I made it 7 months without being seriously sick, which is pretty good for me, considering my bad allergies. This past weekend we had some bad Yellow Sand blow over for China. I had heard about this yellow dust, but didn't realize how serious it was. I received a text from my cell phone provider cautioning people, especially young kids and the elderly, to wear masks if they had to go outside. Well, I figured I didn't have to worry, because I'm not in either category, right?
Wrong. Sunday night, my eye started to get a little red. I didn't think anything of it, even after it was still red Monday morning. By Tuesday at lunch, it had gotten pretty blood shot. My co-teachers told me I should go to the hospital to get it checked out. I left school around 2:30 to do so.
I walked to the hospital just up the street, but they refered me to a eye specialist in Unnam-dong. Close, but still had to take a taxi. I found the specialist easily enough, and after filling out some basic paperwork and presenting them with my ARC, I got to see the doctor. His English was great of course, and after asking me some questions, he diagionsed Conjunctivitis due to Yellow Sand.
For treatment, I got a shot in the butt. I'm not exactly sure why, but that was pretty uncomfortable when she kept slapping it, just like you would when taking blood from your elbow. The total to see the doctor and get the shot was 4,100 won, around $3.75. I then went downstairs to get my two kinds of eye drops and 4 kinds of pills from the pharmacy. Total for that was 3,600 won (about $3.20).
In the end, my 24 pills, 2 bottles of eye drops, shot, consultation, and two taxi rides cost less than a Long Island at one the bars downtown. Another highlight? I was home in less than an hour. Oh, and I think the medicine is working too. ^^
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The shot was steroids. It's weird that they just hand that shit out for anything.
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