UP TO YOU!

Saw a very stubborn and non receptive patient today.
DM and hyperlipidaemia with HbA1c increased from 7.6 to 7.7.
He was NORMAL at the beginning but get agitated when I started to consult him.
Claimed that he knew EVERYTHING and it's unnecessary for him to see dietitian or case manager.

''HbA1c 7.7 is not really high''
''Sometimes I won't take afternoon meds as I may forget''
''Fruit juice is something natural, our body needs sugar, why I can't take it?''
''I know exercise is good for my health and it's not that I don't have time, I'm just being lazy''
''I'm only taking sugary food once in a while. What's the quality of life if I have to reduce it.''
''If I have to control my diet or exercise, I would rather die earlier''

Fine! Apparently he knew EVERYTHING.
I've seen so many patients for the past two years. No doubt he is the first one who really get on my nerves. >.<
Even though I was so annoyed, yet I have to appease him and play my part in educating him. (although he was still refuse to listen properly and patiently).

There're so many different kinds of patient that we encountered. Some of them can be so receptive and compliant with the diet advised. Somehow some of them....are just like the case above. We can only try our best to help improve your health. But, it's your own health. Whether you want to improve, or continue pursuing your so-called quality of life -- UP TO YOU to decide.

I think this is definitely a good job for a grumpy girl like me to improve my EQ. However, there's still a HUGE room for me to improve as I already OS ''cilaka'' few times today!

September gathering

One more week to end September 2011.

Had a lot of fun with my dear friends (Khim, LC, Yseng) visiting us in Singapore last weekend.
It has been very long time I didn't laugh till my cheek became stiff. Thanks to all your silly jokes =)

16th September
We met up at Plaza Singapura to have our dinner. It was supposed a treat from Huimei/me (as per LC's request). But because of our generous friend Superman, we had a free feast! So nice of him to settle bills of the night.
Had our free dinner at ThaiExpress. Khim spent some time to choose a non-spicy dish among the thai cuisines. All of us thought fried rice would be the safest choice, but it ended up being fried with cili padi! Poor khim had to eat the rice with water along..... perhaps it's your pre-bangkok trip training =P
After dinner, we decided to have a walk near Esplanade. Chit-chatting, photo-shooting, fun-making with nice scenery surrounding us. We had our second round at Clarke Quay. All of us were too exhausted to get drunk. No beer for the night, only soft drinks, juice and...my TINY espresso.. It's really tiny --- 30ml in a small cute cup. I thought it's something to add into my coffee (creamer, milk....). But apparently there's no other thing being served =(
They kept making joke on the coffee (or on me). It's really delight of the night, hahaha..

Looking forward to our NOV big gathering~!!

祝我生日快乐

转眼从24变成26

脸上的细纹皱纹多了几条
黑眼圈眼袋也更加怕人
我 真的老了

最近刚换了待遇比较不错的工作
还蛮喜欢现有的工作环境与工作性质
但在新加坡“打拼”了一年多
除了累积了一些工作经验
存款数字似乎...
唉，真的要努力了！

刚过了26岁生日
和家人Mr. Law在家BBQ
也收到了很棒的生日礼物
开心～～

谢谢Mr.Law的Neverfull

和往年一样
希望身边的人永远幸福快乐！

加油

原来已经一年七个月没更新我的部落格了
懒，真的很懒....
为部落格换了新衣
新工作 新心情
再次 重新出发 —— 加油！

我的肾脏不是我的

两个月，
看了不少病人，
听了不少故事，
其中让我印象最深刻的有故事一则——

话说零九年十二月的某一天，
我如常到病房做assessment。
看了病人的病历~
病人甲（中年男子），一年前刚做了肾脏移植手术，
近日因身体不适入院。

来到病房，自我介绍后就开始assess病人甲。
病人甲看起来蛮有精神，
对我的问题也有问必答。
当问起最近的胃口如何，
病人甲说并不十分好，
而主要原因是——emotional problem.
我还来不及做何反应，
病人甲就迫不及待的与我分享他的故事。

病人甲说他一年前刚接受肾脏移植手术。
起初，他以为捐献肾脏给他的人是他妻子的哥哥，
后来才发现那人竟然是他妻子的情人，
也就是情夫！
他身体里的肾脏竟是情敌的，噢买尬！
更甚的是，
一直当作自己亲骨肉的孩子，
原来也是别人的！！
情场失意，再加上生意失败，
连番打击之下，难怪他说他的胃口不好....
当下我真的不知该做何反应，
只能问别的问题来转移话题。

事后，在怀疑着他的故事的真实性，
但在偶然的机会下，
在mrt看到别人手上报纸的大标题——
Kidney donor,
Save his life, but,
Sleep his wife...
我想，就那么巧，我碰到当事人了。

世界那么大，却又那么小~

2010_重新出发

转眼，一年又过去；
转眼，我也展开我的职场生涯一个月；
转眼，我拿到我的第一份薪水了！！

毕业后的第一份工作并不如我所想象的那么糟糕.
也许因为我还是新人的关系吧,
所以同事们对我的要求并不高,
也时不时给予指导,真应该感到庆幸~

Chief dietitian和我一样是马来西亚人,
但她是english ed,所以不会看也不会写华语.
另外两位同事----
一个是来自印度的印度人,说话像机关枪;
一个是来自俄罗斯的洋人,大剌剌的性格.

开始工作的两个星期，
刚巧碰到JCI来audit,
所以特别忙。
每天九个小时的工作时间当中，
有七个小时是在病房走和站，
这样要如何增肥啊！？>.<

2010的新年愿望只有一个
希望大家——身体健康，平平安安。

等待

是很痛苦的~~

毕业之后等面试，
面试之后等消息，
确认之后等准证，
准证之后等开工。
我，还在等工作准证...

痛苦的除了那等待的心情，
更令人吃不消的就是——身边人的关心。
没有针对，没有恶意。
只是当你每天都须要回答同样的问题无数次，
没耐性的我，更加觉得受不了。

毕业了——“找到工作了吗？”
面试了——“有消息了吗？”
确认了——“几时开工？薪水怎样？”
等准证——“你还没开工啊？”

MSN是大家关心我的桥梁之一。
通常，
放away的时候人在电脑前；
放busy的时候不一定busy；
所以，
即使我busy或away,
还是有很多人来跟我说。
''hi, so free ar?” =.=
但是，
当我放out to lunch时，
我真的在吃饭呐~~~

Facebook也让我无所遁形。
偶尔，
种种菜，打打麻将，
就有朋友来问候我了...

老实说，
我知道大家都只是关心我
（当然少数也掺杂了一点八卦的成分=P），
并没有任何恶意。
如果只是和朋友聊聊天，
我真的很乐意，
因为我也闷得发慌。
但，一天内须要回答同一个问题五次以上，
oh my god，饶了我吧！

朋友们，
下次别再以“工作”为开场白，
聊点别的，好吗？

我想我也应该保持低调了...
低调... 低调...