FOOD TRUTH

FEET
we all got them. and inn accordance with Marika-gets-hurt-within-the-first-2-weeks-of-moving-to-a-new-country-where-she-cant-speak-the-native-language, I hurt my feet. 
I ran in the imperial palace grounds, which are lovely and line with cherry blossoms and full of people walking their dogs, ext, but is unfortunately a trail made of small black sharp rocks that are hard to run on. 
I tried last monday, with my roommate Jojo, the day after we moved to Kyoto and realized my feet hurt a few hours later. 
I didn't run again after that, but proceeded with the usual adventuring... aka walking 5 to 8 miles a day and over the weekend climbed to small mountains. Needless to say my feet hurt a lot more come monday, so I rounded up my friend BIll (who speaks way better Japanese than me, and went to a walk in clinic.

tell me again why we do not have government subsidized health care?
I don't even speak the language or have insurance, yet I get an appointment for the same day, talk to them for like 15 minutes in broken Japanese and they give me the best possible treatment.
two steroid anti-inflammation drugs direct injection into the foot tendons which have apparently developed tendonitis. I did not know this was possible, but apparently it is.
yesterday my feet still hurt, but today they feel great. bang up job Japan.
(IM GETTING ME SOME OF THAT STUFF BEFORE I GO HOME YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING???)

so yeah. All's well now. and for people suffering from other problems with inflamation, ask your docotor about injections! they are great.
yay medicine.