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Have you ever considered travelling to another country to get the Urolift procedure done? Esp as a couple of other posters have had goood experiences with treatment in India, and as I recal at a hospital in Kolkata. I ask this because I have just found the following information regarding it: – https://apac.urolift.com/ And available in.... Asia Pacific Australia India Japan Singapore Hong Kong I will keep this on file for possible future use for myself. Best of luck, Xylo

Thanks LL as I hadn't seen this because I've not been out that much of late, but it sure looks like a mess and I wonder what the bar owners in that complex think about it?? Quite a few years ago there was talk about this complex being demolished and a supermarket/shopping mall being built there, but nothing happened, but perhaps now that is coming to fruition – – who knows. It will be interesting to see what becomes of that site.

I've got no idea what a Murkin is, however I love the sound of the word, so it will fit for me!!????

Sensible advice, because after Bangkok Bank decided they wouldn't sign the form this year, I was wondering what to do, and as I had to go to a local clinic here to get a wound dressed, I asked if the doctor would do it, and he said no. So on the way out I asked the receptionist if she had a little stamp for the clinic, and she said she had, so I asked if she would witness my name with her signature, which she did, then stamp the form – – easy and the receptionist was a Filipino!! I had spoken to her before so we were on speaking terms so I gave her a good tip for her troubles. Now I know this works, I will go back there again when necessary.

Agree with that comment LiK and it was not long ago that a coach did that very same thing, and a couple of years prior to that either a coach or a truck coming down that same stretch of the hill wiped out a Toyota car when it squashed it against a concrete barrier, and all that could be seen was the car drivers arm hanging out of the open window. Brake failure was blamed again. I agree with the many other comments about Thai large-vehicle drivers not being knowledgeable about engine braking, or indeed brake fade, and once you add to that the fact of poor maintenance schedules, then you have deadly results. One minute you are driving along thinking about nothing in particular, or singing a song and within a split second you are completely wiped out. Unbelievable.

What is meant by, "smh"??

I'm sorry, I don't know about that, but they are advertising the iTind procedure at a one-off cost of 70,000 baht, that having a time limit on it I think

You make a very good point, and it's one that I have been pondering for decades, and without going off track too much, when I had bouts of prostatitis many years back, it would often result in an aching left testicle, so much so that it became unbearable, and my doctor in NZ referred me to "the best urologist in Auckland", so I thought I would be getting some expert advice. But to cut a long story short, he said he didn't know what was causing it however he could cut off my left testicle. I likened it to me inadvertently walking into a brain surgeons office and because brain surgery was the only thing he did, he would recommend removing part of my brain to cure the pain in the testicle!!! You see what I'm getting at. Sorry to hear that your TURP isn't proving too successful for you, as was the case after my TURP (but a few years further down the track) and a urologist here said that I had scar tissue around the bladder neck which was hindering the urine flow, so after some consideration I decided to let him do a bladder neck incision, which he assured me would be straightforward and not cause any side effects. However it did and I was left with retrograde ejaculation, despite his promises at the beginning that this wouldn't be the case. In short, I can't offer you anything helpful because all of my experiences on this and similar procedures have resulted in me not being able to pass water in any way, shape or form (actually I do manager a dribble every so often), having to use a catheter daily, and having retrograde ejaculation, so not sure that I can be of much help. Having said that, there are several tablets that can possibly help, especially if it is still the prostate "playing up" so it may be worth trying one or two of those, so have you thought of discussing this with your urologist, because it might work. And the more I read on this and other threads, and take into consideration my own experience, the more I remember the quote by a top urologist who likened this part of medicine as being like, "a medical wasteland" even though we seem to be moving along a little more these days, what with the new devices and procedures becoming available, although not that available in Thailand unfortunately. On another note, and as regarding "an infection" one of the things which has helped me, I believe, is that I am taking a tablet recommended by a couple of professors I was in touch with, and this tablet is called "Hiprex" and is a "urinary antiseptic" for want of better terminology, and helps prevent any bacteria from taking hold in the bladder, and since I've been taking these, I haven't had a UTI, which unfortunately were quite frequent before I came across these. You can find them online, but I haven't found them here in Thailand, however I do order them direct from a pharmacy in Australia. Sorry I can't be of much more help with your situation @Pumpuynarak, however I only wish that I could. Best of luck.

