My First Health Check-up at the Hospital

Hello Hive! Hello everybody! How are you today? I hope all of you are doing well. It is my first health check-up to the doctor last Monday, June 10, 2024.

I reflect a lot of things about my health on how important it is to have a healthy habit such as regular exercise, eating healthy foods, enough sleep, hydrated, and have a normal weight. Because of eating unhealthy food and unhealthy habit, it brought me to the doctor.

I did not take pictures of the hospital and the surroundings because there is a reminder on the wall that taking pictures, taking videos, and voice recordings are not allowed to respect people’s privacy.

I have had this pain in my breast, abdomen, and back pain for a long time, but I just do not give time to it because I thought that it is just a normal pain in the body. I started to have severe pain last April and May 2024.

I feel the pain almost every day, and I was thinking that there might be something wrong inside my body. So, I decided to go to the doctor for health check-up at Sogod, Cebu, Philippines, but unfortunately, the doctor on that time is out. The doctor is having an important health seminar. Since I was very busy at work at that time because it was the end of the school year, I was not able to go back to Sogod for check-up.

Now that we do not have class anymore, I decided to have my health check-up with the doctor. This time, I just directly went to one of the hospitals in the city.

My niece Shannel and I ride a Ceres bus going to the city

I set my alarm clock for 3 o’clock in the morning but my alarm clock was not able to wake me up. I wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning to prepare and then at around 5 o’clock, my niece Shannel and I are riding a bus going to the city.

We arrived at the city at exactly 8 o’clock in the morning. It is an advantage for me to have my health check-up at that hospital because the bus from and going to our province will pass in front of that hospital.

It is good timing for us because the OPD (Outpatient Department) of the hospital will open at 8 o’clock in the morning. The nurse in-charge in the OPD is very accommodating. I never waited for too long, and she informed right away the doctor about my case after filling out the Patient’s Information Form.

The nurse checked first my oxygen level, my blood pressure, my temperature, my height and weight. After that, the doctor started to examine my health.

I informed the doctor about my health problem that I have severe pain in my left and right breast, in my abdomen, and at my back. The doctor undergone a physical examination on my body, and she prescribed me medicine for my back pain.

Whole Abdomen Ultrasound - My Uterus

The doctor also gives me a referral for medical or laboratory test such as CBC test (Complete Blood Count), Creatinine blood test, Glucose or FBS test (Fasting Blood Sugar), HBA1C test (Hemoglobin A1c), Lipid Panel, Breast Ultrasound or Sonogram, and Ultrasound in the Whole Abdomen.

I first have my Ultrasound in the Whole Abdomen, and I get my result in just minutes. I brought the result right away to the doctor and she explained to me very well about the result that I have a normal sized liver with mild steatosis and focal fat-spared area.

Tiny Myoma in my uterus

I do not have problems in my biliary ducts, gallbladder, pancreas, aorta and spleen. She also added that I have a normal kidneys and urinary bladder. She also expounds that I have a normal uterus with signs of a tiny Myoma.

She suggested me to see a doctor in Obstetrics and Gynecology. I did not waste time. I went right away to the Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic of the hospital.

The nurses in the clinic are very friendly. They check my vital signs just like the nurse does in the OPD. After filling out the Patient’s Information Form, the nurse told me to just sit down in the lobby because she will just call me if it is already my time to see the doctor. I understand the protocol because I am not the only patient there. There is a lot of pregnant women having their prenatal check-up.

When it was my time, the doctor explained to me everything and as recommended in my whole abdomen ultrasound, I need to have a TVS (Transvaginal Ultrasound).

My left and right ovaries

Again, I never waste time. I directly went to the Women’s Health Department of the hospital for my TVS. They cater me right away and told me to sit down and just wait for my turn for the TVS. After the test, I just waited 1 hour, and I have the result already. So, I directly went back to the Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic bringing my TVS result.

The lining of my uterus

I just wait for my turn in the lobby because I am not the only patient they have. When it was my time, the doctor explained to me very well about the results, and she told me not to worry because everything is good. My ovaries and uterus are healthy. I can still have a baby If I plan to have.

After my appointment on that day, my niece and I went home. But I still need to come on the other day for another health check-up and laboratory test.

It is not easy to get sick that is why it is very vital to practice a healthy routine.

That would be all my reflections about my health. Thank you for reading my blog and for having my back. Take care everyone and it is not too late to practice a healthy lifestyle.