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Huh? What's that? Thais come together in groups to vape? Or are you talking about fb groups? Is there really something like that?

I really wonder where you live, and the others who say this. Pattaya? In parts of Bangkok without farang I hardly see vaping (and certainly not Thais vaping). Outside Bangkok, I have never seen it at all. You know, those lands beyond Soi Buakhao and Soi Bangla are also part of Thailand.

I just read the General said "bad cops will be cleansed from the RTP". So everything is fine.

Sometimes I have to tell friends who come as tourists that vaping is illegal. The reaction is always incredulity. They don't believe me. But, yes, someone should have told them "you can smoke weed, but you cannot vape".

She couldn't even string 5 words together into a decent Thai sentence! Obviously completely drunk

I have to retract this statement. The schedule the hospital gave is ok. They already follow the new WHO guidelines from 2018. The Essen-regimen as seen in the picture I posted above and as quoted by Sheryl has been shortened to a total of 4: 0, 3, 7, and only 1 injection between 14 and 28. (The TRCS intradermal schedule has also been shortened. The Zagreb-regimen remains the same). 03-rabies-rao-508.pdf WER9316-201-219.pdf

That's correct. And all of them are PVRV (purified Vero cell rabies vaccine), like Verorab or Speeda. AFAIK Thailand doesn't use the vaccines that show up in your CDC link, HDCV (human diploid cell vaccine) and PCECV (purified chick embryo cell vaccine, Rabipur). PVRV, on the other hand, is not available in the US.

Yes, they do help There are different types of compression stockings: the cheapo airline type, usually white - only helps a little bit. medical grade, comes in different strengths and should be fitted individually. They are so tight, you can hardly put them on without help. There are cheap devices to help you putting them on. BUT: Swollen legs are a symptom. You should see a doctor to check what is the underlying disease, if any. He might recommend compression socks.

In the picture below, on the right side, you see the schedule with 5 IM = intramuscular injections on 5 different days, 0.5 ml PVRV vaccine each time, as you wrote: On the left side, you see the TRC-ID (=Thai Red Cross intradermal) schedule, with 4 days of injections, 2 intradermal (= into the skin) injections each day, only 0.1ml PVRV vaccine each time. As you wrote: Intradermal vaccination (into the skin) is preferred in many developing countries. Your link to the US CDC describes a different kind of vaccine (HDCV, not PVRV; 1.0 ml, not 0.5 ml) with a different schedule (day 0-3-7-14). PVRV is what is used in Thailand and what the WHO recommends.

This schedule is ok if the dog is still healthy in 10 days. If the dog dies (not probably) you would need an additional injection on 14th of February. (I take it that these are IM injections, not intradermal (into the skin)) According to WHO guidelines, you should also get RIG. In Thailand, they don't follow these guidelines, they have their own guidelines and they give it not often.

That would be the injections into the skin. He seems to had an injection intramuscular. You are right about those 2 injections he got today, I just thought about it, but you were faster. He should do exactly as you said. He should also get RIG, not so easy in a small government hospital

That's intramuscular. I suspected this Yes, but I wouldn't go to the same one. It is very, very substandard in Thailand not to give rabies injection.

Are you sure, what you got was rabies vaccine? Did you get the sticker? Are you sure you understood what they told you? You should have gotten a handout with a schedule. Your schedule is very unusual. If there are no recent scientific breakthroughs that I am not aware of, it's completely wrong. There are many vaccination schedules. The Zagreb-schedule goes like this: 2 injections, intramuscular, on day 0 (ie today) (were your injections intramuscular, long needle, into the muscle? or just into the skin with a short needle?), one more on day 7 (ie next week), one more on day 21 (in 3 weeks). Try to find out what they gave you, and go to a bigger hospital asap. You also should get RIG rabies immunoglobulin asap, expensive and only available in bigger or private hospitals.

Have you ever been vaccinated against rabies? If yes, when?

I pay 850 for 56 capsules Prepentin 75mg (local brand). It should be possible to get it 200 baht cheaper (my pharmacy is generally expensive)

I don't have a visa. At least not in my passport. I got an e-visa in the data bank of immigration, but no proof of it. I did print it out and keep the print-out with my passport, but it's really just a pdf that anybody could have produced. I have always worried a bit about this. An Yu Ching claims, police said her visa was unacceptable and must be printed in her passport with an offical emblem. If I were police, I would think so, too. If I were police, I would never have heard of so-called "e-visa". So my worries about my visa just got a bit bigger. How can I prove that I do have a visa? Is this really not necessary?

It depends on the regulations of the condo. Often much more than 30 days.

Two more things: The really important thing is: how far will the insurer go to dig out preexisting conditions? Some will ask on the phone "Otherwise you were ok, I suppose?" So you say yes, and that's it. Others will require all previous medical records of the patient. They will contact all Thai hospitals the patient may have visited, and ask about this patient. This can take many months. Some insurances deny every claim over 50,000 or 100,000 USD, wait for the patient to sue, and then settle out of court (at a discount, of course). You get what you pay for. On average, the premiums have to equal the cost of treatment. And private medical care in Thailand is not cheap. Many TV members expect a monthly premium of less than 10,000. That just can't cover Bumrungrad, BPH etc (it may if you exclude outpatient treatment, dentistry, eye care, pregnancy etc). 20,000 would be cheap. A friend has an insurance that really covers everything, they paid millions already. But when the premium went up to 70,000 per month, even he switched to a cheaper policy.

Generally true, but not "any" insurerer. No, not "any" insurer. As I repeatedly mentioned, there are insurances with a different model of contract. But I don't know of any that would be suitable for most board members (ie old Anglo-American expats living full-time in Thailand on a tight budget). They are mostly European. Many require European residence or nationality. Some require regular ( eg once a year or once every couple of years) trips home (most Snowbirds use this kind of insurance). Some are subsidized (but they require a certain nationality, or residence in a certain country, or membership in Social Security there). Some use a moratorium: if you haven't got sick for a certain time after buying the policy all preexisting conditions are covered. These policies are not cheap, though (usually far more than 10,000 baht per month). Some really just don't care about preexisting conditions older than a certain number of years (5 years is common, can be more or less than that). But often, their policies are a bit ambiguous, so it's risky.

555 I was thinking about buying April :) Quote: "was"

You say Bumrungrad found BPH. So, why does April think it was an existing condition at the time you bought the policy? And why do they think you knew about BPH at the time you bought the policy? Really confused. PS Oh, Sheryl just answered my question in her next post. Looks not good for Simon IMO

This is illegal in most places (contravenes government regulations about hotels and contravenes the regulations of the condo). Many places still do it. A bit risky, you might run into a place where the neighbors call the police. Not very probable, though.

Yes. The question is whether this reasoning would stand up in a French court. I have no idea. Exactly. BTW I am a bit confused. You say you never got in writing that you have BPH - so why does April think so?

You believe the RTP. Are they trustworthy?

She actually is an actress. Why don't you help her with that? You seem to know how to do it. I certainly don't know. That's what you say (and the RTP looking for an excuse) Not many places in the world with less KMT than Pingtung. Yes Did you know that he is from Pingtung? Did you know that he is from KMT? Taiwan, like the small countries of Europe (eg the Netherlands, one of Taiwan's oldest friends in Europe), is very open to the world. It's nothing like the US where I was asked whether Germany is in Africa and where highly educated people don't know the difference between Iraq and Iran. I can trust friends from Taiwan with 100,000 USD. I wouldn't try this with Thais. The rest of your post is off topic and insulting.