I Feel Sorry For Him
It’s first things first now that summer vacation is giving me the benefit to be free from school and work. I’ve written before about my cough that I suspect was due to some kind of allergic reaction to pollen and grass. I feel that the cough has been giving me discomfort and worse, I’m having difficulty in breathing sometimes. Hubby has been complaining about feeling nauseous the past days and he thinks he’s got diabetes. So we went to a newly opened clinic that serves drop-in patients. Otherwise we need to book in the common clinic or hospital and wait forever before we could get the check-up done.
We didn’t wait long till the doctor called our number. Then the check-up had finally done after a couple of times breathing in and out, while the doctor listened to my lungs through her stetoscope, lol! It was actually my second time to undergo the same procedure in the much more established clinic, but hubby and me were not satisfied with the doctor’s drastic treatment so we decided not to go back there. Anyhow, the result of the check-up today was the same as that of the previous clinic, lol! Nothing serious, I just need to maintain the inhalation powder that the first doctor prescribed me. She said that the cough gets worse now when pollen counts is high. I always thought something is not right with my health, but I guess I just have to set aside my being stubborn och go on with the medication, hahaa!
Then came hubby’s turn at the nurse’s lab. When everything’s done, the result was not what he expected. No diabetes at all and he had the guts to wonder how, lol! He, too, always thought he had diabetes and his being peckish to sweets made him think so. While we were sitting and waiting for the doctor’s further advice, a man came sounded a little bit like begging to another doctor to admit him. He said he had a terrible pain on his back and I could see when he walked out. He walked like a living zombie with shoulders shrugged tightly as if they would fall down anytime. It was a little over four o’ clock and the drop-in closes at four. Was it enough reason not to attend to a patient’s agony? I verily feel sorry for him. Think about hubby and me who thought how sick we were, and yet we weren’t at all, thanks to the results. But a man who obviously looks sick has been deprived of his right to be treated. It’s preposterous!
“I understand that your drop-in hour is over, but I really have a terrible pain on my back”, were the words I heard from him when he approached the doctor. Then seconds later, he left. I fervently hope he gets treated somewhere…
Rozella said,
Hope that cough of yours disapears completely.
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Marlene replied on June 13th, 2008:
I can feel a slight difference in my cough since I start taking the medicine again. Thanks, Rozie.
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Nick Phillips said,
Hope your cough gets better soon. I’ve just recovered from a bought of flu, fever and cough myself. The bad thing is I passed it on to my wife and older boy! Bad me.
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Yeah, I’ve read in one of your post that your wife was sick. Hope she’s better now, too. And you should sleep away from them when you have flu, hahaa…
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Shanker Bakshi said,
Now tell me who is SICK the docter or the man pleaging to get check ups.
To hell with your drop in hours - you must have check up that person too. If i were present there , i would have force doc to get the treatment done.
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Leif is just a stubborn patient. He sometimes doesn’t trust doctors.
If only I had the guts to shout to the doctor and forced her to see the man. But I was shocked.
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Michael Aulia said,
Summer? It’s actually Winter here in Australia
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Hi Michael, you’re in the other side of the world, that’s why, hehee….
Welcome and thanks for stopping by…
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Franx said,
Get well soon and everything will be ok Marlene
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Thanks, Franx. I guess I have to read more of your “secret of mind” for a healing power.
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jessie said,
Mhy,
Yang ubo mo baka dahi sa lamig at mahina ang baga mo. Take some supplements for the lungs.
As to the man in your post, kawawa naman sya. Parang dito rin sa tin pala kung minsan ang health care dyan. Too bad
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Fren, ganun nga ang nararamdaman ko habang tumatagal ako dito. I take vitamins kapag di nakakalimutan, hehee…
Systemang bulok nakakainis din minsan. Kahit mamamatay na siguro yung tao di pa titingnan.
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Farah said,
My,
I laughed reading about your husband. I was thinking he actually did have diabetes from your entry title- and I was feeling sorry for him even before reading everything you wrote! LOL I laughed knowing that he thought (wished?) he had diabetes, anyway, that’s really fantastic news. I hate that disease as it is the base to many more complications- God forbid!
seems like you have bad alergy reaction, but on the other hand, great to know that there’s nothing serious! I think you worry too much thinking of the worst ha?
I feel sorry for the man you mentioned too. I too hope he will be treated somewhere. Some kind of system they have huh?
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Marlene replied on June 14th, 2008:
Awkk! Now I laugh at this comment, Farah. I knew that my title was kind of misleading, but I don’t know the name of that person so I referred “him”. Leif is very stubborn, you know what, he’s planning to go back to the clinic and have a second check-up. He’s not convinced at all that he’s not diabetic. I hate that, too and I’m glad he doesn’t have it. But he wants to double check as he’s still feeling dizzy sometimes.
Really inconvenient system. Talking about “value people’s lives”, but I wonder how…
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jhona said,
hello sis I hope your ok now! happy weekend
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Marlene replied on June 15th, 2008:
Thanks, sis Jhona. Getting better, but I need to continue the medication.
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Farah said,
To Leif,
why are you still thinking that you have diabetes? LOL People will pray and thank god knowing that they don’t have it! LOL dizziness might be because of migraine or otherwise, Marlene is giving you the headache! hahahahaha so, MY, don’t trouble Leif so much, give him a break!
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Marlene replied on June 15th, 2008:
Farah, lol! Leif totally agrees with you that I am giving him headache. Actually, he has migraine, too, and he had slight headache the past days. He didn’t realize it causes dizziness. Now, he has something to tell the doctor on his next visit.
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