Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ok people, this is gonna be an awfully long post.I had my full medical check-up yday at Healthway. Delirious, i tell you.
First, the nurse gave me a cup to pee in. And i spent like five minutes in the toilet to strategically plan where i should place the cup, like what Fad said, "Girls have three holes ok!", she too had a funny urine experience which she publicly told us in the bus. HAHAHA.
On my way to the clinic, i had a go at 500ml of plain water so that by the time i had to pee in the cup, the urge to pee was alr there. It was my first time doing that and all i could collect was a drop in the cup. Pa-the-tic much. HAHA. I even attempted to drink water from the tap thinking that i had a bionic bladder that works MAHA(HAHAHA, i had to use that word) fast and i'd eventually pee within the next few seconds. After counting to ten, i tried again. Futile attempt. So, I went out of the toilet with a pitiful face and lamented, "I don't have the urge to pee yet." She chuckled and offered me water but i refused coz' i had 500ml of water left in my bottle. I guess Sally was right. He warned me about not peeing in the morning first.
I finished what i had left in my bottle and the nurse agreed to take my Height & Weight first and then followed by my eye-check. The H&W went alright but not the eye-check. She was laughing at me, well i, too, was laughing at myself. Let's say, she pointed at a number, and i saw it as 2. Then she moves on to another number. Then when she goes back to the previous number, instead of seeing it as 2, i saw it as 3. She had a good laugh, i must say especially after i told her i have a perfect eyesight. Tskk.
"Take your blood test first, ok."
That very sentence sent jitters to every part of my body. I have needleophobia, if you get what i mean. Hahaha. The doctor checked my blood pressure and she said i'm perfectly fit, sth pleasant to the ears at least before she 'poked' my vein. I was inquisitive the moment i stepped in.
"Is is gonna be painful?"
Doc: "Yeah, it's gonna be slightly painful."
HOW REASSURING RIGHT TELLING THAT TO A GIRL WHO IS TAKING HER FIRST BLOOD TEST EVER.
"Is the needle thick."
Doc: "To me is not, but to the receiving end it is."
DAMN. At that moment, she was already applying alcohol to my wrist. Oh yea, she decided on the wrist instead of the inner arm hinge coz' my vein was much 'clearer' there. In my heart i was like what the hell, just get it over and done with, woman.
Doc: "Most importantly, don't move and bear with me ok."
Yeah, like i was so planning to cringe, wince and squirm. -.- she slowly poked the freakin 1mm thick needle (go check your ruler and don't you dare tell me that 1mm is not thick) and pulled the top of the syringe only to see that there was no blood. Her hand was shaking the whole time and i was like "SHIT SHIT SHIT" silently. She then swerved the needle, imagine swerving the needle while like a third of it was still in my vein. A bit of blood came out this time.
Curiously i asked, "No blood right?"
Doc: "Yeah. This is strange. I might have to take it again from your other hand."
FREAKIN WONDERFUL. LIKE ONE WASN'T ENOUGH. But the pain was bearable.
Whatta revelation! :-) It wasn't as painful as i expected it to be coz' the whole time, i had the p6 BCG story in my head.
While applying the alcohol on my other wrist, she chanted to herself, "Cannot miss it this time, cannot miss it." This time round, i looked as she poked the needle through my skin and thank God, there was blood collected in the syringe tube. And i thought it was gonna be smooth after that until she pushed some of my blood back into my vein coz' she took too much. Omgosh, i could feel the pressure of the blood being pushed back. Luckily, she took the needle out all in one piece. HAHA.
Doc: "I'm sorry you had to go through the ordeal twice."
"Nah, it's okay. Thanks."
I walked out of the room and showed my mum my plastered wrists.
"She missed my vein the first time" and i laughed. Damn sadistic. HAHA.
And for the second time, i went to the toilet to collect my pee in a cup. Thankfully, this time i collected just enough.
Before i went off, the nurse told me to wait.
Nurse: Your urine's positive.
Mum: Positive what? Got sugar? Or pregnant?
Nurse: No lah. Positive protein. So at your next visit, you hafta take again ok. Drink lotsa plain water. That's all. Have a nice day!
Lolwth, my mum actually thought i was positive pregnant. HAHAHA. So now i hafte like drink 8 glasses of water daily. I just finished my 5th cup for today, 3 more to go. Check out my new mantra man, "Just keep drinking, just keep drinking." (Sing it to Dory's tune.)
So please, to spare yourself the agony that i went through, do not enrol yourself into a health-related course at NP or at least, go to a better doctor :D