i'm on drugs

hihi... this is my third day taking in the hopeful cure to my so-called "allergy cough". doc said that's the reason my cough stays on for the longest time... and i've been having 2-minute throat kati attacks every now aind then.

i was supposed to have myself checked last tuesday. when i got there (this is a nearby clinic where the doctors are a husband-wife team... and other people say they're a great pair of doctors), i was given a number card. ok number 34. i checked and they're currently processing number 9. darn it. at the rate they're going, i'll be checked in about 1.5 hours pa. so i was willing to wait... until i heard the receptionist whisper something to an irate patient, "ok lang naman po kay doktora sumingit eh, basta dodoblehin nyo yung bayad na P150, bale P300 na." watda... to hell with singit. i was tempted to get the bait pero i said why would i pay double? na-turn-off ako sa tandem na yun. i thought they were a compassionate pair... and they would tolerate this? to earn more? so that was it. i stood up, returned the number, and decided to come back the next day - the earliest time possible.. hehe kala ni doktora mauutakan nya ko.

so the next day came, i came in early. number 9 ako! yey! now who would want to singit! yey! so in i went to the room. i told doc that i have this cough for more than 3 weeks now.

doc: "nagpa x-ray ka na ba?"
caths: "opo. mga 2 months ago lang." [kala mo, magpapa x-ray pa ko sa clinic mo ah!wala akong tb at hindi ako magpapa x-ray]
doc: "e bakit ganun? hindi gumaling sa dati mong gamot?" [habang pinapakinggan nya ang tibok ng puso ko]
caths: gumaling na po ako. umulit lang nung lumamig.
doc: "kumakati ba?"
caths: "opo. most of the time mga 3 minutes sobrang kati"
doc: "naku allergy cough yan! may trabaho ka ba?" [dollar dollar ang mata]
caths: "opo"
doc: "o tiisin mo na lang muna ang presyo ha. magaling naman itong gamot na to. bibigyan kita ng antibiotic at anti-allergy"
caths: "sige po"
doc: "bumalik ka sa 9 at pag di gumaling, bibigyan kita ng [makes a higop action] sinisinghot para sa allergy mo. mga 1 month un"

pagdating ko sa pharmacy (na pagmamay-ari din nina doktora), kwenta kwenta si ate. ok 954 ang gamot.. argh ang mahal magkasakit. that's why i'm strictly sticking to the sched of the meds. don't wanna miss a thing. i might go over the whole process again. dollar dollar ang mata... argh...