Woke up really early, around 5:45 a.m., for my first appointment is at 7:30 a.m. and my Oncologist advised me to be there at least 30 mins. earlier. (My dad and my mom calling me on my cellphone around that time made it easier to drag my sleepy behind to the bathroom.)
Surprise!!! I was the first person in the Pulmonary Function Testing Clinic,of course! Not even the technicians were around. I think going there at 6:40 a.m. didn't help since they actually open by 7:30! Anyway, the tests in the Pulmo Clinic were weird! They have me seated inside a glass box with tubes for you to breathe. I already expected some "blowing and sucking" to happen since i guess they are assessing by lungs. The lady was very nice. I just can't imagine if anyone was listening on the other room when she was instructing me how to do the tests. "Suck it in..in..in.. in.. then hold..hold..now blow! blow! let it all out..blow! yes! very good! and again!" hahaha that actually put a big grin on my face while i'm stuck with a huge tube in my mouth and a sort-of clothe's pin looking thing on my nose. After more sucking and blowing..i'm done! wheewww!!!
So i went to the E.R. for my HIV Screening. A very nice nurse directed me to the testing area were Caesar, my technician/councilor led me to a private room and discussed about the procedure. I signed some paper works answered a few questions, one of them was "do you pay for sex/they pay you for sex?"--i was like hmmmmm? LOL, he then swabbed my upper and lower gums for the actual sample. Then while waiting for the results, more videos about condoms! how to use one (yup! very graphic!!!) both male and female condoms and yeah "mouth condoms". A few minutes later the results came and it was NEGATIVE! I actually know by heart that it is but any good news gives me more hope. =)
So that's one of my non-working day. I'm heading back to bed now. God Bless everybody! :)
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ReplyDeletehahaha! i know.. this was one of my fun clinical visits.. =)
ReplyDeleteok i'll check it out.. i have a lot of free time too! hehehe