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  1. That does seem a very good price but it does depend on your pre-existing conditions. I'll certainly look at mondassur before I buy insurance later this year. We go to NZ each year. We too have a couple of pre-exisitng conditions each and paid about £300 between us last year. I've found that Global and Staysure are similar prices but staysure is easier to sort out. I can always discuss with you Mogs but you'll need to sort out and get peace of mind soonest. I've no experience claiming so can't add anything on that score (fingers crossed).
  2. Here's a link to that particular tv on Leclerc's multimedia. Don't know if this helps...http://multimedia.e-leclerc.com/univers+multimedia/catalogue/produit/t%C3%A9l%C3%A9viseur-led-32-81-cm,29215/
  3. Magoo - Why don't you pm the original poster since they have found an English speaking Doctor in Nerac.
  4. It just says renouveler 2 fois. This indicates 3 months and that is not normally a problem. We just routinely go every 3 months to the Dr and she takes blood pressure and gives a new prescription. Her illness is an unusal situation as there is no locum and immense pressure on the only other Dr who is due to retire in a couple of months. Meds are cholesterol inhibitor for both myself and oh and Rabeprazole for me and BP pills for him. We'll talk to the pharmacist and if needed we'll just have to visit any other Dr.....Thanks all.
  5. It just says renouveler 2 fois. This indicates 3 months and that is not normally a problem. We just routinely go every 3 months to the Dr and she takes blood pressure and gives a new prescription. Her illness is an unusal situation as there is no locum and immense pressure on the only other Dr who is due to retire in a couple of months. Meds are cholesterol inhibitor for both myself and oh and Rabeprazole for me and BP pills for him. We'll talk to the pharmacist and if needed we'll just have to visit any other Dr.....Thanks all.
  6. Thanks all. I'm not too hopeful as we've already had our one month extra. However there's nothing lost from asking the pharmacist as he probably knows that our Doctor went sick early March and will not return to work until 9 May at earliest.
  7. A fairly straightforward question. A little background though. OH and I have routine 3 monthly prescriptions which stretch back some time. Our Doctor, a lovely spanish lady, was taken ill in March and the sign on the surgery door suggests that she'll not be back before 9 May. We've already taken advantage of the one month in advance which the pharmacist can let you have. My question is - if we were to ask the pharmacist for our routine 3 monthly prescription would he be allowed to do it? I don't want to embarrass him by asking if he's not allowed and we don't particularly want to queue for what would be hours with the only other Doctor available locally. Does anyone have a definitive answer to this please?
  8. Personally I have no idea. However the website below seems to take a step by step approach to it. Have a look. http://www.ehow.com/how_8460619_open-png-files.html
  9. There's also the possibility of UK state pensions being frozen as they are for UK residents in other countries where there are no reciprocal arrangements eg. Australia. You'd get the state pension but it would not be incremented annually.
  10. Could the UK stop paying for the healthcare of S1 holders almost immediately?
  11. We, too, have our Nationwide credit cards sent to France with no problem.
  12. So sad to hear of this veteran broadcaster's death - came across as a real good guy. Anyone living in the proximity of Auch in the Gers may have come across him.
  13. Thanks idun - that article makes welcome reading. I can have a small piece of cheese for breakfast from time to time and guilt free...In Sept blood tests revealed slightly elevated cholesterol levels and a normal Vitamin D. Following a rough time re joint/muscle pains with statin a further test was carried out in December. Cholesterol remained the same but Vitamin D dipped well into deficiency (19 for those who understand the figures). Result was doctor abandoned the statin and put me on another med known as cholesterol absorbtion inhibitor - seems milder than statins. Also had a one large does of Vitamin D and feel better for it!
  14. I go to our local Carrefour contact (mini-supermarket) and, now and again, buy some "Seriously strong Cheddar" .The size is 200 grams and whilst I can't remember the exact price it's certainly not expensive and satisfies my "cheese urge". Taking cholesterol medication |I shouldn't each much anyway! Every other day I might eat 20 grams....
  15. Following an operation I had daily visits from the nurse and I received a bill from them on their last visit. Apparently it is their practise here to suggest writing a cheque dated 2 weeks in advance so that the reimbursement by the mutuelle should be settled before the cheque is presented.
  16. Merry Christmas and Best wishes for 2016 to all forum members. Take great care if you're travelling.
  17. I travel between Liverpool and Bergerac and the whole range of flights between March and October are showing. I imagine that those for Bristol, therefore, are complete.
  18. We left Newhaven on Sunday night. While waiting to board the ferry we noticed that thorough searches were being made on vehicles coming in from Dieppe. For us going to Dieppe there was the occasional cursory car check. When we arrived in Dieppe we were prepared for more stringent checks but all there appeared to be was one gendarme with a torch walking along the line of vehicles and shining it in through the occasional car window. Passport checks remained the same.
  19. Great news. Hopefully all aspects will progress well gradually. Keep cheerful and positive and that also will help. Best wishes to Mrs G also who has gone through this with you.
  20. We had a lightning strike a couple of years ago which took out our central heating boiler (gas, plugged into mains) and also our TV. We were at home at the time, though we, too, spend time each year in New Zealand. We have since installed protectors for expensive equipment, just for peace of mind!. While it'll not "start" your freezers again, it might protect them from death!
  21. Hopefully NZ to win. We go off on our annual visit to daughter living in NZ the day after the final. As we only see her for a few weeks each year I'm really excited, as you can imagine. It really is a wonderful country! The people are so so friendly...
  22. Depends upon your impression of remote. Nerac is self-contained and has all the necessary commerces, including a hospital. Also, it is only about 26 kilometres from Agen the county town. There is a bus service linking the two. Whilst not buzzing with heavy traffic I would not in any way call it remote....
  23. I can tell you that there is a Mauritian fluent English speaking doctor in Tonneins (about 20kms from Nerac) whom we used for some time. I cannot particularly recommend him though. If you put the english speaking ahead of his ability as a Doctor then fine, but otherwise I'd stick to the French. We left this one to go to a Spanish lady Doctor who speaks no english at all. I still have more confidence in her.
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