Hua Hin Forum

One of the silent killers that you need to have checked out around age 55 if not earlier and at least every five years after that is colon cancer. No symptoms until too late. Colonoscopy is the procedure usually used. It is both painless and thorough. (I have had at least a half dozen of these both ...

Since I have been here in Thailand, I first used Bumrungrad for my annual physical until they screwed up my reservations and proved impossible to contact at one point when I switched to Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok. They were excellent and I stayed with them for several years. I left them only becaus...

Of course accents are a whole nother ballgame . .as are colloquialisms from the world of rap and such language "worlds" as Cockney. "I'm good" seems to be catching on everywhere . .perhaps a short way of saying,"I'm good to go." Just as "See you later" is shor...

Having taught English for many years, at many levels and in several different countries, I must admit to never having had a pupil incapable of dealing with the really minor differences between American and British usage. It is a lesson that can be mastered by the most simple minded in half an hour a...

I saw this demonstrated on TV the other and was impressed by both the simplicity of it ( having trained for years on the old combination breathe and compress method ) the point of the new method being to move the oxygen that is already in the blood around. I had not heard of it until last week. Cons...

Actually Pete, that walking street was one of the things that I DID like about Pattaya! We spent several enjoyable evenings sitting there with a beer or two and watching the world pass by . . .one of the reasons I like Pizza Corner here in Hua Hin . . . you can sit and eat/ drink and watch the livel...

Pattaya as a place to raise kids? You are kidding, right bricks? Have you ever been there? Gotta say I am no fan of the place and feel that Hua Hin is vastly preferable. No choice IMHO. I keep seeing that thread about traveling Hua Hin to Pattaya and thinking to myself, "Why?" (Pattaya to ...

and pubs being forced to be non smoking (I am not a smoker and never have been but no one ever forced me to go into a smoky pub). Have to disagree on this one WL. When all your friends are going into that pub for an evening of fun . . and you have a smoke allergy, respiratory problems or just a pro...

I have had several experiences with San Paolo, the most serious being an emergency gall bladder surgery. I have always found the staff very knowledgeable, efficient and pleasant and since it is the closest hospital where they even pretend to speak English, it is where a lot of people end up in emerg...

Thaiorchid. . .. Thank you SO much for the background on Khun Tuck! I did not know much about his life and I only had the chance to work with him indirectly and very briefly online. Never got to meet him, unfortunately, but I heard only good things about him from people who knew him well. Chuckle, n...

Whatever you might think of his newspaper selling tactics or lack of western photo standards . .Kuhn Tuck was one of the few . .very few ( actually I can not name another) Thai people in a position of some influence here who listened to farangs and tried to make life in Hua Hin better for us. Let me...

Richard I must agree with you. . .and with CharlesH too. Mr Plum has added SO much to the HHAD forums and provided me with many interesting ideas and suggestions and introduced various topics that were new to me. I sincerely hope he reconsiders. But I have also been around HHAD long enough to see ma...

Wow has this thread gone off in new and not so profitable directions! Its too bad that we all can't calmly look at ALL suggestions for healthy living, ways of staying alive and healthy in this world . .do a bit of research on our own and come to our own private decisions. I have really appreciated M...

I just like the very idea that there are alternative medecines because, as I am sure we can all provide examples, there ARE times when Western Medicine seems stumped about what to do . .and lots of the alternative suggestions .. things like careful diet, taking care of your body, not smoking or drin...

Never tried it with honey. I may give it another go . . .although I probably wont do that until I see the results of what I am currently doing. I plan another blood test next month. What I am doing is focusing on my "vegetable fried rice" and fruit diet, only whole wheat bread and not too ...