It's the first time since we moved to Tokyo.
I was impressed by the origami-like pee cup...after peeing into this cup, you pour it into a plastic capped tube...TMI (too much info)? sorry.
I was also impressed by the size and efficiency of the medical center.
They had a central staff member watching a computer with the 30-something of us and the tests we needed to get done.
As one test was taken, the central staff member would instruct the "escorts" to take us to the next.
Kind reminded me of a coach monitoring their team playing a sport.
Everything was so efficient a lot of us that started at 8:30 were out of there by 10:00.
Speaking of pee...I wanted to share with you the Manneken Pis statue on the platform of the Hamamatsu-cho station. (click on the photo if you want to view the video)
Apparently they dress him up during different times of the year...Happy Halloween everyone!
that is neat, the origami pee cup, and no, it isn't tmi compared to other stuffs...like poo test! you have to do those too? we both get kits sent to us every couple years. I always gross out!
ReplyDeleteWell, this was an interesting post after reading about Chicken Ginger Gyoza! Lol.... ;o)
ReplyDeleteWhaaaaat!!! I love that pee cup!! Looks like it's so much easier to use. I always have such a hard time. Okay, maybe TMI. But really!
ReplyDeletewe did have the poo test too Rowena...that was krazy...they gave us a sheet to put over the toilet "hole", then after you do your thing, you need to put a teeny brush into the poo to take the sample...AND we need to take the test for 2 days!
ReplyDeleteKirk...ha ha!
Jalna, I am glad we had that cup, but we needed to take the pee test mid-way, not the beginning or end of the pee...eep!
Take care everyone!
Kat
2 days! yikes!! we get a letter in the mail telling us to pick up our free kits at the pharmacy and when we've taken a sample (haha that sounds so gross), the test tubes need to be brought to a health care center within a day. results get mailed to us within a week.
ReplyDeleteAt least they send everything to us before the actual physical Rowena, on the day of the tests, we bring in our "samples" and they process it along with all of our other tests.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat