after the heat

>hay salamat nawalan na ko ng lagnat. thank you mama mary!

natapos ko na rin yung video hehe. ready na ko ipakita kay papsi ang produkto ng aking pagkakasakit. hehe.

oops, hindi pa pala ko nakakagawa ng message ko.

hay im just so glad im getting well.


> ngayon nga pala yung stag party ng aking bestfriend. hay. sana maging ok naman at mag enjoy talaga sila. hirap lang na naging girl ako. hindi tuloy ako pwedeng sumama sa kanila. pero ok lang dahil kung sa beerhouse lang naman sila pupunta mamyang gabi, hindi din naman ako makakarelate at lalong hindi ako mag eenjoy. hahaha

hindi rin naman sila maliligayahan kung ako ang lalabas sa cake. tsaka hindi ako magkakasya dun in the first place.

feeling cold though in heat

> yesterday i went home. hindi ko na kaya. may sakit na nga talaga ko. pharyngitis lang naman sana (hindi na naghhypertrophy yung tonsils ko napagod na ata. hehehe). last december pa to actually at nagmatigas akong hindi uminom ng antibiotics. dinaan ko lang sa hexetidine. umokey naman until last monday, ayun na. i wasnt feeling well already. wala naman akong ubo at sipon until now.

> tuesday i became feverish so i decided to buy antibiotics na. sinilip ko sa salamin ang aking pharynx and to my surprise, puro exudates ang nakita ko. it was not the petechial type. its worse than that. para talagang may 2 pillars ng exudates sa magkabilang gilid ng oropharynx ko. at to worsen things up, andami pang mga ulcers hanggang pharyngeal walls. yun na ata ang 'pinaka' sa lahat ng infection sa lalamunan na nakita ko.

> so there i was. hindi makakain. puro soup lang ang kaya kong i-swallow kaya naman hinang hina ako. the following day was immunization day at my health center. at the middle of my pagbabakuna, umatake ang hyperacidity ko (secondary to decreased food intake, vitamin c and paracetamol). kaya ayun. nagpaalam na ko ng maaga.

> sayang hindi ko naipakita kay doc nani ang napaganda kong pharynx na pang medical archives ang dating.

> today, absent ako. buti na lang naglilipat kami ng health center at hindi na talaga ako pinapasok. i still have fever na umaabot pa din ng kwarenta kahit naka antibiotics na.

> hmp. papalitan ko na nga yung antibiotic ko.

> wrong timing talaga. pupunta pa naman kami ni madel sa batangas this weekend. pano ko makakasama nyan?

> sana bukas ok na ko.


waaah si dabsy nag uwi pa ng dounuts at kisses! kainis!

the best things in life...

i was badly injured when i got home from our pilgrimage in Quezon- Laguna last thursday. my right ankle was swollen. Friday when i woke up, the right side of my back was so painful then my head started to hurt too at noon.the pain was too great that i can hardly drag my self off from bed to get some medicine.the slightest movement gave a jolt of pain in my head and back.afternoon came and i was already having fever and my breathing was shallow and rapid. buti na lang, mom came to the rescue and gave me a strong dose of ibuprofen. that was the most painful i've ever had experience in my whole life that i thought at that moment, it was the end of me.

the swelling subsided a little bit already and i can go down the stairs now with ease. it wasn't a sprain though. mom thought a bug bit me but my theory was that i had adverse reaction from the antibiotics i was taking for my pharyngitis (it had erythema on its list which is a red nodular lesion on the skin. and a lot more on the list i have experienced also but didn't mind. i just realized everything now. so please, when an emergency happened to me, forewarn the doctor not to give me Klarmyn, generic name: Clarythromycin). i felt a nodule just above my ankle the other day and i pressed it. the next day, the swelling started. now ive learned my lesson. the next time i felt something hard, don't press it. hehehehe
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yep, i've watched the last of the star wars series 'the return of the sith' with papsi and tina last tuesday in glorietta. it may be the last get together we have before school starts. i admit i don't post every 'lakad' the three of us make but it doesn't mean i don't appreciate their company. they're like family to me (and their families also). i miss the old times when the three of us go home together from school and talk the whole night about anything or everything under the sun as if we haven't seen each other for years... it's hard to find good and real friends like them. i know i'll be missing them more when i get to clerkship. hay, ce'st la vie. anywhere you two maybe, may the force be with you always.

as for me, i know i'll forever be grateful for having both of them in my life. 'coz 'the best things in life are three.'

