Day 6 Tuesday

Sleeping better all the time, we awake at 7:30, wanting to get out of the house by 8:30 to get down to “Medi Club.” No kidding, that is the name of the clinic. However interesting the name, the place is clean and professional, the technicians proficient. We wait a few minutes, then are called into the lab where we both get blood taken, the nurse/tech is very good--no pain, no fumbling about at all. (Beloved was unaware this was what we are in this room for, the instructions in broken english, “roll up, err [pointing to sleeve]” she thought she was going to get a blood pressure check.) Next we are taken to an exam room, one at a time, for an EKG--Electricardiogram. It’s an interesting experience if you’ve never had one. First you empty you pockets and rid yourself of anything metallic, watch, jewelry, belt, they laugh that I am carrying two phones... Then they squirt a little spot of gel where the electrodes are held in place by suction to both ankles, both wrists and four places on the chest. Okay, “take breath” which means hold your breath while they take the readings and its done. That was it for the morning, we are to return at 5:00 for the Doctors examination and the finish of the report. One thing that was interesting, when we were done with the EKG we returned to the waiting area and waited, not sure for what. Finally we asked, “Are we done?”  “Yes, return at five o’clock” We both laughed, how long would we have waited until they told us we could go?


After that we return to the house and work on various things, the weather is nice so se have been doing some grooming in the courtyard. Don’t know what shape it will take, and since this is not our house I am not too keen on spending a lot of time working on lawn and garden, but Beloved is fairly excited about it.


We return to Medi Club at 5:00 and wait to see the Senior Doctor, a pleasant gentleman of about 60. He does not speak very good english, but we finally get through it all. At least there were no leeches. All in all not a bad experience, 57 manat, about 71 dollars for two medical exams and a legal document stating that we are healthy people.