Friday, February 20, 2009
falling sick.
falling sick during winter is no. joke. at. all. anyway i just started shivering on sunday night..like 8th feb..and i couldnt sleep when i woke up at 2am shivering..till like 7am. so i was running a fever. so i was just alternating between hot and cold everyday and every night from sunday night all the way till thursday. i was eating panadol regularly and all but obviously IT DIDNT WORK. I'M GONNA BOYCOTT PANADOL AND PARACETAMOL FROM NOW ON.
so every night was sooooooooo horrible i was practically crying. in sun cooked mushroom porridge for me on monday night..and then the rest of the days i didn't really eat. tried to go for 2 lessons. i kinda cried at night when i just wanted to die. whole body was in pain and aching like nobody's business and i kept shivering till my head hurts so much. so i decided on wed night that i'm going to the doc's the next day. well i hesitated because it's soooooooooo far away and it's really cold outside. like -3..considering i was running a fever. but anyways i went to the doc in the city centre on thurs alone..walked to the one near the sch but there was no one. so i had no choice but to walk to the bus stop and take a bus to the doc's. waited for 2hours and i was shivering in my jacket and scarf..it was really like omg. anyway so the temperature's like 39 degrees. but the receptionist asked funny questions 'where're u from?' 'singapore' *pause* *after a while* 'is that a nationality?' and the doc was like 'so...u're from china?' 'no. singapore.' 'oh ok sorry.' 'which part of singapore u live in? the rural part or the city part?' 'errrrrr...singapore is....all city.' 'ermmm..so u live in the city part? no malaria right?' *thinking wth singapore is all city i told u* 'yeah city part. nonono no malaria' 'u know..indonesia..has the..influenza right?' 'u mean the bird flu?' 'yeah yeah does singapore have it?' 'no dont have'
yeah basically they did a blood test. it was a viral infection not bacterial infection. he gave me paracetamol (YES AGAIN), ibuprofen, cough syrup and one antibiotic which i am only supposed to take if i was still running a fever the next day. next came the shock. THE PHARMACY IS OVER AT THE SHOPPING CENTRE AT THE BUS STATION NOT IN THE MEDICAL CENTRE. omg. so i walked all the way there thinking im gonna collapse but no i cannot collapse i'll die of hypothermia before the ambulance comes. medical bill came up to like about 900nok..which is about 200sgd. yes. consultation free was already more than 100sgd. oh wells.
went back...i didnt turn up for kitchen dinner at zoltan's though i was supposed to cook..sophy cooked some tomato soup for me..and i felt better..but the next day..it was back to the fucked up feeling of fever in winter again. and i ate the antibiotics and all my med but it didnt work. i didnt have the strength to cook the entire week. it's either i ate cereal or i didnt eat at all. yeah. and the medicine was obviously not working..then ruby came over to cook porridge for me cos i couldnt take it anymore..and so i started crying. and crying. and crying. i finally ate some cereal again cos i didnt have any appetite. and i vomited. but basically i finally fell asleep at close to 12..and then i woke up on sat..and i started feeling a little better..and i FINALLY FINALLY OMG FINALLY got better........
fever + winter. it is no joke.