they've seen so many páginas in their
lives what what's gonna what's the worst
that can happen
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hello welcome back to my channel your
virtual ticket to Japan day we are going
to be talking about going to the
gynecologist in Japan periods
contraceptives STDs I'm sure a lot of
women want to know what it's like to go
to the gynecologist in Japan I am NOT
like afraid to go to the gynecologist
told myself you know they're doctors
they know what they're doing they've
been doing this for years they've seen
so many páginas in their lives what
what's good what's the worst that can
happen so I've had more good experiences
than bad experiences in Japan I am still
trying out some doctors here in Tokyo
nice to get a second opinion and to talk
to other doctors and to you know see
which one you feel really good about
just going to one isn't always gonna cut
it for me and if you guys want to know
anything about a gynecologist I will
link all of the ones that I think that
are good down below I haven't gone to
some of them but I've heard good things
so I will link that down below and my
other video about doctors a couple
videos ago I forgot to link some of the
clinics the primary care clinics and all
that stuff so I link that in the
description as well so you guys can go
back and check for just general Joc
general doctors I can't speak there's so
much to talk about you guys
all right going to the gynecologist I'm
gonna kind of tie in my experience and
what's gonna happen when you do go to a
gynecologist in Japan it is a scary
thing when you go to a doctor in another
country
my first experience going to a
gynecologist was when I first moved to
Japan in the debt program and that was
not a bad experience I had a female
friend who went with me and I ended up
getting a yeast infection and that was
like my first ever yeast infection so I
ended up going to a doctor he was some
old man like he was super nice he was
very knowledgeable
there wasn't anything crazy this was an
all morisot like there was like one guy
ecologist he gave me medicine and
everything was good again so that was
like the first time I went to a
gynecologist I was so nervous I was
freaking out my heart was beating I was
like oh my gosh I don't know what to
expect I don't know what they want me to
do but it was nice to have a friend who
was Japanese to go with me when I moved
to Nagoya however I had to look for on
English speaking gynecologists I don't
know too many gynecologists in Nagoya I
had one bad experience there when I went
there he was just so nasty like he was
not nice the doctor was just so pushy I
don't know how to explain it and he was
the one who told me that PMS is not
normal when it comes to having a period
which confused the hell out of me
because don't we all have cramps and
like mood swings and all that stuff
before our periods like I'm pretty sure
that's common and normal like and I was
like that's really strange
I've never heard of anybody that didn't
have those things but that was my story
going to a really bad doctor I was like
livid when I left I don't even remember
the name of the doctor so I can't really
tell you which one it was but he did
speak English but yeah I never went back
to him after that first bit
when you do go to a gynecologist they
are going to ask you to take off you
know everything below the belts and put
it in a basket so you will be escorted
into a private room and you can take off
your clothes put it in there and then
you'll be seated on a chair before the
doctor comes in so it's kind of like an
all private thing in the beginning and
then they put a curtain over your face
so this was the one of the shocking like
culture shocks and I had when I went to
the gynecologist they put a curtain over
your face a lot of women get really shy
about it or nervous I actually like it
like I I like not having to see the
doctor and just getting the procedure
done whatever I'm doing and then did it
honestly most clinics are pretty high
tech so everything is very up-to-date
maybe the way they approach things are a
little bit different but when you do a
pap smear for example they can see on a
screen like your ovaries it's kind of
like an ultrasound like you can see
everything on the inside because they
take pictures of it and videos of it and
then they check to see if there's
anything abnormal or whatnot a pap smear
test the annual tests that you should be
getting to check for any cancerous
problems or anything like that is so
easy like I'm gonna tell you guys it's
literally two seconds in your own I've
been doing it every single year and I
know a lot of women in Japan who come to
live here do not go to the gynecologist
please go to the gynecologist this is
important okay
like you have to get checked every year
it's so important especially as you get
older don't make any excuses don't not
go because of fear be brave and go the
other thing that was really strange at a
gynecologist is they don't check for
your breasts so when you go to the
clinic they're not gonna check for any
lumps in your breasts you have to go to
a separate doctor for that and they do
have english-speaking breast doctors
breast clinics which I haven't been
going to and I should be going to yeah I
was really strange like I was like
aren't you gonna check my boobs so I
don't know what they don't do that here
it's very important to go to another
doctor
to do that which is kind of a hassle but
you can also test or check yourself to
see if there's any abnormalities and if
you feel any kind of lump I think you
guys should definitely go right after
they do the pap smear or whatever you
need to get done
you could escorted to the doctor's
office and he tells you what he's seen
or if the test was okay and sometimes
they'll send you you know the results in
the mail or whatever so it was very
simple and very easy to get through no
issues and I've had some pretty good
doctors who have listened to me also one
last thing I didn't mention when you go
to the gynecologist do not bring your
boyfriend usually they don't allow men
into ladies clinics in hospitals they do
but ladies clinics know so just remember
that if you are gonna bring someone to
bring somebody that's female moving on
to contraceptives birth control is not
really a thing in Japan I'm just gonna
tell you that a lot of people just don't
do it okay if they do it they use
condoms and condoms here are not a
one-size-fits-all is honestly like if
you're coming from a Western country
with your husband or your boyfriend or
whatever bring condoms because most of
the time they're not gonna fit I'm not
saying that every guy has a small
you-know-what but it is very hard to
find larger sizes here a lot of my male
friends from America have had such a
hard time finding condoms that work so
it's good to bring some or order some
