Death Knocks? - Part 2
I became a diabetic when I was 18 - fresh from school - I remember mummy was the one who brought me to PUSRAWI and had me tested - well, bila dah ada family history tu memang it's kinda expected you'd have it sooner or later. After an oral glucose test - yes kompem aku diabetic. Hmmm yang aku ingat, aku tak rasa apa-apa pun masa tu... ye la, mentah lagi and like most of you would say sekarang ni... apa la sangat kencing manis tu.. ahahahah apa? kencing manis? Kene rasa ke kencing aku ni nak tau manis ke idak?
So start ler regim aku pi jumpa pakar and doktor Maznah nama dia sibuk suruh aku kurus... (well, skang korang tau la aku ni bukan kurus - that was then). Aku cakap dalam hati, doktor, saya ni dah macam2 cuba nak kurus tapi tak leh, senang2 doc nak suruh saya kurus ye> Ingat macam tukar baju je? Malam ni kata nak kurus esok dah kurus dah - sapa la yang tanak kurus? Memang pun, i've tried this pill, that pill, spent thousands of ringgit (not my money la kan) at marrie france - macam kene torture kene wrap badan dengan bandange sejuk nak mampos. So, it is always easier said than done.
Sepanjang aku jadik diabetic ni, i've seen many doctors dan ada jugak yang badan macam aku tapi ada hati nak nasihatkan patient dia soh kurus.. ahahahah cam toooot! Ok la back to the story. Mula-mula lepas diagnose tu when i was still covered by my dad's insurance (office punya) kerap la pi jumpa doktor Maznah. Ingat lagi masa tu aku baru masuk pre-U. Terkontang kanting baru nak belajar hidup sendiri... dah pulak dapat penyakit.
Bila dah duk sendiri tu paham2 je la... masa tu nak enjoy je, dan malu plak nak makan ubat depan kawan-kawan. Well, aku berjaya simpan rahsia aku ni berpenyakit for so long, none of my housemates ke room mates knew i was not well. How i did it? Apa lagi... tak makan ubat ler. That's why no one has ever seen me swallowing pills. Ahaks!
Macam I said in my earlier entry la, macam keta, kalau dari mula tak maintain, lama-lama baru terima padahnya. I was well, strong, active (dari berbagai segi - pikirlah sendiri apa segi-seginya ya) until la 10 years after... baru mula penyakit ni nampakkan taringnya.
One of those things yang aku rasa i shoud have done was makan or minum benda2 pahit like my papa always do. Sebab tu after more than 30 years dia jadik diabetic, baru sekarang ni dia rasa lemah... compared to me, baru je 15 tahun kene, kubur macam dah memanggil. Tapi biasa la... remaja mana yang tak minum coke, tak makan fast food, yang tak suka tido... tell me, remaja mana yang sanggup minum air akar kayu? Bila dah jadik cenggini la baru aku nak mula makan benda-benda pahit ni.. nak minum air rebus-rebus akar kayu ni.. but sendiri mau tau, IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE.
So, lepas aku dah tak di cover oleh insurance papa tu i stopped going to the hospital... yang herannya baru aku perasan sekarang, dalam dekat 6 tahun aku belajar (2 yrs pre-u and 4 years degree) no one from my family yang tanya aku ni makan ubat ke idak.. whether my ubat ada ke idak... well, you don't expect somebody yang tenagh belajar nak pi beli ubat kencing manis yang mahal-mahal belaka tu?
Masa tu memang aku macam bebudak lain; pi joli, tengok wayang, keluar masuk menjolok bintang, pi blind date, buat benda jahat tu, benda jahat ni... macam-macam la... ahahah nak kene cerita in detail ke? Nanti la ek...
I am positif sebab masa awal-awal tu aku tak makan ubat, tak pi jumpa doktor la yang aku masa ni sungguh sihat walafiat. Hmmmm....
11:09:00 AM
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