More pics and my wonderful day at the clinic.

Yesterday I was at the gym on the treadmill and ever-so-slightly rolled my foot. It didn't hurt all that much then, but later on it started to act up. When out with Peter and Bunny (oh ya, she was at cf too...great help to us whiteys who know the bare bones of Korean and vice versa for the staff there) it didn't feel too hot, either. This morning I could hardly walk. After lunch my father-and-mother-in-law came and got me and took me to a nearby clinic. While in the car I got a look at these recent photos of my boys.


My boy Spencer does his best "Korean smile for the professional photographer".


My second boy Winston strikes a pose in the ol' MLB cap.

Now, I've been to the doctor here before, but it always surprises me when you go into the treatment room and it's actually, literally, the doctor's office: complete with papers piled high on the desk. No waiting for up to 40 minutes (as I have in Canada) both outside in the waiting room then again in the little treatment rooms. That wooshing sound is me flying in to get things fixed: one of the best parts of Korea, by far.


The doctor's office...the REAL doctor's office, no little rooms!

After taking a look at it this 30-year veteran orthopedic surgeon (ya, you can just walk into a specialist's office, no referral needed or possible) figured some X-rays would be a good idea so he walked me into the X-ray room and took 6 pics of my tarsal area. (Tarsal means foot:me so smrt.)


X-rays of my foot from every angle.

5 minutes later there they were...let's take a look. Hmmm...nope, probably just a strained/sprained ligament (or as he said: slaintd rigamunt). Time for a 'short-leg splint'. Cool. For 7-10 days...well, at least it'll be off by the time I get on the plane.


My new shoe, for 7-10 days.

Then he figured a shot (in the butt, from the female nurse, woo-hoo!) would be a good idea. I didn't even feel the thing which means: (i) my butt's so fatty it has a cushion between the nerves and where the needle went, or (ii) she was very, very good at her job (hehe). And, in true Korean fashion--probably because he has an equity stake in the 약국/yak-gook (pharmacy) next door--I got a prescription for 3 pills, 3 times a day for 3 days (talk about a trinity). No idea what they are or how they are to help me, but I got them.


And, of course, I need some pills.

Oh, and this pic came from Rachel's (aka Supernib) camera from the VT meeting/piss-up a few weeks back. Hahaha...I'm such a riot.


Me with Rachel's camera.

Yesterday I got this email from 김현정/Ms. Hyeon-Jeong Kim (another of my devoted readers). I answered it and sent it to her (her email will be in the comments area of this post so she doesn't get a ton of spam). If you like, fill in your comments and fire it off to her. As you can see, they like the number three also. (This blog is brought to you but the number 3, the letter F and the Hanguel 가.)

Hi! I'm Hyeon-jeong Kim working in a publishing company, Nexus which is one of the biggest publishing companies in Korea.

Surfing the Internet, I was glad to find your blog and email address because I was looking for foreigners who can fill in the questionnaire below.

Could you please take your time and fill in the following questionnaire? It would be very appreciated if you could introduce your friends to me for the survey.

Thank you for your help.
Hyeon-jeong Kim
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Questionnaire

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Thank you for sparing your precious time!

Kelvin just IMed me from Malaysia. It appears my blog is duo-faceted: booze and food. Well, that's me. If you want pics of autumn and fallen leaves check out Shawn's Korea Life Blog or Joel's Picture Pages...if you want martinis and stumbling around I'm your man.