If we were having coffee, I’d tell you this should have been a routine week: Line Dancing, Portuguese lessons and Physio. Except it wasn’t. I’d been experiencing a nagging pain under my ribs on my right side for nigh on a week. I hoped it would go away. It didn’t. By Thursday evening, Mr Piglet took control and insisted we cancel lunch with friends on Friday and go to A & E (Accident and Emergency) at Alvor Private Hospital. Hence, why no Foodie Friday post.
After a restless night thanks to my imagination in overdrive, we arrived at the hospital early, saw the Triage nurse, and waited a short time before I saw a doctor, who sent me for tests: CT scan, bloodworks and a urine test. Incidentally, have you ever tried to pee a midstream sample into a small container while shaking like a leaf? Men, you have NO idea.
Three hours later, after being injected with iodine for the CT scan (which I was not happy with) and despite the results showing all clear re liver, kidneys and gall bladder or hernia, etc., the doctor was still none the wiser. Her conclusion: It was probably muscular. WT#?Muscular? Had I been performing acrobatics in my sleep?
RANT ALERT: COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH, YOU INCONSIDERATE MUPPET!!!!!
As an aside. While queuing for the CTT scan, we were shown into a waiting room so crowded it was bursting at the seams. One man seated near us coughed his germs freely into the air, making no attempt to cover his mouth. I glanced at Mr Piglet, who looked terrified as he has a low immune system. I gave him an N95 mask and donned one myself. Glared at the germite man and muttered obscenities about him under my breath. I sent Mr. P away to find a cafe.
I spoke to the doctor about it and her reply… ‘That’s why I wear a mask,’ she said, shaking her head in despair. ‘Some people cough in my face as I examine them.’
Why are SOME people so socially ignorant and selfish when they have a cough or cold?
Now I’m off to check out more weekend coffee shares over at Natalie’s Blog
Piglet in Portugal 
Hope you feel better soon. We can do weird things, think nothing of it and our body is like WTF?? And it becomes so sore. And yes trust me, as I nurse, I’ve seen more than my share of inconsiderate patients.
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Sorry to hear about the pain under your ribs and the situation in the waiting room. I hope you’re feeling better soon. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.
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