my benadryl shot experience

Monday, November 10, 2014

Just want to share what happen today. When I came back from lunch, I felt something different in me. Ung tipong lahat ng init ko sa katawan umakyat lahat sa ulo ko, I felt my temperature was very high. I though to myself, maybe I walked under the sun kaya mainit talaga. So I went on to my readings. After  a while, I decided to take a short nap but couldn't sleep because of what I was feeling plus I have headache na. When it was time to work, I told my colleague about what I was feeling and to her surprise I already turned red, as in shining shimmering red. I looked at the mirror and saw my face was red including my neck and both arms. I called the company nurse and rehearse to her what I felt and she told me to come drop by the clinic to be assess. The nurse let me rest while waiting for the doctor to arrived. Temperature - 36 degrees celsius, Blood pressure - 100/70, normal lahat! She even gave me a "celestamine" tablet for my redness to subside. Nung dumating si Doc, he checked on me and I was surprise because when he came back he was holding a syringe. Sabi ko, ayaw ko ng injection...waaaa...but he had to do the shot. It was a benadryl shot, I thought to myself "diba pang ubo ung benadryl?" I had no choice but to take it. I was nervous. the last time I had a shot was in grade school, anti-measles un kung hindi ako nagkakamali. I hold tight to the nurse's hand while the doctor is doing the procedure. sabi nga nila "kagat lang ng langgam" hahaha...after the shot, I was getting cold. actually, i was chilling na until I fell asleep. I was in the clinic at 1:30pm and went back to my post at work by 4:20pm. I was really sleepy because of the medicine. 

Sabi ng doctor, mabagal daw ang effect ng celestamine kaya he had to give me benadryl. nag research ako after kung ano ung benadryl kay mr. google.

Hindi pala pang ubo lang ang benadryl, may antihistamine din pala un for allergies. Oh by the way, I think I got the allergy sa baon ko na daing na bangus. Kaya pala feeling ko may kakaiba sa fish na un but I didn't mind. So we really need to be careful on what we eat. 

I'm okay now. back to normal na ulit ang color ng skin ko. Though my left shoulder is still in paid because of the benadryl shot. Plus I was put on a 4-day medication of celestamine at hindi muna pwede eat ng bangus. Waaa... makes me think of Dagupan! Haha :)

my so-called Valentine date

February 14, 2014

Who would have thought that I will be out with a friend like on the day where couples would give out gifts to each other and celebrate their love, where chocolates are given away and all streets are flooded with expensive flowers. If I remembered it correctly, the first ever valentines card I received was when I was in grade school 
(I still have those cards and letters until now) and another was when I was in 1st year high school (computerized na ito, medyo hi-tech na) but when I was in college until the time I was already working, no one ever gave me a chocolate or flower or asked me out on Valentines day. I don't even have a special someone whom I could share hearts day with. 
I would stay home while everyone are out on dinner dates and happily celebrating hearts day pati si Inday and si Dodong day-off din (marami sila) kaya traffic. Better to stay home na lang and wait for Feb 16 to come which is my birthday. Since then Valentines became an ordinary day for me. 

But this time, it was different. Two weeks before the dreaded hearts day came, I asked him a question, "Paano kung di ka kasama sa Intramuros, saan ka punta?" at tinanong din ako ng "Ikaw ano ang balak mo?" then exchanges were made until we agreed that we will go out on hearts day. 

Finally, Hearts day came. As usual, malls are flooded with people and restaurants are fully booked. Almost every lady I saw was holding a flower and dressed in her best attire. Lads were also at their best those times. My friend and I were giggling kasi nakikigulo kami sa araw ng mga puso...haha! Nakadagdag kami sa traffic..waaa! Actually we ran out of idea where to eat that is why our last option was to go to the mall. We had dinner kung saan naumay kami sa food (and we promise na hindi na kami kakain dun ulit) then Starbucks for our favorite drink. We had a lot of shared stories and reminiscing of old times, we even bumped into our classmates in high school and talked more until we had to go since may mga curfew kami..wahaha! 

My so-called Valentine date was fun. Simple yet memorable. By the way, what added to my joy is receiving a "Toblerone" chocolate with a post Christmas gift. Oh how I love chocolates...thank you dear friend for making my valentine worth remembering. 

I was wondering if I will be out again on Valentines next year for a date? 
What do you think? hmm...exciting!