I felt like crap on Monday so I called in sick and went to see a doctor. A family friend took me to a local guy, who spoke no English so she had to translate everything. Unfortunately the word for "flu" and "cold" are interchangeable in Mandarin. I don't think I misunderstood her because I asked the doctor if it was "influenza." It didn't feel like it, but I got a week off. I decided to go to another doctor to check, since I've never really trusted doctors. It turns out that I was right; I just had a bad cold (maybe the 1st doctor was paranoid because I had a fever and didn't get the flu shot).
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