Sunday morning, after walking around for a bit, my back had the most incredible pain in it. I sat down and I felt a numbness from my chest up. As I sat there the feeling went into my face, I was told my lips went white and I soon lost my vision.
Laying down I felt much better, but I knew I needed to go to the hopsital.
Sunday isn't a great day for visiting the doctor's office since so many are closed. But thankfully I was with a friend who found a back specialist who was open. We crawled into a cab and took a ride over. Much to my surprise the doctor had a very high level of English ability; which is unheard of in a small clinic.
They took 6 x-rays and within a few minutes the images had been scanned and send to the other side of the clinic. Viewing them on a 40" screen and being able to play with the brightness gave great flexibility to these digital copies. I should not be surprised but I have not heard of this in a hospital before.
After looking at the scans the doctor said the problem is not with the bones in my spine but was somewhere else; either muscle related or something more serious with internal organs.
He wrote a prescription (which later proved nearly impossible to fill since it was special meds. But we were turned to some over the counter for $6 which did the job). The nurse gave me a muscle relaxant shot and I was sent upstairs for 40 minutes of physical therapy which consisted of a hot pad, ultra sound, and a strange massage machine which had four large suction cups.
Total cost with national health care: $10 (10,100 Won).
A few days have passed and my back feels much better. I have much more flexibility. Our family has done some research on exercises and things to avoid this again in the future. And this could be my chance to try more than two needles worth of acupuncture. Hmmm~
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