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and so.. they gave me valsartan.

rolls royce of the hypertension drugs apparently.
i was quite afraid it was gonna cost tons.. but lucky for nhs, it was only £6.85.

weekend i bought, a jack lalanne juicer. some tv thingy. apparently it is made in china.
and right. i was bored. that's why i bought it.
and they are lying when they say i don't have to cut anything..
i tried putting the whole carrot in .. it spun and shook like the earth was shaking under it's feet. lol
it was quiet. that i'll say . not as loud as others but still quiet enough.
carrots stains the plastic almost immediately..

that juicer cost about £49.99. yeah i know.. that's too much to pay for a juicer.. i should have gotten myself a nice keyboard for that price.

and then i went to the south library to get some books and the librarians there were talking about britney spears.
--__--

cleaned my room. played some wow. read some books. ate some pizza.
i guess tomorrow it's back to the bicycle for me after a week's long absence of cycling.
i shall miss taking the bus.. ( i get to read when i am in the bus)

oh. the doc wiped my fantasies of actually being diagnosed like on house md.
well.. can't blame him. he's a gp. :D
but still it was kinda weird when he told me to get my heart traced as well as a myriad of other tests.


that's it for this version of the update.

Comments

Piffles said…
wah, so ex one, the juicer!
TH said…
Straight on Valsartan? That's not usually the first line for hypertension. Your GP must have loads of money!
piffy: lol juicer after conversion is ex hor..
they have cheaper ones.. like philips for about £25,
but thought what the heck.. see how good is the other one lol

twisty: ya.. i've gone on nifedipine i think that's how u spell it..
that bloody gave me migraines ( and i thought it was due to the heat back in msia)
then i went on the ramipril that gave me diarrhea. T_T
i stopped taking hypertension pills since 2 years ago.. then i thought might as well go see doc la.
so that's when he gave me valsartan lor.

what has GP having loads of money gotta do with the drug ?
thought it's all NHS one ?
TH said…
Oh, seems you experience all the unwanted side effects which minority of patients do.

Well, GP get paid differently by what they prescribed. Valsartan is more expensive, so he gets paid less. Very complicated :)

Hope your bp would stabilise!

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