GroveHillWanderer
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Only one type of medicine, in its original blister pack.
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Hua Hin is a tourist area, I went to a private clinic here recently that has an almost exclusively farang clientele. The doctor's consulting fee was 500 Baht and the one-week course of antibiotics they prescribed was 150 Baht. So I would say no, private clinics in tourist areas are not always expensive.
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Retirement Visa
GroveHillWanderer replied to Eddie45's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
There is, if the person entered on an OA that allows multiple entries during its validity and then thinks that they are getting a new OA visa (which would allow them multiple entries again) when they're actually getting an extension of permission to stay, which does not come with the multi-entry privilege. There has been more than one case where people have posted on here (some quite irate) about getting what they thought was a visa renewal, then leaving without a re-entry permit and being told on coming back that they could only get a visa exempt entry for 30 days as their permission to stay was no longer valid. This meant they had to go through the whole rigamarole of getting a new O visa in country (or going back out to get a new OA visa) - all because they had thought they were getting a visa, rather than an extension of their permit to stay. -
Electric Vehicles in Thailand
GroveHillWanderer replied to Bandersnatch's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
It's only minimally less simply than you mention. It's: approach the vehicle, unlock the doors, press the start button and drive away. I'll admit that the first time I did it, I thought I could just drive off immediately but once I realized you have to press the start button first, it was an easy adjustment to make and it's now second nature. I also find the app rather handy to send a destination to the car's SatNav system before starting a journey and to lock the doors remotely if I've forgotten to do so (or to check if I have or haven't, when I'm not sure). I would say I use the app almost every time I'm about to drive the car but it's particularly useful to start the AC when it's been parked in the open for a while (which it often is when we've been out). -
It's not gnarly at all. It was once, but not any more. It's given just the same as almost all vaccinations, such as a flu or Covid shot. For older children and adults, that's into the deltoid muscle of the upper arm. Very young or small children may have the vaccine injected into the upper leg (thigh) muscle.
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As others have already pointed out, that's untrue. Here's the pertinent info from a medical website. "The rabies vaccine is used in two ways: 1. It is given to a person who has a higher risk of coming into contact with an infected animal, to immunize them against rabies in case they are bitten by a rabid animal. 2. The vaccine is given to a person who has been bitten by an infected animal to prevent the virus from developing into rabies. The protocol for a person exposed to the virus who has not previously been vaccinated against rabies calls for receiving 4 doses of the rabies vaccine over a 14-day period, as well as receiving 1 dose of rabies immunoglobulin to be given right after the first vaccine dose." Rabies Prevention and the Rabies Vaccine
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Travel insurance warning after Welshman's motorbike crash
GroveHillWanderer replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
OK, but the implication was that he'd bought a policy that was only valid for a trip of 30 days in total. I was just pointing out that wasn't the case. -
Travel insurance warning after Welshman's motorbike crash
GroveHillWanderer replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
That's not quite accurate. According to the article the overall policy was valid for a year but there was a clause that said it would only be valid for 31 days in any given country, which he apparently had not noticed. -
That's not strictly true though, is it? Some viruses get less virulent, some don't, as mentioned in the article below. Debunking the idea viruses always evolve to become less virulent Even with Covid itself, we have seen this. The Delta variant was more transmissible and more deadly than the original "wild-type" strain. Delta variant 133% more deadly than original COVID strain Bird flu is another example. When it first started infecting humans it was relatively mild but evolved to become more deadly as time went by, as stated in the AP News article below. Viruses can evolve to be more deadly
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Not sure how anyone can do that if, as you strongly implied, the photograph is not of the animal in question.
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What time do you go to sleep? (Poll)
GroveHillWanderer replied to BananaStrong's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
My answer is, "None of the above." Depending on the circumstances of the day, anywhere between 10 pm and 1 am. -
New Zealander Dies In Fall From Kanchanaburi Train
GroveHillWanderer replied to webfact's topic in Central Thailand
There are videos of the incident. The door did not fall off. -
Jeremy Clarkson says he is 'horrified' over Meghan column
GroveHillWanderer replied to Scott's topic in World News
Just to point out, not everyone agrees with you that she is mocking British royalty or its traditions in that clip. When I did a Google search, the first article I found actually starts out by saying: And then goes on to state: Meghan Markle curtsy remarks I would agree with the characterisation in the article. Has it occurred to you that maybe you're the one misinterpreting it? -
I'm not sure where (or if) you learned about the UK and its political system but if you think the UK doesn't have a constitution, then I'm afraid you've fallen for a common myth. As the document linked to below on the UK parliamentary website (www.parliament.uk) points out, although it is not codified into a single, written document, the UK does in fact, have a constitution: The UK Constitution I have a good friend here who used to be a lawyer in the UK before she retired and she is fond of pointing out when people bring up this canard, she actually spent most of her legal career working on UK constitutional law. Which as she says, would have been a little difficult to do if it didn't have one.
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CNN did not leave out anything. They posted verbatim, the entirety of Trump's remarks. While he prefaces it with his usual, totally debunked claims about election fraud, make no mistake about it - he is calling for the "termination" of the provisions of the US Constitution, all in the vain hope of him being reinstated as President. Which of course, is never, ever going to happen.
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You'd like to think so but it's not clear from what's been posted so far. "Antibiotics etc" could mean anything.
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However, as @tgwand @Sherylhave mentioned, the recommended treatment is not antibiotics alone. You don't say what other medicines the doctor prescribed together with the antibiotics (if any). Pretty much all the medical literature holds that the most effective treatment for H. pylori is a combination therapy with either 3 or 4 medicines taken together for a period of time. For instance, the paper below recommends a quadruple therapy consisting of bismuth, a PPI, and two different antibiotics. Best Helicobacter pylori Eradication Strategy in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance Other papers recommend a triple therapy with just a PPI and two antibiotics. Did your wife receive a triple or quadruple combination therapy?