Seeing kidney specialist with blood test showing high serum creatinine: Scheduling appropriate tests

💬 [最近] often goes before the verb or feeling statement: [我最近很累] "I've been tired lately," [最近忙吗？] "Have you been busy lately?" It can mean both "recently" and "lately" depending on the sentence.

💬 [总] before a verb means "always" or "keep," so [总觉得] is "keep feeling" rather than one single feeling. You can reuse it with other verbs: [总想睡觉] "always feel like sleeping," [总忘记] "keep forgetting."

💬 With feelings and adjectives, [不太] often softens the statement: [不太舒服] is more natural than a blunt "very unwell." The same pattern works in many situations, like [不太清楚] "not very clear" or [不太方便] "not very convenient."

💬 Chinese often puts time words early: [我最近总觉得不太舒服] literally starts with "I recently..." You can build many sentences this way: [我这两天总头晕] "I've been dizzy these last two days."

💬 In medical questions, [哪里] often means "what part" rather than literal "where." So [哪里不舒服？] is the normal way to ask what part feels wrong.

💬 [舒服] and [不舒服] work like full descriptions by themselves, so you can say [我不舒服] without adding [是]. The same pattern works with many other feeling words like [我很累] or [我不方便].

🇨🇳 [哪里不舒服？] is a very standard doctor question in China and sounds neutral, not especially warm or cold. It usually means "what symptom or body area is bothering you," not just literal location.