Classic Melissa

I went to the doctor today because I still have a cough THREE WEEKS LATER! I was so thankful the doctor fit me into her schedule I didn't even mind waiting for an hour with only one magazine to read. It was while I was in the waiting room that I started coughing. Now this wasn't a major coughing fit just normal coughing when the nurse opens the door and I think she is going to call a patient's name when she walks over to me and hands me a mask! Everyone stars at me as if I really do have the black lung! I don't put it on but I do use to to cover my mouth when I cough but it's not like I was coughing with my mouth wide open aiming it at people seeing who I could infect with my germs. I wasn't raised in a barn.

Naturally I took a picture of myself when I got home.

Comments

[Carolie]

So sorry you are still coughing....hope you feel better soon!

The mask is a common sight here in Japan. When I first arrived here, I thought folks wore masks to protect themselves from other people's germs. Nope, they all wear masks if they are the slightest bit sick, so they don't infect anyone else! It's considered really bad here to cough or sneeze in public, and God forbid you ever blow your nose in public!

The Americans here won't wear the masks though, because we're all afraid of looking silly, even though the base health clinic even has a big sign that says "if you have a respiratory illness, PLEASE wear a mask!"

You look like you're a surgeon or a kick-ass home remodelling specialist from one of the reality shows!

[Dingo]

If they were going to give you a mask, the least they could do is also give you one glove. You could've moonwalked into the exam room.

[Superfantastic]

HOTT!

[slynnro]

But hey! Free Halloween costume?

[slynnro]

But hey! Free Halloween costume?

[Emily Ann]

hahahahahaha!!! I LOVE IT!!!

[seized by hope]

Hilarious.

Incidentally, the mask makes your eyes look very mysterious....nice.