The next decade....what's in store?

HIC

No, I don't have hiccups. HIC is short for Heart Institute of the Caribbean.

I went there on Friday last for a check up. Of course I did an ECG. Of course it's normal (just like the one I did at UHWI Casualty last year September when I was having pain). Of course the doctor said it's nothing to worry about. Of course I felt some horrible ripples in my heart on Saturday night. Typical.

Anyway, the next thing to do is wear a device that records your heart beat for 24 hours. J$9,000 for 24 hours. How much per hour is that? The first visit was $6,500. An ultra sound is $13,000.

To be poor is a crime, but it won't lead me to crime.....or prostitution as I read about in the Gleaner today.

And these people who I wrote an article for in New York and haven't paid me just cannot appreciate how much I need that money right now. Bastards.

Anyway, the doctor was young and very thorough I thought. And I liked the fact that he spent time to explain things to me. I just can't remember the explanation to tell you! Something about the heart having a rhythm and you get a pre-beat or a beat out of the rhythm. But don't take my word for it, cause I never wrote it dung!

The greatest fear I have is finding out I have some illness for which I have been tested and the doctor has said "nothing wrong with you man". I've read too many stories of mis-diagnoses. So I will continue to spend money which I can ill afford on medical tests, just to make sure.

As I said to the doctor, when I drop down dead, everybody will cry at my funeral and say "she was such a nice person".

Yes, he laughed, as he was doing through most of the consultation. I guess he's just a happy person.

Posted by yamfoot at August 14, 2005 01:48 PM