suein56
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Post by suein56 on Aug 31, 2023 16:58:35 GMT 1
particularly when my husband was diagnosed in France with epilepsy a few years ago, and was put on anti-epilepsy medication. That was particularly wrong .. and upsetting for you, your husband and your family. In my view the problem in France (don't know about current UK situation) can be 'ancienneté' - Drs, nurses etc rising up the seniority and pay scales simply because they've been there a long time. My OH had a rubbish, bullying Cardiologue until we learnt to avoid him. Nurses, who are highly competent, skilled and caring leave the Hospital because they are overlooked in favour of others who are not so capable but who have been there 'forever'. My OH has benefitted from and enjoyed treatment by ex-Hosp nurses who have joined with others to work for themselves - 'profession libérale'.
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Post by Debra on Aug 31, 2023 17:00:39 GMT 1
That's a bit scary, gigi!
They seem to like prescribing lots of medication here.
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Post by houpla on Aug 31, 2023 21:57:55 GMT 1
It's not all wine and roses. When we moved here in 2007, £1 bought about 1.40 euros. In the months that followed, the pound went into free fall as it nose-dived to almost parity with the euro (think its lowest point was when it was worth 1.04 euros). The 25% drop in its value caused me to look hard at our finances as all but one of our pensions are paid in sterling. The £ is now trading at around 1.15 give or take. These UK pension increases are welcome of course - but are we, in France, still 'ahead of the game'? No, far from it. Nutty Probably not, but we're living in France You can't begin to put a price on that. It's the difference between those of us who came here for the love of the country and the people and those who came here because it was cheap.
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Post by houpla on Aug 31, 2023 22:07:43 GMT 1
That's a bit scary, gigi! They seem to like prescribing lots of medication here. They do. That's because (allegedly) each and every student doctor is in the pocket of one of the grand pharma Companies before they complete their studies. The kickbacks go a very long way to improving their incomes. I've been utterly disappointed to discover to which point diagnosis takes a back seat to the ever-ready prescription pad.
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Post by Debra on Aug 31, 2023 22:56:04 GMT 1
That's a bit scary, gigi! They seem to like prescribing lots of medication here. They do. That's because (allegedly) each and every student doctor is in the pocket of one of the grand pharma Companies before they complete their studies. The kickbacks go a very long way to improving their incomes. I've been utterly disappointed to discover to which point diagnosis takes a back seat to the ever-ready prescription pad. It's hard to question it though, isn't it? OK for myself, but for my mum, she has a long list of medication they prescribed her after she had an unexpected triple bypass. Been taking it for years now and doesn't seem to be improving and I can't help wonder if it's all the pills. Quite a lot seem to be for the same thing or to help counteract one of the other pills!
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Post by houpla on Aug 31, 2023 23:26:49 GMT 1
My Mum had a list of 8 daily pills to stabilise heart function and high blood pressure. Being an awkward old bat ( ) she picked and chose which ones she fancied on a day-to-day basis. When I queried the necessity of them all and pointed out to the GP that she was still very much alive, despite playing fast and loose with them, that list was reduced to just three meds. The classic example recently was being prescribed 2 lots of tablets for the same problem. Trotted off to pharmacy only to be told that one of them was unavailable, but it was no big deal because they did exactly the same thing!
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Post by Debra on Sept 1, 2023 0:42:14 GMT 1
My Mum had a list of 8 daily pills to stabilise heart function and high blood pressure. Being an awkward old bat ( ) she picked and chose which ones she fancied on a day-to-day basis. When I queried the necessity of them all and pointed out to the GP that she was still very much alive, despite playing fast and loose with them, that list was reduced to just three meds. The classic example recently was being prescribed 2 lots of tablets for the same problem. Trotted off to pharmacy only to be told that one of them was unavailable, but it was no big deal because they did exactly the same thing! That sounds like my mother except she keeps on taking them all! I keep telling her she needs to see another doctor. Nine on her list. What I don't understand is she wasn't on any medication before, never had a problem, went in with an allergy and they kept her in and did a bypass and also inserted some stents and now she's on all this medication when the bypass and stents should surely have solved the problem she was unaware of so why does she need all the medication?
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Sept 1, 2023 3:48:45 GMT 1
That's a bit scary, gigi! They seem to like prescribing lots of medication here. It is an industry.
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Post by tim17 on Sept 1, 2023 6:23:36 GMT 1
It's the difference between those of us who came here for the love of the country and the people and those who came here because it was cheap. I doubt there's many who only moved because it's cheap as apart from property and wine it isn't.
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Post by cernunnos on Sept 1, 2023 6:40:36 GMT 1
It's the difference between those of us who came here for the love of the country and the people and those who came here because it was cheap. I doubt there's many who only moved because it's cheap as apart from property and wine it isn't. Those two costs are the reason that many moved to our area, a lot never figured out why the property was so cheap until a few years after moving . but the wine made it better!
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Post by tim17 on Sept 1, 2023 7:15:13 GMT 1
I doubt there's many who only moved because it's cheap as apart from property and wine it isn't. Those two costs are the reason that many moved to our area, a lot never figured out why the property was so cheap until a few years after moving . but the wine made it better! We've seen many couples/families move over and buy a big old house with lots of land using the proceeds of a smaller but expensive house in the UK and then a few years down the track reality hits, the money's all gone and the big old house costs a lot to run and maintain. As for the wine, much of it is poor quality but getting pissed doesn't cost much!
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Post by Aardvark on Sept 1, 2023 9:36:40 GMT 1
Since we’ve been here, from 2014, I think our shopping bill is now approx 30% to 40% higher. I see you developed a taste for the wine. My OH is popping over to UK to visit friends & family for a few days. She was planning an itinerary for activities during the week and found the website of a restaurant a friend had suggested. Perusing the wine list they advertise a bottle of Italian red that we have just discovered here in Lidl that is very nice. The resto charges £17 for a bottle. We buy it here for just under €3! She won't be ordering it with her meal.
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Post by houpla on Sept 1, 2023 13:05:02 GMT 1
It's the difference between those of us who came here for the love of the country and the people and those who came here because it was cheap. I doubt there's many who only moved because it's cheap as apart from property and wine it isn't. It was quite a lot cheaper to live here back in 2007, especially having enough land and time to be self-sufficient in veg, fruit, eggs and poultry.
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Post by houpla on Sept 1, 2023 13:07:28 GMT 1
I see you developed a taste for the wine. My OH is popping over to UK to visit friends & family for a few days. She was planning an itinerary for activities during the week and found the website of a restaurant a friend had suggested. Perusing the wine list they advertise a bottle of Italian red that we have just discovered here in Lidl that is very nice. The resto charges £17 for a bottle. We buy it here for just under €3! She won't be ordering it with her meal. Be fair, though. French restos charge silly prices for wine...that's where they make their profit.
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Post by curtis on Sept 1, 2023 13:26:34 GMT 1
Agreed. When my sister visited last, we ate at a local restaurant. As it was my treat I chose a bottle of Sancerre which my sister likes; price.40€. Still I'd rather drink good wine. Some friends came for lunch recently and the husband thrust a bottle at me saying "a bottle of plonk". And it was. It certainly won't be drunk. He did me a favour the other day and I was tempted to give it back, disguised in a fancy carrier.
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