Slight Mishap

Ever do something, and as you’re doing it you think, “Wish I hadn’t done that,” and then immediately after it, you KNOW you wish you hadn’t.

Such is the case, when, early in the morning as you’re leaving to catch a flight, you decide that it’s just as easy to carry your 20 Kg. (roughly 50 lb) suitcase down 2 flights of stairs as it is to put the bell hop to the trouble.

So did the taller of our duo, who realized as he picked up the aforementioned suitcase that his back was no longer in the alignment that the Creator intended.

It wasn’t so bad during the flights, but after a rough night in the hotel things were so bad that Mr. B couldn’t get out of bed on his own. This led to the questions about what to do.

Do we try to find a chiropractor or acupuncturist here? After all, Asia is home base to what many of us in the west consider “alternative medicine.” Do we try to find a doctor? What do we do about today’s events – the opportunity to see historically significant locations that we may never again have in our life? Places that, unfortunately, are not handicapped accessible and aren’t even especially pedestrian friendly in many cases.

Ultimately, we decided to rely on the advice of Rat for medical intervention. He took us to the equivalent of an UrgentCare clinic, where we were lucky – no wait and Eddie was seen immediately.

What more could we ask? An up-close look at Cambodian healthcare, right?