Patient or patience?

It has been long since i haven't write anything. The story that I want to share happened about 2 weeks ago. What I hate most is an arrogant patient with bad attitude. This happened 2 weeks ago when I'm doing my part time job.

The a couple who come for medical advice. The husband is a worker of a medical center in KL and the my pert time clinic happened to be one of the panel clinic. He come for food poisoning and his condition wasn't to bad and actually improving ( most of food poisoning is self-remitting). After explain the diagnosis and treatment to this couple, they seems to satisfied without asking much question.

Now, when it come to the exciting part, MC. I personally don't think this patient need MC because he already on leave on that weekend and the next working day is Monday. The symptoms is improving and Ive already prescribed his medication. The husband seems to be okay with that but his wife start to show arrogant and unsatisfactory gesture. She start to raise her voice. She insisted the MC to be given to his husband because she want it as a "standby" if her husband getting worse on the next day.

The way she talked really pissed me off. I've already explained everything to them earlier and his condition is getting better. His husband is a staff in a medical center in KL, what he can do is just walk to staff clinic on the next day if he did not getting better for better treatment of course.

The whole scenario really testing my patient and ruined my mood that evening. The husband seems to be okay and just relaxed but his wife really needs behavioral therapy for her attitude. Pretty face alone with bad attitude is just such a waste....

Beautifully imperfect

A funny but yet touching commercial by a multi award winning filmmaker, late Yasmin Ahmad. This is her last commercial I guess. She said "in the end, the little that make them perfect for you.................." (which is very true)

Under maintenance

It it not the blog who need the maintenance but the writer har har har...
Like this song clips very much... the words said is touching beyond my heart he he..
BTW enjoy it : )

I witnessed a true love today. This story is about a patient who I thought not so lucky initially because she had lost both of her hands and legs under the surgeon's blade because of her disease. But I was totally wrong, the reality is she was so lucky to have her husband (and children) who love her body and souls (because she only had her body left.....).

She is totally dependent on her loyal husband in every single things. And yet she still looks strong and never show any give-up signs. Her face was so calms and she appears really accepted her bad luck. I really respect both of them. The challenge is so big but yet they still stand still together. I wonder weather can I be like them. It must be something good that she had done in the past and God has pay her back I guess......

I told u so....

I'm oncall again last weekend. And it's a busy call. The patient that I told you in the previous entry (who refused dialysis) turn bad. But this time, he turn really bad. His blood pressure really low and now he depending on the medication to maintain his blood pressure. My team was called again to review him.

This time his family member was not so fussy and 'pushy". They "listen" my my explanation as I already told them this is what going to happened is they didn't listen to our advice. I try not to give " I told u so" face and I try not to be judgmental. But even after all the trouble they give to me in the past, I still very sorry for the patient. I think the main reason he refused dialysis is because he don't want to burden his family. But he don't want to tell them. For him it's his decision and if he died, he will died with some proud and dignity. He is not young anymore. Life is never easy and some of us is not as lucky as others.......

What an irritating &^%%^$

I'm not sure weather it because of Monday blues or it because of me. I was doing my round in ICU as my routine. Then i met with one patient who need dialysis long time ago and he and his family keep delaying it and they refused to share the reason. But that okay for me as long as patient and family member understood the consequences of their actions, I will respect their decision.

The not so okay part is meeting with the family members who extremely demanding and fussy with almost cause me lost my temper (well i don't loss my temper easily). They want the best for his father. That part, I clearly understood. But when i say now is the best time to start dialysis, they gave me "that" look and start asking again the question that i has been answered earlier. So I explained to them again and again and we back to square one (again ?). Well i guess work has become tougher and tougher nowadays. God, will give strength and patient to serve the sicks.....

The biggest winner...

The weather is pretty hot now days. With El-Nina (it's not a name of girl he he..) is expected to visit us somewhere in August, plus hectic day at work, I decided to go swimming to public swimming pool to divert all my stress.

When i strokes, I realized that the journey in our life is just similar when you swimming. Each breath you take you must planned and well coordinated. Each swing you made must synchronized with your leg strokes or otherwise you might not catch enough breath or may not make an efficient moves. Then, all your energy will be wasted. You can't stop or otherwise you may sink or drowned. When u reach one end, it just a new start to the other end. But at the end of day, you are a winner after you completed your lap (Sound .......philosophical? he he...)

What I what to remind myself and others is all of us a winner as we never stop to fight in completing our own cycle of life. Nobody is born as a loser or biggest loser......