treatment post #1

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Lookie, I'm blogging from Android! So cool. Finally, I can blog while lying down (isn't that The Dream?). However, because I'm not using a keyboard, it isn't as easy as blogging on a laptop. I also make a lot more typos on a keypad. But I get the extra benefit of being able to write on the go. And I can just directly upload pics from my tablet instead of first bluetoothing them to my laptop. So I guess I'll be using this technology for making short, quick posts like this one. Technology is wonderful.

Anyway. Today Rap took me to HealthDev, a lab/clinic in Ateneo, so that I could get to work on those lab tests I need for my treatment (for my rheumatoid arthritis). Since the clinic is just on campus, we dropped Caitlin off at school along the way. Sadly, HealthDev didn't do serum Vitamin D assays, a blood test that I needed to have, so we had to go elsewhere.

We drove to LabWorks upon his mom's suggestion and then I got the tests I needed done in less than thirty minutes. It wasn't cheap (it cost almost four thousand pesos on the blood tests + urinalysis) but I think it's cheaper compared to other labs.

I still have to do other tests like a chest X-ray and a PPD skin test, but those will come after my meeting with my rheumatologist on Wednesday.

I'm bummed at all the expenses but I know (and my parents know too) that my good health will be worth it. Christiaan Barnard, the surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplant, had to retire from his medical career because his rheumatoid arthritis prevented him from being able to move his hands properly. I need to take aggressive treatment now so that I don't end up like him.

Anyway, I think this post will be the first in a series of posts documenting my treatment process. I've blogged about my condition before, but mostly just as an afterthought. Now I want to show people what it's like to receive treatment for it. I know I'm pretty young for an arthritis patient, and most online arthritis websites cater to helping out oldies with RA. Well, I'm 20 years old and diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and this is what it's like. Now to come up with a catchy name for the series...



(As an afterthought: I have old clothes that I want to get rid off before I move to Ortigas for med school. Do you know any institutions that would take them off my hands?)
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  1. Cheska De JesusMonday, April 21, 2014

    Hi Project LAAN :D

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