Seriously I don't really calculate what I have spent for the month. This is because of plain laziness, plus and all the Excel spreadsheets that I created for accounting purpose during New Year was just not updated because it was simply forgotten and became an archived file in the PC.
However, though I don't really keep an expense account, I can still know when I am running out of money, like this month of June...
The large sum of money in medical fees. I visited the Chinese Sensei more than twice during May/June for my hand, and literally donated around 30 bucks, each time 10 dollars I think. Following that, I went to see my family doctor again to check out my knees, without getting any satisfying results, I paid 27 bucks for consultation and a healthy dose of painkillers which I did not start taking. The next 2 days, I went over to see the 5-dollars doctor, the company panel doctor and was finally, after 4 months, referred to an osteopath.
So simple maths tells that I have spent a total of 62 bucks just on consultation, and of course some useless medication. If I were to include the 68 bucks of glucosamine that I'd spent after getting advise from doctor that my cartilage is likely to be worn... I'd spent 130 bucks!
But, that's not the end of my woes, starting July, I may be going regularly to the osteopath, and, even before I met him/her, I already knew the consultation fees is a whopping 85 bucks as advise by the panel doctor. This is not including any other x-rays examinations or medication prescriptions; in another words, I have to pay 85 bucks entrance fees just to see the doctor's face and listen to the oh 'golden' words of advice (literally golden because is god-damn expensive!!).
Luckily luckiliy, thanks to my dearest HR personnel (who sadly is quitting) advised that the company does cover 80% of the consultation fees. If not... cannot imagine.
Medishield? CPF? Insurance? Based on the tip of the iceberg that I am seeing, I can now understand why there are people going broke after being hospitialised, they may be covered by Medishield, or maybe insurance, but that is never going to be enough... Just consultation already costs a bomb, just imagine hosptialisation and surgery!
In anyway, I do hope that this draggy kneecap problem can recover asap, if not, not only I will have to spend ever more $$ on consultation, I will also have to give up jogging and badminton... so sianz!
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what happened to your kneecap?? my god sounds serious. avoid weight bearing exercises!!! dont climb stairs dont jog! do exercises like cycling or swimming if u need to workout!
take care!
dunno leh.. tomorrow going to see the specialist loh.. They say go cycling also cannot de, cause this is consider high impact exercise. Now can only swimming, everything also cannot do liao... T_T
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