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akujunkanWhy, oh god above, does this only ever happen to me? Other JETs only have to go in for the x-ray and temperature-taking. I, on the other hand, have been annually forced to endure the full battery of horrors only a medically FUBARed country like Japan has to offer. At least I managed to avoid the terror of the mat this time. I think they realised pushing me would not be a good idea after drawing so much blood.
Ah, the blood. They insisted on taking five vials of the stuff. Five. I was told that this was being done in order to ascertain my blood type (which is BS), but lo, that bit of information was helpfully not included in the checkup results, which I received today. Pity, as it's the one bit of health-related data I'd be interested in knowing.
The others I'm already aware of: no, I am not obese. Yes, my blood pressure is fine. No, I do not have diabetes. Nor do I have tuberculosis.
The results have helpfully informed me that I 'irregularities' requiring 'strict medical supervision' were noted during my chest x-ray. As I have yet to drop dead of a heart ailment in the two years they've been reporting such results, I rather think I'm fine. (I would also like to suggest that 'irregularities' is perhaps a rather vague word to use medically. One longs to know what was irregular, and how.)
Although, they thankfully avoided the unfortunate mistake of the first check-up, which had warning lights lit up like Christmas. Of course, that will happen when you try to assess the health of a twenty-something American female against a forty-something Japanese female rubric.
That will be all.
Ah, the blood. They insisted on taking five vials of the stuff. Five. I was told that this was being done in order to ascertain my blood type (which is BS), but lo, that bit of information was helpfully not included in the checkup results, which I received today. Pity, as it's the one bit of health-related data I'd be interested in knowing.
The others I'm already aware of: no, I am not obese. Yes, my blood pressure is fine. No, I do not have diabetes. Nor do I have tuberculosis.
The results have helpfully informed me that I 'irregularities' requiring 'strict medical supervision' were noted during my chest x-ray. As I have yet to drop dead of a heart ailment in the two years they've been reporting such results, I rather think I'm fine. (I would also like to suggest that 'irregularities' is perhaps a rather vague word to use medically. One longs to know what was irregular, and how.)
Although, they thankfully avoided the unfortunate mistake of the first check-up, which had warning lights lit up like Christmas. Of course, that will happen when you try to assess the health of a twenty-something American female against a forty-something Japanese female rubric.
That will be all.
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on 2005-09-12 08:11 am (UTC)It's good that you've a clean bill of health, and no dixie cups & mats to contend with.
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on 2005-09-12 09:45 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-09-12 02:41 pm (UTC)Well, I guess in the bright side is they didn't decide you are either pregnant or going through menopause ;-)
*snerk*
and congrats on avoiding the mat!!!! *yikes*
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on 2005-09-14 02:05 am (UTC)SHOULD ARRIVE TODAY.
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on 2005-09-14 05:47 am (UTC)