Michael and the kids took me to the Clinica medica today. Traveled in by bus, would've fallen off my bike I'm so dizzy. Slept on the bus.
When you go to the doctor in Puerto Viejo, there is a sign that says to ring the bell and wait three minutes. the door was opened immediately on our ring by a man in jeans and a polo shirt. The doctor. Three minutes later his daughter, the receptionist, came in the front door. She explained they live behind the clinic and the bell sounds there and then they come to see patients. Things are laid back here.
The doctor asked what he could do for me. i said I thought I may have an inner ear infection. He asked about my symptoms. When I told him I was struggling with vertigo, he became puzzled. Said it wasn't a common symptom...I was thinking...huh? Um...I'd heard the Costa Rican medical system was exceptional...
He asked me to describe the vertigo and the rest of my symptoms. Suddenly he began to grin..."I thought you said urinary infection!" We had a great laugh!
He gave me a prescription with instructions for the pharmacia to give me a discount, and sent me on my way with instructions to come back if I wasn't feeling better by the next day after taking them.
Slept on the bus on the way home...just can't stay awake for long.
the silver lining of this sleepy cloud? He gave me the "locale" price of $40.00; half what it would've cost a "tourist"! LOL!
When you go to the doctor in Puerto Viejo, there is a sign that says to ring the bell and wait three minutes. the door was opened immediately on our ring by a man in jeans and a polo shirt. The doctor. Three minutes later his daughter, the receptionist, came in the front door. She explained they live behind the clinic and the bell sounds there and then they come to see patients. Things are laid back here.
The doctor asked what he could do for me. i said I thought I may have an inner ear infection. He asked about my symptoms. When I told him I was struggling with vertigo, he became puzzled. Said it wasn't a common symptom...I was thinking...huh? Um...I'd heard the Costa Rican medical system was exceptional...
He asked me to describe the vertigo and the rest of my symptoms. Suddenly he began to grin..."I thought you said urinary infection!" We had a great laugh!
He gave me a prescription with instructions for the pharmacia to give me a discount, and sent me on my way with instructions to come back if I wasn't feeling better by the next day after taking them.
Slept on the bus on the way home...just can't stay awake for long.
the silver lining of this sleepy cloud? He gave me the "locale" price of $40.00; half what it would've cost a "tourist"! LOL!
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