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Sheryl has a good memory concerning sensitivity results. The last test that I had at Life Care last June showed a PSA of 8.9 and sensitivity to Carbapenems, also Amoxicillin somewhat. My concern about having a course of Carbapenem is what hospital/doctor in Pattaya can I trust to actually give me the correct course of treatment, and not throw in a whole load of unnecessary and expensive tests. IE - I need a doctor who will get straight to the correct course of treatment.

Well, I can afford this drug if pushed to it. But there is no quarantee that the treatment will actually work. I think a course of injections is about 15,000 baht, but I might be 15k out of pocket and still with the infection...

Thanks. I'll try the Monurol and then if that's no good I can try Bactrim!

Thanks, but I definitely want a walk-in shop in Pattaya where I can discuss my requirements with the shop owner 🙂

I thought '888' was a lucky number for the Chinese. Better off calling the boat '444' 🙂

I've had prostatitis for several years, down to E.Coli ESBL, and it not only plays havoc with my PSA numbers, it causes pain when peeing, a dreadful fishy smell, aches in my pelvic region etc. I'm sure it's not healthy in the long-term to have this bacteria... I know that Carbapenems are the first line of treatment, but the cost of this expensive treatment is beyond my financial means, and BPH/prostatitis etc are excluded on my medical cover. I did try a single dose of Monurol a few years ago, with no beneficial effect noticed. This time, I'll try 3g/day, administered every other day for 3 days. See if that kills the ba stards!!

The print shirt shops on Google Maps seem to have closed down (at least the ones that I physically checked). I want to print or embroider a logo on perhaps 3 shirts. Can anyone recommend a shop in Pattaya for this? Thanks

The caskets in the temples usually rest on a cold plate powered by electric. Bit like fish at the fish market....

Is that how you catch flu? >> someone with cold hands grabbing your nuts...

They could use that 37,000 euros and pay 1,000 euro for a decent cremation in Thailand and the other 36,000 euro to buy school books for the local schools, and/or medical equipment for the hospitals and clinics on the island. Do something on Koh Tao in his memory - don't waste it on lugging his corpse halfway around the world!

It's definitely not a 'good look' when the failings and racism against white Brits by successive UK governments and local authorities have to be pointed out to them by a public figure living overseas....

Correct. I see millions of females bearing their ankles (and a lot more). But they are not ladies 🙂

Nope, but a gentleman never bears his knees in public 🙂

Baring adult male knees in public, other than at the beach? Unlike myself, you clearly are not a well-educated English gentleman...

The only reason to have a beard is to keep your face warm in winter climates like Canada and Russia. Those who grow beards are either too lazy to shave, (and that laziness is often demonstrated by their overall attitude), or they are bald on top,and are under the illusion that growing hair on their chin like an aged goat will make them look younger. It doesn't - it just looks like their head is upside down on their shoulders. As for those men who wear shorts (when not in their garden or at the beach), don't get me started.....

In respect to the OP's comments, I too have often wondered why many houses in the US are built contrary to the 3 little pigs story. Generally, bricks and concrete don't burn - wood does! ... and according to my knowledge of tectonic plate movements, there are only a few areas in the US which are subject to bad earthquakes. How about tornadoes in the central plains area? So many house destroyed. Oh! They are typically made of wood, like a garden shed.... When it comes to building houses, you reap what you sow.....

Exactly. When I mentioned vigilante justice in my post, I refer to a just punishment that is handed out by the community to the individual(s) who are known 100% to have committed the crime, such as all those Muslim rapists who got off with minimal prison sentences. Vigilante justice WILL come to the UK, because the vast majority of the community are sick to death (IMHO), of the biased attitude of the government and police, the lack of an appropriate sentence for those found guilty of a crime, the 'abuse' of the legal system by criminals claiming their right to a family life etc etc. I'm not calling for VJ, but I'll be cheering when it happens, because at least 95% of the UK population has been betrayed by the government, police, Church and indeed the King himself...

No second inquiry will ever happen because the accused/convicted are Muslim. That is a 'get out of jail/don't go to jail/nothing to see here' card in the UK.... All we can hope for is vigilante justice.

I have zero interest in US politics, but can someone please clarify one thing? Did Trump win the election to be the next president? Yes. So that seems to suggest (to me) that more people want him to be president than the other candidates. Does that mean that all those people that voted for him are idiots? Seems to be that there are a lot of bad losers on this forum....

