Travelling & Living in Another Country

Kia Ora and Hello all. :)

So I was recently offered/asked by a friend of mine to be a travelling companion/bodyguard in a move over to Japan to live and find work. Now this may not happen for a couple of years yet but i'm excited and really want to take the opportunity, especially as I love Japanese culture and its something very few of us actually achieve or only go on a holiday basis.

Now I know there are quite a few people on here that are expats or have lived in another country before with a pacemaker, so I was wanting to know how you guys got on being away from home turf with a pacer on a permenant basis?

Did you follow any special guidelines, did you take out travel insurance, did you do anything different or just general comments or even stories would be great! I just want to know what its like for someone like me (with a PM, that is) living in a new land.

Thanks guys and ladies. :)

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I Live On Adrenlin Highs

by AngrySparrow1 - 2016-06-02 12:06:41

I must admit I am a adrenaline junkie, slowed down with the years. Tricky part is I am still alive, all my cohorts are cold and gone. I am still here which means I am a careful adrenalin junkie with a angle on my shoulder (if you believe in such things).

Anyway I travel outside of my birth country, spend half my time in a country I was not born in. I extended my education so I could live and work in countries that interested me. I love being immersed in new to me cultures and learning how other people view the world. Really very humbling.

Because of my condition I am unable to purchase decent travel insurance. Not good by any means, just a fact of life. I purchase basic coverage (only stuff I can buy) it would get me back to my home (Air Freight), pay someone to either come get me or at least travel with me. Emergency care, which would probably consist of - put a bandaid on me and ship me off!

Many countries have excellent medical care, top rate and the price of care is reasonable by North American Standards. Many people go off shore for medical treatment of all kinds.

Learn some of the language and customs, keep a very open mind, you will learn lots of things.

There are lots of treatment facilities in the U.S.A. I would be afraid to use. When the American Health Care System is compared to other developed countries we tend to come up short.

I love to travel and I am going to do all the exploration I am able. So what if I become ill in Lao compared to having the same thing happen in some place I am familiar with?

For me I just hope I go real quick the next time and no one interferes.

None of us know what is going to happen in the next instant, we just keep going along with our life, wherever that takes us. Fear of travel is a bummer.

My Father-In-Law, was a sedmentary old geezer, just read his Wall Street Journal and complained about people. He came 3,000 miles to visit us. His doctor thought he would never survive the trip. Well, bless the old codger, he not only survived, his heart function was significantly improved. His pacemaker was pacing him about half of what it was before his expedition. The In-Laws had a great visit, I managed not to have a nervous break down. By the way the In-Laws were in their middle 40's when their only child was born.

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