Hey Barbara, stop by as long as your local -GRIN-

The medical system here is interesting to say the least. It is modern and up to date but it has little quirks. Wakana talks about losing her energy and stability sometimes and this seems to be terminology she picked up from her doctor. It makes sense but it doesn't seem to be proper medical terminology.

The hospital we are going to looks like a second rate American hospital. It could use a coat of paint and some new tile on the floors. But they process people trhough there very quickly and they know what they are doing. Wen we arrived yesterday for her PT she took her appointment card to the desk. they popped it into the machine. We walked down to the orthopedic section where they had her file waiting for us. Then we headed down to PT where they quickly ushered her in for treatment. Afterwards we walked back to the front of the hospital to deliver the file to the front desk. There was a short wait and then we were called on to pay the bil and we departed. Total time in the hospital, about 45 minutes. The bill? $2.22. The national health insurance system picked up the rest.

Of course her treatment looked like it belonged in Hollywood7s version of a medieval dugeon. There was a cable and a couple of pullies, and a steel drrick arm and a set of leather straps. They buckled the straps on to her head and the machine lifted for about fifteen minutes. She spent the rest of the day asleep.

Yesterday afternoon I walked out to explore. I wandered down to a used stuff place called Hard-Off where I bought a little backpack. Then up to Doki-Doki, another used stuff place and then on to Kanseki, a hardware store. After that I visited Sega-World which was a video gaming place. They had a row of machines there into which you dropped coins. The arm swept back and forth and eventually, if you dropped enough coins, you could push out more coins. Well, while I stood there looking at the machine some coins dropped out. So I began playing. It was good free entertainment. I enjoyed myself but I didn't feel right taking the money so I let it there when I left. I'm sure someone enjoyed it.

Today I will become mobile. We will go buy a bicycle so I can explore the town some more.