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11 year old daughter of a good friend of mine has just been diagnosed with a rather nasty cancer and will this week embark on a long course of chemotherapy in bangkok

all her hair will fall out.

does anybody know of a shop, hospital or organisation that will sell or provide a good quality hairpiece for this lovely little girl

The once legendary and world famous Land of Smiles has been replaced with a land of tears, hatred and death.

As a lonely and shocked nation turns its eyes towards its great leader seeking guidance, two questions remain.

When will the killing stop and when will the military intervien with a Coup?

.......... and when will naive falangs stop posting such immature and trite nonsense.

Awful long time and so many things can happen in that time

..... and with 60 mill. in the pot you would do well to hire a bodyguard or three.

its definately the best for information, the health and language forums are first class, but for freedom of speech, humour, mad banter , fun, insanity, low key moderation and out and out slagfests you have to look elsewhere.

The moderators here are first class, both with the information that they provide on visa legalities, and with knowing when to tell people like me that I've had too much to drink and need to go to bed. Of all the forums I have wasted my time on in the past, this one has the most qualified moderators, in knowledge and in maturity to tell me what I want to know, and tell me when I need to <deleted> for a night, like now. Good night all.

sounds like you are missing your mother.

travelling to manchester via abu-D next month, my wife has Thai and UK passports.

she leaves thailand on the thai passport and enters the uk on her uk passport.

when arriving for the 2 or 3 hour layover in abu-D, which passport should she present to the security/immigration , the uk one with no exit stamp from thailand, the thai one with no visa for the uk, or both?

i have heard that the officials there can be difficult.

thanks.

Thank you All for these addresses and clues, I'll try to organise something in the south if I possible, otherwise I'll have to go in BKK.

actually the Princess chulabhorn institute seems to be a good choice. hope they will allow a farang to be a patient there... tho I dont see why not.

by the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!

i believe you will need a referral from an oncologist (such as the doctor recommended by sheryl) to obtain treatment there.

try and get a referral from a doc. to the princess chulabhorn cancer institute out near don muang airport.

my brother in law recently had radiotherapy there for brain cancer. its a brand new centre, extremely well equipped and the pricing is better than the hospitals, although what they would charge for a foriegner i dont know.

wishing you all the best.

^if an infection was to develop with a dead cracked tooth wouldn't a simple course of antibiotics clear it up? I am diabetic, btw...

leaving the tooth in place to maintain the structural integrity of the adjacent teeth might outweigh the possibility of problems that might occur like infections, etc...there is also the discomfort of chewing when there is a gap and the gum is exposed to consider...

what say ye?...

yes, a course of antibiotics will clear it up, but the reason that they get infected in the first place is that bacteria from the mouth find their way down through the cracks and openings and exposed root canals etc. and cause infections at the base of the roots or in the soft tissues of the gums. these bacteria might be harmless in the oral environment, but become pathogenic when allowed to take hold in the supporting structures around and under (or above)the tooth.

antibiotics will clear up the infection, but the cause of the infection is still present and recurrent infections (or a chronic infection that is continually draining pus into the mouth) are the norm with broken down and cracked teeth that are left in situ. so you are leaving yourself open to multiple courses of antibiotics and other stuff, which are not the end of the world but are annoyances and expensive ones at that. far better to get the thing removed in the first place.

your comment about structural integrity of adjacent teeth is valid, the tooth behind the extracted one can move or tilt forward into the space, or the tooth above or below can over erupt into the space below or above, this all depends on the position of the teeth and doesnt occur in every case.

chewing problems resulting from spaces are best remedied with implants, bridges or removable dentures. however

a missing tooth is not a matter of life or death and many people manage perfectly well without any replacement, especially teeth that dont show so much, such as molars.

molar root canal work, especially upper molars, can be difficult to do successfully.

due to the tortuous and sometimes branching paths of the canals, these canals need to be cleaned, widened and completely filled.

an experienced endodontist, using good imaging techniques and up to date instrumentation and filling materials is more likely to get a good result than someone less experienced, especially on molars.

naturally, the better the skill (and the available technology) of the operator, the higher the costs are likely to be.

if the tooth is not too broken down and there is enough structure to place a good crown, and the bone support for the roots is good ( i.e. basically, good gums), then conserving the tooth is the way to go.

exraction followed by an implant or a bridge is the other option.

Why, I queried if the tooth is dead already?...surely it's better to leave the dead, cracked tooth in place than to extract it.

a dead cracked tooth that remains in the jaw may cause problems, an abscess may develop underneath it, if you are run down, diabetic or have immunity problems then these infections can be difficult to treat.

removing broken down teeth can be difficult, and the longer it is left in situ, the more it will decay and become harder to remove, possibly involving the need for specialist treatment, minor oral surgery and greater expense and post operative discomfort.

if it sells and other readers find it more entertaining that way, then I guess it's good.

like taking candy from a baby eh george ?

if its to do with phones and messaging people will buy anything, useful or useless, they just gotta have it, they cant do without it, they gotta be fiddling with buttons and features, they cant stop "entertaining" themselves, theres one born every minute.

sign the suckers up and start counting the readies.

wish i had your business acumen !!

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..... its just what the world needs, yet another service purporting to provide users with so called "must have" breaking news and quotes, as if there arent enough news services boring the pants off us already with sensationalised trivia, bigged up non events and the latest weather forecasts for uzbekhistan.

for those who just cant stop fiddling endlessly with their silly phones.

