Aurelien

It's silly to say 'Thai people are like this, Thai people are like that'. There are stupid and unrespectful people everywhere, and Thais are no exceptions. Likewise, it's stupid to say ' oh but you don't understand, its because of the culture bla bla...' Being reduced to 'a farang' is silly. 

On 5/14/2024 at 11:33 AM, Wandr said:

Maybe he is good, but I didn't see any evidence of it.

I did see that he has no modern equipment. He uses spirit lamps and implements that seem to be imported from a witch doctor 's hut. He didn't even have an x-ray viewer. I took a film and he took it outside and peered at it against some light.

This was a couple of years ago. If he has modernized since then - my apologies in that case.

no that hasn't changed, but his advice were much better than any more 'modern' doctors when i went to see him... previous reputable ENT i went to several times could not really understand my issue and kept prescribing antibiotics and talked about surgery. Dr. Chalermpong was more direct in his diagnosis , no bs. And in the end, his treatment proved the best one

A lot of times, it's because they learn early on that they don't appeal to Thai men or that Thai men treat them like <deleted> by bullying them. Especially the dark skin girls. Thais men can be quite racists and the idea that dark skin is ugly is real here. Same for some facial traits deemed unattractive for girls. 

Another reason is if the girl is a single mother, Thai men will not touch her anymore. 

Money is ofc a main reason. Almost all women around the world are looking to date up and to be taking care of. This is especially obvious in poorer countries like Thailand. 

Some are just attracted to differences, and have been disppointed by Thai men and like foreign men. 

Some have a big penis fetish. 

... it's different for everybody. 

Thai girls mainly date Thai men however and have zero interests in foreign men because why would they go out of their way to learn English, and try to form a relationship with someone not sharing any cultural similarities or references with her? 

In my experience here, almost all Thai girls i've dated were all looking to leave Thailand one way or another, for job or travel. Most of them did, sometimes with the help of foreigner, sometimes by themselves. 

Poor level of general education, no knowledge about anything going on outside of Thailand will do that

The longer i'm here and the more experience i have, i feel like Thai girls can tell...and are much more defensive whereas naive me first time in Thailand had much less trouble... Maybe i've changed and lost all sex appeal ? Or do girls can tell and 'farang roo mak mai dee'? 

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

 

I've seen countless situations where Thai girls are dating 3-4 foreigners at once, all thinking they are the only one. It's like the fisherman who keeps 4 hooks with bait in the water at all times to increases their chances of catching the biggest fish. Thai women are almost always looking for the bigger, better deal. Especially a young one who is from humble beginnings. That is why they typically even bother with foreigners to begin with. Otherwise they would likely stick with their own kind and not have to deal with all the language and cultural differences and challenges. Sounds like your best option is to cut bait and chalk it up to experience. Even if she comes back to you at some point, it's quite possible she's not a girl of high integrity. 
 

 

oh definitely, she's a messed up one...got a kid at 17 from a Thai guy, the guy was beating her and then left her, she raised the kid on her own, now she left her in Thailand to be taken care of while she's trying to live the Western lifestyle in Canada... she's screaming red flags all along, I met her once, she was lovely tho and very polite, not the typical 'bad girl' profile..

Well we were chatting before she went up there, and she told me she was trying to go there, but she said her visa had been denied 2 times already... When she finally got it, she left Thailand in the week after. We were getting pretty close, and we keep chatting up to this day via IG or Snap. Problem is, she's the most gorgeous lady i've ever seen. Otherwise I would i've said 'screw that' a long time ago... But yeah no idea why she would keep chatting with me, syaing she misses me and all that, if she's truly with another guy. Granted, she's still very young (22), so there's that

Thai girl i've been chatting with for a while has gone to Canada. She's been there 6 months already. She stays very vague on what she's doing there, and can't believe she can survive there on the money she made back in Thailand with a regular job (she didn't graduated in Thailand). Upon looking up visas to enter Canada and requirements for Thai people, I saw that basically the only way to stay long-term over there is to have an official sponsor to take care of you or to be married beforehand. 

Any opinions or experience with this? Could a Thai person stay that long in Canada with a regular tourist visa type, or has she been lying to me and she's now living there with her bf? 

Light hearthed post... We all know the running joke of 'yes but my girl is different'...only to learn down the line that she wasn't that much different...so for experienced old geezers here, did you ever got a Thai girl who was really different ? And by different, i mean not obsessed with generating money, saving face, buying beauty products and whose conversation subjects weren't centered around food and gossips

Your post is either a troll, or you're being completely ignorant of the reality of how things work here. Maybe you're a newcomer. 

First of all, you have to realize that most women open to date foreigners or 'farangs" are the girls that Thais don't want or are not attracting to anymore. Reason may be because they have darker skin, they have bigger shapes, they have a lot of tattoos or they have a child already. Thats it. So the 'hot, westernized' type of type girls you bang as a foreigner are the girls Thais don't want, and the girls know that. That's why they chose to actively date foreigners only.

