OGTT - The New Torture

Being on my 6th month, my OB ordered a new batch of tests for me--OGTT or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test is one of them.

I had the same test last July during my first trimester and I hated it then. Since I was nauseous, it took so much from me to prevent myself from throwing up as if I do so, I have to drink the whole damn thing all over again and it's really unpleasant. Just remembering the taste makes me want to throw up. The taste is like Royal Tru Orange with double the sugar. Right now, I just want to avoid anything orangy.

Since Leo is in Jakarta, I had to go through the whole thing alone. I brought my DS with me and a couple of books which I was not able to read as I was pretty much preoccupied by my DS. Since the test requires fasting, I was ravenous when I was done at 1130. I was actually at the hospital at 730 but due to the great number of people who were there first thing in the morning due to blood test fasting, it took awhile before my name as called.

Much to my regret though, the MT who took my blood did a poor job in doing the first draw. This year alone, I've been prodded and pricked so many times that I've grown immune to needles and blood already. However, it really HURT when she did the extraction. Up to now my arm is sore and the vein looks swollen. She took two vials from that vein and it absolutely hurts! For the next draw, I asked that they extract from my right arm instead. But after the 3rd draw, my right arm was hurting as well so I asked them to draw from my sore left arm again with the request that they look for another vein. You can just imagine my relief after that last draw.

Belatedly, I was thinking if it was possible that they just inserted a heparin lock and just draw blood from there every hour. Is it possible or is it for injection purposes only?

Anyway, I need a nap to sleep away the effects of the fasting.

CSI Las Vegas New Season - Spoiler Alert!

CSI Las Vegas started its new season last Friday and it's quite a new season. I was shedding tears throughout most of the one hour season premier.

The last season ended with the Undersheriff shooting Warrick Brown. It was definitely a cliffhanger. I'm sure most of you know how that would end up in the new season.

This new season will bring a lot of changes--other than William Petersen handing the reigns of the CSI lab to Laurence Fishburne (aka Morpheus from the Matrix), another one will no longer be part of the team.

Gosh, I really miss the old team. CSI will not be the same without Gil Grissom's quips.

Missing Leo

Leo will be leaving for Jakarta early tomorrow morning for their company's annual planning. He hasn't left yet but I'm missing him already.

He will only be gone for a week but it seems like a long time for me. This will be the longest time that we're apart ever since my Singapore trip last March (that was only 3 days).

I know I'll survive this week, I'm just worried if I'm suddenly hit by leg cramps in the middle of the night. Whenever that happens, I can always count on Leo to wake up and stretch my leg for me. The pain can be debilitating and I really don't know what I'll do when it's just me. I guess I'll just take precautions and stretch before I go to sleep. Other than that, I pray that I'll be able to handle it.

Sunshine and Claudine's birthdays

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Dec 3, '08

It's our birthday!

Claudio Teehankee Jr. released

While reading today's newspaper I saw this article about Claudio Teehankee Jr. being released in the dead of night. Bits and pieces of what happened then came trickling back and it's good that the article refreshed my memory on what I've forgotten.

On 1991, Claudio Teehankee Jr (yes, the namesake of the former Supreme Court justice) shot and killed Maureen Hultman and Roland Chapman, wounding Jussi Leino as well. All in their early 20's. There was no logical reason or motive why he killed them. He just confronted them in a street corner in Dasmarinas Village and just shot them after accosting them. Fortunately, Leino lived to tell the tale and testify against Teehankee.

Teehankee was released for good conduct behavior and he is sorry for the sins he has committed against society. But a part of me is very troubled by this development. Heck, I can only imagine what the Hultman and Chapman families must feel right now knowing that their daughter/son/sister/brother's killer is out and free. Is spending 17 years in prison payment enough for taking 2 human lives and wounding another?

Hay naku.

Discovery Home and Health

The above is one of the channels of Discovery and unfortunately, it's only available under the Skycable Platinum subscription. Skycable though shows some channels from their Platinum program every few weeks and we managed to catch some shows from this channel this week.

This evening, we caught a program which showed a woman delivering her first baby. Leo and I watched the show and we were both squeamish afterwards--especially him. I think he's dreading joining me at the delivery room when he saw all that blood.

They also show interesting shows involving families and child-rearing. Too bad it's only available at Platinum. It's becoming one of my favourite channels.

Discovery Home and Health

The above is one of the channels of Discovery and unfortunately, it's only available under the Skycable Platinum subscription. Skycable though shows some channels from their Platinum program every few weeks and we managed to catch some shows from this channel this week.

This evening, we caught a program which showed a woman delivering her first baby. Leo and I watched the show and we were both squeamish afterwards--especially him. I think he's dreading joining me at the delivery room when he saw all that blood.

They also show interesting shows involving families and child-rearing. Too bad it's only available at Platinum. It's becoming one of my favourite channels.