Med Exam

I woke up at around 8am today in preparation for my morning poop so I could scoop a sample stool that I will have to submit for medical examination today. After the seminar that we attended yesterday, my colleague and I passed by BioMedix, found at the 3rd floor of Robinson’s Galleria, which is just across the POEA office. We inquired about the basic charge (it’s 850php for a Phase 1 med exam), and in return were advised to bring stool from home that is 2 hours fresh at most.

I ate breakfast, rested a little, then took a bath. I pooped while taking a bath at 9.30 am, yet got to the clinic in Ortigas at 1.30 pm already. So technically, it was rotten stool that I handed to the laboratory, but I didn’t tell anyway. Haha. I didn’t mean to have it expired for long. For one thing, I left at 10.30am. But much to my dismay, I got a text message from my mom along my travel telling that I forgot to bring my wallet. So I had to wait for my mother, who ran after me and arrived at the exact place where I already was when I found out I have no wallet, at forty-five past twelve. (You might think how I got to wherever I was without my wallet, I had a separate purse for my coins and smaller bills).

So I arrived at the clinic and paid my fee, then filled up some forms. I was then led to the clinic’s comfort room and was asked to pee for urine testing.

The Phase 1 medical examination actually consists of the following tests:

1.) Fecal Analysis- examination of the stool
2.) Urine Analysis- examination of the urine
3.) Complete Blood Count (CBC)
4.) Blood Typing
5.) Chest X-ray
6.) Physical Examination- examination of mouth, ears, and eyes using that tool with an orange light. Women’s breasts are examined for any lumps, as well as the rectum for haemorrhoids.
7.) Psychological test- a usually two-hour written examination. It includes a personality test, an analogy test, and some personal information.
8.) Pregnancy Test (for women) - where one’s blood pressure is taken
9.) Dental Exam

Highlight of today’s medical examination would definitely have to be the 3,400php that I had to shell out for my dental fillings. I didn’t really expect that to be able to get a dental clearance, the dentist had to sort of force me into filling up eight tooth holes all at once. Well yeah, I felt like I was threatened. The dentist knows I needed his clearance to complete medical examination. For goodness sake, each tooth-filling costs 400php!!!! I thought the dental exam would do plain check-up and just advise on which teeth need attention the soonest. I remember that gay dentist saying to me, “Para makuha mo na clearance mo ngayon, pagawa mo na kahit yung walong fillings.” Coz according to his check-up, I have 11. It sounded so scary to me that I have that many to fill, I could even have you thinking if I have any oral hygiene left in me. Thing is, I just don’t think it was that many, and if they really were, all 11 of them don’t really need immediate action. I really hated it when I had to give in simply because I am pressed with time already. That gay dentist by the way holds his clinic just in front of BioMedix at Robinson’s Galleria. Hmpf, moneygrubber!