I hate medicine. As much as I hate vegetables. If the sickness is bearable, I wouldn't go to clinic. If I go, then it means it is for the MC. Hehe. I'm not alone here, aren't I? Raise your hands pleasee :)
Whenever I have fever, I would just sleep with coolfever strap on my forehead, get some rest, take shower starting with my feet then slowly going up to the head so that the heat will go off my body (my friend would argue this fact with me, but seriously people, this is true), drink a lot of water to cool down my body temperature, whatever it takes so that I don't have to take medicine.
Every time my friend force me to take medicine, I would reply one thing "No thanks, I don't take drugs". And that every time I would get an annoyed face follows with a long lecture by them on what are the consequences of me being stubborn, how my sickness would get worse, how it would be bad for......I don't follow anymore because I fall asleep of them nagging. EVERY. TIME.
Haha. So yeah, that is how much I don't like medicine and I would avoid it as much as I could. Except..for one. What medicine do you think that is and what for?
Synflex
I take this medicine monthly. Monthly? Yes, it is actually for my period pain. Opsss sorry gentleman, you should by now know that my blog is a little girly. Knowing how much I hate medicine, you should now get the hint of how bad my period pain is that I would make an exception for these monthly drugs take. My period pain is very bad to the extend that I couldn't walk properly, or even stand straight, I would look like a 200 year old lady with a back pain walking with a stick to support her weight. My body feels cold but at the same time sweats. It is that bad.
When I was in school, I used to take Ponstan; a type of painkiller but with small dosage therefore I could still feel the pain. After I take Ponstan, I would just lie on my bed whole day on my 1st day period, or if I was at school I would rest in the school's resting room. Now that I am working, I couldn't miss an important meeting for that, therefore I need higher dosage. I learned about Synflex from a friend who used it for her migraines. I tried one tablet of Synflex and the result, Wow, restored my faith in the technology of medication. Synflex works so much better than Ponstan! Well to be fair, Ponstan really was a trash. Synflex relieves the pain right away, it's magical. It completes my life. Lol. I have been using it for 3 years now and I can't say I miss the pain.
I normally buy it from a pharmacy for about RM16 for one set of pills. Yes, its quite expensive for a pill but thinking of the pain I trade with this RM16, it the most worthy-est (I'm creating my own word here) RM16 of my life. Then one day I have my period but I totally forgot that I haven't restocked my pills. I was in the office and an important meeting was waiting for me in 30mins time. I don't have time to go out and buy, then it hit me that my company has an in-house clinic. I tried my luck there, after few mins I come out of the clinic with a happy smile.
My company has an in-house clinic that supplies Synflex too. Why didn't I think of this earlier?!! I can have it for free! My expenses would be RM16 less!
I have been taking my medicine from the clinic ever since then. You know, every time I go there, the nurses there would feel hesitated to give it to me because she said the dosage is too high for them to give it to me, that it has long term side effects that are very dangerous, that they aren't supposed to give, only doctors are allowed, bla bla bla. And me being me, I always talk them out of my way, like " I'm fine, I have been taking it for so long and the pharmacist didn't say a word ", or I would press my hands on my stomach really hard and go " This is so painful and I need the medicine now! NOW! ". It works with the nurses all the time. Fuhh! *flips hair
Untill one fine day....
I went there to get the medicine as usual and the nurse smiled so widely at me, I thought to myself " Ahh this one should be easy. I will be in and out in 1min " feeling happy that I don't have to act in pain. Hehe. " Hi Miss, can I have Synflex? " she was still smiling while pointing her finger to a reminder note next to her.
Crap!
The nurse told me that the doctor wanted to see me. Holy crap, this is really scary. What the doctor's gonna do to me? I didn't steal the Synflex, the nurses gave it to me. Yes I lied my way out of it but still, I didn't steal it.
There was a patient in the doctor's room, so I waited nervously outside. Oh my god, the doctor's gonna scold me. Oh my god, the doctor is gonna lecture me on how dangerous of my pill taking. OH MY GOD, the doctor is gonna make me stop taking the pills! Noooo!
" Siti Azrah Aishah! " The nurse called me up.
I walked into the doctor's room and sit in front of her, hiding my shiver trying to act cool. I said, "Hi Doc!"
"Hi. So, you are the one that takes Synflex here every month. May I know why do you take the Synflex for?"
"Err..for my period pain"
"I see. Umm..lie down on that bed. I need to examine you"
I followed what she said. But really, in my head I felt like screaming and running as fast as I can. She put the stethoscope on my stomach, I don't know what is it she was trying to hear but when she was done, she took a deep breathe and ready to say something. I knew she was gonna say how bad it is to take medicine for my period pain and I have to explain to her my condition.
When she opened her mouth "Azrah, listen..your pill taking..."
"I know I know its dangerous to take these high dosage pills every month but my period pain is super bad, you should see me in it I could faint if I don't take the pills heck, I couldn't do anything if I don't take it and I'm working now I couldn't miss all these important meetings because of my monthly pain I do feel worried taking these pills I have heard that UK has discontinued Synflex over there if you know how much I hate medicine you would understand how much I need these pills to go through these bad days bla bla"
"Azrah, Azrah! I was gonna say it is okay to take."
"Oh?"
"Yess, Azrah. Its okay to take. When the muscular wall of the womb contracts it will compress the blood vessels that line your womb. This temporarily cuts off the blood supply and oxygen too. Without oxygen, the tissue in your wombs release chemicals that trigger pain in your body. Different people has different level of pain. It worst for people with small blood vessels. So some people needs to take medicine for the pain."
"Ohh. Hmm of course. That's why I take." The doctor laughed at me. Pffft!
"Can you blame me? You put a reminder not to give any Synflex to me. I thought you were gonna make me stop taking it. So why do you call me in?"
"I call you in so that I can open a file for you. When you already have a file, I can order Synflex for you monthly and the nurses would know to give it to you when they read the file. Should have let me finish explaining before you present your debate just now" she laughed some more. Sheesh, very funny, doc.
She wrote my name on the file and some instruction in it to give me 2 tablets of Synflex monthly. She asked me to pass the file to the nurse on duty. Playing it cool, I said thank you to the doctor, get out of her room, pass the file to the nurse, the nurse keep the file in the cabinet, gave me Synflex I needed with a smile on her face (so fishy), I walk out of the clinic.
Few steps away of the clinic, I thought in my head "So....It is okay to take. Pfftt doctor, of course I know"
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