Eeep!!!

several medical related incidents in vietnam:

1st experience: had boob problem a few months back. decided to visit an oby in an international hospital seeing as i won't be able to understand the docs in the local hospitals. so i made an appointment & i was assured that the doc spoke fluent english. *WHEW!*

so i went & arrived in a waiting room full of expectant mothers & their husbands... o-kay... i guess it didn't come as a surprise when doc started asking me these qs:

doc: how many children do you have?
me: none
doc: are you breastfeeding?
me: ummm... no (who will i breastfeed if i don't have kids!? no don't answer that...)
doc: married?
me: no

she nodded & wrote "CELIBATION" in my record. (ano daw?! is that even a word?)

then she led me to the exam table & started grappling my boob while i squirmed & almost fell off the exam table muttering "ouch! ouch! ouch!" to her unhearing ears.

after that torture, she said, "you have kyst."

me (not sure wether it's a statement or a question): kissed? yes i kiss my boyfriend

doc: no. you have kyst (hands flailing in the air)

me: *forehead creased, confused look*

doc: kyst! small circle (hands drawing small circles in the air)

me: ah! cyst! (nye!)

doc: yes yes! kyst!

2nd experience: pinoy colleague#1, who had his fingers rolled over by a machine, went to the emergency ward only to find there was a shortage of doctors. either that or they were all on coffee breaks haha! our v colleagues asked him to sit next to a guy with a bleeding head & a guy with bleeding legs both screaming from pain (both motorcycle accidents -- a very common sight in road accidents). pinoy colleague got queasy & declared that he's doing very well in spite of his nails turning black. hahahaha!

3rd experience: pinoy colleague#2, who had his foot on the spokes of a motorbike while the bike was running full speed, was rushed in an ambulance. when he got inside the ambulance, the driver told him to make room bec they need to pick up another patient. the other patient was "on the way" so, i guess to save gas, they gave him a ride to the ER as well! *eep#1* how odd is that? anywho, when the other patient got inside, the v guy who accompanied pinoy colleague#2 in the ambulance told him not to look at the other patient or else he might faint! turned out, the other patient was vomitting blood all over the vehicle!!! *another eep*

i'm not saying that the medical situation here is bad. i'm just saying it's a little off. not as normal as i'm used to. after all, we all got better right? there were just the added bonus of having those experiences which made & will still make great stories in the future. *hihi*