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On 3/7/2024 at 11:23 PM, tomgreen said:

So over time I have had 3 blood tests all at the same Thai hospital ( different doctors ) 

 

1. Blood test was on 12th December 2022       ( A ) 
2. Blood test was on 19th of September 2023  ( B ) 
3. Blood test was on 5th of March 2024           ( C ) 

 

The first blood test done on 12th December 2022 ( A ) showed that I had high numbers in several areas , so the hospital doctor prescribed 20 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day and made a new blood test appointment for the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) .

 

The second Blood test was done on the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) , and the results from that blood test showed that my previous high numbers had now come down , due to me taking 20 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day . On seeing the reduced numbers in that blood test the hospital doctor said to me that I could stop taking the Atorvastatin if I wanted to , so I made the decision to completely stop taking the Atorvastatin. The hospital doctor then made a new appointment for a blood test for 5th of March 2024 ( C ) 

 

The Third blood test was recently done on the 5th of March 2024 ( C ) and the test results showed that my numbers had gone way back up. On seeing those blood test results the doctor prescribed 40 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day . And a new blood test appointment was made for the coming 28th of May 2024 .

 

The blood test results are shown as screen shots – A / B / C .

 

So it seems that I may have made a mistake by accepting the hospital doctors choice to stop taking the Atorvastatin on the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) when in reality I should have just continued to take the 20 mg of Atorvastatin on a daily basis . 

 

During all the previous times I was taking the 20 mg of Atorvastatin I did not alter my diet or life style, but the doctor who looked at my recent blood test results on the 5th of March 2024 ( C )  did say that I should look at altering my diet .I’m 74 years old , Five feet Seven inches tall , my weight is 79.1 Kg , my blood pressure is 117 / 71 / 65 , a non smoker / non alcohol drinker . I am not really physically active . ( Lazy ) 

 

So looking back at my past blood test results , there could now be a possibility that I may have to take the prescribed drug Atorvastatin for the rest of my life . 

 

I’m now wondering if any one here has had a blood test done and the results showed a high level of LDL cholesterol , and if so did you rely on drugs to lower the high  LDL cholesterol number or a combination of diet + drugs .

 

Any advice , suggestions or recommendations very welcome. 

 

 

Thanks - Tom 

 

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Stop eating meat i did 43 years ago, but my dog loved it, and cut all dairy products it causes premature aging

On 3/8/2024 at 10:48 AM, webfact said:

 

A 62 year old Swiss national who physically assaulted a local Thai woman in a mall, chose to remain in custody despite an offer of bail from his former Thai spouse. The Trang Provincial Court had set his bail at 50,000 baht (US$1,406), which his ex-wife was willing to pay.

 

However, the Swiss man, Dieter Matthias Straumann, rejected her assistance and expressed a desire to stay in jail. He further showed resistance by refusing to liaise with the Swiss embassy or his family.

 

Yesterday, the Tourist Police reported this incident, stating that in the event of Straumann’s temporary release during prosecution, they have asked immigration authorities to prevent him from leaving Thailand.

The suspect has been uncooperative, refusing to respond to police questioning or sign any document recognising the charges against him. He faces serious allegations of causing severe physical injury and disobedience towards officials due to his lack of cooperation.

The local police obtained a court order for his 12-day detention on Wednesday.

 

Straumann is accused of assaulting Natchanan Khikkham, a 58 year old woman, at a Big C store in the Mueang district. The assault occurred when Khikkham asked Straumann to be polite, leading to him pushing her and repeatedly punching her. Khikkham sustained a broken nose, swollen eyes and back, and had difficulty breathing as a result of the attack.

 

Kritpong Khikkham, the victim’s son, expressed the family’s intention to pursue all possible legal avenues against Straumann. He stated that Straumann had pressed his knee onto his mother’s neck and punched her approximately 20 times, indicating that an attempted murder charge should also be considered. His mother’s medical condition would require four to six weeks of treatment, as per a doctor’s assessment.

 

Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul emphasised the need for strict law enforcement in this case, given that a citizen was subjected to maltreatment. He voiced his concern over Straumann’s presence in Thailand.

