It’s 11:04 am. I’m here inside the doctor’s clinic, about to have my consultation for my tummy problem. I just get so bored easily and I cannot help not doing anything purposeful. I didn’t bring any of my books since I tend to get nauseous lately when I’m reading for a very long time so I thought, I might as well write.
I’ve been absent from work for three days now. It was horrible last Tuesday, my first day. I was tossing and turning in bed and my tummy was in so much pain. I just slept it off and woke up only when our helper offered to give me a tummy massage. It was so fucking painful like I wanna shout and cry (which I probably did). I wanted to have myself confined in the hospital right then but my hubby went to work and left me all alone at home. He probably thought that this is just another tummy problem out of all the numerous tummy problems I’ve had before. Well, I thought so too. Only to find out that it’s getting worse and when I called my hubby about it, he went under time from work and rushed home. He took care of me at first, cooking me food, making me tea, giving me dulcolax. I felt a little better but just to be sure, we decided to go to the doctor the next day.
We went to Capitol Medical Center here in QC only to find out that Fortune Care Office is closed and that the gastroenterologist was not available. The secretary of that office was so “anal” that she even scolded the Fortune Care officer over the phone right after she verified my ID saying “Bakit, sinuswelduhan ba ako ng Fortunecare?!” What the f%@$?!!! If only I wasn’t feeling so woozy then she’d have another think coming. We went home and I just rested. I called up my friend Vina and told her what happened. She got so alarmed that she went to visit me at home after work and gave me Fortune Care’s referral slip. That’s what I’m using now and I’m here again, inside the clinic of the 2nd gastroenterologist I’m seeing today. The first one was from Capitol Med. (again!) – Dr. Encarnacion. He wanted me to do several tests, four to be exact. When I transferred here at St. Luke’s to have his requests approved by Fortune Care, they advised me to go see another doctor. Probably coz those four tests would be so expensive to cover for a healthy-looking gal like myself. This is really what I hate about going to doctors and hospitals. They care more about the money than the patients themselves, But I guess, that’s what reality is.