room, IV unplugged all packed, Dolores runs in breathless and all excited Cesar Montano is coming!!! Well at first I figured somebody got lucky with the pretty nurse but quickly remembered that this is the Philippines it couldn't be. So I asked, who's that? "He a big TV star, and we love him because he's from Bohol!" Then she grabs her cell phone/camera and runs out the door leaving me holding the bag and knowing I'm doomed to stay a while longer. So I lay down and waited. Before long I hear in the hallway the kind of ruckus the Beatles might be expected to cause, girls going nuts. So curious, I checked it out. Well along comes this fella mobbed by girls shaking hands and saying hi to the sick, pretty cool, this guy gives a crap. So he walked up and I gave him my best Theben "Howya dooin" and we chatted for a minute, asked me how I was doing in a fashion more civilized by far, and was generally very friendly and concerned. I gotta watch Philippine TV now and see him there. Dolores has a pic with him and she took one of us chatting.

Eventually he left, and at long last so did we, one heart throb later. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif

Originally posted by Lancer
Funny thing about the hospital. An aircon private room costs $16/day. At the Garden Cafe they have aircon rooms $20/day and no pretty nurses check on you. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif You can't have everything for 20 bucks per day http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

Bebro, for $20 you can get enough though. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

"Hospital-a-Go-Go." http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif I wish! Though that might have sapped my remaining strength and killed me.http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/faint.gif

My Philippine family half carried me out of my house, I'm pretty sure I didn't have the strength to spare for "Go-Go". Nice way to go tho...http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by Lancer
They have excellent medical staff, even aware of what Addisons is. Many doctors in the US could not claim the same. They are poor there, the nurses are only paid 2 weeks out of the month and the rest is voluntary if they want to help out. I had one friendly fellow stop by to chat just to practice his english, his test is coming up. He's planning on working in the US and they are very strict. Overall a very pleasant experience except for not feeling well. Only set me back $60. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif Glad to hear that you're OK. Is this a private hospital? Run by a religious organization? State organization?

Lancer --
I like your sigs. They're oxymoronic. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/nod.gif
BTW: Did it ever occur to you that all those women were just pretending to be interested in Caesar Montana, just so they could get close to you? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/naughty.gif

Maybe it was just a brief flu or something that passes for such in a tropical climate...

Cool story about meeting Montano! Something to hang on your wall in your office in Manila, no doubt! http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Lancer, did you say you had Addison's Disease?

Lancer http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif
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Originally posted by Lancer

Cesar isn't a teen heartthrob as much as an action hero. He's made films in the US Dolores tells me but I had never heard of him. I wonder if he needs a new villian to battle in his next action feature. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo.../eageranim.gif

Did you use up your "Get out of hospital free" card? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif

Originally posted by LordShiva
Did you use up your "Get out of hospital free" card? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif No, it cost him $60.
That's 2 months' salary in the Philippines.
Or lunch for two in Los Angeles. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/frownnod.gif

DrS, I've had addisons for over 10 years now. It was originally diagnosed in a hospital in Oregon. Thanks for your observations however. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Thanks all for your kind words. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

I had my retroperitoneum shot off in the war. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif

Originally posted by Lancer
I had my retroperitoneum shot off in the war. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif Fess up. You lost your retroperitoneum in a crap game.

It's probably been bronzed and is now sitting on someone's mantlepiece. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/nod.gif