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Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/22 16:17
Hello, I really need some help translating this letter into Japanese. I am going to an orthopedic specialist this weekend and want to make sure that this is put into understandable Japanese. I speak some Japanese, but don't know how to say all that is required, plus I don't want to get something so important wrong. I am so sorry that it is long, but I am really desperate and too embarrassed to tell my Japanese friends about this for their help. Please feel free to change any part of it that is difficult to translate. If you think the doctor might want other information, please ask me and I will add it. Thank you so, so much.

"My tailbone has been hurting since I sat down for three hours at a graduation ceremony in March. At first, the pain was very slight, coming and going without bothering me much. However, for the past few months, the pain has gotten increasingly worse and I now am having very bad aching pain throughout the day and night. The pain is so bad that it wakes me from my sleep. It is very hard to find a specific location for the pain—it seems to be coming from the other side of my tailbone somehow. It is definitely radiating from the left side and is much worse when I sit, lay down, or stand up from sitting. Also, these past couple of weeks, I have been getting some shooting pains down my left leg with it intermittently. My lower back has been popping when I bend over after standing for a while—this symptom has been going on for almost a year, though. It feels like my spine is squished together at the bottom, and the popping brings relief (there is sort of a sucking sound to the pop—it feels wrong for me to do it, but I can’t help bending over to stretch). Anyway, I feel that this is unrelated to the tailbone pain since that definitely started after the graduation ceremony.

I have tried using special coccyx and tailbone pillows, exercises, and massage. Nothing has helped but taking pain medicine (Ibuprofen from America—it is an over-the-counter medication there, and I brought it with me to Japan). I want to stop taking pain medicine. I want to know the reason for the pain and get rid of it instead of masking it. My job requires me to sit down for a few hours every day. Please help me."
by Ouchy (guest)  

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/22 19:08
Is this your first time to see the specialist?
You need a reference letter from your orthopedic before you see the specialist normally.
by tokyo friend 48 rate this post as useful

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/22 21:20
Hi, thank you for your response. My doctor wrote a reference letter and the appointment has been made already, but he just stated that my tailbone hurts without any further details. I have been to this specialist before about a different matter and saw him in the same way (though at that time, it was a minor issue in comparison and we could communicate just fine). It's all arranged, but my doctor did not ask for details and said the specialist would ask me a lot.
by Ouchy (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/22 21:45
Alright. Can you send me a direct message. I'll translate it for you.
by tokyo friend 48 rate this post as useful

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/23 11:17
Thank you so much, Tokyo friend! By the way, I don't know why there are all of those random kanji characters in my letter...
by GoLizzy (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/23 15:01
GoLizzy or Ouchy,
I do hope you recover from your illness.

By the way,
I can't explain the reason, but your English is very easy in understanding to me. some of other posters' English in this forum are sometimes hard to understand.
I think you can be a good English teacher for Japanese.

most of young Japanese medical doctors may understand your original letter.
by ken (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Help translating letter for Japanese Doctor 2014/10/24 11:16
Hi Ken,

Thank you so much for your kind words! I am an English teacher now, though I do not think I am a good one :P

You are very kind. Thank you!

Also, I am sorry if my name confused you. I accidentally switched to my real account name after my first post. (oops!)
by GoLizzy rate this post as useful

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