PrEP medicine

[Travellerdave]

Some good information on Prep on this thread, particularly that provided by MauRICE. I’ve consulted my doctor at home ever since the availability of HIV protection. He advises condom protection and sometimes likes the information I can give about the gay scene in SE Asia. He is aware of other non-consulting single patients, str and gay, going there when replying to insurance enquiries etc, and wonders what they get up to. I have to admit that I have dispensed with condoms unless they are requested by my partner.

 

[Olddaddy]

Yes I'm back on the medication 💊 myself 

A doctor a true professional will prescribe you the theatre of medicine which in my absence I didn't have which may have led to risks of HIV , but my doctor a man of many talents recognised this 

 

[Patanawet]

5 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Nothing wrong with saving money that's for sure especially if your broke 

Saving $20 on a blood test at the good old Red Cross 😄❌in Kings Cross ,way to go ,spend the whole day 😀 travelling 🚋🚝travelling no doubt to the isle of wight, oh spare us the details please 

Something your future father in law could comprehend perhaps? 🔒..

 

 

 

 

👍 😁

 

 

 

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[floridarob]

1 hour ago, Patanawet said:

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Don't pay any attention, when it reads like that, they're just talking among themselves... 👬

[daydreamer]

18 hours ago, Patanawet said:

Sorry to go off piste a little but does anyone know if they also do non sexual blood tests like cholesterol, blood glucose etc.?

@Patanawet, according to the Thai Red Cross website, it looks like they provide a wide range of medical services, with the anonymous clinic being only one of their medical services.

The following link has some info, and a photo of a doctor reviewing brain scan images, in front of a modern imaging machine.

https://english.redcross.or.th/heal/

 

[Patanawet]

4 hours ago, daydreamer said:

@Patanawet, according to the Thai Red Cross website, it looks like they provide a wide range of medical services, with the anonymous clinic being only one of their medical services.

The following link has some info, and a photo of a doctor reviewing brain scan images, in front of a modern imaging machine.

https://english.redcross.or.th/heal/

 

Thanks DD for the link.
I don't know if you know that district but the hospital is huge, no HUGE. Very modern and if you go into the outpatient's department it is so clean (polished marble etc.) but HUNDREDS of people milling there.  Everybody coming to assist.  I'm very good with my helpless farang act (not so much of an act these days).

Sorry, I'm drifting off topic again
The site stretches from Silom up to Siam incorporating the university.
I was curious and asked Google how many staff work there.
Their reply was that there were no figures separating university and medical staff but the total was 37,000!

[Olddaddy]

2 hours ago, Patanawet said:

 Everybody coming to assist.  I'm very good with my helpless farang act (not so much of an act these days).

Of course we must as good citizens in this  world community show empathy if not sympathy to the old , well let me tell you sweetheart times are a changing and no one cares to give  you  empathy anymore 

, Go to the gym , even I can run up several flights of stairs and I'm 89 , push your yourself past the borders of meridian, past the threshold of age,and past the New World order 

World order is kicking in and you will be laying on the ground in all your pity whilst a nurse stands over you with her arms folded shaking her head at your weakness !!

And trying to give you an injection 💉

Oh you poor old man ...oh 😭

Gym !! Do squats ! Survival 

 

 

 

[Patanawet]

8 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Of course we must as good citizens in this  world community show empathy if not sympathy to the old , well let me tell you sweetheart times are a changing and no one cares to give  you  empathy anymore 

, Go to the gym , even I can run up several flights of stairs and I'm 89 , push your yourself past the borders of meridian, past the threshold of age,and past the New World order 

World order is kicking in and you will be laying on the ground in all your pity whilst a nurse stands over you with her arms folded shaking her head at your weakness !!

And trying to give you an injection 💉

Oh you poor old man ...oh 😭

Gym !! Do squats ! Survival 

 

 

 

AI?

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Of course we must as good citizens in this  world community show empathy if not sympathy to the old , well let me tell you sweetheart times are a changing and no one cares to give  you  empathy anymore 

, Go to the gym , even I can run up several flights of stairs and I'm 89 , push your yourself past the borders of meridian, past the threshold of age,and past the New World order 

World order is kicking in and you will be laying on the ground in all your pity whilst a nurse stands over you with her arms folded shaking her head at your weakness !!

And trying to give you an injection 💉

Oh you poor old man ...oh 😭

Gym !! Do squats ! Survival 

 

 

 

you drink again ? 

remember , main reason of eating is to avoid drinking on empty stomach

[vinapu]

24 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

AI?

no, looks like whisky diluted with diet coke

[floridarob]

12 hours ago, Patanawet said:

AI?

DUI 

[PeterRS]

23 hours ago, Patanawet said:

I don't know if you know that district but the hospital is huge, no HUGE. Very modern and if you go into the outpatient's department it is so clean (polished marble etc.) but HUNDREDS of people milling there.  Everybody coming to assist.  I'm very good with my helpless farang act (not so much of an act these days). The site stretches from Silom up to Siam incorporating the university.

