Dentist Visit

Bev, Dr. Jeff, Tim

Dental Chair

This area is very popular and is called the OTC

Front of the office

I have been very lucky as far as dentistry goes this past year. But I had a tooth that was starting to have sensitivity to hot and cold. I decided that I better get it looked at before we left on vacation and back to the states. If I needed to see a dentist it would be the middle of July at the earliest. Bev had some work done here on Thurs. and was able to get me an immediate Saturday morning appointment. I took it.

Bev, as well as many of our QSI teachers have gone to Dr. Jeff and had a very pleasant experience. Dr. Jeff was trained in Shanghai. He speaks pretty good English which is a big plus. His office is just a 30 minute $6.00 taxi ride or one hour $.50 bus ride and 4 block walk away. He has hours on Saturday and Sunday! And we have been in his office as late as 7:30 p.m.! The office is very pleasant, even equipped with a computer and internet access for a waiting partner. The other pleasant surprise is the level of cleanliness of the office and the equipment that appears to be very new and up to date.

Dr. Jeff comes out and greats you when you arrive. He may take a cell phone call while he works on you, as he seems to make all of his own appointments, but he never leaves to attend to another patient, your his entire focus when your there.

Prices are very reasonable by western standards but more than some other Dentist here. His procedures are more time consuming as most fillings are a three visit affair and he uses only gold or porcelain. Well the good news for me is that my tooth can probably wait for a couple of months.

Website and location directions.

Chinese Medicine Massage

Bev and I have been getting a massage since the second day we came to China. Our boss actually set up massages for all the new employees. So now we have tried a number of different locations around our area. You can always tell if you've found a massage place because there will be girls out front in fluffy pink or blue prom dresses to invite you in. Each business has a slightly different slant on massage. I think all the teachers at our school get massages. People seem to have their favorite place. Kind of like your favorite coffee spot.

I have to tell you that Bev has tried a much wider number of places and types of massage, such as full body Thai massage. Ok, so we have our favorite place, and our favorite masseuse. We could not pronounce their Chinese names and so we gave them American names based on what we heard them say their names were. So Bev goes to Jim and Tim goes to Suzy, they are now use to their new names. We think this is better than what the business gives them for names which is "Boy 110", "Girl 100". We laugh a lot and have a good time together.

I could give you a complete description of the whole basic Chinese Medicine Foot massage, but it is better that you experience it yourself. This is the standard massage that I get, and usually Bev is with me. This massage starts at your neck and gets to your feet about 45 minutes later, and then works on your feet for 45 min. When your done you are totally relaxed and ready to go straight to sleep.

Some of our friends have introduced us to the Hair Wash. Great experience. My head never felt better. You have to have some time for this as it takes about an hour. Total cost, under $5.00 the same cost as the basic Chinese Medicine foot massage. I had my ears candled when I had the hair wash. See the pics above of Bev getting a hair wash! and Tim getting his ears candled.

Bottom line this is one of the big benefits of living in China. Bev has increased her massages to two or three a week. I am keeping mine at the once a week for right now.