while I'm waiting…

Last Friday, my colleague and I decided to hang out together since it has been a while since we have gone out. So she offered to have some wine in their home, but we had dinner out first and I bought some barbeque on the way. I was hoping to buy barbeque at Dannylicious in Project 4, unfortunately, it has moved to another location, instead, a new barbeque house stood where Dannylicious used t be. The barbeque tasted fine, but a little bit on the sweet side. I miss Dannylicious! I have to find out where it has relocated.But okay, maybe after September. I ate a lot of isaw in 2 days, I have to keep my cholesterol in check hehehe.

Anyway, my colleague and I were having a good time talking and sipping wine at her place when my brother texted me, that Lex was rushed to the hospital because his face and the rest of his body were swollen, with red patches. Allergy. It was great that my colleague and her husband took me home and Lex was there already by the time I arrived. The doc gave him some antihistamine, and we just had to wait. Good thing it only affected his skin, and not his respiratory system. Lex had a potluck in school earlier in the day and ate something that might have triggered the allergy. The doc said that most likely, it was the cooking oil used in frying the banana he ate.

Lex looked really awful that night, even after some of the patches have subsided. His face looked like it was hit – a bit of red and swelling on the lips and the forehead.

Anyway, I am just glad he is safe, but man, this is like the nth health scare in the past month! But well, ok, I’ll take the “health scare”, as long as it’s nothing really serious (and expensive hehe).

So, take care of your health and your family, folks!

My previous blog post was about health issues in our family. This week, all of us went to the doctor for another round of check ups. My Mama’s cough didn’t subside despite her taking anti-biotics and cough medications, and her x-ray showed her lungs to be clear. She decided to have an appointment with an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. She had her larynx checked and it turned out she had allergies and it caused her to cough continuously. The worst part was, she has been eating the wrong foods and drinking the wrong drinks. She wasn’t supposed to eat anything citrus, drink tea, coffee, milk or anything citrus also. The exact foods I have been insisting she take. Bad, bad, bad. So that’s what doctor’s check ups are for. As they always say, do not self medicate. Huh.

After that, it was my turn to have a general surgeon check the results of my annual physical exam which found something in my breasts. So yesterday, I had a breast ultrasound, and when the technician started clicking on the screen and measuring some black stuff, I got concerned, but she wouldn’t tell me what those are. She tells me to wait for the results. I do hope those are benign lumps just like what was taken out 8 years ago. (Prayers are welcome )

Today, i brought Lex back to his pediatrician (finally, I found someone who we feel very safe and comfortable with near our area) to have his sty and nose checked. Turned out we only need to do warm compress on his eye, and give him a decongestant only when needed. This doctor does not want to give unnecessary medications and explains things very thoroughly, never rushing his patients out the door.

Before being called by the pediatrician, Lex and I looked at photos displayed at the hospital wall, of surgeons in action – taking out a breast mass. Of course the photos were gross, especially the one that showed the mass and nipples removed. Lex kept asking me what those were. (remember he kept insisting to watch that cesarian section video) So I asked him if he wanted to be a doctor, the one who slices people up (hehe), and I think he liked the idea. Haha. Then he told me I should be one too (hmmm). Anyway, maybe someday we can be classmates in medical school. Why not, right?

So lesson learned this week – seek advice from the expert. Do not self medicate.

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Update: I got the results of the breast ultrasound, and the doc said I have nothing to worry about. I will just have to come back for another test 6 months from now, to see if anything changes. But for now, I can relax.

For the past 2 weeks, Lex, Mama and I have been sick. Mama and Lex had coughs, and I had fevers and colds. Lex and Mama both had their x-rays done, and the doctor even considered tuberculosis for Mama. To which I told her, er, stay away? Hehehe. Then the surprise came – Mama’s lungs were clear (thank God!), but Lex’s wasn’t. The x-ray reading said: “Consider primary complex”. Primary complex is tuberculosis in children. While the doctor explained that children are not contagious, adults are. And if Lex indeed has it, then he got it from an adult. Since Mama and I had our x-rays done recently, and we were both clear, then if Lex is positive, it must be my brother or the maid.

The pediatrician gave me two options: start primary complex medication, which lasts for 6 months with three different medicines, or have a skin test done, and if Lex turns out to be negative, then he only needs 3 months medication using only one medicine. So I had the skin test done. The doc said if his skin swells within 2 days, then it is positive. If the skin appears normal and we couldn’t find where he had the injection in the first place, then it is negative.

Thank God, Lex tested negative. So now he will just have to take medications once a day for 3 months. He was prescribed with Isoniazid + Pyridoxine HCl (250 mg /5 mL), which is treatment for tuberculosis. He will take it early in the morning on an empty stomach.

So there. Another health scare. I was preparing for the worst, after Lex had pneumonia twice before he was 3 yo.

I am glad that despite the hassle, we are recovering. Hopefully, the worst has passed.

I am so sorry, the craving of the tongue and stomach has again endured, and I couldn’t resist the Sisig Hooray meal. Again. I know, I just finished a Taebo session and I’m supposed to be making myself healthy. But here I am, I just gobbled up rice with chopped chicharon, onions, chilli and oil! Hmm…

I will go to Taekwondo training on Sunday, I PROMISE! And Taebo sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays. Grr. Ok, ok! I will NOT eat sisig, isaw and the like, until my birthday. Will that be fair enough, heart of mine? Will you promise to keep on beating until my 30th birthday?

Love lots,

zahflo