 

“We do not want such a person in Thailand because he poses a danger to society, and he already used violence and injured another.”

 

Anutin further raised the question of revoking Straumann’s visa, reported Bangkok Post.

 

In related news, the Immigration Bureau revoked the visa of a Swiss man involved in assaulting a female Thai doctor in Phuket. He faced legal action and public backlash, leading to visa cancellation.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo courtesy of Thairath

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-03-08

 

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What an idiot, lock him up n throw away the key, hopefully he will get his karma in the monkey house

14 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I am going back to Australia for a short while. I booked a budget car for a couple of weeks. The rental company wanted a $100 deposit, which I paid with an Australian debit card over the phone.

The day after the transaction, there were three fraudulent transactions on my account, all originating from Uber Eats, within a five minute time frame. About $250 all up, in AUD. Uber is known as Grab in Thailand.

I called my bank in Australia, and cancelled the debit card. The bank will have the fraudulent debits reversed. I imagine it will be asking Uber Eats some tough questions.

 

I have never used the Australian debit card in Thailand. It has also never been outside my condo apartment. The car rental company is the only transaction it has had in the six months since I returned from Australia.

 

I called the car rental company. I explained I considered there had been a breach of  cyber security, and I wanted to cancel the booking, and have my deposit returned, as I did not think their systems were secure.

 

The manager refused to return my deposit, even though I would not be picking up any vehicle for a couple of weeks yet. He claimed breaches of his firm's security were impossible.

 

In hindsight, someone who is either writing down, repeating, or having on speaker the details of a telephone card transaction, would be wide open to having the details recorded with photo or audio, by any customer or another employee.

 

Constructive suggestions on how to achieve a refund welcomed. To me, the manager is acting in bad faith.

 

 

 

you are not the bright to do it in first place go to atm for cash, happens all over the world and idiots want to close banks so they can steal more

18 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Throw all the books at him. What a vile deranged individual.

i highly recommend youth in asia

On 2/29/2024 at 7:16 AM, bob smith said:

So last night, as per, the rowdy Russian mob were sat in the common area past 9pm, all drinking vodka out the bottle laughing the night away, whilst their kids were screaming their heads off. The noise was unbearable, it was distracting me from reading my book.
 

so I decided to go for a little stroll.

 

i walked past them, eyeballed all of them and continued walking slowly.

one of their group actually smiled at me and tried to engage with me in Russian but I just gave him a blank, angry stare back.

 

to my amazement by the time I got back to my room they had dispersed.

i couldn’t hear a single peep from my balcony.

usually this unruly behavior goes on till about midnight, but not tonight..

 

i gave the impression of a man who has had enough,

Stewing in silent anger and possibly about to call the authorities.

 

perhaps they got the message.

 

sometimes silence, a stern face and eye to eye contact is the best remedy here.

 

bob.

Give em a break at least they had the brains to leave there country, probably have lots of dead buddies n relatives thanks to piggy sputum, ive seen plenty of falangs from all countries doing the same <deleted>, in my near 30 years here,now you will be looking over your shoulder

1 minute ago, 1sickpuppy said:

Maybe he has come back to repay all the families of the people who he had killed in the drug wars, but sadly he did not convict them, his lakkies did,and they got promoted for ending lifes, WDF gave them promotions, sad but true, and as usual nothing happens

Idiots abound

14 hours ago, webfact said:

 

DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be given further privileges even after he has been released on parole later this month, according to a former lawmaker.

 

Ex-Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Feb.8) posted on his Facebook page to say the authorities might probably allegedly look to sustain double-standard favours for the de facto Pheu Thai boss to the extent that no ankle bracelet be attached as otherwise enforced upon others on parole.

 

Thepthai was apparently referring to government officials dutifully taking care of the “sickly, untouchable” convict, ranging from those of the Corrections Department and Police Hospital to the Probation Department.