I have been going to Chulalongkorn hospital for 5 years now. It certainly is huge and very easy to get lost. At ground level for registration and first appointment, there are few staff members who speak English - perhaps just a smattering. The doctors I have seen have been excellent - and excellent English speakers - but it is rather like a railway station with many patients around, all having to register on their first visit before they go to their relevant department. Then there is another waiting period until your number comes up (literally). Finally you are in the right section but be prepared for yet another wait. 

I happen to have an appointment there this afternoon. Registration at 1st floor level opens at 3:00pm but a queue will start forming a good 20 minutes beforehand. Technically my appointment is between 4:30pm and 6:00pm, but it is usually nearer the end than the beginning. So I'm taking my Kindle. Getting a hospital appointment is not a case of walking in, though. It needs to be made some weeks in advance! Unless of course it is an emergency requiring Emergency Treatment. Last time I went to the private hospital BNH, I called at 08:30 am and was seen by a doctor at 10:40 am!

How much longer I will go to Chulalongkorn I have not decided. Another reason is due to the government deciding 2 years ago that foreigners should be charged more than Thais. My doctor's fees used to be Bt. 200 + Bt. 50 for hospital facilities fee. I actually felt it was unfair for me as a foreigner not to pay a little more. But the government then whacked up my doctors' fees by 400% so they are now Bt. 800.  Since I pay very little more if I go to BNH, I feel Bt. 800 is too much and I may just go back to BNH.

I wonder if their Red Cross Clinic now has a foreigners' pricing.

[Foolish]

I tried Pribta clinic in Bangkok last year. It's within walking distance to Silom and the prices were really good imo. The STI tests, a supply of doxy plus 2 bottles of prep came out to be around 3000bt.

The waiting time was short too if compared to Red Cross and I got my results by the next day.

[Patanawet]

5 hours ago, PeterRS said:

I have been going to Chulalongkorn hospital for 5 years now. It certainly is huge and very easy to get lost. At ground level for registration and first appointment, there are few staff members who speak English - perhaps just a smattering. The doctors I have seen have been excellent - and excellent English speakers - but it is rather like a railway station with many patients around,

Yes Peter. I was mentally comparing it to the situation at U.K.'s hospitals with patients waiting up to a couple of days for attention.
I agree that English is a problem but everybody seems eager to assist.
I accompany my Thai friend and he arrives and puts his I.D. card into one of dozens of registration machines (always someone there to help). He then gets a yard long strip of 'till receipt' strip of printed paper' with detailed step by step instructions of everything to do that day. I half heartedly asked the girl helping if they had an English version and she said "no problem" , pushed a button and out came a similar strip, all in English.
Surely the biggest problem there is the dozens of packed lifts.

Edited 3 hours ago by Patanawet
Typo, I don't want to upset 'old daddy'

[PeterRS]

10 minutes ago, Patanawet said:

Yes Peter. I was mentally comparing it to the situation at U.K.'s hospitals with patients waiting up to a couple of days for attention.
I agree that English is a problem but everybody seems eager to assist.
I accompany my Thai friend and he arrives and puts his I.D. card into one of dozens of registration machines (always someone there to help). He then gets a yard long strip of 'till receipt' strip of printed paper' with detailed step by step instructions of everything to do that day. I half heartedly asked the girl helping if they had an English version and she said "no problem" , pushed a button and out came a similar strip, all in English.
Surely the biggest problem there is the dozens of packed lifts.

I cannot compare with the UK as I have never had to attend any hospital there. I totally agree that at Chulalongkorn everyone is eager to help, and that makes for a very pleasant atmosphere. When I mentioned registration, I should have added when first registering as a patient. There are certainly lots of these machines at the main entrance which are also used for appointments, but each department also has usually three machines where I registered this afternoon. As foreigners usually do not have ID cards, the machines have a "foreigner" button. After pressing it, it's easy to manually insert your Hospital number, check the appointment details and get the long strip printed in English that way. 

It's only for the eye checks that I have to use a lift. Perhaps its because of the retina check procedure taking much longer, I've often had lifts that are empty!

[vinapu]

50 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

I cannot compare with the UK as I have never had to attend any hospital there. I totally agree that at Chulalongkorn everyone is eager to help, and that makes for a very pleasant atmosphere. When I mentioned registration, I should have added when first registering as a patient. There are certainly lots of these machines at the main entrance which are also used for appointments, but each department also has usually three machines where I registered this afternoon. As foreigners usually do not have ID cards, the machines have a "foreigner" button. After pressing it, it's easy to manually insert your Hospital number, check the appointment details and get the long strip printed in English that way. 

It's only for the eye checks that I have to use a lift. Perhaps its because of the retina check procedure taking much longer, I've often had lifts that are empty!

reading about all those procedures my thinking is that one need to be very healthy to be sick.