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The hospital doctors freak out if you ask for a Valium Rx. MJ Rx will be reality in the next life.

I wouldn’t want to be a passenger with that thug. I had a gangster driver who made demands and was I happy there are 2 security guards at my building. Driver was beyond pissed

A restaurant in San Francisco, this summer, refused cash, told me cards or QC via phone only. They just build it in I guess. 

If the stores stop giving bags I’ll have to buy garbage bags. Who wins?

Why no mention of USA Embassy? They have a guy who goes around taking care of things like this. A lawyer in New York State can legally take a third.

Baltimore has a higher murder rate than any city in Central America. Dim Dems say “please come in, Uncle Sap will take care of you”

as if a little scrap of fabric is going to make you hotter. I'm sick of seeing old men with short pants.

4 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

Perhaps egged on by local bars providing similar service, but higher cost due to overhead and such? Free lancers are stiff competition to bricks and mortar establishments. I don't have a dog in this fight, just wondering

A Soi Cowboy bar owner told me "I don't know why they don't stop the hookers on the street."  I haven't been to Pattaya in 3 years because of those girl lock ups.

The show is over, in the can.  Unless there's a suicide or murder we'll never hear about these people again. Their 15 minutes of fame is done.

I keep my rental apt year round. But for future reference what is the contact details for the storage company?

Their complexion is their protection.

watch x videos and the despots malware your computer

They're probably going to the parachute ride. It gives a lot of locals jobs. So what, there's plenty of room for that and some falong wanting to look at the water. Stop bitching

1 hour ago, Shaunduhpostman said:

Sounds to me like you must be pretty healthy. If you feel good I would keep up that routine and adjust as needed.

 

If metamucil is what I think it is, psyllium husk flavored with artificial orange stuff in a small envelope that you mix with a drink or yogurt, I wouldn't take it because they put aspartame, an artificial sweetener, in it and aspartame has been linked to many many health issues according to some studies. Instead I use just plain psyllium husk for constipation, which is difficult but not impossible to track down in Thailand. Sunshine Supermarket on Sukhumvit Soi 22 has 100 gram bags of it for 150 baht or so, its supposedly organic and without any unhealthy additives that I can tell. You use it in the same way as Metmucil, just put a teaspoon of it in with your food or drink. Sunshine Supermarket also take orders online and ship anywhere in Thailand, tho I haven't ordered from them so I don't know how well they handle all that, but they seem on the ball, nice well run shop that I drop into and buy my aryuvedic health supplements from whenever I am in Bangkok, bulk turmeric and psyllium.

 

To answer the question, how do you maintain a healthy life, I figure that as with most things the key is just paying attention on a consistent basis, be willing to face whatever is going on and deal with it  as it arises and do your best to be reasonable. Do what you can do and feel comfortable with regarding your health and if you feel pretty good and have no major issues, then that's most of it.

 

My aim is always to try and stay well clear of doctors if at all possible, I don't think it is paranoid to say that few if any have any interest in your health and in many cases are just angling for ways to  take your health away so that they get your business. Again maybe I am paranoid but I get the sneaking suspicion that most of the doctors I have been to see in Thailand are holding out on me, that they simply keep to themselves whatever they find with me and could help me prevent certain minor issues I have from developing but they would rather wait and hope I get worse in hopes that they can harvest a whole array of acute issues down the road. The doctors of course are not all bad, but there are some certifiable sociopaths at some of major hospitals here, so for me that is key and a real problem and issue I have living here. When I went to a certain large and well known international standard hospital in Bangkok for a bothersome issue with my foot , the doctor tried to tell me that all the bones in my foot were broken into tiny pieces and that I probably needed to have my foot amputated all the while giggling and going through this clearly contrived mock surprise and shock routine. My wife went into a semi-supressed rage, tugging on my sleeve insistently and whispering into my ear, "This guy isn't a doctor! Lets get out of here! He's crazy!" You really have to be on your toes if you are going to see a doctor here. 

 

Personally I don't take well to others' advice, never seems to work for me. For example, another Thai doctor told me I was obese and scolded me for eating McDonalds and pizza all the time, which I don't, and  I clearly am not obese either, just somewhat over weight 6 foot 2 and 93 kilos and he said to me it was imperative  that I needed to stop eating large meals and  change to an eating style where I eat little snacks throughout the day to feed myself. I went to him regarding a foot issue, he and 5 other doctors I have seen in Thailand don't seem to know what the problem is. That said his advice, reducing pressure on my foot by reducing my weight has helped and two other westerners independent of one another who have the same problem that I do with their feet have said it sounds like  I just have a case of whats called Plantars fascia which is sharp pain in the bottom of your foot or an uncomfortable feeling that there is a stone in your shoe and results from standing around on your feet a lot or from too much pressure on your feet due to weight or other issues.  I did reduce my weight, and that has helped relieve the symptoms to  a tolerable level, but I prefer to eat regular meals, not become a snacker as seemingly advised by the doctor which to me sounds like a recipe for becoming seriously unhealthy.

 

Of course, you have to get checked for things you can't check yourself. As much as I don't trust doctors, in theory it is not impossible that they can benefit you and so you have to do your level best to weed out the legions of bad apples out there and go to the best you can track down for checkups etc. I think in Thailand not only is a second opinion from a second doctor a must but a 3rd, 4th and even 5th opinion, especially if you are getting contradictory stories as to your condition or see signs that you are talking to a guy who doesn't know what he's talking about, or cannot communicate, or who even is plotting your road to ruin the minute you start your consultation.

 

 

 

 

Orthotics would help with plantars fascitus. See a podiatrist. If not take gauze pads under the arch of your foot, raising it to take the pressure of that planters connection to the heel. Most important is to rest the foot and not walk too much. It's probably an inflammation that will go away. Taking a laxative every day doesn't seem like a good idea.

Prayut ranted 2 years ago about the models wearing provocative clothes. They covered up. Also it was easy to take a direct van from under the expressway by Victory monument to Impact. No more vans. I'm not going any more.

You missed the tulous. Best attraction near Xiamen.

tell it to the mothers and families of those slain by this vermin. Slow death by poison would be fitting. No more lottery for nasty American hating scum

Tourists arriving on dry week will have their lives extended.

Awesome. History has bound the two countries together and this is another step forward. Doesn't hurt USA expats to have good relations between Thai-USA. Donald Trump is a great leader, which will be proven in the next 7 years.

If they don't want me I don't want them. If ever blacklisted I'm gone for good. Do the same. Go back to your country apply for your wife to come and put this place behind you.

8 oz of Best Foods mayo is 90 Bt. I can buy 32 oz for $3. in NYC

1.5 cups of water to 1 cup brown rice works for me. No soaking or any of that. Turns out perfectly delicious .

Farm girls are good with knives. Be careful

On 9/19/2017 at 4:26 AM, ericthai said:

good luck with that....

better than doing nothing and sitting in a police station for hours