 

The billionaire, politically powerful Thaksin, speculated to be released on parole as soon as Feb.18, would likely return to his Chan Song  Lah residence without an ankle bracelet since he has been virtually treated as an “angel convict” by the authorities so far, Thepthai said.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and ex-Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong. Both photos: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-02-09

 

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Maybe he has come back to repay all the families of the people who he had killed in the drug wars, but sadly he did not convict them, his lakkies did,and they got promoted for ending lifes, WDF gave them promotions, sad but true, and as usual nothing happens

3 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

When I was working as a scuba dive leader, all us instructors HATED Russian customers. They wouldn't listen and would constantly break the rules.

Must be part Chinese ha ha

On 2/2/2024 at 4:48 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

There are some on this forum who believe it is the girl's fault for being so sexy at a young age... they believe that she knows what she is doing 

Another sick pommy ----ard

On 1/27/2024 at 8:43 AM, jacko45k said:

If guilty, lock them up here for a few years, won't be missed back home.

And they will need some asto glide or narm mun moo Ha Ha idiots abound, at least they will not ave to pay ha ha

I bought some for bosche, total garbage Chinese crap, do not last as long and 1 totally kaput, by the original ones is worth the extra cash

21 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

How much do you REALLY know about homeless and destitute prostitutes?

 

Are you able to feel empathy for these people.

 

And, have your read....

 

Of Human Bondage?

 

 

Maugham has always been one of my favorite authors, since my early youth.

 

And, no doubt, there must be some correlation between my reading of Maugham and my empathy for prostitutes.

 

Not all prostitutes, though.

 

I have had far more empathy for Asian prostitutes, particularly East Asian ones.

 

What about you?

 

Have you reached out to any?

Have you befriended any?

I have.

But not recently.

 

If you were to read ALL of Somerset Maugham, then you might learn something useful, is my thinking.

 

 

 

Donald trump ha ha

12 outta 10 great weather great food and beautiful people here

16 hours ago, Boatman37210 said:

I retired to Thailand 12 years ago on a retirement visa.  Never had a visit to my home by immigration during that time.  We just got a call from immigration saying they will visit on Thursday to confirm that I live at my reported address.  

 

I married a Thai lady 12 years ago and live in a house and on land that she owns.  She has gone with me for each extension of stay over the years.

 

Since I retired my income has almost tripled.  Maybe they are suspicious of that. 

 

Also, since the doing away of the income letter I have opted do income rather than money in bank.  The last two extensions I got angry because they did not know what they were doing and it was obvious.  Before you just handed them an income letter.  Now you have to confirm your income and reconcile your disbursing bank in the U.S. to your receiving bank in Thailand. They do not know how to do that.  Maybe this is their way of getting back for my anger the last two visits.

 

Anyone on retirement visa ever have immigration visit their home afte such a long period of time?

 

Thanks in advance.

Is normal, there just following orders from above , it happened to me years ago after over 15 years

18 hours ago, bob smith said:

and you've just gone down in mine!

 

Talk about swings and roundabouts eh... ???? 

Just another Dinosaur who was not elected, but is ok for drunken idiots to create road carnage, is a sad world, puppet

14 hours ago, Crossy said:

Recently my Chrome browser (3 different machines) has decided not to remember my Lazada username.

 

Password remembered OK once I've typed my email address.

 

Since I use a gmail address the "log in using Google" works ok, but it's still more clicks.

 

Lazada really, really want us to use their App. I really, really don't want too!

 

Just me??

Buy sticky password manager is cheap and last for life and updates often, ive used it for years and is safer then you only have to remember password for that

11 minutes ago, 1sickpuppy said:

only pussies carry knives in the first place, insecure people

Alcohol breeds idiotic violence, if they smoked weed they would not be fighting

14 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

In Thailand.

only pussies carry knives in the first place, insecure people

7 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Khun Boss - 15yrs statute of limitation for reckless driving causing death (of a police officer) and can/will walk free.

Khun Thaksin - 15yrs in exile for some dodging dealings.... no statute of limitation must do 8yrs in jail.

 

Yep country has it priorities in order !!

