Doctor’s Phobia

I hate to visit doctors.
Any kind of doctors, general, specialist or dentist.
Why?

1. I have some fears that one day a doctor will tell me that I have lethal illness. That I’m going to die soon. Weird huh?
2. I don’t like get a shot. I prefer doctor gives me bitter medicine than to have me shot. Not that I’m scared to needle ( I like cross stitching, btw, but that’s different needle..)
3. The doctor’s fee is d#$n expensive here in the capital city. Haven’t mention the medicine’s price. I can use the money for better reason.. No wonder people in this country desperately asked for cheap medication…
4. I hate doctors in Indonesia. They are money diggers. OK, I’m sooo stereotyping. But I heard a lot of nasty story about doctors in Indonesia that won’t take care of patients if they can’t proove that they can pay the bills.

Sad, huh? Unfortunately this happened all the time here.

Anyway..I went to a doctor sometime ago. I don’t want to go, but I have to ( and my parent forced me to go-eventhough they’re not around but they made me promise to see the doctor, sigh..-.-)

I said to my dad, that I might be can’t afford the doctor’s fee, and what was I got?

I AM MORE THAN BROKE to pay the bills!

The doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with me, so he asked me to run several tests to find out what’s really happen.

He circled the tests’ list, many of them, and I brought it to the hospital’s cashier to process it.

The cashier counted it, and then he looked at me, slowly said ” Ma’am, do you want to take all these tests? These will cost you, umm, 1.2 million rupiah..”

I was shocked! 1,2 million! ( how  much is it in USD? Many! T_T )

I gave him my presipction receipt, ” and how much is this will cost? “

He counted it again, and ..” Total of these is 1.5 million..” “you can pay with credit card though..”

OH YEAH OF COURSE! I haven’t prepared myself to pay those fucking amount of money! I’ve withdrew 500 K rupiah, I thought that amount is a lot enough. I only have to pay 15K for doctor’s fee back in my hometown! ( Oh yes. I lived in a small city..or I should admit, a town. Big Village. )

1.5 million is big money!!!!

But that’s from my prespective. The hospital I went to is a big and luxurious one, located in prestigious home estate. I believe for the cashier this amount is not a big deal.

ARGGHHHHH.

And I have to meet the doctor again next month.

How much I have to pay this time? and will I be cured?

to be continued….