So here I am in the emergency ward of the local hospital with Debbie from Sailors run who acted as interprutor. My first night out turned into a disaster as I put my back out once again. The local marina manager at Brooksy point knows the Cuban doctor at the hospital so it was arranged for me to go in Friday morning for IV pain meds and muscle relaxer. Due to the influence of the Cuban doctor I was able to see the specialist who prescribed 3 days of IV treatment over the weekend and an Xray for Monday. Today was treatment two and Connie and I did it sans translator with no real problems. The way this works is they prescribe an IV treatment and you go to the nearest farmacia to buy the meds, then return to the hospital where they put in the IV.
The treatment in the hospital has all been gratis to this point although Violetta the Cuban doctor said there may be a small charge for the radio grafia (xray). The strange this is that I cant eat for 24hrs prior to the xray!.
With all this back and forth to the hospital I had to postpone my dental work so that will have to be later. I feel like a medical tourist the latest thing in medical treatment. Connie is doing all the boat chores I ususally do and complaining about back pain!