~~ 一步一脚印 ~~: 2011

04 October, 2011

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!

23 September, 2011

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~!!