Trip # 1 10 am Monday May 5
Cardinal Santos hospital lobby
Glucose Test, two hours after breakfast
Ob-gyne – she’s not in her clinic
Women care center for sonogram- backed-out because of 4 hours wait.
Trip # 2
9:30 am Got results of glucose test
Trip #3 9 am Wednesday May 8
Plenty of people today at the laboratory department
All the chairs were taken except for one beside this guy. he kept on moving, shaking his thighs, his legs, ang kulit.
Tayo naman, galaw sya ng galaw.
Upo. He was probably restless, baka inip na inip na
Nauuga nya ako.
Ang likot nya talaga, sarap kurutin.
Maka tayo na lang nga.
Blood test- Cholesterol and sugar
Cashier———— “Merong kang 5% discount”.
A—————— “oh thank you”.
Cashier———— “Malapit na pala birthday ni mam”.
A—————— “Meron bang libre…”
Cashier———— “Pagbalik nyo bibigyan namin kayo ng kandila”.
A—————— “Ay, ayoko ng kandila, para naman akong patay na”.
Cashier———– “Cake, may kandila sa ibabaw ng cake”.
A—————– “Ayun, lilinawin mo”.
Ob-gyne, her clinic still locked. Would open at 11 am according to a note on the door.
Women care center for sonogram—- three hours wait and they only have a male doctor. I was willing to wait but I wasn’t willing to let a male doctor explore my ginormous breasts.
A———– “What kind of women care center is this? Women care tapos male doctor?”
Nurse——- “Friday and saturday merong female doctor”.
Trip # 4 5 pm Wednesday May 8
Got results, high bad cholesterol, high sugar.
I must take Lipitor every night but sometimes I skip.
Trip #5 3:30-6:30 pm Friday May 9
Breast Ultrasound, female doctor and female technician
I arrived at 3:30 pm and my turn came at 6 pm. I was seated beside a couple that are both good looking. The guys tall, dark and handsome. And the woman is tanned and pretty.
After more than an hour, someone requested for a photo with the woman I was seated with. I stood up and moved away from the camera’s direction kasi baka ma tra-ex pa ako sa picture. The woman’s male companion did the same thing.
I also took their photo pero I didn’t know the celebrity’s name.
When it was her turn, the nurse called her name outloud “Dizon”.
She’s Mylene Dizon pala.
The female technician recognizes me. She’s been working at the hospital for more than 10 years at least. She’s comfortable with me and she also knows Edmund.
During my procedure, she was very animated with her own stories. Every time I would tell her my breast hurts, sa kanya rin daw. She told me this morning daw she had pains in her buttocks. Her migraine attacks, etc. Praning na praning na daw sya because everyday she deals with sick people kaya she has become paranoid that she too, could be sick.
She told me that today there were two celebrities. Mylene Dizon and earlier, Laarni Enriquez. Libreng tsismis pa.
Female hospital staff—— “Nanganak yung anak ni Erap”.
A————————– “Sino?”
Staff———————- “Jenica, Jerica”.
A————————– “Bata pa yun, yung nag-aral sa London? Nag-asawa na ba yun? Baka hindi iyun”.
Staff———————- “Jerica, mam, yung may billboard dyan”.
A————————– “Ahhh, magandang bata, good looking rin kasi ang parents”.
Staff———————- “Yung tatay dating ano ni Meryl Soriano. Anak ni Willie Revillame. Wala na si Willie, wala ng shows. Jake Cuenca, pero parang hindi Jake Cuenca”.
A————————– “Hindi ko alam kung sino’ng asawa nya.
Staff———————- “Jake Cuenca, ca hindi J, ganun ang tunog”.
A————————– “Ca? Merong Ca…. Bernard Palanca?”.
Staff———————- “Yun mam, mismo, lagi dito, Bernard Palanca yung tatay”.
My left breast has been bothering me lately. Merong kirot-kirot and sometimes there’s a nagging pain which could last for 5 minutes or sometimes practically the whole day. Sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night kasi masakit.
The technician said she didn’t see anything suspicious.
She called the female doctor and I requested her to concentrate on the spot where it’s most painful. I guided her hand. Had I not insisted, I doubted if she would find anything. Because I kept on complaining and asking questions, she was forced to concentrate on that spot till she saw something. She said there’s a very small cyst which could grow bigger and become cancerous.
I hope it’s hormonal and would not be a cause of worry. I hope it disappears by itself.
Trip #6 In a while, to get the results.