Hi again GarryP, long time no hear from and I hope you are well. Just looked at your post and it coincided with a friend of mine who is in Canada at the moment having prostate problems, and he tells me that the iTind procedure/device is now carried out at the BNH hospital by that very same Dr you mentioned, and he knows this because he's been researching his options when he comes back to Thailand! Looks like there are three options at the moment, aside from the TURP, with Rezum, Urolift and iTind looking to treat one's prostate. And there is more information about these on the net, although none of them will help me now because my bladder appears to have stopped working and the good doctor at Bumrungrad couldn't do anything for me, and had no idea why the bladder wasn't working any more – – so a nightly insertion of the catheter is needed in order to get some sleep. And believe it or not, I've gotten used to it now. Good luck my friend.

I must have missed that part!!!! But if you really want to see a female bush, then watch the movie, "1984" with John Hurt, because towards the end of it when his GF/lover strips off, she reveals something akin to a Guardsman's Busby!!! Never seen anything like it.

Another one of his: – "what a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through the Vicar's letterbox and shouting, "the Martians have landed".

Mentioning Jeremy Thorpe reminds me that there was a very good series on BBC iPlayer about him and the scandal, and it was called, "A Very English Scandal" (Hugh Grant played a very convincing Thorpe) and it can still be found in their archives for those interested. Sorry about going off topic.

I saw the movie "Stargate" mentioned somewhere so I thought I'd download it and watch it again as I could remember nothing about it whatsoever, and it was a bit of ancient Egyptian/sci-fi nonsense and much to my surprise it would have to be the first LGBTQ (or whatever it is) movie from more than a couple of decades ago. I say this because in the last quarter of the movie where the "gods" are revealed, then the cast of the "gods" and their helpers and servants looked to be of an indeterminate gender, and I wonder if this was intended? I can't recommend it as it was less than average IMO. What I can recommend is a series on BBC iPlayer called, "Walking with Beasts"and each series is about 30 minutes long and absolutely brilliant, and the special effects are so very well done that you would think the series was shot in real life millions of years ago!!

I would agree with that comment, and as I've already posted, the slow start seems to have put a couple of posters off, but sticking with it is well worth the effort.

I don't know whether it's old age or the hot weather, but I don't feel inclined to go out much at all these days, either during the daytime or the evening for that matter! However the couple of times that I have ventured out over the last few days in order to get some shopping, I have noticed a severe decline in the tourists here, and once where Big C was pretty crowded with tourists, and Russian accents could be heard everywhere, now that's not the case, but never fear, the Chinese have arrived. Even before I had spotted the Chinese contingent, I bumped into a farang with his wife and young child all of them wearing masks, so my question was is there a new outbreak of which I'm not aware – – his response was that the bloody Chinese have come back and will be bringing with them all sorts of nasties, so he was taking no chances!!!! Speaking to him and other friends with regards to this, it would appear that the Chinese are about as popular as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip! I often wonder what they live on back in China, because just about every shopping trolley I see here, being pushed around by Chinese, is full of dried noodles, dried fruit, dried this and dried that, along with packets of dried stuff that doesn't look at all appetising – – yet they supposedly live to a ripe old age?? Jungceylon is coming along and I must take a good look round as soon as the demolition and rebuilding work has completely finished, and I sincerely hope that there is a "Subway" in there somewhere, because it serves up far better fare than Starbucks which now seems to major in sweet, sticky, waistline expanding rubbish. I notice that the "Long-time Bar" (adjoining the Rock Bar) is being demolished and the French guy who leased it was standing outside of it looking at what was going on, so he is either overseeing a major rebuild, or complete demolition? Whatever the case, I think it suffered from the fact that the "Rock Bar" was opened right next door to it. On top of that, I noticed that several bars just don't open any more, so perhaps the owners have gone back home, wherever that is, to see out the low season. Having said that, the owners of the two small bars attached to the road side of the Makro building are hanging on, despite just one or two beer drinkers per night, with one of the lady owners sitting behind her bar looking out forlornly, and I know she only recently leased this from a guy who wanted to sell it because it wasn't doing very well, and guess what........things haven't changed. As was recently mentioned by @Patong2, the roof in part of the recreation area of the Chang Hotel which had previously partly collapsed, has now completely done so and it looks a mess, and some. The owner must be in severe financial difficulties to let a huge building like this disintegrate, not to mention the large hotel next to it being empty and looking run down. I do think that this low season is going to be one hell of a difficult season for many of the businesses here, just when they thought that they were over the Covid lock downs, so perhaps more hard times ahead for many.

