I'm suddenly reminded of the first time our doctor prescribed my wife with progesterone shots. We communicated in Cantonese and the phonetic term he used for "progesterone shot" was "b-oh toy jum" which literally translates to "protect womb shot". My first reaction was skepticism because it just sounded too good to be true. There's no way that there exists a drug that protects the womb with zero side effects (as the Chinese name suggests). So I asked him exactly what this "b-oh toy jum" consists of and that's when I found out that it was progesterone.
I guess the lesson here is to just be aware of all the medical stuff. I'm not saying don't trust your doctors, but just be involved and try to understand what you are being prescribed. If you communicate in Chinese, be extra careful because a lot of the medical terms sound more magical in Chinese than they really are.
I guess the lesson here is to just be aware of all the medical stuff. I'm not saying don't trust your doctors, but just be involved and try to understand what you are being prescribed. If you communicate in Chinese, be extra careful because a lot of the medical terms sound more magical in Chinese than they really are.
