hotandsticky

Excellent. Much appreciated.

Thank you. I have heard friends speak highly of Queen Sirikit hospital before.

Does anyone know the requirements for a Certificate of Residency from Jomtien. Kasikorn bank require this to open a new account.

Thanks. That is the recommendation I am looking for. Obviously, the Sattahip naval hospital didn't have one or a next step referral would have been mentioned. Queen Sirikit hospital in Sattahip or Pattaya Memorial would be my next choices - but I would like to get a personal recommendation if anyone out there has experience of those hospitals.

San Miguel Zero is a misnomer - many people think it is zero alcohol. P!ss poor marketing it is actually 3% abv but only 60 calories for a 330ml bottle. Best by a long way since the demise of Singha Light @ 97 calories.

Good job I wasn't my previous 135 kg when I dropped on my knee. My walking (and a disciplined approach to food content/volume) took me down to 94kg but inactivity during Covid + the knee issue + a fairly hedonistic 2 month visit to Europe has seen the weight gain. That will be tackled but I really need the knee to be in working order to help me achieve that.

Any recommendations for a specialist? I was obese long before I slipped and hit my knee on the floor.

That is not evidence of first hand experience; that is just a statement that we are all aware of from a website. A bank balance of 1m Baht seems an adequate "equivalent" to me. Maybe whip out one of small gold bars.....

Sugar is gone - except in alcohol and that is only the occasional San Miguel Zero and a glass of wine. I need to revert to my mainly keto based diet - I bought into the likes of Dr Berg and low-card diets some time ago. I need to apply some discipline to that.

It is in the plan............................

You would need to provide evidence for that.

Neither have ever been an issue for me. I NEVER arrive with that amount of cash on me and I have never had an onward flight.

All of which have NOTHING to do with the TM6. Get me a first hand report of any Immigration office creating an issue for anyone who does not have a TM6. I'll wait.......

Excellent, thank you. Prior to the onset of pain, following my slip, I would walk 10/15k steps per day - most being on my morning walk. I thoroughly enjoyed the exercise and fresh air. Despite being overweight (95kg-115kg) the walking never caused any obvious issues with the knee. Now there are days when I cannot walk up and down for a game of bowls. I accept that I haven't got the balance of medication right but I really don't want tone on NSAIDs longer than necessary. I have probably been a bit blinkered to walking, as my main exercise, when this is clearly unviable. I perhaps need to look at exercising the knee in the condo swimming pool and finding the way to the gym to use the static exercise bike. It seems logical to pursue the MRI route so that I can be confident - first - with the professional diagnosis, and then look at the best way of treating the results.

The only saving grace is that the opposition have Starmer.

It is that, that may concern her. Transferring the blue book into her name from a dead Farang is more work than having it in her name from the start.

Indeed I have. Until we get first hand reports of anything 'different' happening, then it is isn't happening.

Do you not have a Thai bank account - with a bank book and ATM card.

I think only if you look like a gullible idiot. ????

Thank you (and to others for their replies). I don't wish to sound skeptical but I was concerned that I might be being fobbed off with "osteoarthritis". I imagine an X-Ray will reveal wear in tear in most old blokes! Having suffered nothing for 65 years and then the pain starts, only after the trauma of falling on the right knee, I find it hard to rule out physical damage to muscles etc. I am ignorant on this subject but MRI sounds like the way to go. Are there any recommendations for where to go for a scan in the Sattahip/Pattaya areas. I would like to avoid BPH.

Stop it! They can't have what does not exist.

Hear, hear. Twice is quite sufficient.

Never had a knee problem until I slipped on my daily walk last year and banged my right knee. After a week of pain I was able to resume walking although I would get occasional restrictive pain. The pain has become worse over the last 6 months and is currently affecting quality of life and daily activities (walking, bowls etc) Last month I visited a doctor at the naval hospital in Sattahip and an X-Ray was taken. The doctor prescribed Celebrex 200mg (NSAID) plus a muscle relaxant. I completed the prescribed course of tablets (which I think helped) but as want to try to avoid being tablet dependent I did not get a repeat prescription. After a week or so I bought Diclofenac from a local pharmacy to take on an 'as and when needed' basis. The Sattahip doctor said if I did not see an improvement I should consult a knee specialist. I would welcome advice from anyone with a similar conditions, and advice on the options available to me.

I am not confused, it is easy to respond online. If you read my posts you know that the last time I entered my arrival date, Immigration did NOT take the 90 days from my arrival date but from their approval date.

Thank you. I am familiar with the Immigration website and acknowledge the resetting of the clock when entering Thailand. What I have tried to illustrate are the effects of entries not being linked to the online reporting system. Frankly, I would much rather respond to 4 emails per year than diaries to do a report 75 days after arriving in Thailand. Also, I am not aware how the online system will react to me trying to do a report that does not correlate with what they have on file.