Markie 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by echineko: Sorry Markie, it joke Got a sense of humour, do you? Is that your subtle way of telling me you want a squeeze too? Left, right or both? Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I avoid them too, just don't trust what I have seen with my close Japanese friends (and a foreign friend who had a semi-nightmare with a doctor). Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 My brother visited me after 6 months in Sumatra & surrounding islands. 2 days after arriving here he had "cold" like symptoms. several doc's were consulted but none would do malaria tests. eventually he collapsed coming in & out of conciousness and they finally did the test to find that his level of malaria in his blood was 10x the dangerous limit!! then they ummed and arred about getting the treatment that could save his life (laruim) because it is actually illegal here! It ended up being cerebal malaria and he was very lucky that he had travel insurance.. cost about US$15,000-20k a day in ICU! My Malaria story 6 months earlier in indo, doc told my wife i was definately going to kark it, and gave me fanzidar, which was out of date by 15 years! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 My experience tells me the small clinics here suck dont go there. Its worth the time to head to the big hospitals. Had a doctor tell my I was stressed when I wasnt. I had and infection in my gut. Had to take a monthes worth of meds to clear it up. Takeda hospital in kyoto or the uni hospital here are good ones just in case you need one. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 What do you guys think about this killer flu goin around? Just a big media blitz or something to be scared of? Would you be worried about getting back into Japan if you were, say, travelling to, say, Hong Kong, say, next week? Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I think your risks might be increased if you decided to stay with someone who happens to live a block away from the hotel which was identified to be where the first case of this disease started spreading and whose girlfriend works in a public hospital. BTW it's not flu, it's atypical pneumonia, also called SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 its sickening. here in singapore the pneumonia patients are next to the hiv aids patients (the most vulnerable due to poor immune system). when i found this out i was disgusted, but hey singapore govt for you. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 this is SAM / S_F_G ... Yeah my horror story is drews horror story, we arrived home to be told that my leg had been burnt very badly (der...) but in thailand they said it wasnt very bad at all!! It was 3rd degree in places and 2nd degree the rest of it. the stray dogs werent the nicest thing to see when you have an open wound on ya leg! Interesting experiance! I now hate Motorbikes, and im not a fan for the thais lack of non stick bandages! Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheTin 0 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 I hate hospitals anyway, but having stray dogs wandering about Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 That would freak me out too. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 My doctor at the end of last week told me that I might be eating too much cheese. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Doctors are to be avoided, no doubt. I had 1 experience here and it was a little un-nerving, the doctor was almost saying that he couldn't know what was wrong with me because "I wasn't Japanese". Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 You want to avoid those kind of doctors. They're weird. Link to post Share on other sites
hide 0 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 That is very strange - was he real old guy? He should be reported. Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Very wierd. He think you're non human then? Link to post Share on other sites
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