During the course of the weekend, I've made two trips to the doctor's.
On Saturday, I went to the dentist for my monthly cleaning appointments. Halfway through, he said something that bothered me.
"I need to extract your wisdom teeth. Two at the top and two below."
I never did know what 'wisdom teeth' were, but the mention of those words stirred up memories of my army days where my friends had one week's M.C. for getting their wisdom teeth pulled. I was like: "OMG, that's got to hurt!"
The dentist went on to ask: "Would you like me to pull them today?"
Of course, I quickly replied NO! I wasn't mentally prepared for it. Anyway, I asked him if it would hurt a lot, but he reassured me that it is painless.
Uh, right. Perhaps my army friends were just finding ways to stay home and exaggerated their condition. Or were they?
I told the good dentist I would have my wisdom tooth extracted next month. By then I think I should be prepared.
My second visit to the doctor's was on Sunday. This time, I visited a skin doctor for a problem with some skin on my hand that has been bugging me for two weeks.
When I told him that I was using some Chinese 'yellow lotion' before I visited him, he burst out that "the government should ban all Chinese yellow lotion" because, unknown to many, it contains chemicals that a large percentage of the human population are allergic to.
Oh, well. The doctor said that I had an infection, and helped me to apply some cream on my finger and wrapped it up in a bandage. All that costed me a whopping $140. Darn, it was so expensive.
Anyway, I learnt a lesson from this. I attribute the cause of my skin problem to my computer's keyboard, which is four years old now.
Let's just say that, if you have been using the same computer for many years, think of all the dirt/bacteria/germs and whatnot that have gathered there because your hands have been in various places.
Always, always wash your hands before and after using your computer.