somehow online contraceptives like birth
control there's literally only six
choices for you don't really have to
test them out before you figure out
which one fits you well also birth
control here is extremely expensive it's
about three thousand yen a month which
is $30 for one month it really sucks
because if I want to get three months
it's like 9,000 yen to like a hundred
dollars every three months
birth control there are only like six
times I'm gonna go through some of them
for you one is Marvel on Marvel on I'm
gonna tell you for me was awful awful
awful awful awful awful so on so many
levels
pill made me insane I felt like I was
bipolar that's what it felt like my my
mind I felt like I was going and say it
cleared my skin completely I had no
period symptoms but my mood I couldn't I
can't even explain how I felt like I
felt like I was two different people and
I didn't know it was that for such a
long time I didn't know why I was being
so moody until I figured out like
changing my pill all of it went away
like I changed my pill to something
called tricolor tranquil air and this is
what I have now it's just like a lower
dose it this has been really good for me
I've been taking the pill only because I
have ovarian cysts I've had some pretty
brutal periods in the past that's why
I'm on the pill mostly you can get an
IUD and an IUD is something that goes I
think is it in your arm or maybe that's
an I us something that gets put into
your body that's like plastic and these
are like the safest I think a lot of my
friends have this and it lasts for like
ten years or something so you can get
these only on one clinic that I found
which I will link down below and the
doctor graduated from Michigan State
University which is where I graduated
from so I kind of want to see her and
see what she taught thanks the cost of
getting it is so expensive it's like
literally a thousand dollars to like 600
to a thousand dollars to get these but
it's worth it because I spent nine
thousand yen every three months on this
pill if you can just use condoms that's
honestly like the best way instead of
harming your body I think that's like
the best way to go is just condoms some
clinics before you get birth control you
have to get a blood test every time and
get a new pack which really sucks or
every time you get go to the doctor you
have to get a blood test which was so
annoying that was one of the clinics
that I had to endure was a blood test
every single time I needed new packs and
it was so annoying but it is a good
thing because they check to see if
everything's working collect correctly
because some birth controls can cause
blood clots at problems inside your body
which is something that could be the
culprit of things
are happening to me now just way in your
options before you get these things done
because you don't know what it's gonna
do to you long term anyway you might
have to get blood tested not all clinics
do this which is thank God I go to a
clinic called Kay ladies clinic and it's
in Shinjuku it's walk in base there's no
appointment very quick very easy to get
in the doctor seems to explain things to
me very very well and I really like him
so and you can email him about any
questions that you have he's fluent in
English he's easily he's easy to access
and yeah
I enjoyed the clinic week morning-after
pill you cannot just go into a store and
get the morning-after pill which is a
very hectic process so if you do mess up
you need to go first thing in the
morning to get it at the clinic and
luckily enough this clinic that I'd go
to currently does have it it is
expensive AF it is not like fifty
dollars it's not thirty dollars it's two
hundred freakin dollars just to get the
pill it's so annoying
if they do have it you do have to go to
the clinic the clinic I go to like I
said is walking so if you do need it I
will link that down below
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Oh STD tests they do have STD test and I
go to a primary care doctor to get STD
testing and they do have it at an
international it's called like
international Tokyo clinic and it's in
shinpachi I think and they are amazing I
just found them recently and they do
everything they do allergy testing they
do blood testing they do physicals they
do STD testing they do everything even
if you're traveling like they do if
you're traveling in Japan go to this
clinic
I don't know how expensive it is without
insurance Japanese insurance I don't
know if they take any other insurance
you might want to call head they speak
English fluently everybody there they
treated me like family like I really
really really like this doctor so I
highly recommend them they do STD
testing all of them I will link that
down below getting your period in Japan
just gonna say there's literally two
brands of tampons so if you're looking
for tampons you have to choose between
one of the tampon brands that they have
and it sucks but you know it gets the
job done I've never really had a problem
with it the only problem that I have
with it is how expensive it is it's like
ten dollars for one box of tampons it's
ridiculous so pads literally I'm shocked
pads are like built for Giants I don't
know why I think it's to have like extra
coverage or something but I'm like who
who wears this nobody is this big in
Japan it's ridiculous if you go down the
aisles lick the pad tampon aisle in
Japan you'll see tons of huge huge huge
pads I'm just shocked
I'm just shook like by the whole the
whole experience of seeing this but yeah
they have tons and tons and tons and
tons and tons of pads they have thin
pads they're big pads they have night
pads they have all sorts of pads Japan
loves pads they don't like to stick
things in their vagina I mean when you
do go and check out for some odd
ridiculous reason they think it's
embarrassing so they put it in paper
bags I never want a paper bag okay like
what a waste of paper likes to wrap up a
pad like I'm not embarrassed I'm a woman
it's so much more embarrassing when they
do that then to just put it in a bag or
just give it to you okay like that know
that women have periods in Japan okay
it's not like they're they're oblivious
to it or they don't know what it is like
really I don't know all right I think I
covered everything if you do have any
questions or
want to know any information about
gynecologist in Japan just let me know
comment down below if you need any
advice I would be happy to talk to you
about it I don't know anything about
giving birth in Japan
sorry I haven't been pregnant yet so go
to the gynecologist every year please
don't miss that because that's so
important to for your health as a woman
you should always take care of yourself
and not not be afraid or at least have
somebody come with you thank you guys
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