FollowToday, I made my way to AA Pharmacy for a blood test. In collaboration with Accura Healthcare, AA Pharmacy offers monthly affordable blood tests, making it an excellent alternative to clinics or hospitals. Over the years, I’ve done my annual blood tests here. I like the convenience that Accura will Whatsapp the softcopy of the…
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Calcium-Score Screening Heart Test (Coronary Calcium Scan) & QRISK Score @ SJMC
Friday, 10 March 2023 ~ Today I did my scheduled Calcium-Score Screening Heart Test (Coronary Calcium CT Scan with ECG) followed by a quick QRISK Score at SJMC. The entire procedure was pretty quick – about 20 minutes of waiting time for my turn at the Imaging Dept. and 15 minutes in the doughnut-shaped tunnel…
Appointment with Cardiologist
Today I met my cardiologist at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) to let him review my high cholesterol reading related to Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or genetic high cholesterol. Before deciding if he should start me on statin, my doctor ordered for me to do a heart scan (coronary calcium scan) using computerized tomography (CT) imaging…
Annual Health Screening
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Thursday (28 February 2019) and Friday (1 March 2019)
Thursday, 28 February 2019 The heat wave is on and I’m back to my days of showering 4 to 5 times a day! Every activity that I do that involves moving vigorously from moping the floor to hanging the laundry, changing the bedsheet to cooking sends me to the bathroom for a quick 5-minute shower.…
Cassandra’s Blood Test Report
Today is Cass’ blood test report collection day at the hospital. Dr Eric’s comment as usual was “not too bad”. On the 36 types of allergen test, Cass has no allergies, though the test shows that she has a slight allergy to dust mites. The units of antibodies shown (24) are so minimal that she…