Those girls are also a very limited pool as well, constently dating the same transient foreigners and sometimes having several "sponsors" or daddies that fund their vaping lifestyles. 

The second thing is that most people date inside their social circle and inside their own kind. Majority of Thais date Thais. That's it. There's no workaround around it. Sure, you might have the odd one 'trying out' a farang, but most Thais will always want Thai for obvious reasons (language, culture, etc...). Then you have like I said the limited pool of Thai girls who go for farangs only. And even then, in 2024, Western foreigners are in fierce competition with Koreans, Chinese and Japanese. Lots of Thai girls would prefer a handsome rich oppa rather than a broke Westerner that doesn't know how to dress and who smells bad.The paradigm has shifted in recent years.  

Then, you say foreigners are taller, more handsome etc... than Thais. Where did you get this idea or why do you think being taller instantaneously means you're more attractive? You might be a novelty for a while but... you know, every white foreigner is handsum here. Almost every time i go out, someone will tell me 'you so handsome!' Learn to deal with it. It doesn't mean anything here. 

Foreigners are not being perceived as 'more handsome' in the sense that you think, trust me. Thais are very popular as well. Look at the advertisement. Do you see any white guy? No. It's all white skinned Koreans or Chinese. That's the model. Foreigners have more money? Some do, for sure. Some have better wages than Thai people, overall. But do you want to be seen as a walking wallet? 

link to any official article about this? can't find anything & the links from this thread aren't working...

A mixture of both, if i keep reading this forum...

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Have you reviewed the locations of the pharmacies in the link I sent? 

Yes, they are a bit from me as well... one is next to Mc Cormick hospital where i go to sometimes

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

Ask Google for Mometadsone in Thailand.

You'll see it's even available at Lazada for a few Baht.🙏

Yeah i did it but didn't find or see it on Lazada ? Can you pm me the link? Thanks

14 hours ago, nglodnig said:

I get a generic mometasone nose spray (NOT Nasonex, it's half the price) from at least one chemist in Chiang Mai - the one next to Rim Ping in Kad Falang for instance. Why pay more for eaxactly the same substance?

total opposite from where i live, unfortunately...

Hello all, 

Very specific post but, I went to a doctor who prescribed a nose spray with mometasone ('Nasa spray', Berlin brand) some time ago. When i go shopping in pharmacies, they ever only have the Nasonex brand which is kind of (more) expensive. Wondering if any nose spray experts here know about a potential other 'Thai' brand that contains mometasone? I've been to at least 10 different pharmacies, big or small in Chiang Mai (Boots included)

I will probably need to have a face CT scan (nose and ear) later this year, and I'm looking for the cheapest place that will do it in Chiang Mai. Yes, yes I know people don't like to hear the word 'cheap' but that's the way it is. Last time I asked the price at RAM, but i cannot remember the number they gave me. I just remember thinking 'i can't afford this'. Thank you 

27 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

There was a pretty sharp younger gal at Lanna hospital on the super highway.

Really? i live next to Lanna hospital like literally next to it, but heard bad reviews from both friends and Google... do you happen to know her name? 

Especially nose and ear. I've been to RAM hospital and Rajvithi Clinic in old town already, but looking for alternate options.

If you know of doctor that takes his time with the patient and listens to his issues and doesn't just prescribe over the counter antibiotics, that's a plus.

Thank you !

20 hours ago, Gaccha said:

This will really help you. Read it and then read it again.

 

It seems you've tried the antibiotics but you have not really tried antibiotics which are ideal for sinus inflammation. So try those. See the link.

 

Simultaneously, I would do the steam inhalation in case it is a virus infection.

 

If none of that shows relief, and you still want to take the cheap route, you have to think about a couple of weeks course of antifungal medicine in case it is a fungal infection.

 

I would also blast specialist saline solution up your nose. You can get this in 7-Eleven. Use 50 mls for each side of your nose. 

 

I would be very reluctant with all the sprays since although they might work in the short term they often have their own side effects later on.

 

 

Thank you for the very helpful post. This article is great. I don't have any idea about antifungal medicine tho. I'll have a look 

On 11/3/2023 at 4:46 PM, charleskerins said:

Same thing happens to me  ,do your eyes ache?   Any sores inside your mouth?    My Dentist in the States said it was a sinus infection. My eye doctor checked me for Glaucoma    .  How is your blood pressure?  Do you look at computer screen for hours?  If you find out what it is let us know. The Eucalyptus stuff does seem to work pretty well over here.   

The issue is located on the right eye only and yes it ache, although not terribly bad. Some drops do the trick. But its a constant nuisance. I have no idea how to know how is my blood pressure honestly... but i do look at the computer for hours (because of my work), and it sure doesn't help. 

