[ a morbid fascination that borders on obsession. ]
Thursday, June 28, 2007 ayam sakit(sick chicken).
The hive of medical activity i faced during the past week was mind boggling to say the least. And i went like a broken record on a gramophone singing the same old tune of my tragic tale of self demise and untold suffering. I felt like Homer(the poet, not the Simpson) reading the Illiad. I sure could move a few hearts and draw a few tears. Apart from my mythical act of valour, i appeared before a medical board and a skin centre doctor within the span of 7 days. A redder and patchier version of myself. The former was a cocktail comedy of errors and miscommunications(comedy here seems inappropriate as i didn't find it particularly funny at that point of time but rather the organisation which was laughable). Yes i was at fault for not being punctual(then again, i was punctual but not extra punctual as promised). The following chronological series of events were inexcusable: i waited for an hour and told i could 'go home'. And i stand accused?! I had a vague premonition that such an verdict was likely and no prize guessing the outcome. A rather paradoxical conclusion, upgrade but excused from uniform? Thankfully, the latter was a more pleasant affair if not for the lengthyqueueing and waiting was. Can't complain though: consultation, medication and treatment all gratis, courtesy of the mighty blue 11B. The doctor was male this time round. I was quite apprehensive as first as i anticipated him to be hard-nosed and unsympathetic. Turn out he was a nice chap, more wholesome in his analysis, indulged in some small talk without negelecting the 2 medical students who sat silently wide-eyed throughout the session. I had to stand in a state of semi-undress, not like Botticelli's Birth of Venus before the trio and i was cringing. I could sense them gawking and that made the sensation worse.
I was to undergo a kind of phototheraphy where i am to stand in the buff except for a G-string(!) in a capsule that has dozens of those enlongated light bulbs and to be exposed to ultraviolet B light. Looks like some fancy tanning booth. I am both thrilled(not the prospect of sun tanning naked) and uneasy at the same time. Tomorrow is my first session and i'm rubbing my hands.