Even though most injuries from last month's motorcycle accident have healed almost completely, I did have a rock embedded in my left hand.
In recent days it started to cause severe pain. I attempted home surgery to remove the stone. I was unsuccessful and decided it was time for a visit to the hospital. The stone turned out to be a quarter inch triangle. The surgery was performed at the Raksakol private hospital at a cost of 6,000 baht.
After the surgery, the pain in my hand was quite a bit less than with the rock embedded in my hand. I can stash the pain medicine for some other pain in the future.
Compared to US prices, the surgery was quite inexpensive, yet local hospital prices have gone up.
Nine years ago I paid 6,000 baht for a CT scan when I fell on my head in my living room. Last week I had a CT scan to confirm the results of the artery surgery done six months ago. This time the scan cost 18,000 baht. The recent scan confirmed that everything is back to normal.
