So I am still at home, away from work.

I was supposed to go back to work today but I got another day of MC when I went to the hospital’s A & E yesterday evening. I had been vomiting way too many times than I’d like to remember and felt so dizzy in between pukes.

I even thought I was dying (because I am such a drama queen) but it’s true. I felt so weak and overwhelmed by everything. I really thought I was dying.

So after being urged by Kawan E and FP to go to the A & E because they were so worried why I was still so sick despite a whole week on medication, I went.

One of the first things I had to do was urine in a cup, to ensure that I wasn’t pregnant. Whenever I had to do this (previously for full blood tests), I amaze myself for not spilling anything outside the cup. Thank god for that though, because it will be incredibly disgusting to hold the cup otherwise.

So anyway, after that I was attended to by a doctor, whose name I learned later from the MC he issued me, was Socrates.

Socrates! Like the philosopher!

Have I mentioned that he reminded me of Joey Tribiani / Doctor Drake Ramore from friends? hehehe. Quite a cute doctor.

And of course the cherry on top would be that he’s left handed.

So anyway, Doctor Socrates looked concerned as I told him I’ve seen my GP at least 3 times the past week and his eyes got wider as I emptied my bag off all the medications I’ve been on.

Tsk Tsk.

In the end, he told me to just stick to the antibiotics that my GP gave me and to throw the rest away. He would then give me another set of medicine.

Then, Doctor Socrates asked if I have been given a jab for my vomiting / dizziness. And is it okay if he were to give me a jab?

*panic*

I quickly smsed FP “I AM ABOUT TO GET A JAB” – which is in panic mode and saying that this is all his fault for asking me to come to the A & E.

I am not particularly scared of needles or jabs actually. I just don’t like it. It’s like how I don’t like tablets or I don’t like meat. Not scared, just pure dislike.

So when Doctor Socrates is beside me, ready with needle (yikes!), I told him, “I’m scared of jabs” because that’s the only words that will come out then.

And then he said, “I’m scared too!” and then slowly poked me with the needle. It wasn’t too painful but painful enough. Like to the bone.

Even now, my right arm hurts when I move it.

Anyway, let’s backtrack a bit. He actually told me something frightening just before the jab.

He told me about a rare side effect of the jab. On rare occasions, some patients might find their necks to be stiff and their tongues coming out. Should this happen, I was to go back to the A & E.

Of course this freaked me out even more. I have an active imagination you know! pfft.

After jabbing me with a needle, Doctor Socrates decided that he will poke me with a smaller needle to get a tiny bit of blood from me.

It hurt

But the good news is, my blood sugar level is normal

So I went home, took the medicine he gave me and fell into such a deep sleep. I slept from 8 pm till morning. I’m feeling much better now and should be ready for work tomorrow.

But of course, I went to bed with images of my tongue sticking out in my head.

Thanks Doctor Socrates.