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I know I could go to my heart guy but I suspect a holistic view (lots of questions, tests, different body sysmtoms) will yield more for me. I’ll arrive with all my clinic-done tests. I will go my heart guy later. I’ve had new symptoms lately, not heart related, I think, and want to ease my mind with a more complete approach. Cheers.

I’ve done this 3 times, at least, over 18 years, at Soi 5 Jomtien. All done within 30-60 minutes. No charge.

I’ve just ordered two boxes of Rivalox (Rivaroxaban) 20 mg, Indian generic, at 1,890 baht each. If I tolerate them well I’ll buy lots more. What is the procedure for stopping Warfarin and starting Rivaroxaban? Start the day after my last Warfarin dose or wait one or two days? Thanks all.

I hope Sheryl comes across my post. Her advice is always appropriate and very helpful. We are lucky to have her advising us.

What is the procedure for going from Warfarin to this new-to-me drug?

I’ve been taking Warfarin since I was diagnosed with AFIB in 2008. It deals with the possibility of stroke by reducing blood coagulation though one must be careful to maintain INR readings in the 2.0-3.0 range. My right arm, wrist to elbow, is blotchy from poor recovery from knocks to the forearm. Doctors look at my arm and ask ‘Warfarin?’. My Thai heart doctor says that stopping Warfarin and replacing it with RIVANOXABAM 20 mg taken daily would be suitable. I wouldn’t have to get INR tests and forbidden/cautioned foods such as leafy green vegetables, cranberries and lots more could be eaten. Future arm knocks wouldn’t be a lasting problem. The new drug is expensive though. Pattaya Tai Fascino quoted me 2,430 baht for a month’s supply (I didn’t note the brand); there would be a reduction when paying as I’m a card carrying customer. My Bangkok druggist said that the price for Xarelto 20 mg price is 3,600 baht. I don’t know if Xarelto is a Thai generic or original. She also found a made-in-India generic for 1,890 baht. I gather, perhaps mistakenly, that generics from Thailand or India are fine. What do you think? What suggestions do you have for me? Thanks.

Hi Joebuzzz, before, while I could not connect to the external display, for some reason my laptop rebooted (without my assistance). After that reboot both the laptop and Dell monitor were on and working well. Since then I haven’t had issues. Thanks.

What an exhausting weekend. My laptop just rebooted (don’t kniw why) and both laptop and Dell were working. not looking for trouble but maybe the under warrantee laptop needs looking at. I’ve been have issues with my qbittorrent. An example, twice the default directories were not seen and were identified as ‘1’.

Following Red Phoenix’s suggestion, I unplugged the hdmi cable from the laptop. The Dell displayed a message that no hdmi cable was connected. When I plugged it in again, the Dell told me there was no hdmi signal. BTW, the gold tip hdmi cable, came with the monitor.

Thanks In the Jungle. Unfortunately the Dell download site displays ‘This service is temporarily not available’. I will keep trying every few days.

Maybe bad news for me. My laptop is a Win 11 Acer about 6 months old, working ok. The Dell monitor is 4-7 years old. Until a few weeks ago everything worked well though I wasn’t using the Acer much. Now that I need to use it a lot I find that on Dell turn on I get a message saying no hdmi signal and it goes into all black power saving mode. I’ve given myself a few shocks when touching the cord’s hdmi-Dell end. Both laptop and monitor were bought at J.I.B. Tukcom. How should I approach this issue? Thanks in advance.

While he was doing the cataract surgery on one eye he noticed I was about to have a detached retina, so he fixed that. Thank you, doctor. At Rutnin.

Khun Sirineou, wow. That article was clearly written, I almost followed it, haha. I’m not sure what the valve issue is exactly. I will print it out and encourage her to show it to whatever doctor she ends up seeing. If I was the patient I would follow your advice. Thanks and good health to us all.

Thanks Sheryl

Thank you CharlieH and thanks to Sheryl for the reply. I must admit I regret that particular doctor names were not suggested. It will make it more difficult for me to sell the right course of action. I will try my best. Cheers, Alan

Perhaps he could pay the fine with a cheque but from an account with zero baht. The new regs, or regs to be, will make his iffy banking legal.

My sister-in-law has a heart valve problem. She has fallen several times because of the issue. She lives in Pattaya and sees a doctor on Soi 4 (I don’t know the doctor’s name). It would be best for her to see an excellent doctor in the field in Phitsanulok, 20 kms from the family spread. Failing that, an excellent Bangkok specialist would be the next best choice. I guess Rayong, Si Racha and Chonburi specialists would also do the trick. To lighten the mood, here’s how she pronounces ‘valve’. With a strong tone she says ‘waw’. Makes sense if you’ve been here for a bit. Ha ha.

A while ago, trying out my skills, I asked a waitress if she had sticky rice. “Mi kee niao, mai Khrap?” After getting the blankest stare it clicked. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Thanks MJCM. The card is not acrivated. Does Fedex deliver to my door or just to their local office?

A friend in Toronto got a bank card for me in the mail. What is the best, most secure, and speedy service he could use to send on to me the card and accompanying documentation? I realize it will be pricey, but c’est la vie.

My wife went shopping today, Sunday. 40 baht each way to and from Pattaya Tai/2nd Road. wasn’t busy, surprised her.

My wife got back an hour ago and said it was busy at all. We’ll pig out on squid, fish and shrimps (farmed, unfortunately). Pla talay, muq too of course.

Now I am thinking of buying the same unit again, maybe it’ll work longer. There is an option with an “air mouse” for 300 baht more. Why would one need an air mouse? I also saw a number of android 13 units that featured voice control of my tv. I will pass on that feature.

Sorry for taking so long to update my experience. I’ve been using the HK1 RBOXX4 Wifi 2.4/5G Bluetooth 4.1 CPU Amlogic S905X4 Android 11 unit. It took me quite a while to become adept at running the unit, which I only used to play movies, tv shows, rock concerts etc. About 6 weeks ago things started to go wonky. Increasingly it would not recognize my usb-c to usb connected disk. I switched ports, same problem. Recently it had problems with any connection (new batteries improved things for a while). Rebooting a couple of times a session became common. This morning it kinda blew up on me: stopped working, stopped during an mkv, other stuff. After another reboot there was a screeching sound from the back of the tv, and everything off and back on didn’t work. I rebooted my UBC box (it wouldn’t send to the tv until I gently hit the box a few times). So UBC was back, but no sound. The Yamaha receiver was off so I turned it on. I won’t use the Android box again. My choices are get some other unit from Lazada or buy one at Tukcom, quite near to me. What do you suggest? The thing I appreciated most about that devil Android box was there was no music during the flashy animation at boot up.

I saw that the typical Thailand b12 pill had some kind of a cyanide component (well described above). It creeped me out. I’ve been buying Eisai Methycobal B12 10-tab strip x 3 box @ 0.5 mg for 165 baht oer box. Eisai also markets injectable vials; a couple of years ago I paid 550 per 10 vial box. My clinic charges 100 baht for the injection. Since my b12 test results have been okay just using pills, I stopped with the vials.