the consequence

I went to see my brother's doctor this morning for second opinion since I don't quite trust the recent diagnosis (Uncontrolled Asthma in Acute Exacerbation) my doctor in Dumaguete gave me. I was unusually not as anxious as I could have been whenever I submit myself for check-up (yes! i do get freakin anxious when it comes to me and my diseases!), so that was some kind of accomplishment i should congratualate myself for the day. Then it all went like a blur! Questions sprouting out of the blue, the whatever-you-call-it-scope that went straight from my nose to my throat to my ears capturing and projecting everything on that TV-like thing! In the midst of the fuzziness I saw myself turn from a graduate nurse to a pathetic, teary-eyed, sneezing patient. I hate it!

Without even asking much about my history (because my mother was there), I know my new doctor knows, upon her thorough assessment, that I was indulging myself not just with coffee and bottomless iced tea because she came up with an accurate diagnosis which I didn't see coming. I was diagnosed to have GER or Gastroesophageal Reflux (which is less serious from GERD but still, my medications are the same with that of GERD huhu). I'm prescribed with proton pump inhibitors (as in! hindi man lang ako dumaan sa H2-receptor antagonists!!)coupled with dopamine-receptor blocking agent on my chemo-emetic trigger zone. BWISET! That's it! The corticosteroid nasal spray, I was expecting that! But the two other drugs....and a love note from my doctor to AVOID smoking and drinking + a PPI kit, I wasn't expecting that. So this is it! The consequence! *bow* My shopping money is so gone!

Which reminds me....I should start browsing on my metabolism concept!