Sad but true -ukk-- in the head

On 8/24/2023 at 1:09 PM, ChipButty said:

I Love a woman in a uniform, 

i prefer them with uniform off

On 8/15/2023 at 1:42 AM, Hummin said:

Well, maybe science is wrong here to, or is it just another fabricated bull pie? More than 400 chemicals that plays in, and gives you a high is not toxic or making you addicted? Why most of the long term users I know never stop, even it impacts their daily lives like other substances that people use more than recrationally? 

 

Cannabis Dependence and Tolerance

Cannabinoids appear to affect the same reward systems as alcohol, cocaine and opioids (34).Evidence for cannabis dependence is now available from epidemiological studies (6, 8) of long-term users (58, 59), clinical populations (75, 77) and controlled experiments on withdrawal and tolerance (35, 36, 37, 38). Tolerance to cannabis can occur in relation to mood, psychomotor performance, sleep, arterial pressure, body temperature, and antiemetic properties. The critical elements of cannabis dependence include preoccupation with its use, compulsion to use and relapse or recurrent use of the substance (39). Over 50% of cannabis users appear to have ‘impaired control’ over their use (40).Symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, craving and disrupted sleep have been reported in 61-96% of cannabis users during abstinence (36, 41, 42, 43).

Psychiatric Conditions Associated with Cannabis Abuse

In addition to producing dependence, cannabis use is associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders (44).While there is a clear relationship between the use of cannabis and psychosis, different hypotheses for the same have been propounded. One such, which describes psychosis occurring exclusively with cannabis use has limited evidence. There is strong evidence that cannabis use may precipitate schizophrenia or exacerbate its symptoms. There is also reasonable evidence that cannabis use exacerbates the symptoms of psychosis (37).

Heavy cannabis(30-50mg oral and 8-30 mg smoked) use can specifically cause a mania-like psychosis and more generally act as a precipitant for manic relapse in bipolar patients (37, 44, 45). It is possible that cannabis exposure is a contributing factor that interacts with other known and unknown (genetic and environmental) factors culminating in psychiatric illness (46). It is noticed that in many developed countries, persons with severe mental disorders are more likely to use, abuse, and become dependent on psychoactive substances especially cannabis as compared to the general population (47, 48).The same phenomenon has not been established so far in India.

 

Read all 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570572/

another _diot im 62 smoked since 14 years old stopped for nearly 20 years before they legalized it here, i physological same as Ciggs i gave up overnight after 15 years ago ciggs . some people are just weak, maybe the long term ones did not want to stop is way better 4 you than alcohol, plus you do not want to fight anyone like drunken idiots

3 hours ago, stoner said:

only if you feel like a champ.

it is still disrespectful here, see many steroid head Falangs, that think they look good, fools everywhere, probably got sick of staring at themselves in a mirror

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

In a late afternoon press conference on Monday, August 21st, 2023, Thailand’s Caretaker Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwat Thanakamanusorn stated that his ministry is planning to seek a court order to shut down Facebook in Thailand for allegedly failing to take action on numerous scams, frauds, and fake ads created by users.

 

The Minister stated that the Digital Ministry has tried numerous times to work with Facebook on removing and taking action against scammers using its platform but claimed the company had not taken any meaningful action.

 

Chaiwat said there have been over 200,000 victims of fraud on Facebook from various ads, fake marketplace scams, and other fraud. This totalled over ten billion baht in financial damages to users affected. Chaiwat said complaints against users being scammed on Facebook to police were regular and that as Facebook was not taking action on their end, according to him, Thailand planned to seek a court order to legally shutter the service, joining countries like China and North Korea.

 

This is not the first time Thailand has threatened to ban Facebook, as a similar threat took place in May of 2017 by the then Military Junta led by Prayut Chan-O’-Cha. That threat was over website links providing incorrect “misinformation” according to the government that Thailand demanded to be removed.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/08/21/thailands-digital-minister-seeking-court-order-to-shut-down-facebook-in-thailand-over-fake-ads-and-scams/

 

-- The Pattaya News 2023-08-21

 

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Why does he not go after Lazada , is full of copy righted stuff

me think he want new shoes