1. I can’t help but get affected whenever I see sick people at the hospital. I see tears, hugging, consoling, weeping, looks of uncertainty, profound sadness.
E———“Ang hirap sa’yo pati yung problema nung iba, pinuproblema mo. Wag mo ng pansinin yung ibang tao”.
A———“Naaawa kasi ako. Maybe that’s why I didn’t become a doctor”.
2. While waiting for the doctor, I went to the toilet and retouched my mascara. A woman asked: “May sore-eyes ka?”
3. I always pray for the sick. Strangers or not.
4. Early bird. No. Early bibingka.
5. First time I entered this particular room. This is usually for blood donors.
I’m not donating blood, I’m here for Fasting Blood Sugar test.
6. It feels creepy when neither patients nor doctors are not around. Yeah, there’s one buena mano patient, me. Doctors are still sleeping.
7. That would hurt.
8. This is ultrasound room is not photogenic.
9. This is where women undress. Why pink? Maybe to remind us that we’re woman, girl, sweet, feminine.
The hospital probably wanted to make us feel that they are caring and nurturing.
10. I look like I’m here for a pre-natal check up. I’m here for a renal ultrasound.
July 14, 2015
11. Dr. Palafox would never let me leave his clinic without checking my ECG, pulse, heart beat. And since I am already in his clinic, I might as well have my over due flu vaccine. Tsuk. That hurts a little.
12. Because I keep asking about my fatty liver, he sensed that I am worried. He sent me to Accuserve Diagnostic Center in E. Rodriguez St. Ave across Quezon City Sport Club, for a Fibro Scan of the liver.
13. To get it done and over with, I immediately had my fibroscan done at Accuserve for P3,500. It was a simple procedure that lasted for 15 minutes.
I brought the results back to Dr. Palafox for his interpretation. My reading is 5.4, which is below the 5.8 border line for a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
