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On 5/29/2024 at 2:23 PM, MalcolmB said:

My girlfriend Sid thai men don’t like giving oral.

 

Something about Buddhism and the head being sacred and lowering it to a vagina is wrong.

Butif a girl does it to a man it is ok. 
 

anyone else heard that?

Next time with your Thai gal, ask if you can suck her toes.  See how that goes.  I've heard the request gets interesting responses.

On 5/29/2024 at 2:23 PM, MalcolmB said:

My girlfriend Sid thai men don’t like giving oral.

 

Something about Buddhism and the head being sacred and lowering it to a vagina is wrong.

Butif a girl does it to a man it is ok. 
 

anyone else heard that?

Next time with your Thai gal, ask if you can suck her toes.  See how that goes.  I've heard the request gets interesting responses.

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

The lure of Thermae vanished 15-20 years ago when it became a Jap Trap. In the early and mid-90s it was pure, cheap, anything goes FUN...especially after 0200 when Soi Cowboy closed. It was the Mos Eisley Cantina of freelance Bangkok❗Good times...DAMN good times. 

I arrived here in the mid-eighties, and it was really hopping.  A great place.

Don't worry about how to eat them.  Just dig in and enjoy the mess.

3 hours ago, DjSilver said:

n Thailand around 20000 people die every year in traffic. And in Sweden a little bit higher than 200 people. That is 100 times higher and Thailand is not 100 times larger than Sweden, only 6.8 times larger.

 

That would mean, there is something else in the minds of Thais, than on the minds of Swedes.

What it mostly means is that there are a lot fewer motorcycles in cold Sweden than in tropical Thailand.

Same thing happened to my wife and me.  Nothing had changed, and we have been doing the 90-day thing online for years without a problem.  Nothing we like better than a 100-km round trip to the immigration office, where we were told to "wait and see" what the results would be next time we try.  Even they have no idea what the problem is.  What a <deleted> waste of everyone's time.

From any distance greater than a few feet, tattoos look like a skin disease.

I've been getting drugs from India for several years with no problems from this supplier: malcolmexporters AT gmail.com

Email and ask the price for whatever you need.  Very nice and helpful people.

23 hours ago, Sheryl said:

All posters: Please do not confuse the use of PRP for different conditions. The evidence base is quite different for say sports injuries vs chronic osteoarthritis.

 

OP is asking about its use for a rotator cuff tear.

 

@oobar  PRP treatment is available in Thailand but quite costly (and would require multiple injections).  Studies do suggest it reduces the incidence of re-tears but I have not seen evidence it substantially affects the need for surgery (which largely depends on the type and extent of the tear). Indeed it is often used in conjunction with surgery.

 

But have you been told your tear requires surgery? As >80% of tears do not. If so, what type of surgery? as there is a range of surgical treatments depending on size and extent of tear and other factors. 

 

Unless an good orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder injuries has specifically told you your tear requires surgery there is an excellent chance it can be managed without either surgery or costly PRP injections. But it does depend on the size and extent of the tear and other factors. Every case is somewhat unique and you should consult a good shoulder specialist first to discuss the specifics of yours. I do not think there are any in Ubon, if that is where you are located. There are some good ones in Khon Kaen but may be just as easy to come into Bangkok. Best shoulder specialist there is:

 

https://www.bumrungrad.com/en/doctors/mason-porramatikul

 

Bring Xrays and any scans with you actual films nto just reports).

 

If you do decide to try PRP injections, get them from a board certified ortho specializing in at least sports injuries (if not shoulder) and only at a major hospital as stand alone clinics are not so well regulated, especially those specializing in things like stem cells and PRP.

 

you may find these links helpful:

 

https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/rotator-cuff-tears/

https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/treatment/rotator-cuff-tears-surgical-treatment-options/

 

 

Thanks, Sheryl.  Will give this further thought.

What is the price?

Jeez, 800 USD in the States, which I thought was expensive.  I would give it a pass, too.

Was she treated in Thailand?  Where?

Anyone had a PRP injection as an alternative to surgery for a rotator cuff tear?  Is this treatment even available in Thailand?  Sheryl?

My wife and I, both Americans, have been in Thailand for 38 years, the last ten fully retired in a home we built upcountry.  Most of our assets are in the US, where we  have set up a revocable living trust, naming three Thais beneficiaries (as representative of three families).  Nothing changes while we are alive, and we use our assets the same as before.  Upon our deaths, the beneficiaries become immediate owners of these US assets, without having to go through probate as with a will.  All they have to do is divide it all up.  Thailand does not recognize trusts, so we have wills for our Thai property.  In any case, the trust  simplifies everything else, as well as avoiding the courts.  Maybe the OP could go a similar route, if allowable in the UK.

Daflon 500, or its cheaper generic, twice daily is helpful.

18 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Alternative to letter from embassy a better option is a certificate of residence from immigration office in your province. 

 

BTW: USA do not provide that "letter" anymore..

I know there is no letter available from the embassy.  What I'm thinking is the bank gave my wife the runaround.  She should have asked to see the manager.

My wife recently tried to open an additional BB account and was told she would have to visit the US embassy first, for what I'm not sure.  We live in Sisaket.  Ain't flying to Bkk, rent a hotel room and deal with the embassy, spending tens of thousands of baht for this nonsense.

32 minutes ago, stereolab said:

It is absolutely the case, happened to me last year, presented no problems with Immigration. Obtain your new passport ASAP.

Do they handle US passports?

1 hour ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I have seen goong chae nam pla described in English as "fresh prawn salad" when in fact it is raw prawn salad.

 

Perhaps when the diner says "too fresh" it means undercooked.

This is probably correct, since the Thai word for fresh can also mean raw.  It may be a comment about how raw shrimp being left out in room temperature could be risky.

14 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

"One dog is one dog, two dogs is five".  Three dogs allowed to run free together is a disaster waiting to happen.  They become a marauding pack who edge each other on and are super difficult to control. 

Absolutely true!