gobbledigook.
[ a morbid fascination that borders on obsession. ]
Monday, October 23, 2006
my heart will never be a hole.
So i went for my echo 2D appointment at Alexandra Hospital this morning. I thought by being an early bird, i could cut the queue of the latecomers but apparently, everyone had the same idea. In the end, my appointment which was originally slated at 9.45 was pushed back to 11.15. Just great. One of the medical officers told the group of us that we can go have a bite at the cafeteria or some biscuits at the counter right behind us and the mat reeking of cigarette smoke with the minah beside me unashamedly gleefully proceeded to pour himself a cup of water and shared it with his hiccuping counterpart. Yeah just great dude, keep it up. The next hour and a half was spent watching a documentary on cooking mushrooms and reading TODAY from cover to cover, and this article from the president of the Vegetarian society of Singapore urging us not to eat meat as it leads to wanton wastages of natural resources, contributes to global warming and the current conundrum called the haze caught my eye. What cow's droppings! I've never heard of a more absurd claim. Yes it is inevitable that the production of meat releases gaes such as methane into the atmosphere but that is uncomparable to what is being released due to the burning of fossil fuels. Don't tell me that what comes out from a cow's ass is more harmful than that of a car's equivalence(read: exhaust pipes). This world is getting more looney that i thought, and i thought it was just me. Just great.The test itself was in a small room, roughly 4x4 metres. I was made to lie topless on a hospital kind of bed with a hole on the left section and surrounded by 3 female medical officers. Some kind of vaseline-like gel was smeared on my chest and one of them was using some scope and prodding it around my heart area. Blurry images of my heart was displayed on this photocopy machine-sized contraption and i was like whoa. Feels like i'm pregnant though and having an ultrasound scan on my baby. But it was my heart, for real! I actually 'saw' my heart move, some valves i presume and the expansion and contraction of the arteries.As i was admiring the beauty of the situation the MO chided me for not breathing regularly, thus affecting the images they wanted to capture. Still wasn't satisfied, she was poking it into my rib cage. I was like hey, might as well protude it in. Of course i didn't say that. The whole procedure lasted around 20 minutes and i was allowed to leave. So i'll only know the results(maybe not) in 2 months time, and i'll get my PES too, hopefully my posting too.Eve of the big day, and i'm down with fever and flu. Just what i needed. Just great.Later.
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But I'm not a soldier
But I'm not a soldier
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