The Milk that is not milk

Dear insansapinas,

I am running a temp since last night. May be because I went out to buy a carton of milk that is not milk, then I saw some big mangoes and unhusked corns and a pumpkin pudding and bananas. No it was not any of these items which made me get a high temperature. Silly.Naambunan ang bumbunan ko. hehehe. In between gulping Tylenol and lemon juice and napping, I tried to make this entry several times with eyes-half closed.

Pinaysaamerika

Prayer Wishes

Dear insansapinas,
The hospital called. I have an appointment this coming Friday at Radiology Department for a mammogram. I had one in August this year. It must have been the follow-up mammogram in April which was set for October.

I called the office. I cancelled it. For once, I like to take a break from these lab tests.

I received a big mass card with the picture of my patron saint, the Mother of Perpertual Help. My prayer brigade continues to pray.Thanks guys.

Pinaysaamerika

Sleeping like a baby-waking up in the middle of the night

Dear insansapinas,

I used to be awake the whole night because of the pain. After the surgery, I can sleep straight early evening and wake up in the middle of the night, write an article such as this series and go back to bed. Yesterday, I was busy with some papers and calling numbers for my coming doctors' appointments. I missed responding to queries and comments in my blog.

Pinaysaamerika

The Appointment that is disappointing

Dear insansapinas,

I felt exhausted after going to the doctor's office that I was in bed at eight. It was more tiring to wait than being examined and or treated. The receptionists could not find the documents that I was supposed to pick up. They asked me who called and left the message.
I said, it is a number of the clinic which doesn't accept return calls. So they made me wait. I thought they were tracing the call and looking for that document that I have to pick up. I waited for more than an hour. Then I approached receptionist 1. She said, there's none that she found. She suggested that I asked another department. Why did she wait for me to ask her? I was seated near her desk and she could easily gestured by her hands that she found nothing. And she was about to leave for lunch break.

The receptionist in another department asked me to come back after an hour. When I came back, she was not ready yet. It was one medical asssistant who got my file and found the document that my doctor left for me. Sheesh.

Pinaysaamerika

Another day, Another doctor's appointment

Dear insansapinas,

I am going back to the doctor's office today. I have just left the clinic yesterday when they called and left a message in the answering machine that I need to come today--again.

Pinaysaamerika

The Washington Mansion Visit

Dear insansapinas,

We were not able to visit NASA as we have planned, only the Washington mansion. I overestimated myself. I felt nauseous after the tour of the mansion.

Pinaysaamerika

The Aftermath

Dear insansapinas,

I still feel bloated. Burp.

Pinaysaamerika

The Hospital Date

Dear insansapinas,

I was already up at 3:00 a.m. Still taking the medications that the doctor prescribed for my
hospital appointment. It has already been more than 12 hours that I did not take any solid food. The beef steak looked tempting and the fried chicken looked golden-- oh it was just a mirage.

The problem is that I can't also take my diabetic diet that by 4:00 a.m. my blood sugar dropped to 88. So early morning, I am sipping my 100-calorie coca cola for my needed sugar while downing a couple of pills to stabilize the bs. (not bull shit) and manage my blood pressure.

Pinaysaamerika

Preparation for the Hospital Date

Dear insansapinas,

I have to mentally condition myself. I have taken all the medications and followed the instructions of the specialist before the surgery is going to be carried out.

I am praying.

Pinaysaamerika

Tilapia

Dear Diary,

Did I tell you that my nutritionist highly recommends tilapia for my low carb-low fat diabetic diet.

I like tilapia fried when I was a kid. My mom used to remove the slimy thing from the mouth and body by rubbing it with ashes. When it is fried, its color is red brown. Yum, delicious.

Tilapia is sold in the US either as fillets or scaled,gutted and frozen. The scales are thrown away. But a Thai designer discovered that they are good materisals for handbags, wallets and bikinis.




Pinaysaamerika

Paper Dolls that made me cry

Dear insansapinas,

I do not know what channel was it but the one that made me paused and watched was the familiar faces. They are not familiar because i know them. They're familiar because they look like Filipinos. I was right.

Paper Dolls is about transgendered Filipinos who worked in Israel and London as caregivers. It's a public knowledge that these people are very creative.So during their spare time, they produced a show called Paper Dolls. What I appreciated in the film was the focus on how these caregivers were liked by their old patients and how despite their budget constraints, they still sent money to their family. It shows reality.

I have not watched a single episode of Desperate Housewives. Not my type. I prefer watching CSI, Law and Order nad Ugly Betty. The latter is about a Mexican family whose father was an illegal immigrant and the daughter teaching his boss some family values that the rich and famous are wanting.

In Desperate Housewives, it was noted by some viewers that Teri Hatcher mouthed a racial slur against Philippine Medical School graduates.

Teri is just an actress. Whatever she has said was based on the script. So who's the culprit? Some writers who may have beef against Filipinos? or he is completely clueless that OB/GYNE practitioners in the States are not all doctors. They are NURSE practitioners. At least in the Philippines, they are really Obstetricians and gynecologists.

What the writer did not know that before a professional who has to take a US exam or a residency before he can practice in the US, there is a verification of credentials which is done directly to the university that issued the diploma and Professional Regulation Commission that issued the license.

Pinaysaamerika

Ray of Hope

Dear insansapinas,

I am preparing for this coming Friday. I just talked with an internet who is one of the bloggers, I first mer in the blogosphere. He is medical doctor. He told me that heto keep in touch. He gave me a ray of hope.

Pinaysaamerika