Adventures in Heathcare

So today was my first day of training at JacksonFive. I was going to do another Adventure and try my hand (or feet) at biking to the school, but the bike I was going to use is an older one left here by a previous roommate and the tires are leakyish I think because when I sit on the bike they go Flat. So I abandoned that idea and took a Taxi. So basically we went through some paperwork and Jackson explained a few of the basics of lesson planning, etc. So I was coughing my (by now usual) cough and sniffing my (by now usual) sniff throughout the morning, so Jackson says, I'm taking you to the doctor. Oh, I'm getting better, I sniffed. I'm taking you to the doctor, he says. Oh, I say.
So we go to the doctor. A tiny teeny little clinic in the middle of Somewhere I would never be able to find again, apparently a nose & throat specialist. The clinic smells really disinfected-ish and is covered with colorful posters that of course I do not understand because they are all in Chinese. Jackson helps me "fill out" a form and then I see the doctor (very surprised, nobody makes appointments here, most of the clinics are walk in and with very short waits - apparently there are lots of well-trained doctors in Taiwan and there are clinics everywhere all vying for clients so this is another reason why healthcare is so much cheaper here). So the doctor pokes a Thing in my nose, and another flatter Thing in my mouth and goes mmm, aaahh, and asks a couple of questions about my cough and then declares, "Sinusitis. Do you know what that is?" "Some kind of itis, er, I mean infection?" says I, feeling less and less smart as this adventure progresses. Especially since every time I get poked Dr. Lin laughs at me. I think more at the face I'm making, but still. Dr. Lin goes on to describe the Ickiness that is Living in my Throat and then he squirts some airy Stuff in my nose and declares I must take medicine. So after an interesting exchange with Jackson translating we determine the Medicine he wants to give me will not interact with the Medicine I am already taking. Then I get my medicine. It's colorful. They tell me I must not drink caffeine with the medicine. I make a face. They laugh. Then I pay. Then we leave.
This was my First Adventure in Healthcare. Oh wait, that's not true. I got my healthcheck for my ARC a couple of weeks ago. But that was more different. That was your basic chest x-ray and blood test at a modern looking hospital. Anyway, tomorrow I will try the Adventure in Biking again, I think with a borrowed bike. Until then, zai jian!