Thank you! Big post coming tomorrow, everyone thank Christian for helping me carry on here. 1 credit card and 1 coffee credited to date is sad and in no way it reflects the high quality of my content, which it is the only thing in my life I am not happy about.

Way behind on Instagram posts, sorry everyone.

Oh, brain MRI tonight because I bombed the balancing tests very badly.

Success!

Feel free to use my comment as you see fit! Just make sure I get a cut of all the credit card revenue it generates. 😉

Not sure the @ to Carl ended up way at the bottom lol.

@ Dimitri: Every time I type this name you know I smile. I would not have any reservation on surgeries in Thailand. I just spent the whole day at Bumrungrad Hospital, so many foreigners coming here. And they are coming for a reason. Turkey? Only for hair transplant procedures!

@ DML: My links are always good. And the readership, subscribers and $ clicks always decline, I don’t get it but it is what it is.

@ Nick: oh yeah those CSP references from the old days, lol. Your other comment is so good I may feature in a body of the next blog post. With your permission of course and if space allows. I think you nailed it.

All day full checkup today. Biological age 9 years younger #winning. But nothing clearer on the peripheral neuropathy front, no cause can be determined, therefore “idiopathic”. And the stress reduction recommendations is now featured more prominently indeed….as it affects nerves and sleep (nothing like waking up at 3 am every Friday morning to finish the weekly Friday post).

All that for 1 credit card sale per month and impacting the neuropathy symptoms….so something has to give here you guys.

@ Carl: Oh yeah, Bangkok energy is like no other. And I was never a city guy! Focus on health first, travel second.

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“Take care of your health and make arrangements.”

YES! My parents finally relented and gave us financial POA last year but they have been dragged kicking and screaming into reality. Things would have been (and would still be) so much easier if they had put some thought into their inevitable reality. All of you reading this will get old, decline, and eventually die so please prepare.

“Elderly care in our age is a massive problem.”

I’ve had two coworkers retire in the past few months in part so that they could take care of elderly family members. I’ve noticed Latin American seniors are a little more chill and reasonable about dealing with aging. Here’s my rough stereotype of how Nicaraguan parents respond vs how Americans respond when their kids tell them they’re too old to live on their own:

Nicaragua: Okay, sure.
USA: NOOOOOO I VALUE MY INDEPENDENCE TOO MUCH NOOOOOOO.

The independence-valuers cause more problems for their loved ones by either refusing to live with them or by refusing to move to an assisted living / retirement community. So please don’t be like that when your time comes. Past a certain age nobody is independent.