Instead of doing the necessary test to detect my allergies, a doctor suggested I took another dose of the suspected allergy-causing-medication, just to be sure!
Instead of troubling her, she expects me to suffer swollen eyes, itchy ears, wheezing, runny nose, sneezing my head off and short of breath again... probably with greater intensity just so that she will not get troubled by the extra work. Hmmm... doctors and nurses, what if you're the one lying on the bed?
Probably doctors KPI nowadays are clearing the bed in the emergency room instead of treating their patients right. I know allergic reactions probably doesn't seem so critical like someone who's about to loose their limb or their life. However, there are known cases of allergic reactions causing death due to blocked airways; asthma have caused paralysis and I have asthma too when I get allergic reactions; and what if I get brain damage without enough oxygen? If Allah wills it, it will happen but all I want is the chance to do my part to prevent my situation from getting worse. Seems like I won't be getting it from the doctors.
Have to take matters in my own hand and improve my health because the doctors don't care about you or me. I wanna get better first, before I can start Saving My Own Life Mission!
For my personal note...
- Monday... training.
- Monday night, started feeling short of breath
- Tuesday... training. Hang-in-there mode till end of the day. Walk to the car while wheezing and it was drizzling.
- Went to the nearest clinic for Neb at around 7 p.m.
- Went to the hospital at around 11 p.m. for another dose of Neb. Prescribed 6 tablet of Prednisolone for the night and subsequently take 1.
- Wed morning felt joints weak and uncomfortable
- After lunch, take 1 Pred as prescribed, noticed tiny swells on the eyelids. Started to wheeze again.
- By 7 p.m. seemed OK, went to the bed feeling OK.
- Woke up Thu morning with swollen eyes and wheezing.
- Went to the hospital for Neb
- Doctor suggested half day monitoring and testing since unlikely for people to develop allergic reaction to Pred. *Pred seems to work before when I can't take antibiotics since I'm allergic to many.*
- Blood test, heart test, X-Ray and the doctor who is supposed to do skin pricked test for my allergy came by where the event above happened.
Sunflower gives the connotation of cheerfulness, bright, jolly, merry... you get the idea! However, if any content in this blog didn't fit the cheerfulness implied by its name, look at it this way... I'm putting down all the wretchedness, gloom, melancholy feeling in here so I can continue living up to the expectation of making the association to the sunflower.
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