On 11/2/2023 at 8:50 PM, Aurelien said:

I use Unblock Origin and it works like a charm...for now. I had to disable my other adblockers tho. And enter a few 'code' lines in the filter options. 

it sounds fancy but it took my exactly 3 minutes 

17 minutes ago, Furioso said:

haha yes, lot's of cheap crap but dehumidifers are simple machines. Can I post a lazada link or is it not allowed? 

I have no idea if it's allowed or not... i guess let's try? 

13 minutes ago, Airalee said:

What was the diagnosis?  Do you have a sinus infection?  I would assume so as you mention pain above the eyes (you don’t say exactly where so I can’t determine if ethmoid or frontal.
 

What did the scopes show?  Were they those old metal ones or the modern fiber optic endoscopes?

 

Did you have a ct scan or mri done?

 

Antibiotics and “sprays”…..what kind of sprays?  Am I correct in assuming fluticasone etc rather than oxymetazoline?

 

I’ve been through the ENT merry-go-round more than once and rather than looking for the root cause and addressing that, I placed too much faith in ENTs.   2 surgeries later, I now have empty nose syndrome.

 

Go see a functional practitioner before any kind of surgery.  They might seem “hokey” for those who only know allopathic medicine (which definitely has its time and place), but they will work with you to figure out the why.  Then, you can work on that.

 

As far as different sprays etc.   nothing has been mentioned above that I haven’t already tried.  There are many other options both spray and rinse.  I prefer rinsing with a Neil-med type bottle as sprays don’t get into the sinuses well enough.  They (sprays) are ok for management if you have chronic issues or if you feel something coming on, but at the later stage (full blown infection) it’ll feel like it’s helping but any improvement will fizzle out. 
 

One thing to address,  if it is an infection and has been going on for some time, is biofilms.

Thank you for the detailed post. You seem quite knowledgeable. I will try to give you the details.

I went to the Ram hospital a first time to see the eye doctor. After running tests, the doctor said that i had no glaucoma, and then advised me to see the throat doctor because she noticed i had a slight swelling and redness on the right cheek. The visit at the throat doctor was very quick, no endoscopy, he told me that i could get a CT scan if i wanted to. Unfortunately, my insurance at that time didn't cover the cost of it and since it was pretty expensive, I passed it on... I then looked for another ENT doctor, and got recommended a small clinic. 

When i went to that doctor, at that point, i had mainly ear problems, not sinus problems yet, or very mild. He prescribed me Roxithromycin 150mg and a nose spray, Rhinocort (Budesonide). After that initial treatment, it was better, but the issues came back rather quickly. I then went for a second visit at that same doctor, more or less 1 month after the first one, and that time he suggested that my issue might be nose-related. I indeed noticed that might right nostril was clogged pretty much all the time but didn't worry much about it, as i experience regular allergies since i'm a kid, so i thought it would just go away as usual with antihistamine (which i take everyday ) But anyway, that time he did endoscopy. Which one, i'm not really sure so i don't want to take a guess, but i think it was a metal tube one. He said i had no tumor or anything related but saw an inflammation. He looked in both my nostrils and told me i had a slightly deviated septum in my left nostril, but my issue is only the right nostril. He also said i might have an inflated membrane (for a lack of better word since i'm not a specialist) deeper in my right nostril which may cause the issue. He prescribed me the same treatment as before, but this time i took the 300mg antibiotic. I then went for a 3rd follow-up visit at that same doctor, but he couldn't really tell me more than what he already told me. Upon my request he did an endoscopy again and saw that yes, i had some inflammation in the nose and ear. He said 'oh yes that disease can come and go' and mentioned doing surgery which I honestly don't think it would solve the problem and i don't wanna go down that route.... 

My ear problems went away, but my nostril problems intensified accompanied by a frontal mild pain, which varies from day to day. 

I then begin to look for alternate solutions, like inhalations and sprays. Upon reading this forum, people were advising against those 'Thai' sprays found in pharmacies and mentioned Flixonase or Beconase (which i use to take back in Belgium when i was younger). But apparently, you cannot find them in Thailand. Now, i don't use any sprays as i don't want to depend on them and create further complications. 

I also saw some people mentioning Ephedra, which is a Chinese medicine, apparently. 

You mention biofilms, but i'm not sure what are they? 

8 minutes ago, Furioso said:

They are 2 separate things. The only way I can get my humidity below 50% is with a dehumidifier, otherwise it's always between 60%-80% which kills me. Lots of dehumidifiers on Lazada, they suck the water out of the air and fill it into a little reservoir which you have to dump out every day or two. I have two small ones, one for the bathroom and one for my living area. 

Do you have names or advice for the best quality - price related ones i can find? I know Lazada is loaded with cheap crap...