Happy 44th Birthday, Red dotie....

Having bad headache.. yet i still want to wish my country 'Happy birthday' from thousand miles away............ .

Just had my 2nd dose of Gardasil at XXC Clinic, Dubai (UAE). Reason for not mentioning the full name of the clinic - Don't wana others to think that i'm maligning the clinic or causing them bad reputation. Then why mentioned of the clinic name as XX? Just in case anything happen to me later, anybody who can solve the clinic name can be my witness.

I really don't want to keep complaining about Dubai's medical services, or is it just my luck that I always experienced 'not up to standard' ones. I swear to my god that whatever i said was really 100% of my experiences..no 'add on' of story..maybe 'minus' some really very bad details at times..

Ok, here my story goes..

I had my 1st Gardasil vaccination did 2 months ago. Not sure if dubai carry the same vaccination, my gynae prescribed me one with her letter for me to carry all the way to dubai..*air flown in chiller bag..still cheaper than dubai haha** Anyway, this is not to whine about the cost. Ok.. so today is the time for my 2nd dosage. I've to go to a clinic to do it since I'm not a NURSE Or paramedic. I was actually looking for Medcare hospital but apparently i lost my way in directions again :) and so i ended up in XXC. This is not my 1st time to this clinic, i was here before for some flu medicines etc..

Was at the clinic around 5 pm in the evening. There were more nurses (easily named 5 that I saw), cleaners (maybe 4), 2 receptionist cum cashiers and maybe 2 doctors on duty vs Patients - Me and another Arab Gentleman and his kid....

The receptionist/administrator appointed one nurse to administer the vaccination for me with the letter given by my Gynae. From the way i see the nurse, i knew she was new! I asked her few questions and she just keep nodding her head and smile...She can't really understand my 'singlish' i supposed. From the way she was handling the injection.. I freaked out. I asked if she knew how to do it.. she merely nod her head...turning herself to another Filipino nurse standing beside her and whispering among themselves (Obviously they don't know)..so they asked another nurse who happened to walk in the room (must be some senior nurse)..A room WITH 3 NURSES, EXCLUDING THE ONE JUST WALK IN.. YET NONE OF THEM KNOW HOW TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINATION!!!

To my dismay... it was very painful..I'm not sure if that nurse had did it correctly, i even wondered if she had shake the vaccination well before using as written on the packaging. I recalled it wasn't painful at all when i had the 1st vaccination, why is this so painful????? I asked her of coz, and two of them answered that it's normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever it is.. just in case that anything happen to me.. this entry will be the proof that i had a super painful vaccination done...