1st Dec 2008Hi all...i guess this is my first on time update...i'll try to be on time next time...try ah...try...
(not so on time d...sorry sorry)So yesterday was my second appointment with two doctors...Dr Thye and Dr Sukumaran...nephrologist and ophthalmologist...bombastic titles...hehehe...the best part is...both appointments are at the same time...2pm!!!...but i know Dr. Thye will only be in at around 2.45pm...so i went to the eye doctor first
Days before i had booked bro to make sure that he follows me there since the eye doc told me last time that he wants to check my retina and i'll be blinded after that cause he has to dilate the eyes and cannot drive...and he has to be my driver...
So after lunch...we went to the hospital for the 2pm appointment...just one problem...we only left klang at 1.30pm...so in a way arrived there late...but it doesn't matter anyway since i have to line up also...based on experience...going there in the afternoon normally is empty...I WAS SOOOO WRONG...even at the registration counter there was soo many people and i had to slowly wait my turn...then i went to the lab to draw blood out for the HbA1C test...while waiting for my turn there...i told bro to quickly line up my file first at the eye doctor there so that i don't have to wait so long...
Cut the long visit to the eye doc short...my power increased back but not as high as last time...but higher again d...and the stupid doctor totally forgot about the retina check...and since he's so free to go back at 5pm...and it takes 40 mins to do...most prob the next appointment in 3 months time only check...@#$%^&
So on to Dr Thye's appointment...i left my file there to queue 1 hour earlier...and when i arrived...it wasn't even my turn yet...had to wait for another 30 mins...the nurse even knew me and keep asking me to be patient (halo already a patient la...hehehe)...and keep telling me how many more people to my turn...finally she told me mine's the next one...then i just ask...how's my lab report??...the nurse went...what report??..lucky i asked her...if not i go take blood test also don't know for what...just in time for my turn..
Finally it was my turn to see Dr. Thye...and the first thing she said to me was "wah very good ah...5.5 your HbA1C...see its under the category of ideal, excellent control...very good very good"...then i told her that i left my own notes with the file...she kept flipping the main medical file...then i said i left in the clear file...so another nurse went out to take while she filled someone's insurance form...
The first thing she said when she saw my readings..."wah so low ah...any hypos???"...generally she was looking at my daily averages...and all she saw was 5. something throughout the month...then i said i'm eating normal like last time...even ate bak kut teh...then she asked..."every family in klang must eat bak kut teh at least once a week is it?? so which bak kut teh is the best in klang??"...me and bro replied...which stall is best is very subjective...generally in klang...as long as a lot of people there...the bak kut teh is quite nice la...cause in klang...if your bak kut teh not nice...won't last long...max 6 months...
After i asked her about my medication as it was new...she told me since my initial readings was so high...she cannot give me just metformin when i stopped the insulin...because i told her the meds were quite expensive in the hospital...initially i tot was RM 0.9 more expensive...since one box is 56 tablets...(later i found out inside got loose tablets..) so in the end the hospital is RM 0.6 more expensive than what i can get from caring pharmacy...RM 3.5 only...so Dr. Thye said she could have given me another med called Diamicron...but tht one will make me eat and go hypo...while Janumet won't make me eat so often and won't let me go into hypo...which is true la...
So after explaining all...Dr Thye reduced my dosage of Janumet to only once a day...i was hesitant to take one more box from the hospital...but then bro reminded that its still under insurance...so take...she said try once a day first...and see whether i can maintain low levels...if not then just go back to twice a day...after that she said that she'll meet me again in 3 months and that time do another HbA1C...so since its also 3 months...i put it on the same day as the eye doc...
Just before we left...i told Dr. Thye that my highest recently was on that day itself...5.9 in the morning...she gave a quite loud WAH!!...me and bro asked her...your wah is good or bad wah??...then Dr. Thye said...5.9 you say high ah...you tell that to my other patients they will think you action...some of them trying to get 5.9 also cannot get...then she said its ok...no worries...me and bro were laughing so loud i think the other patients waiting outside must be thinking we are crazy...cause who in the world goes in to see a kidney and diabetes specialist (nephrologist) and come out laughing???
Just like last time...when paying the bill...we were cursing the eye doctor's charges again...bro even said that the next appointment don't even need to go anymore since you can see properly...just that my power fluctuating...somemore the eye doctor talk as if really no need money (...well technically its true...he talk no need money...in the end get money somemore...)...cause just like that he ask me to change my glasses again...as if my lens no need money...not cheap somemore leh my lens...!@#$%^
Next up...my stayover's at CC's and maybe Setiawan Camp...^__^
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