Tonsillitis was the main issue.
One thing I feel that I should clarify.
Whenever I fall sick, my tonsils swell up.
Even when I'm well, my tonsils are already larger than normal, this is genetics.
My brother was lucky and had his out when he was younger.
I didn't get to have mine out because apparently, mine were not life-threatening.
Seriously? If I knew that having mine out when I was younger would spare me from all this hassle, I would have had them out ages ago.
Unfortunately, after seeing a specialist at TTSH, this is apparently not the case for me.
What I think I always get is not Tonsillitis, it's a viral infection.
Here's the difference, according to the doctor at TTSH.
When you have tonsillitis, you get the throat swelling first, then a fever.
However, for a viral infection, you get the fever first, followed by the throat swelling.
That's the main difference!
And for a viral infection, even if I have my tonsils out, I will still fall sick easily. :(
This is because of my weak immune system.
I'm so afraid to fall sick again, today all I ate was healthy foods.
I'm eating grapes and drinking bitter herbal tea that my dad brewed, all for the sake of getting better as I work on my radio ca.
I'm so afraid of falling sick, for two main reasons:
FYP CA is due soon too. And I have been missing meetings due to being sick, then world skills, then being sick again!
I feel so guilty towards my team members. If any of you read this, I'M SORRY!
The first time I fell ill, it was terrible. I got so light headed and dizzy, it was scary.
I honestly thought I was going to faint or collapse.
I headed to my family clinic in Ang Mo Kio, my fear was so bad.
I only head to that clinic when it's serious, because it's not convenient, and also there is a very long waiting time.
The clinic also operates at weird operating hours.
It opens at 8am. If you don't get a telephone appointment, and even that there will be a waiting time of at least an hour, you have to go to the clinic personally and get an appointment time.
So for the first time I went, I didn't get an appointment time, so I headed down to the clinic in a cab.
I reached at 10am, my appointment time was 1130am.
And I was feeling so giddy and lightheaded, I had nowhere to go. So I tried sleeping at the waiting chairs.
It worked, but around 11am I got really hungry.
So I went to the coffee shop. I got a bun and forced half of it down.
Because my throat had swelled by then, so it was difficult trying to eat the bun.
But the bun was easier to get down as compared to trying to eat noodles or rice in that state.
I would have been a complete mess.
So I ate half the bun and then napped at the coffee shop.
I think I should mention that I was alone waiting for the doctor, cos my parents were working.
I wanted to call a friend, but it was early ( I went to the clinic on a Saturday) and I didn't want to burden my friends.
Also, even if I did call a friend, I was feeling like 99% crap, I wouldn't be much fun for my friend too.
So I tried my best.
I was so afraid that I would get robbed, snoozing alone in the coffee shop.
I tied up my bag and used it as a pillow, lol.
I think the one thing I absolutely hate is getting dizzy and lightheaded.
With everything else, you can still tough it out.
But if you are dizzy, you can't even walk straight.
Or think, for that matter.
So being dizzy sucks.
Actually, just falling ill sucks.
The second reason I didn't want to fall sick was because it was my birthday month!
Whoopee!
Not much cause for celebration this year, cos of the amount of work that we have to do.
Sigh. Having a birthday in July used to be an awesome thing.
But now.......
I think even on my birthday I will be doing work :(
Not gonna bother counting down or whatever, cos it's just sad.
No one is going to have the time to celebrate it anyway.
:(
Haha, having a pity party all by myself.
Shall be positive!
I'm sure I have at least 1 friend out there who remembers my birthday :)
Time to continue work on my radio CA! lol.
Til then,
Kayleen
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