Mixed Signals

I've come to find Philippine Medicine Very Scary. Lately my wife had a problem when a doctor aggravated her belly button problem, disregarded her concerns and made some annoying assuptions that put it plainly he wasn't interested. Then I have my "strange" bump anomaly that occurs without the slightest clue of why, with only my guess being fitness related. The most recent happening, my heart burn, put another problem forward.

I've had several full range examinations. Executive check ups, that also examined my stomach. Now I'm wondering by the frequency of these tests, why wasn't it detected earlier (and why has house raised our expectations regarding the diagnosis ability of doctors).

Stories like my mother in-law's health check ups going problematic in medical city, and comparing the results and thorough-ness of the approach to that of Club Inifinity (a health club as compared to a hospital) are raising serious doubts about the way medical technology and expertise are being run in the country.

Looking at the conditions around it: the migration of doctors, overcapcity of medical training facilities, and the adminstrative inefficiencies of the current hospital structures today points towards a trend where this is not going to be an isolated case and things might not get better. Medical Regularization is not Popular in the philippines, the bodies who can monitor, correct and punish those who fail to meet the standards are few, underfunded and have conflicting interests.

Looking at the money trail, where we may be cheap in labor costs, we also have a lot of other compromises that affect the quality of the work. To a point, a doctor who you happen to know personally would be your best chance at solving a problem than that of a specialist.

Going to my title topic, Its scary to have to rely on our medical infrustrucure here even if medical tourism should be giving everyone in it enough money to meet the quality technical needs.

Right now with my body's high acidity, I'm getting a ton of mixed signals. I feel full and hungry at the same time more often. Some part of me wants to eat ravously, the muscles around my stomach feels full, and there is a feeling in my chest that is actually elevating my pulse rate leaving me confused and scared. Scared primarily because I don't know what I'm feeling and what should I do about it.

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