Today I’m going to the doctor to complain about some strange headaches I’ve been having. I really don’t like the medical profession and this visit makes me nervous and tense, but the headaches are stronger than my aversion and fear.

I’m chickening out though, and not going to a local Japanese clinic. Why? If I have to describe my pain, I don’t think I can do it in Japanese. I can say “My head hurts” but that will only get me “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.”

So I’m off to an American doctors’ clinic where everyone speaks English and my Japanese insurance is not accepted. Which is OK, because I can’t find my Japanese insurance card… Posted by kuri at July 11, 2001 08:28 AM