When you're ill, do you see the doc ...

• UandMe

  1 Mar 06, 21:52

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  what's the point when you're half ill, but not totally well.. and hovering around there...
  
  the doc won't give you medical leave, he'll give you a bunch of pills readily available, and he'll hit you for about $40
  
  and he'll give you antibiotics for no apparent reason...
  
  then you gotta go back to work feeling worse, and $40 out of pocket...
  
  

  if it's throat infection i will think it's worth it to spend the money as anti-biotics really cures it rapidly. if not u're going to get tortured for weeks and u can't enjoy ur meals, can't do ur work well and can't really enjoy in the weekends etc.
  
  if it's just fever, then some panadols and early sleep probably can make u feel better.
• the Bear

  1 Mar 06, 21:54

  nah.. usually, just feel lousy and tired.. slightly feverish but it isn't a high fever.. and it comes and goes..
  
  i say we're just kinda burnt out
  
  

  Originally posted by UandMe:

  if it's throat infection i will think it's worth it to spend the money as anti-biotics really cures it rapidly. if not u're going to get tortured for weeks and u can't enjoy ur meals, can't do ur work well and can't really enjoy in the weekends etc.
  
  if it's just fever, then some panadols and early sleep probably can make u feel better.

• RaTtY81

  1 Mar 06, 21:57

  i will try to let my body immune system to deal with it
• The man who was death

  2 Mar 06, 00:35

  Because u already seen the doc while faking illness, so when u're really ill u can't afford to see the doc
• Rhonda

  2 Mar 06, 18:40

  I usually go to the clinic to get MC's.
  
  Most of the time, I'll just put the meds they give me aside and not even touch it. UNLESS, I'm having some sorta bacterial infection, then I will guai guai finish the course of antibiotics. Or, unless I really need relief from my symptoms, then I will take the meds.
  
  Most of the time, if I'm not feverish and feeling THAT under the weather, I'll just get the MO's at my workplace to fill out a prescription for me, and then I'll get it dispensed from our hospital pharmacy.
  
  
• the Bear

  2 Mar 06, 18:42

  since when choya need prescription?
• mhcampboy

  2 Mar 06, 18:46

  i think i will self medicate. i mean if its just fever or flu or sore throat. but more than that betta see doctor!! woohoo...
• the Bear

  2 Mar 06, 18:47

  just to remind people..
  
  flu = influenza = deadliest disease in humankind...
  
  do not interchange "runny nose" with "influenza"
  
  they're very different...
  
  

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  i think i will self medicate. i mean if its just fever or flu or sore throat. but more than that betta see doctor!! woohoo...

• mhcampboy

  2 Mar 06, 21:56

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  just to remind people..
  
  flu = influenza = deadliest disease in humankind...
  
  do not interchange "runny nose" with "influenza"
  
  they're very different...
  
  

  oh different ah??....hmm...then ppl still keep saying...wah i got flu...
• the Bear

  2 Mar 06, 22:01

  very different..
  
  runny nose can be triggered by allergy to anything, pollen, spices, smells..
  
  or just a problematic sinus (again caused by allergy and other things)
  
  or a common cold (another virus)
  
  influenza is can kill you
  
  

  Originally posted by mhcampboy:

  oh different ah??....hmm...then ppl still keep saying...wah i got flu...

• cornyfish2000

  3 Mar 06, 00:33

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  I usually go to the clinic to get MC's.
  
  Most of the time, I'll just put the meds they give me aside and not even touch it. UNLESS, I'm having some sorta bacterial infection, then I will guai guai finish the course of antibiotics. Or, unless I really need relief from my symptoms, then I will take the meds.
  
  Most of the time, if I'm not feverish and feeling THAT under the weather, I'll just get the MO's at my workplace to fill out a prescription for me, and then I'll get it dispensed from our hospital pharmacy.
  
  

  Hmmm.. can HOs prescribe meds for people (as in, non-patients)?
• cornyfish2000

  3 Mar 06, 00:34

  Bear.. i remember seeing your cute polar bear avatar just a few hours ago.. now it's gone.
• the Bear

  3 Mar 06, 01:04

  no no... you're not ill.. my p-membership ran out
  
  

  Originally posted by cornyfish2000:

  Bear.. i remember seeing your cute polar bear avatar just a few hours ago.. now it's gone.

