Doctor's Office, Take Three

When I woke up this past Saturday with a slight sore throat, I immediately blamed my director, who had taken us out for dinner and endless bottles of Soju on Friday night. When the sore throat blossomed to include a fever and the inability to swallow much beyond water, I was perplexed. This was the third time in as many months that I had these symptoms – and I have already been through two different doctors who had both given me the Korean shot in the ass (of what, I have no idea), an IV (again: no idea) and a bagful of colorful pills to choke down for the next week. The problem was with each doctor’s visit, I could never really articulate my symptoms much beyond pointing at my throat and grimacing. Conversely, I never had any idea the names of the fistful of pills they were directing me to take three times a day. While I’m enjoying that the health care is virtually free, my Korean class has not delved into enough medical vocab to keep up with my frequent flier status at the local clinics and so I have little to no idea what I’m subjecting my body to.

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