Ignorence is Bliss????
Let me tell you about a little experience I had a couple of days ago....
On one beautiful Friday morning (feel the sarcasm there people) little old me woke up late for classes..........in pain. Her head felt all cloudy and she couldn't feel/see anything beyond said pain located in her lower back. Don't worry, she is actually quite used to it after occasionally suffering from it due to the accumulation of a horse riding accident where she fell headfirst on her neck and also a motor accident where she was knocked down by a stupid idiot on a scooter, all which occurred during her teen years.
Anyhow, she knew that there wasn't much she could do as she did not have any pain killers with her then (left it at home) and because it was partly her fault for not taking care of her back properly for the past couple of weeks by sitting prone at her table doing her school work and listening to lectures without taking frequent breaks in between. Therefore, after calling her lecturer up to say she wouldn't be able to make it to her class, she decided that the her best option at the moment was to go and get some pain killers from the uni's clinic (It's free, do you know how much pain meds costs????!!)
So, with the thought of pain relief, she got herself dressed and hauled her ass to the clinic 20 (freakin long and painful) minutes away. After going through the usual prodding, poking and x-raying by the doctor, she was finally given 2 options:
1) a bunch of painkillers (pills), calcium tablets and vitamins to be taken after a meal, or
2) take a direct injection of painkillers plus a bunch of painkillers, calcium tablets and vitamins to be taken after dinner
The difference (other then the obvious fact that one requires a needle) is that the effects of the injection would be felt within 15 minutes whilst for the the former, she'd have to go and eat first (remember, you CANNOT take pain killers on an empty stomach!) and then wait for a while before feeling the effects. Since by that point she couldn't even sit straight, she picked option number 2. It should probably be mentioned here that Intan is not scared of needles and has never been scared of them. So with a feeling of euphoria knowing that the pain would soon ebb away, she happily followed the nurse to the injection(?) room. Upon reaching the room, she looked around for a chair to sit on but was suddenly stopped by the nurse who pointed to the bed and said "Sila baring dan turunkan seluar". Translation : "Please lie down and take off your pants".
Intan's reaction at that point was literally like this --> 0_o?????
And then it dawned on her that she wasn't going to get injected in the arms..........but on her ass! Okaaay...Fine. She could deal with that. She could moon the nurse. Nooooooo problem there. Just release her from the pain dammit!!!
So yeah, after said injection and finally relief, Intan happily made her way to class, thankful that she was pain free.................la la la la la~~
On one beautiful Friday morning (feel the sarcasm there people) little old me woke up late for classes..........in pain. Her head felt all cloudy and she couldn't feel/see anything beyond said pain located in her lower back. Don't worry, she is actually quite used to it after occasionally suffering from it due to the accumulation of a horse riding accident where she fell headfirst on her neck and also a motor accident where she was knocked down by a stupid idiot on a scooter, all which occurred during her teen years.
Anyhow, she knew that there wasn't much she could do as she did not have any pain killers with her then (left it at home) and because it was partly her fault for not taking care of her back properly for the past couple of weeks by sitting prone at her table doing her school work and listening to lectures without taking frequent breaks in between. Therefore, after calling her lecturer up to say she wouldn't be able to make it to her class, she decided that the her best option at the moment was to go and get some pain killers from the uni's clinic (It's free, do you know how much pain meds costs????!!)
So, with the thought of pain relief, she got herself dressed and hauled her ass to the clinic 20 (freakin long and painful) minutes away. After going through the usual prodding, poking and x-raying by the doctor, she was finally given 2 options:
1) a bunch of painkillers (pills), calcium tablets and vitamins to be taken after a meal, or
2) take a direct injection of painkillers plus a bunch of painkillers, calcium tablets and vitamins to be taken after dinner
The difference (other then the obvious fact that one requires a needle) is that the effects of the injection would be felt within 15 minutes whilst for the the former, she'd have to go and eat first (remember, you CANNOT take pain killers on an empty stomach!) and then wait for a while before feeling the effects. Since by that point she couldn't even sit straight, she picked option number 2. It should probably be mentioned here that Intan is not scared of needles and has never been scared of them. So with a feeling of euphoria knowing that the pain would soon ebb away, she happily followed the nurse to the injection(?) room. Upon reaching the room, she looked around for a chair to sit on but was suddenly stopped by the nurse who pointed to the bed and said "Sila baring dan turunkan seluar". Translation : "Please lie down and take off your pants".
Intan's reaction at that point was literally like this --> 0_o?????
And then it dawned on her that she wasn't going to get injected in the arms..........but on her ass! Okaaay...Fine. She could deal with that. She could moon the nurse. Nooooooo problem there. Just release her from the pain dammit!!!
So yeah, after said injection and finally relief, Intan happily made her way to class, thankful that she was pain free.................la la la la la~~
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Oh no! But what is this??? Why is Intan back in the clinic?? And why is she being monitored by the nurses??? And another injection???!!! *gasps!!!*
.........................(to be continued)
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