Sickly

Why is it when you wanted to do things right, something really bad happens. Take mine for instance, I’ve been trying not to miss work but I ended up not going to work because I have no voice. I can’t work without my voice since I’m working in a call center there’s nothing I can do there without it!

When I first got my check up, the doctor said its pharyngitis. But when I go to another doctor, he said I have swollen vocal chords. He prescribed medicines that are expensive. I don’t even have enough money to buy those.

I only have 4oo pesos in my pocket and I need to buy meds good for one week. I’ve sent SMS’ to each and every person that can help me but a couple replied saying they don’t have enough money. That is very understandable.

It’s not that I’m complaining but why is this happening when I’m not ready. Many people say bad things come or challenges come when you least expect it. I expected something is coming but I never thought it could be this bad.

I went back to my doctor and he asked me to have LVES done. I didn’t know what it stands for but I’ll look it up on the Internet next time. It’s a procedure called endoscopy wherein they’ll put in a pipe in your throat with a video camera in it and it’ll take in shots of your throat and vocal chords as it goes through your mouth and throat.

I had it scheduled the next day and went back on Monday (July 21^st). It was scheduled at 11 am and I arrived at 11:15. Good thing I have mf good friend Mohn to cheer me up. I really got stressed because of the traffic that day.

The very handsome Doctor whose last name is Enriquez did the procedure. While he’s putting the pipe in, I almost puked, good thing I haven’t had lunch yet. So what he did is instead of a pipe (which is made of metal by the way) he got a smaller and longer one and is like a tube that he can put inside my nose and make it down all the to my to my vocal chords to get a shot of it.

I went back the next day and got the results, I was with my mom. My mom was very nervous about the whole thing. She’s even more nervous than I am. I think if she hadn’t got a hold of herself, she could’ve cried there. I can’t blame her, everything happened because of what I’m doing to myself.

When we got the result, they saw a Leukoplakia on my vocal chords. It’s a white patch that can be seen in the mouth, lips or throat. As per my “Bebe”, he searched for it on the Internet, it main cause is usually smoking. When my doctor saw the result, he told me I might have Tuberculosis and I have to consult with a Pulmunologist and have to undergo several tests. He told me that if we were able to rule out TB, the next thing that has to be done is a biopsy. In other words, I have to go under the knife.

After meeting up with Doctor Santos, I immediately went to Medicard so that they can refer me to a specialist. They referred me to Dr. Bacayana. He’s a nice doctor but not as good looking as the other two. Hah! When I had my first check-up with Doctor Nice, he told me go right ahead with the tests namely X-ray, Sputum and PPD.

At the present, I’m done with the x-ray, I’ve submitted my third and final sputum sample and my PPD result just got in. I’m negative for TB based on my X-ray nad the first two sputum samples. But I got positive for my PPD. It’s kinda mixed up at this point but I’m still hoping. Still have my fingers crossed at all of this.

The only thing that I have to do now is to wait for my last sputum result and then I have to meet up with Dr. nice and see what he has to say.