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i can hardly contain my indifference.

pleased to hear that, what were the sentences?

the singapore airlines inflight shopping catalogue has these watchwinding boxes for sale. you can probably find it online and order one from there.

as an amateur capable of taking decent enough shots i went digital about 5 years ago, purely so that i could carry a camera around in my pocket rather than have to lug a big slr and lenses around.

i soon found that my photography suffered, the throwaway images of a digital made me lazy and the complicated menus on even the smallest digital cameras are time consuming and take the eye away from the viewfinder.

i missed my filter kit , the sound of the shutter and fiddling with my lightmeter(nostalgia), i longed for the relative simplicity of the controls of my nikon fm2 and f-80. most of all i missed the wonderful shots i got with my 20mm prime.

i dont like altering images digitally, i just feel that they are not really the same as the photo i took, i crop and maybe tone the colours a bit, but that is all.

to buy a digital slr that can use the 20mm lens to its full extent will cost me more than i am prepared to spend and so i have recently dug out the old f-80 ( sadly i sold the fm), bought a few rolls of 200asa, and i'm working my way through the handbook and rediscovering the joys of using that old beast.

this is a great thread by the way.

1. make a copy of your passport

2. get the copy certified as a true copy by your embassy

3. get the copy, and the letter of certification translated into thai and notarised.

4. take the whole lot to the mfa.

most translation agencies will do the mfa bit for you.

you will also need your name and your parents names written in thai (the spelling in thai must match the thai spelling you provided for the purchasing contract at the land dept. when you purchased the condo, if the spelling doesnt match there may be problems when you come to sell the condo.)

take the mfa authorised documents and your passport to the tessabaan and they will issue the yellow book.

the requirements seem to vary from district to district.

It sounds like you need urgent help from a first-rate endodontist

endodontists do root canal work rather than extractions, the poster needed an extraction of a broken down tooth, had it extracted and it sounds like some root tips were left, broken down teeth can be notoriously difficult to remove cleanly.

small pieces can be left in situ, they may eventually make their way to the surface like an erupting tooth and exfoliate naturally. larger pieces should be removed, but not when there is an active infection around it. the second dentist should have waited until the infection died down before trying, infected tissue and bone does not respond well to local anaesthesia, hence your pain during the procedure.

assuming it is a small piece of root tip without adverse curvature that would make it difficult to remove, and it is not a deeply buried wisdom tooth root tip, then i wouldnt worry too much about your situation, if you have symptoms of infection such as swelling, pus, and tenderness see a dentist for some antibiotics, you should be rinsing and gargling regularly with hot salt water and when the infection has died down go to a good dental surgeon in a hospital dental dept for some advice on how best to have the remaining piece removed.

you can self treat infected and painful extraction sites quite well with oil of cloves (eugenol), boots should have it, its the same solution often sold as a toothache reliever, but if the extraction site is clot filled and closing then its best not to interfere with it, let the dentist do it.

if the infection does not respond to antibiotics and settles in as a chronic infection with a small sinus in the gum then a short acting general anaesthetic might be necesary to remove the root, otherwise local anaesthetic should be all that is needed.

If not, you're at risk of serious infection and bone disease

not impossible, but very highly unlikeley, unless his immune system is seriously compromised by other underlying conditions.

Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard has been found not guilty of affray at Liverpool Crown Court.

bent scouse judge.

those cars have come from the jetsada car museum in nakorn chaisi. put together by a car-mad thai man.

for anybody interested in cars a visit to that strange place is recommended, about 200 cars, mostly brit and euro 3 wheelers and mini cars, extremely rare and valuable, but many european, japanese and american models from the 40's 50's and 60's, some in perfect condition, some less so, are on show. good lineup of classic benzes. some lovely citroen ds too.

a couple of lovely and knowledgeable lasses on hand to show you around .

its out in the middle of nowhere, hard to find, but wortwhile once you get there. most of the cars are open and you can climb in.

info and map here, all in thai.

entrance is free and good food can be had at the canalside market in nearby nakorn chaisi.

very very highly recommended, possibly the worlds best collection of strange automobiles. its an absolute gem of a place.

and for corkscrew, a picture of one of the wonderful desserts on offer at the "iced bread" restaurant in nakon chaisi

Rd rockt? 996? 430?

Would love a 996 but I would probably kill myself. I need 4 wheels not 2. Stands for Red Rocket, 69 Ferrari Daytona Spyder. Use to be my chick magnet in the States.

with a haircut and dress sense like that i can see why you would need a ferrari to get a girl.

any plans for a merger with stickman in the pipeline george?

Water On The Knee, I think

you need drainpipe trousers.

or get someone to give you a tap on the leg

if someone uses a uk passport to enter or leave thailand then there will need to be a visa in that passport.

if someone wants to enter the uk on a thai passport they will need a visa.

what the article is saying is that to travel, the same passport will have to be used both to leave (thailand) and enter the uk. that way the advance travel information received by uk immigration will match the details when the passenger arrives.

as it stands at the moment, the system makes no allowance for people travelling on two passports, using one to leave and the uk one to enter the uk.

the info. held wont match up.

like that comedy sketch, "computer says no"

this is to do with the passport details used by the airlines when the ticket is booked.

this information will be sent to the uk prior to travel.