Triple FFF was closed so we had breakfast in the UN Irish Pub. It was sufficient, nothing spectacular. Then we headed for the Chiang Mai Ram Hospital (pronounced ‘Lam’) as my leg was still suffering from the run-in with the wooden spinning top at the Hilltribes games. The bump had not reduced and the swelling and bruising was still continuing along my leg and foot.
The hospital experience was unbelieveable. In the space of just 50 minutes I registered as a new patient, got my ID, was seen by the pre-check nurse, had an initial consult with the doctor, had an x-ray and surgery on the wound to open it and remove the infected haematoma, got my drugs and paid the huge sum of $57. In the US first I would never have been seen immediately unless it was in the Emergency, where I would have waited for probably 2 hours before being even acknowledged as present. And it would have cost my health insurance company probably close to $1,000 for the whole process.
The doctor gave me a local anaesthetic around the wound, Jeff came in to hold my hand. The doctor opened the wound with a scalpel and remove the debris inside, then proceeded to squeeze it to get the last infection out. Now that part I felt. Afterwards they dressed the wound. I was on anti-biotics for a week and had to change the wound dressing every day. The next day it felt so much better it was unbelievable. I had gone so long not having something done about it I'd got used to the discomfort, now it was going to get better.
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