: : Granny's Visit to another physician : :
Thanks to everyone who have given words of encouragement and support. It truly means a lot to hear it from all of you and Granny thanks you as well.
The morning apppointment went well. Granny has been given a set of new medication and so far, till this moment, she is feeling as she usually does : chirpy, perky and ready to roll. We will be going to have her chest X-ray done as well as a blood test to follow-up. Also, once the results are in, I'm to bring her ECG report from the other doctor to this one as well. I'm in the process of getting her medical records from that other doctor to pass to this one.
With this other doctor, I learnt a new 'trick' : to check the blood pressure of both arms and if there is a huge difference, something is not right. So now, the daily blood checks at home will be on both arms.
Blood test and X-ray will be done on Thursday next week because the labs are not opened during the Gawai Festival next week until 3rd June. Will be taking the morning off and going with Granny to get it done.
Anyway, we're both happy that we met this new doctor and a lot of our worries have eased up. Although it was an expensive exercise with the previous doctor although his charges were cheaper, nothing beats getting a good doctor to ease one's worries. And when I think of how much it costs to go and see a doctor in a Western country, the RM320 (USD84) fee that we paid for consultation, medication for a month and echo scan, it was well worth it.
Note that both doctors are not GPs but are specialists known as physicians. I was informed that a physician is one who carries out tests and investigates to why a person is sick. Not sick as in flu sick but illnesses that are difficult to diagnosed. Doctors aren't a bad sort but like anyone who is working, some are better than others.
I'm off now to read up more on high blood pressure and geriatrics, not to mention the medication that Granny is now taking. So, cheerio!
Thanks to everyone who have given words of encouragement and support. It truly means a lot to hear it from all of you and Granny thanks you as well.
The morning apppointment went well. Granny has been given a set of new medication and so far, till this moment, she is feeling as she usually does : chirpy, perky and ready to roll. We will be going to have her chest X-ray done as well as a blood test to follow-up. Also, once the results are in, I'm to bring her ECG report from the other doctor to this one as well. I'm in the process of getting her medical records from that other doctor to pass to this one.
With this other doctor, I learnt a new 'trick' : to check the blood pressure of both arms and if there is a huge difference, something is not right. So now, the daily blood checks at home will be on both arms.
Blood test and X-ray will be done on Thursday next week because the labs are not opened during the Gawai Festival next week until 3rd June. Will be taking the morning off and going with Granny to get it done.
Anyway, we're both happy that we met this new doctor and a lot of our worries have eased up. Although it was an expensive exercise with the previous doctor although his charges were cheaper, nothing beats getting a good doctor to ease one's worries. And when I think of how much it costs to go and see a doctor in a Western country, the RM320 (USD84) fee that we paid for consultation, medication for a month and echo scan, it was well worth it.
Note that both doctors are not GPs but are specialists known as physicians. I was informed that a physician is one who carries out tests and investigates to why a person is sick. Not sick as in flu sick but illnesses that are difficult to diagnosed. Doctors aren't a bad sort but like anyone who is working, some are better than others.
I'm off now to read up more on high blood pressure and geriatrics, not to mention the medication that Granny is now taking. So, cheerio!
