mrwebb8825

Wow. Guess I've had covid off and on for the last 15 years or so. (except for the last 2 since I've quit drinking) ????

I'm still thinking about just flying back to the states for a double Moderna set and real vaccine card. My prepaid moderna shots here are due "sometime in Oct." for the 1st and hopefully by next year for the 2nd so... Thailand is so full of thieves and scammers at the top (high speed rail and rice market manipulation spring to mind) that I really don't trust them with this. ETA: There was also a FB post in Thai back in May showing the gen proudly displaying his vax card listing 2 shots of Moderna received on the same day. ????

not sure I can say which office (name and shame rules here) Yes, they kept adding forms trying to break us down so we'd just give up and pay the bribe. Turns out we only really needed 2-3.

Why would you bring a diamond anything to a Thai gf? Never mind if she's not Thai but here, gold is king. (most aren't impressed with white gold either) Just saying, your values aren't Thai values. She'll smile. She'll kiss you. And as soon as she can, she'll be off to have it appraised because her friends and family will scoff that it's not gold. Why do you think you never see jewelry shops outside of high-end (Hi-So) malls but there's a gold shop around every city corner?

it may have something to do with the grand opening of the station as a station on Nov 1st.

Astra

Registered on the new site provided by the US embassy on the 2nd, received email and sms on the 3rd for appointment on the 4th. Rolled up to the BangSue CVC at 3:45 for my 4:00 appointment. No lines. Straight to the forms and BP area (8-10 people-all Thai), straight to the passport check/computer input area (2 people-all Thai), straight to the shot area (50% of the chairs were empty), straight to the 30 minute observation area (60-70% empty), out the door and headed for the bus by 4:25. (was still the only foreigner in sight) Never had to show the email or the sms and wasn't even asked to pull my mask down when entering my passport info. There were some 8-10 shuttle buses lined up out front and smiling soldiers and policemen at the entrance waving us inside to the a/c. Was given a return appointment date of 27 October. I'm still preregistered and prepaid at the BangPo hospital for 2 rounds of Modera that is supposed to be here in Oct so it's a race to the booster.

OP- I'd make an appointment with a chiropractor. I damaged my L4, L5 and L6 vertebra in the lower lumbar region crushing 1 disc and compressing another. Surgery may be the way to go with all the advancements they have now compared to when I hurt myself but it sounds like a compression fracture. IF it's not fractured but simply out of alignment the chiropractor can fix it. At the time I injured mine they put me on anti-inflamitories (+ 800mg Motrin x2 x3 per day) with weekly antibiotical steroid spinal injections to strengthen the muscle tissue around the vertebra as they said I was too young for plates and screws. (like I said, they've made great improvements since I was injured) I still have similar pain to this day. As for your legs going numb while at the computer, adjust your chair slightly lower (or get a new 1) as it sounds like you're restricting the blood flow through the femoral arteries where your legs meet the front edge of the chair.