More Than Your Average Check-Up - A Weekend In Chengdu

A week passed after my check-up in Panzhihua and I still wasn't better, so Joanne, the Peace Corps doc, said I should come in for a physical and more tests.  I went to the office right away and then meet Paul for lunch, my Chengdu bud and contact whenever I'm in town.  We hung out for hours talking outside, enjoying the beautiful weather.


The next morning, Paul and I went back to the office to get the results of my tests.  In Joanne's office and once seated, she looked at me and told me I had walking pneumonia and seemed to be on the tail end of it.  Huh?  What exactly is the difference between the regular and walking kind anyway?  I was given the prescription of eating good, resuming coffee drinking to help me through the feelings of utter exhaustion when needed, and rest, rest, rest.

Paul and I ate out once again, our conversation running the gamete that I always thoroughly enjoy.  

Feeling restless, the two of us wandered a bit, stumbling across the Olympics countdown sign in the city and helmets that whispered, "Rodger that."




Yup, that's a bogey.