And start using tasers!!

You are a spy.... 🙂 As mentioned in another thread, my posts from Myanmar are 'on hold' for a few months, commencing from yesterday evening. Why? Because yesterday evening, the retina in my right eye detached! The retina tore in this eye some 6 years ago and degraded my vision by about 10%. So when this event occurred yesterday, I knew how time was of the essence. I was on a plane to Bangkok at 8am this morning, and have had the retina reattached already 🙂 However, I have to rest for a while and cannot travel on a plane (the air pressure in the cabin can affect the eye in some way). But I'm going to use my time in a good way 🙂 My UK state pension starts in June, which means that I do not need to teach in-class for a salary (I also have my online teaching income). So I'm going to spend a couple of months improving my spoken and reading/written Burmese by taking in-person lessons with a nature speaker 🙂 This couple of months will also allow the app developer to complete the update on my learning app, and it will then be back on Google Playstore 🙂 In the meantime, I've been creating new videos that follow the lesson-by-lesson Burmese government (the 'real' government) curriculum.

Thanks very much for your good comments! Actually, my posts from Myanmar are 'on hold' for a few months, commencing from yesterday evening. Why? Because yesterday evening, the retina in my right eye detached! The retina tore in this eye some 6 years ago and degraded my vision by about 10%. So when this event occurred yesterday, I knew how time was of the essence. I was on a plane to Bangkok at 8am this morning, and have had the retina reattached already 🙂 However, I have to rest for a while and cannot travel on a plane (the air pressure in the cabin can affect the eye in some way). But I'm going to use my time in a good way 🙂 My UK state pension starts in June, which means that I do not need to teach in-class for a salary (I also have my online teaching income). So I'm going to spend a couple of months improving my spoken and reading/written Burmese by taking in-person lessons with a nature speaker 🙂 This couple of months will also allow the app developer to complete the update on my learning app, and it will then be back on Google Playstore 🙂 In the meantime, I've been creating new videos that follow the lesson-by-lesson Burmese government (the 'real' government) curriculum.

Yes, interesting video, and they are doing exactly the same as 'farang' are doing. But you know what struck me the most about that video? The terrible air pollution, which you can clearly see in many of the external shots. 'Chiang Mai, a city to die in', sorry! I mean 'a city to die for'

About 6 years ago, the retina in my right eye tore, but did not detach. (Until lasik surgery some 20 years ago, I was very short-sighted in both eyes, about -12, or in medical terms 'almost blind as a friggin bat!') When the tore occurred (I saw blood in my vision), I quickly went to an optician, who checked and said that the retina was still attached. However, my vision in that eye reduced to about 90%, with more floaters than before. The vision has not degraded since that event, and I have had no further events. But the event did create double vision (at a distance). That is, if I look at something that's perhaps 10 or 20 metres away, I see 2 of it! Close one eye and my vision is good and I see a single object. This is the same for each eye that I close, with my right eye vision still good, but a little degraded when compared to my left eye. When I was in the UK about 2 years ago, I visited an optician who recognised this problem, very carefully measured my eyes, and then prescribed spectacle lenses which gave me single-object vision again. (Note that I have no problems with double vision at close distances - I see a single object). So this was great when I returned to Laos, where I was living at the time. Unfortunately, I then fell off my motorbike and broke one of the lenses in those glasses! Despite having the detailed prescription from the optician in the UK, neither the optician in Laos, nor an optician in Thailand were able to recreate spectacles that removed the double vision.. So, for the past few years, I have been walking around and getting a headache from seeing double. I often simply close my right eye when crossing a road for example, so as to give me clearer vision. Walking down steps is also difficult, because I can misjudge the steps due to the double vision. My question: I will be in Pattaya soon for a break. Can anyone recommend a competent optician who is aware of Binocular diplopia , and who might be able to provide suitable corrective glasses for me? Otherwise, I might resort to wearing a pirate patch over my right eye...

I've used them before because I often get rhinitis (spelling?) and a severely-blocked nose. It works well, also gargling with salt water. With this nasal inhaler, you need to tip your head back and allow gravity to do its thing. Certainly worth a try at 49 baht! I just use table salt...