Just got out of the hospital

[Lancer]

Three days ago I started feeling a little funny. Weakness, then that first evening I couldn't keep anything down, and my legs and particularly my knees started hurting like hell in the bones. So we went into the community hospital and got a room. They gave me an IV to replace fluids, and through the IV they gave antacids, and some other stuff, don't recall, Oh yeah, anti puking stuff. Then pain meds in pill form that lasted 5 hours and I could take another every 6 hours.

Never figured out what wierd illness it was but it's over, thank God.

Everything is back to what passes for normal.

Funny thing about the hospital. An aircon private room costs $16/day. At the Garden Cafe they have aircon rooms $20/day and no pretty nurses check on you.

On the flip side they don't stick needles in you at the GC.

They have excellent medical staff, even aware of what Addisons is. Many doctors in the US could not claim the same. They are poor there, the nurses are only paid 2 weeks out of the month and the rest is voluntary if they want to help out. I had one friendly fellow stop by to chat just to practice his english, his test is coming up. He's planning on working in the US and they are very strict. Overall a very pleasant experience except for not feeling well. Only set me back $60.

[Aeson]

Glad you're feeling better.

Funny thing about the hospital. An aircon private room costs $16/day. At the Garden Cafe they have aircon rooms $20/day and no pretty nurses check on you.

Ah... now I know what the "illness" was... think I may be catching a bit of that myself... *cough*

[ZEE]

Glad to have you back Lancer, wondered what happened to you!

[Lancer]

I think my room is still available and from what I gathered so is the very best looking nurse.

Another funny thing. Just as we're finished settleing our accounts and I'm just so ready to leave my room, IV unplugged all packed, Dolores runs in breathless and all excited Cesar Montano is coming!!! Well at first I figured somebody got lucky with the pretty nurse but quickly remembered that this is the Philippines it couldn't be. So I asked, who's that? "He a big TV star, and we love him because he's from Bohol!" Then she grabs her cell phone/camera and runs out the door leaving me holding the bag and knowing I'm doomed to stay a while longer. So I lay down and waited. Before long I hear in the hallway the kind of ruckus the Beatles might be expected to cause, girls going nuts. So curious, I checked it out. Well along comes this fella mobbed by girls shaking hands and saying hi to the sick, pretty cool, this guy gives a crap. So he walked up and I gave him my best Theben "Howya dooin" and we chatted for a minute, asked me how I was doing in a fashion more civilized by far, and was generally very friendly and concerned. I gotta watch Philippine TV now and see him there. Dolores has a pic with him and she took one of us chatting.

Eventually he left, and at long last so did we, one heart throb later.

[Lancer]

AAHZ, wasn't gone long...oh I know, you just like looking at my sig.

[BeBMan]

Re: Just got out of the hospital

Originally posted by Lancer
Funny thing about the hospital. An aircon private room costs $16/day. At the Garden Cafe they have aircon rooms $20/day and no pretty nurses check on you.

You can't have everything for 20 bucks per day

[SlowwHand]

A night on the town could cost that, easily.
You spent your time at the Hospital-a-Go-Go.

Glad you're ok.

[Lancer]

Bebro, for $20 you can get enough though.

"Hospital-a-Go-Go." I wish! Though that might have sapped my remaining strength and killed me.

My Philippine family half carried me out of my house, I'm pretty sure I didn't have the strength to spare for "Go-Go". Nice way to go tho...

[The Mad Monk]

I just saw this, glad you're feeling better.

Any idea yet what happened?

[DanS]

Re: Just got out of the hospital

Originally posted by Lancer
They have excellent medical staff, even aware of what Addisons is. Many doctors in the US could not claim the same. They are poor there, the nurses are only paid 2 weeks out of the month and the rest is voluntary if they want to help out. I had one friendly fellow stop by to chat just to practice his english, his test is coming up. He's planning on working in the US and they are very strict. Overall a very pleasant experience except for not feeling well. Only set me back $60.

Glad to hear that you're OK. Is this a private hospital? Run by a religious organization? State organization?

[Theben]

Must've drank the water.

[Zkribbler]

Lancer --
I like your sigs. They're oxymoronic.
BTW: Did it ever occur to you that all those women were just pretending to be interested in Caesar Montana, just so they could get close to you?

[Lancer]

Thanks all for the kind wishes...

MM, still no idea but I'm feeling better. The IV and whatever antacids etc they gave me did the trick.

DanS, it is a state run hospital. Believe it or not the Phils has national health care, or something like it. Thing is the meds must be bought from the pharmacy and the conditions aren't great. I had a private room with an aircon and my family behind me to run errands. They brought a 5 gal water dispenser and different food than the hospital fare. People who want something different can buy from the venders that go door to door selling different foods they cook in their homes. A cup of hot water for coffee can be bought for 2P or 5 cents.

Theben, might have been food to, don't know.

Zkrib I gotta admit that never occured to me.

Cesar isn't a teen heartthrob as much as an action hero. He's made films in the US Dolores tells me but I had never heard of him.

Here's the pic Dolores took on her cell.

Good thing I got that hair cut.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Maybe it was just a brief flu or something that passes for such in a tropical climate...

Cool story about meeting Montano! Something to hang on your wall in your office in Manila, no doubt!

[Lancer]

I've never heard of him and at the time just found him to be a nice guy concerned for the sick and bringing joy into their lives by meeting a star.

No office in Manila or anywhere close to it I'm happy to say. Dolores put the pics on 'friendster', some sort of pic sharing deal.