Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Incidentally, don't worry about me. I think the neck fuckery was just from how I slept and nothing has cropped up thus far to suggest my concerns were valid. I'm keeping an eye on it, but thus far, if it is meningitis, as I said, it's a mild viral case that'll resolve itself as viral cases tend to. But, depending on how I'm feeling tomorrow, I may be a little more forceful about seeking care. We'll see, but I should be fine.

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Sometimes, nothing's wrong. That concussion turned out to not be that bad. This whole thing could just be a mild flu or something. Allergies and weather, even. But it'd be better if I could see a doctor and confirm that, instead of having to pray it's going to be fine. So, yeah. Another way expensive healthcare kills: pricing you out of catching things before they get bad.

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This is far from the first time cost has put me off preventative diagnostics. I once had a concussion. I tried to get a walk-in with my uni's (free) clinic, but couldn't because they were closing. I was told to go to urgent care. In the end, because of cost, I basically just hoped it'd be fine. But I still remember leaving my apartment unlocked in case they came for cleaning inspections and I'd died in my sleep. 3/

If it is something worse, though, by the time we'd be able to justify those costs, I'd be in a pretty bad shape. So if it isn't something that resolves itself... this delay could kill me. 2/

Ways expensive healthcare kills people:
I currently don't feel the best. In particular, I might have the flu. But when I woke up this morning, my neck felt kinda fucky and I experience a few waves of nausea that nearly made me throw up. Yep, I was concerned about meningitis. But we can't afford an urgent care or ER visit, so, as it stands, we're basically stuck praying it's either flu or a very mild viral meningitis that goes away on its own. 1/

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Oh, shit! I always wanted a 13 inch long dick! Tell me more!

Okay, well, that's not true, but gods are these emails fun. I'm glad I'm finally getting them (again).

As a fun fact, I tried to give on Friday but they couldn't find my midline vein. Apparently, in the meantime, I was hyped up to one of the phlebotomists as being quite the challenge. I was not that much of a challenge, but my midline vein is pretty tricky.

Yep, doing this again. And you (probably) should too!

THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE FUCKING PLANET!! Like, make them Korea, make them Vietnam, make them Taiwan. Hell, make them western Russians for all I care. But GREECE?! Jesus fuck.

Listen. I know I just admitted I know little about the Ainu language, but I do know shit about Greek, and I'm much more confident in calling Spartacus and Chthonios Greek than I am Ainu.

So, I figured that Watatsumi and its history might be based off the Ainu people. Like, I'll be honest, I don't know enough about Ainu history or the Ainu language to say one way or the other, but it would make sense to have the kinda separate but related people to your Japan analogue the Ainu (iirc what little I know of the Ainu). But you're telling me they're actually fucking GREECE?! GREECE?! WHAT THE FUCK?!

This concludes the highlights of our little road trip. Enjoy.

Sus