Plans for today (2024)

caseydog said:
Nope. Meals are added to your bill. Hospitals bill for EVERYTHING here, and they charge premium prices. A single bandaid will add five bucks to your bill. You are not allowed to bring your own meds in with you (although I sneak mine in). They have to provide them, and give them to you. One dose of one of your meds can cost anywhere from 5 bucks to 50 bucks, depending on what it is.

CD
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I understand you not being allowed to keep your own medications if you don‘t have a lockable locker or you’ll be incapacitated but not even being able to hand over your own meds seems ridiculous.

How can you sneak them in? Surely they know what you take so prescribe and administer them anyway?
 
Plans for today.
Wifes at work atm. Home lunch time. I'm sitting enjoying the air con.we have plans to visit the papanui working mens club. Pokies Is wife vise. We will have tea there. Wraps which I intended to do 10 days ago are on back burner AGAIN. Shes back at work end of the month so we need to squeeze a few things she likes to do. Day trips etc.

Russ
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I understand you not being allowed to keep your own medications if you don‘t have a lockable locker or you’ll be incapacitated but not even being able to hand over your own meds seems ridiculous.

How can you sneak them in? Surely they know what you take so prescribe and administer them anyway?
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Nope. They may know what I take, but I have my laptop/camera bag with me, with my macBook, chargers, and all my necessary meds. I've never been caught -- they don't search your stuff.

CD
 
Plans for today were (because today's already passed!) arrive at some ungodly hour (8.30am?) at my friend's Catering Company and supervise the cooks who were preparing 3 Indian vegetarian dishes, plus rice, plus chapattis, plus gulab jamun, plus Masala Chai, for an event tomorrow at 12m.
I'd already talked one of the cooks through how to make gulab jamun, and she came nkout with flying colours. They were great. we did the chickpeas first and they were fine. Then we made the potato&cauliflower curry (Aloo Ghobi) . The cauliflower was crappy, but that's what there was so, ok. After a few tweaks, they got it right. The third dish was Aviyal, which is basically some vegetables cooked with mustard seeds and fresh coconut. Problem was, the ingredients didn't arrive until after 1pm...Anyway.
They wanted to prepare the Masala Chai (for those who don't know, it's milky tea with spices like ginger, cinnamon, cardamom added) today. Not a hope in Hell, said I. The tea is made tomorrow, last thing, because if you make it today, it will be ghastly, horrible, bitter and undrinkable tomorrow.
Then, about 2pm, we got a call to say that the event was not at 12m, but at 6pm.
Oh well, there goes another Friday evening!
 
caseydog said:
Nope. Meals are added to your bill. Hospitals bill for EVERYTHING here, and they charge premium prices. A single bandaid will add five bucks to your bill. You are not allowed to bring your own meds in with you (although I sneak mine in). They have to provide them, and give them to you. One dose of one of your meds can cost anywhere from 5 bucks to 50 bucks, depending on what it is.

CD
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Yikes.

In Australia the meals are included, as are the snacks if they come round with catering.

Meds vary. Some stuff is not charged for, covered in the cost of the hospital stay (normal paracetamol for example), but others are charged for (e.g. osteoparacetamol ( 8hr time release, not available in the UK, but I gather is available in USA)) and some stuff they simply can't provide, so you have to bring in your own.

Dressings and the likes are all part and parcel of the operation and you'll get sent home with spare if you've still got one on at discharge.

The standard follow up surgeon and anaesthetist appointments are also covered in their normal fees, but if you need to see them additionally or request to see a passion specialist etc they'll bill you for that, but Medicare will cover some of the costs.

You'll also get sent home with additional medications if you weren't on them before hand and whilst they'll charge for those, they'll do the Medicare rebates for you at the same time.

What they do charge for, always, are blood tests, x-rays and/or additional scans even if they are part and parcel/necessary of/for the operation.
 
When home I need to take half ham out for Sunday night family tea . I have 2 but saving other for Easter.
Sunday night hot ham with glaze of bourbon maple syrup apricot sauce and honey grain mustard.
New potatoes from garden and daughter is doing pasta salad. First time we have seen them since xmas day.

Russ
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Yikes.

In Australia the meals are included, as are the snacks if they come round with catering.

Meds vary. Some stuff is not charged for, covered in the cost of the hospital stay (normal paracetamol for example), but others are charged for (e.g. osteoparacetamol ( 8hr time release, not available in the UK, but I gather is available in USA)) and some stuff they simply can't provide, so you have to bring in your own.

Dressings and the likes are all part and parcel of the operation and you'll get sent home with spare if you've still got one on at discharge.

The standard follow up surgeon and anaesthetist appointments are also covered in their normal fees, but if you need to see them additionally or request to see a passion specialist etc they'll bill you for that, but Medicare will cover some of the costs.

You'll also get sent home with additional medications if you weren't on them before hand and whilst they'll charge for those, they'll do the Medicare rebates for you at the same time.

What they do charge for, always, are blood tests, x-rays and/or additional scans even if they are part and parcel/necessary of/for the operation.
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Paracetamol has a different name here, acetaminophen. It is an over-the-counter pain reliever. Yes, hospitals bill you for it. One tablet probably costs more than a whole large bottle of it at the local pharmacy.

If you need a medication upon discharge, they will send a prescription to your pharmacy, and you pick it up there. What you pay depends on what insurance you have. My insurance plan is pretty good about prescription drugs, but I pay more for my insurance plan.

CD
 
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caseydog said:
Nope. They may know what I take, but I have my laptop/camera bag with me, with my macBook, chargers, and all my necessary meds. I've never been caught -- they don't search your stuff.

CD
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I'm still missing a piece.
So they know what you take but don't give it to you?
How?
You say no thankyou?
It doesn't make sense to me.
If a patients admitted one of the first things you do is make sure they will get their meds written up and administered when they're due.
 
Plans for today.

Take it easy because I've woken up aching like crazy?!
Shopping delivery will be here at lunchtime, it should bring some pretty stir fry veggies and some pre-made 'Thai rice noodles' so that's a nice easy lunch.
I also have some experimental kitchen bits n bobs coming for a cook ahead breakfast idea.
If it works out you'll hear about it, if it doesn't I'll pretend it never happened cos it's already a dodgy idea to start with 😂

One son will be home later on today as the other has a "link" coming over and wants his brother out of the flat so I'm going to buy some snacks and Guinness as I imagine he'll be grumpy as hell what with his little bro not only getting lucky but kicking him out of his place t'boot 😆
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I'm still missing a piece.
So they know what you take but don't give it to you?
How?
You say no thankyou?
It doesn't make sense to me.
If a patients admitted one of the first things you do is make sure they will get their meds written up and administered when they're due.
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If it is something like insulin for diabetes, I'm sure they do. But, none of my meds are critical to my survival. I have been able to get away with sneaking my own meds in without anyone being the wiser. 🤷‍♂️

CD
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
One son will be home later on today as the other has a "link" coming over and wants his brother out of the flat so I'm going to buy some snacks and Guinness as I imagine he'll be grumpy as hell what with his little bro not only getting lucky but kicking him out of his place t'boot 😆
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Something my mom would never have known about. :eek:

CD
 
caseydog said:
If it is something like insulin for diabetes, I'm sure they do. But, none of my meds are critical to my survival. I have been able to get away with sneaking my own meds in without anyone being the wiser. 🤷‍♂️

CD
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I still find it odd, either medication is needed on prescription or it's not, I'm not sure any medical professional here could admit someone to a hospital, take down their current medical history and medications then decide they're not important without it being a deliberate med review.

Other than painkillers taken as and when needed. That I can see being skipped.
 
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