Crimson Bisque

Thursday, January 13, 2005

just had my very 1st PAP smear done....

it was quite fast i must say....

they slide it in...

widen it..

scrape some cells off...

and no it didn't hurt

it was just.. uncomfortable... esp the widening part....

but hey.. i think if i'd been more relaxed it would have been better...

it IS my first time afterall.

for those not in the know (esp women)... a PAP smear is an important screening test for cervical cancer.... now, now, don't give me that it'll never happen to me face....

the thing is... you never know....

in the UK you get an invitation for a PAP smear every 3 years... starting from age 20... and it's free... the NHS pays for it...

anyway... today was a very very weird day.....

woke up and saw that it was only 532.. weird.... i only had to be up at 7 that day....

so i went back to sleep! then i dreamt that my clock was actually 5 hours slow... and that i had basically missed my class.. and it was at my tutor's clinic.. and we were supposed to meet patients today.......

then i woke up.... realised it was 11am.... went into total panic mode...

only to wake up and realise it was a dream. AGAIN.

then and only then.. did my alarm sound... signalling that indeed... 7am was here....

well... i was horrendously early actually.. cos of the bus times... cost me 2.55 quid for a day ticket though! wah piang..... it was 2.25 before lah.... and 2.10 if you buy it after 9:30 am.. but now it's 2.25 after 9:30 and 2.55 before that! talk about inflation!

the patient we saw today was interesting.... he was seriously obese... had a heart attack... and interestingly enough had his heart stopped and restarted again cos he had an irregular heart....

glad to see that he was trying to diet and exercise... he's already lost some weight and i sincerely hope he keeps up the good work...All the best man!:) he was a really really nice guy... very obliging.... cos we all had to take his BP and perform cardiovascular and respiratory examination on him... 5 students you know.. and he took it like a man :)

when i took his BP i couldn't find his pulse! haha.. damn weird man... even with a stethoscope i couldn't hear his pulse... hmmm... oh well....

next week i have to deal with actors again... ewww.... will have to bring my videotape and watch myself and get comments from the rest of the group with regards to how i took history... bleah... not one of my fav events....

i think michael (from my VS and now my PBL grp) enjoys taking the piss out of me... makes fun of my weight... telling me i'm heavier than him (I'm not ok... i'm like at LEAST 5kg lighter than him).... makes me hold the bloody BP machine for him... and always volunteers me to do work.... wah lau... just found out his surname is polish! how rare is that?! i seriously have trouble pronouncing his surname. nvmind.. he's a nice guy.. had a nice chat with him and robert in the coffee room @ the clinic....

that's right folks... school's REALLY started...

miss christmas already.... haha.

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