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Does anybody have a recommendation for a doctor/hospital to treat/monitor Non Hodgkins Lymphoma?? Anywhere in Thailand. The only concern is to find the best possible.

Thank you

On 6/19/2022 at 9:58 AM, deej said:

I have a Account and ATM card, with Bangkok Bank, at  KSK

where my Australian old age pension  are transferred into, with KSK closing, will this service continue as normal.

Mny thks in advance

A friend checked there today. All the accounts will be transferred to the Bangkok Bank Chang Phuak branch. Existing account numbers will be retained. Receipt of overseas payments should continue seamlessly. Your debit card will continue to be valid.

To the OP. I see you mention gastroentrology in one of your posts. If that is important to you, Sriphat has a specialist gastroenterology unit, in the Centre of Medical Excellence Clinic, that has an endoscopy unit attached. Many of the doctors are on the staff of the CMU medical school. I have been going there (more regularly than I would wish!) for years

I can confirm Folk Guitar's comment that Sriphat are usually as cheap as, and sometimes cheaper than, thee average pharmacy.

The Gastroenterology unit is here:

https://goo.gl/maps/hY65ixpJokznQK69A

Last night the staff in Bangkok Bank were saying that they had not yet decided what to do about relocation of accounts. When SCB closed their branch in KSK a couple of years back all of the accounts were transferred to their Nimman branch. No choice given to the account holders.

If you want foreigner friendly service and shopping mall hours then the Airport Plaza branch has been recommended to me. It is also within walking distance of immigration.

OK, I know this is pretty trivial compared to most topics on here. I have a number of sockets in the house that are pretty stiff when it comes to inserting/removing a plug. I have cleand the plugs, which helps a bit, but not much. I need to us a lubricant on the prongs of the plugs.

What should I use? An ordinary general purpose lubricant like WD40, or maybe something conducting (graphite based for example).

Thanks for your input.

Anybody used iHerb recently? Has the delivery got through without undue delay?

Thank you

1 hour ago, brommers said:

They are using Laos as a cover up

Less so than usually right now, because of recent heavy rain which has put the fires out, but this website is very informative

https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2021-04-05..2021-04-06;@108.5,14.6,5z

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

Does anyone know whether I can get a Covid vaccine in any of the Chiang Mai hospitals yet?

So far as I am aware, no. As of 2 weeks ago, when I checked with a doctor at Sriphat, no private hospital in Thailand is licenced to import the vaccine yet.

I have Crohn's and have lived in Thailand full time for some years. I am fortunate in that I have responded best to Methotrexate which is cheap, readily available and can be taken in tablet form.

Crohn's is a very rare condition among Asians. It would almost certainly be treated at the Provincial, or even regional level. If you were registered under the UCS, you would have to go through the government  hospital where you are registered, then to the Provincial and then, quite possibly, on to a regional hospital such as Maharaj in Chiang Mai. It will not be quick to get through that process.

If you are being treated by the NHS, you may not be aware of the cost of these "infusions" which I assume to be biologic therapies. When I was on Infliximab/Remicade here, it was costing me around 90,000 baht pr 6 weeks - around 1 million baht or£20,000 to £25,000 pr year depending on exchange rate. Don't assume that you will get that as a matter of right in a government hospital here. They will probably treat you with other medications, such as Methotrexate, or some other immuno suppressive.

Private hospitals that have a large expat client base possibly have more expertise than government hospitals. This is because the condition is much more prevalent in Westerners. However, I would be surprised if you could find any insurer, whether sponsored by a commercial company or wholly private, who would not exclude Crohn's as a pre-existing condition. In fact, many will not accept people with auto-immune diseases on any terms at all, because of the long term implications for your general health of both the condition and the treatment for it.

I am sorry if I sound negative. What you  want to do is difficult and, if not carefully thought out, dangerous to you. Good luck.

On 3/3/2021 at 7:58 PM, KhunBENQ said:

Cheaply available here as gel named "Difelene"

+1 for this. Difelene is a lot cheaper than any other Diclofenac gel I can find. Available from Watsons and many other pharmacies.

Blue books (and yellow books)  are administered at the District or Sub District level. In Muang district it will be the  sub district where the house is located- Chang Phuak, Suthep or whatever, but outside Muang it will be the district - San Kampheng or Doi Saket etc.

I am not sure how you got to be in a Blue Book, which I thought was for Thai citizens only, with a separate yellow book for foreigners. Regardless, you will need the owner of the new property with you when you go to register.

I recently started receiving my UK state pension. The letter of invitation** to apply for it arrived just over a month before the pension was due to start. It had instructions for claiming by telephone. One quarter hour phone call in December last year, and I received a text message exactly a week later to say I had been approved. The first payment received in early February. No paperwork of any description. All I needed was my my NI number.

