Comments on: Hospital Visit

By: karen

karen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:38:10 +0000

Yeah. When I mentioned it to some people they thought I was giving them the name of the disease in Japanese.

Soon I’ll have to start explaining that it wasn’t something I caught in Japan…

By: Geoff!

Geoff! — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:31:42 +0000

Gosh, that all sounds rather tricky… as they say – hospital’s are no place for the sick! Hope you’re feeling better soon. Also your assessed condition appears to have a local (to you) link… there’s irony!

By: karen

karen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:17:56 +0000

I think they just treat the symptoms. It was hard for me to tell what they were giving me. It’s a strange white powder which I assume is supposed to lower my temperature. It’s described as a non-pyrine cold preparation…

I too hope I don’t have to see a doctor too often as I find the whole experience quite stressful. I suppose it’s not really the doctor that stresses me but trying to understand the system that surrounds seeing the doctor which is all in Japanese.

By: Jessica Marie

Jessica Marie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:55:17 +0000

All of this sounds horrible and I hope very much that you are treated quickly and that you don’t have to see a doctor every few weeks.
Also, I think it’s funny that they gave you medicine for a cold. What could they give you? It’s a virus. Do they just treat the symptoms?