Let me call you sweetheart

(written yesterday, May 19, 2005 at 7.30 am. Unfortunately, I ran out of internet card so I wasn't able to post it then.)

I'm sick. I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a slight headache. Natuluyan na kong magkasakit. I thought it was tonsilitis but when I checked on the mirror, my tonsils aren't inflamed. My pharynx though is red plus my uvula and pillars have mild vasculitis. My posterior cervical lymph nodes are also swollen and tender. My voice changed too.I haven't checked my temperature yet but I'm sure I also have mild fever. I checked my books for the causative agent and it reads 'pharyngitis with fever, swollen lymph nodes and exudates- most common cause of infection are group A streptococcus and Epstein Barr virus.' I don't think I have mono since my exudates is purulent suggesting a bacterial infection. Hay, Strep throat na naman….

I guess one of the reasons I got sick was the weather. This is one of the hottest summers I have experienced. Tapos uulan pa pag hapon. Hay nako, nakakaloka talaga.

Nahamugan ata ako the other day… Papsi, Tina and I were supposed to have a Star Wars Marathon but plans changed. We just went to Crossings for their summer sale. I wasn't able to buy anything except for the foot socks I've seen from my sister, Dabsy. I didn't have money and besides, if I have it I wont spend it for those branded items that were still uber mahal even on sale. There was a heavy downpour just before we decided to leave so we stayed a little bit more and resume our kwentuhan. May ambon pa din nung umalis kami kaya siguro …

Mom's pa- raffle is scheduled this morning. I think they are having it already as I type this entry. It's just two blocks away but nah, I'll just stay here and continue typing. I still have to call some people later and cancel some appointments.

I wanted to go to the mall later this afternoon to buy some stuffs. I'm running out of body wash and I'm not really accustomed using soap for shower. But then, I have to cancel that too.

I think it was also a blessing in disguise on Papsi's part that I wasn't able to join them in their Bolinao adventure. My condition would be a big K.J. Anyways, enjoy na lang kayo!

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I was invited to the birthday party of my lola's sister in my Ate Nene's house. But then again, I have to beg off. My headache's getting terrible. Sayang, coz that's a good opportunity for me to congratulate my Ate Nene personally. We go to the same med school and she just graduated last April. Anyways, congratulations, Dr. Florita Policarpio! (I just learned from mom that she was given a brand new Vios by her parents as a graduation gift. Wow, congrats ulit!)

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I haven't written about Neil's thanksgiving party last week. Galing talaga magluto ni Neil! Hehe. Sayang lang coz only a few in our high school barkada attended including yours truly. We had drinking session when most of the people have left. The boys were careful not to take in too much alcohol coz they have work the following day. They contented themselves having one shot each of Black Label and a few bottles of San Mig Light. I didn't join them really coz I don't like the taste of beer. I had red wine instead- a bottle of it- all for myself hehehe. I was amused scanning Neil's collection of Time magazine that I didn't noticed I had been drinking a lot. The wine was actually a prize Neil won from a bet he had with Kokoy. Hay nako, mas malakas pa rin ang prayers namin na papasa sya ng boards kaya ayan tuloy, natalo ka hehehe.

Congratulations ulit, Engr. Neil Bryan Adulta!

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I haven't finished reading my first Mary Higgins Clark novel. I was a little frustrated about it. Well maybe my interest is just different. I like novels that has art/culture/ geography/ history involved like Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code or Erich Segal's Acts of Faith. But I must say, still, Mary Higgins Clark writes beautifully. And I love the title - Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Hehe mukhang magandang terms of endearment. sweetheart...

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my headache and sore throat are getting worse. I better go back to bed…