I did already have a Government Gateway account, which I had used to get a pension forecast. If the OP has not already had a forecast, I suggest he gets one - it's a good way of checking that they actually have the correct information to get your pension right, and it allows you to register information such as your address in Thailand in advance. If you register an address with Government Gateway that will be the address they send the invitation letter to.

https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension

** the DWP seems to use a bulk mail service - courier to Thailand and then delivered as a domestic letter so it is not too badly delayed, unlike a lot of international mail.

I go to the Eye Clinic on the 12th floor of the Sriphat Medical Centre(turn left out of the lift)

https://goo.gl/maps/nBSXu8pZJzL3vwTt8

You can usually just walk in for a basic eye test, which includes chart reading test, intraocular pressure reading and a slit lamp examination of the eye (including undilated retinal examination) by a doctor. Photos, where relevant are kept on your record for future reference.

Cost is around 600 baht. If anything is found that requires, for example, a dilated examination of the retina, then it is more. I recently had a full examination as above, plus dilated retinal exam including fundus photography and a Laser Tomography scan of the macula for a total of baht 1800 which is very reasonable.

If you just drop in, then you will get whichever doctor is on duty. I am being seen by Dr Preeyanuch Khunsongkiet and I am very satisfied with the service.

Phone number for Eye Dept appointments is 053-936948, but you will need to be registered at Sriphat for that. If you are not registered, you can do it in the big office that also houses  the pharmacy and cashiers downstairs, or at the reception desk on the right as you come out of the lift on floor 12.

Thank you all for your replies. I think Patman is right - the problem has come from not using it much, and one cheap printer to replace another may be the way to go. It is, after all, over 6 years old.

I have an oldish Canon printer which, when printing colour documents is fine - including the black and white text. Same same if I print a page as an image.

However, when I print a mono document, the text is broken and faint - for all the world as if the jet was partly blocked. It doesn't matter what format it is, pdf, Word, whatever. I have tried the cleaning routine in the printer software, without effect.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

I guess it depends on the hospital.

Personally, when I have visited, I have kept the mask on unless requested to remove it.

I was told the Land Transport Office was fully open and I was there today to renew the tax on a motorbike. From past experience, I expected it to be packed and to have to put up with a deal of waiting.

I got there around 10.00 am and that is not what I found. There were very few people there and I had the whole process (buy government insurance, queue for  queue number, pay and get tax sticker) took less than ten minutes from going in the door to leaving again.

8 hours ago, AlaskaDave said:

Until then however I'll just sit tight and "keep my fingers crossed" that it might be fixed for good.

If it were me, I would get it checked out and x-rayed when convenient. If you have an abscess formed under that tooth, you need to deal with it proactively rather than wait for acute infection to flare up again.

58 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

I can only think of three others but have no idea if they are “open now” sorry.

Could you name them and give a location, please?  can check on whether they are currently open or not for myself.

To clarify: by "open now" I mean not closed because of the Covid-19 lockdown. If thy are open tomorrow or the day after, that is fine, but next week is not.

Thank you.

On 5/3/2020 at 11:22 AM, islandguy said:

During the flight to CM (but not the one to DMK) a form was passed out to fill in with your information for 2 week isolation period, along with a handout of instructions.

Could you please post a pic of the instructions? I have a friend considering returning from Hua Hin and this would be of interest to him.

Must you stay in 24 hours a day for the quarantine, or are you allowed out for exercise and to shop for necessities?

The title is pretty self explanatory. I am looking for a wholesaler of

1. Vest type plastic carrier bags
2. Clear plastic bags for take-away food.
3. Polystyrene "clamshell" boxes for take away food.
4. Plastic cutlery - especially plastic Thai style rice/soup spoons.
5. Rubber bands

Preferably in Muang district and must be open now.  Large quantities are needed, more than can be had at Yok at one visit, so not Yok and not Makro please.

Thank you.

My personal opinion is that, with very few exceptions, the safest place for anyone to stay is right where they are, wherever that may be. Travel is one of the biggest hazards, to yourself snd others.

For insurance, i suggest contacting whoever issued your existing policy and asking them to extend it. Second option is to speak to a local broker about suitable local insurance but, be warned, do not leave this until the last minute. Many policies bar claims in the first month, so you would need an overlap with your existing policy.

If you cannot get insurance, try your hardest to go home. If you try  but do not succeed, you may have some continuing cover until you can get home. Then again, you may not. You need to read the policy to know that.

If you end up with some areas having water delivered by tanker, what are the implications for the elevated standards of personal hygiene required in response to the Covid-19 virus?