At the Doctors
December 28, 2011
I went to see if I needed my Hepatitus shots for Egypt. I got tested to see if I was still immune. I got congrazted on not having hepatitus, but I’m also not immune.
Doc – Didn’t you go to school in Manitoba? We usually immunize kids when they’re in Grade 9 and they should last 10 years.
Me – Yes…I graduated 11 years ago. (Wait! This means I look young, right?)
(Note – My actual Dr is on vacation, this is my substitute Dr.)
Doc – Why was all the fancy blood work ordered?
Me – At my appointment I had told him I had been applying to go to Afghanistan.
Doc – *stops typing and looks at me* You are stupid.
-longish pause-
Doc – If you go there, you need Typhoid, Diptheria,Ecoli something or other. And you’re allowed to eat toast and boiled water. I wouldn’t even trust their rice. It’s probably boiled in pigshit. (But pig farming I don’t imagine would be very popular in a Muslim country?)
Anyways, long story short, my doctor thinks I’m stupid and each shot is 85 DOLLARS! Next trip if I need a shot, I’m just going to go on thinking that I’m invincible…and also too broke.
(I just google imaged “rice in pig shit” and I got pictures of naked men and jackfruit. But I accidentally closed the window before saving any…and I’m too lazy to try again.)
