Woke up early to the sound of heavy rains pouring down the roof. I thought super typhoon Maria is already here. Good thing it was just one of those thunderstorms. How early it is though. Couldn’t sleep last night, I was awake by 1 am, read for a while until 3 am then tried to catch more sleep finally waking up at 5 am. Caught the early morning mass at 6 am.
What’s on your mind Arlene? Same question I always see on my wall when I open Facebook.
Blogging took a back seat for a while. I went back to my doctor for the urine culture results and my CEA marker testing. Maybe that was why for the previous weeks, I still had UTI because the antibiotics I was given before was resistant. The only option was to change to antibiotics that is sensitive to my ailment. Come to think of it, all of them were injectable. My doctor requested for a shot right there and then. I was worried cause I didn’t bring enough cash to pay for the medicine except my health card. I am glad that it was also covered. I had a skin test on both arms. One of the things I am so fearful about is when the nurse do the skin testing which is so painful. They have to wait at least thirty minutes to see if I was allergic to the drug or not. Those few seconds of intense pain when finally, the nurse injected it on my right buttock….wow! Imagine, ten grams of it. I have to go back on Tuesday (banning the bad weather) for another urinalysis and follow-up check-up.
I just closed my eyes in prayer when I saw the result of my CEA. The normal range is 0 to 5 while I got 9.22. My doctor said it is nothing to worry about. Higher or elevated CEA result is not just because of recurring colon cancer but through other things like my infection. I’ve been in remission for nine years now and I hope it is finally gone.
Our friendly neighbor gave me a bag of fresh guyabano leaves to use as tea infusion. It needs to be air-dried though to keep it long. It is soursop to you dear readers. It has so many healthy benefits including its ability to protect you from cancer cells. I bought a locally prepared guyabano tea too and a box of malunggay (moringa) tea.
Health is wealth, we always say. That is so true because when you are not healthy, you are poorer than the ordinary man on the street.
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