I've been to Da Nang and found it very pleasant, with the people being extremely friendly and many of them can speak good English. Also travelled to the little, supposedly picturesque fishing village a few kilometres south because it's supposed to be a tourist attraction, however it was so full of tourists that I didn't find it attractive at all! The beach at Dan Nang was not that appealing, however I'm not a beach lover anyway. There was some nightlife which was quite interesting and I liked the Vietnamese cuisine, and also found a superb and not expensive Italian restaurant, with some excellent food and when I asked the owner if the chef was Italian, he said that he was Vietnamese and trained by an Italian chef – – whatever the case, the food was great. I could well visit again, as I have got a friend coming over from Australia, and would like to see a little more of it.

Biden has been nowhere near this. Cut the conspiracy theories unless you can link to evidence other than mere accusations.. I'm afraid they can't help themselves @ozimoron, I think it's something genetic that they can't overcome and one only has to look at MTG to see that.

Sad, so very sad.

It matters not how many times you and other posters like you have reiterated this, as well as a few other reasons why this is a serious offence, and for trump to plead "not guilty" to the charges laid out against him, is plainly stupid. So here we have a man, an ex-president, who took documents (many classified and containing potentially damning information to the US and other countries) not belonging to him and stored them in various rooms in Mar-a-Lago, when law clearly dictates that they should have been handed over to the NARA. The PRA requires that all records created by Presidents (and Vice-Presidents) be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at the end of their administrations – – no arguments, no pleading, no stalling YET trump supporters keep finding arguments against what is clearly a plain and straightforward law...... The PRA makes clear that, upon the conclusion of the President’s term in office, NARA assumes responsibility for the custody, control, preservation of, and access to the records of a President. 44 U.S.C. 2203(g)(1). The PRA makes the legal status of Presidential records clear and unambiguous, providing that the United States reserves and retains “complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records.” 44 U.S.C. 2202. There is no history, practice, or provision in law for presidents to take official records with them when they leave office to sort through. What's going on at the moment clearly deserves a place in a "Dumb and Dumber" movie.

Fear not, avid movie watcher, because that which I quoted as the ending has nothing whatsoever to do with the main movie, and it looks just like what it is, an add-on!

Even the people standing either side of her/him look embarrassed!

Although I'm not a trump supporter, far from it in fact, I would have to say that the allegation by this woman seems a bit flimsy to me – – no witnesses, unsure of the date on which it happened and well over 25 years since it supposedly took place. Will be interesting to see how this pans out, but I think the slippery orange one may well duck this.

Thanks for the recommendation on this movie, and I watched it last night, I thought it was very good although IMO it started off a little confusing, but I soon got into it and found it quite intriguing, especially as it is based on a true story. Meryl Streep was superb in it and probably the standout actor throughout, although Hanks went through it well. As you've probably gathered, it was about the Washington Post and a decision to publish certain documents. The movie ends with some flashlights being seen in the Watergate building........