I had my check-up with my hematologist yesterday. I just took a Grab ride to the hospital for easier transport.
As I have told you in another post, my platelet count is now normal. While waiting for the doctor, I had a nice conversation with a couple from Antipolo. The wife asked me about my platelet and I said for the first time in a year it is down to 414, it used to be around 500 and that is high enough for me. I was surprised when she told me, hers reached 800. She had a mild stroke and was hospitalized for four days.
I was fourth in line but there was this patient who was accommodated by the doctor before us although she came in late, an 84-year-old woman who has a very low platelet count. She looked so pale and can hardly walk. She was accompanied by her son inside the clinic. Their companion though shared something to us. The patient doesn’t want to be confined. So low and high platelet are both detrimental to one’s health.
When it was my turn, I showed the doctor the result of my previous laboratory tests and told her my urinary tract infection has returned. She didn’t prescribed any medication for my platelet and UTI but she told me to come back next month for another CBC and urine test. She wants to make sure that my platelet is already normal now. InTagalog, we say “she is segurista”. Taking Sambong in the meantime as an alternative cure for my UTI. I’ve been a chronic sufferer of it since I gave birth to Nissa forty two years ago.
The things we do to stay healthy. Praying for another normal platelet result next month.🤲🤲🤲
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