• MooKu

  3 Mar 06, 01:11

  hmmm common ailment/illnesses like flu i won't go... because he always gives the same medicine, i already have leftovers for use. it's totally pointless unless I need an MC.
  
  otherwise for things like tonsilitis and diarrhoea going on for 3-4 days then i'll go... cos they're thingys i dunno how to cure via self-medication.
  
  
• the Bear

  3 Mar 06, 01:21

  mookie!
  
  hope you have been well and not seen the doc for ages
  
  

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  hmmm common ailment/illnesses like flu i won't go... because he always gives the same medicine, i already have leftovers for use. it's totally pointless unless I need an MC.
  
  otherwise for things like tonsilitis and diarrhoea going on for 3-4 days then i'll go... cos they're thingys i dunno how to cure via self-medication.
  
  

• MooKu

  3 Mar 06, 01:27

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  mookie!
  
  hope you have been well and not seen the doc for ages
  
  

  heehee. actually i see the doctor on average once every 6 weeks.
  when i was away from here, i'd been hit by illnesses i'd never had before like tonsilitis! it was horrid. i couldn't speak and was away from work for days. and i couldn't swallow. and then there were gross details i don't wanna go into
  
  i don't like seeing doctors... i hardly come across any good ones. The most recent one i 'sacked' gave me the feeling he gave the wealthy priority and so much more attention whereas during my consultation it always felt hasty and not detailed enough. Then the previous one always had so many patients and not enough seating, plus a rude and uncaring nurse.
• the Bear

  3 Mar 06, 01:28

  oh dear.. remember to take your vitamins and all that yah?
• MooKu

  3 Mar 06, 01:32

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  oh dear.. remember to take your vitamins and all that yah?

  i eat ROBOVITES
• the Bear

  3 Mar 06, 01:33

  so cool..
  
  i take.. (i go check)
  
  okay.. Ester-C 1000 with citrus bioflavonoids (whatever the heck that is)
  
  vitamin C 1000mg
  bioflavonoids 200mg
  
  
  
  

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  i eat ROBOVITES

• MooKu

  3 Mar 06, 01:40

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  so cool..
  
  i take.. (i go check)
  
  okay.. Ester-C 1000 with citrus bioflavonoids (whatever the heck that is)
  
  vitamin C 1000mg
  bioflavonoids 200mg
  
  
  
  

  hmm i think that's to enhance/strengthen the vitamin C..
  
  actually at home i have
  
  fish oil
  vitamin C 1000mg
  multi-vitamins
  brand's sesamin extract
  and ROBOVITES!
  
  but i only take the robovites most of the time, cos the others are HUGE! such a chore swallowing them
  
  i've had robovites ever since i was very young.. the doctor gave it to me to coax me out of wailing every time they took my blood
  
  robovitesssssssss!
• the Bear

  3 Mar 06, 01:44

  and they're sweet too
  
  i just swallow my vit C..
  
  anyway, bioflavonoids are used in the prevention of bleeding and a whole host of things like arthritis, although no clear evidence of it exists...
  
  no side effects tho'
  
  i do my research before swallowing stuff like that
• Ecxentrique

  5 Mar 06, 22:17

  i don;t really like going to doc as well.. unless i m terribly sick and those off-the-shell pills dun get me any better. or unless there are no pills for the sickness i have..
• Kuali Baba

  5 Mar 06, 22:28

  Flavonoids? Red wine/grape juice is full of them.
• AngZangGui

  9 Mar 06, 13:11

  Unless I really ill like let's say been one week already and still haven't recover. But even if doctor give me medicine and if want to give me MC, I will say no need and continue going to work even if I have no voice to talk.
  
  Mostly fall ill during April/May every year since sec 3 but now getting ill more and more often, see doctor too expensive liao, I don't like.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  9 Mar 06, 17:09

  I don't self-medicate, neither will I see doctor. I will sleep whole day. Unless I vomit, if not I won't see.