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I get a terrible rash on my face/neck from my current helmet, which I clean quite often. It's quite possible I'm allergic to the interior lining. Anyone know a good place to buy a hypoallergenic helmet here in Thailand?

Full face helmet; either online on local shop. 

7 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

 Now the crimes have began its little wonder people are heading to other country's like Viet and Malaysia where are they are looked after better. 

 

..they will just up prices to reduce the loss in Chinese visitors.

I agree, going to these other countries is very eye opening. They have a lot of pros with fewer cons. 

I'm coming back to Thailand tomorrow as I'm just finishing up my 6 week stay in Vietnam. Vietnam has been great but I did have to try 5 different hotels before I found a good one-the pictures on booking are always so misleading. As for Thailand I'm going to see if I can do 4 straight months and stay in a good mood. Going to the gym will help out but yeah I'm thinking 4 months out of any year is enough for me. Being low season helps..I hope. 

14 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I'm sure they are.

 

But I've always thought, what if something happens after the initial surgery.

 

Surgery is fine you get discharged and fly home, but a few days later something goes wrong?

 

Do you fly back to India to consult with the original surgeon, or do you have to find a local physician, then try to get all the medical records from India?

 

So maybe medical tourism is right for some, but I'm not convinced that it always saves you money

I would think for a surgery like rotator cuff most people would stay in India in a decent hotel near the hospital for about a month. Hopping on a plane after surgery is a no go.

Of course people have different situations in my case I've got 75% coverage with a catastrophic cap. I'm lucky I don't have to worry too much about cost and I definitely prefer surgery out of country. 

4 hours ago, Felt 35 said:

 

I Had an accident similar in 2022 with a full width tear of the supraspinatus tendon which is one of the four rotator cuff muscles. I got a quote at Bumrungrad shortly after Thb 425,000, - My insurance did not cover and I was anyway scared about recovery time so I returned home  and both my general practitioner and an orthopedic shoulder specialist did not recommend that I undergo any surgery due to the long recovery time and, not least at my age, the chances of my shoulder recovering completely were slim. They did however recommend physiotherapy. I returned to Thailand and did the training myself, as I do regular strength training anyway. At that time, I had pain even when I was lying in bed, could not lift my arm out to the side and even swimming was impossible - Today, three years later, I can load 8kg on each arm and do lateral raises, swimming is painless, and I sleep without pain.

Felt

Congrats on your progress! I had a couple of sports injuries in my late 40's I almost agreed to a meniscus repair and a buddy of mine just said "don't let them cut you unless the pain is unbearable". Thankfully my knee healed up nicely on it's own.

After that I kept on playing on hard courts for another 7 years, and suffered through several shoulder, foot, and knee injuries. The last knee injury hit me at age 55, I could barely walk for 2-3 months even and a cortisone shot only helped for about 2 weeks. I was deathly afraid I screwed up my knee so bad it was going to require knee replacement surgery. Once again I listened to my friend and waited it out and six months later I was a lot better. So much so that I went on to play one final hardcourt season.

Thank god my friend told me to hold off on any surgery I probably would be way worse off today if I let them cut me.  For anyone considering surgery I strongly suggest BLIND 2nd and 3rd opinions. 

AI

I've had a few iPhone Pro Max's in my hands they're a fantastic phone and probably the flagship Samsung Galaxy is even better. However, I always lose or break my phones I cannot stomach losing over 1,000 quid over a stupid phone.

I dropped my current Samsung A24(great cheap phone by the way) a couple of months ago I've repaired the screen but it cracked too so I'm going to buy the best Android phone(A24 or Honor200?) I can find for under 12,000 baht later this month.

But yeah I agree the expensive phones are definitely A+++ and they're worth it if you are able to keep it 4-5 years.

I'm lucky to keep any phone unscathed for a year. 

Well, if the New York Times says it it must be true. 

Didn't they used to be skinny? They are enormous now what the he_l happened? 

Tump was wrong thinking he could make a deal with Putin. Fine, let Putin set Russia back 20, 30, 40 years while the west deal with their own problems. 

Russia has been constant trouble for over 100 years. The plan is to Just allow Putin and Russia to weaken both economically and militarily.

4 minutes ago, kiwi147 said:

I just recieved a response from thailand lawyer than they can provide a full immigration and blacklist check for 6500 bath.

not a bad deal

15. IPTV hooker upper

16. used to have that early 20's waiter from South Africa at Hemmingways. 

As far as Putin isn't the U.S happy the Russians are depleting their military in Ukraine? 

2 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

I didn't spend enough time in Da Nang to need a dentist, but I can recommend great dental clinics in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, if you're interested.

 

In Ho Chi Minh City, Elite Dental: https://elitedental.com.vn/en/

 

In Nha Trang, Daisy Dental: https://nhakhoadaisy.vn

Ok great, thank you!

16 hours ago, BangkokHank said:

While it's not the main reason why I visit Vietnam, I do always make it a point to visit the dentist while I'm there. They do a great job for rather less than what it costs in Thailand.

Oh really? can you recommend a dentist office in Da Nang? or did you visit some other city? 

6 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

A friend of mine came back to Thailand and after almost 2 weeks that he is over there he said that locals are more racist and rude. He also saw that Thais don't have good education and they don't have any type of skills. Bolt taxi drivers don't even look at your face when they bring you somewhere. There are so much scammers, especially in pattaya!. He is feeling like there is more racism now and people are crazy about money. He still like Thailand by the way but he is also looking at other options, Vietnam and other south east Asian country 

Yeah I think Pattaya/Jomtien grew way too much and when a place gets super crowded tempers flare easily. I was in Pattaya from 2007-2011 it was much nicer, practically a ghost town compared to what it is now. They keep building and building in Jomtien I tell my friends its unsustainable they just can't imagine what it's going to be like in 2-3 years. 

Is it possible to buy gold at their "spot" price?