There're really one main detail about this cycle that's important. Tinea. Athletes foot. I had been developing tinea for a few days but it wasn't too bad and was kind of ignoring it. The night before I thought I'd try to use some of my steroid cream that i got a while ago for chaffing. It turns out steroid cream makes tinea worse. By this day it was sooo bad, and my foot was starting to swell. I spent most of the day on a video call with Steph, but at one point I just had to go and find a doctor. I somehow found a hostel only 30km away that was pretty cheap, and a doctors on the way! At the doctors it turns out my national health insurance still works despite not being employed so not making payments (score!), so the visit was only ¥1400 and the drugs were ¥900 (that ads up to about $20). It turns out I have tinea and its gotten infected, so I have cream and antibiotics. The doctor was so nice, and it was daunting to go through the medical system in Japanese but I got through it. I don't remember much from the cycle, cos all I could think of was my bloody itchy foot. But the hostel is super nice and I was able to fully wash my foot, dry it, use the cream, etc and get a good rest.