a weekend full of coughing and blowing me nose

it was my first time last friday. i DIDN'T sleep AT ALL that night, struggling to complete my case write up. in the beginning of this internal medicine posting, i'd already intended to finish my write up early, learning from the experience of the previous batch who struggled at the very last minute. but in the end, however much i didn't want to repeat the same circumstances, it still happened the same way. i have only myself to blame ( i wish i cud blame some1 else...darn).

the next morning i went to the kulliyyah and finished 2 more of my clerking notes (which could have been completed earlier). i also went to the bank to do some errands. at 3pm we had a class with Dr Shahrin and then at 4.15pm me and asma' had to quickly go to the bus station, heading for shah alam. the time spent on the bust was the only time i managed to rest. even then, the bus ride was not all smooth and my neck became stiff and my muscles all ached.

i guess my body disagreed with my lack of rest and began to wear out. my throat was already sore the day before but on friday my nose became runny and i had non-productive cough. the submental lymph node on my right, my usual indicator of a throat infection was inflamed. i had a mild fever and a terrible headache. my provisional diagnosis is upper respiratory tract infection due to viral infection.

my condition became worse over the weekends. i had to carry my supply of tissues everywhere. i pity my friends who had to be around me throughout my coughing and blowing my nose especially asma'. sian kakyung, nibah and nawaz too. hopefully they all have strong immune systems.

i couldn't revise at all. withy my throbbbing headache, feverish body, non-stop cough, and snot-full nose, plus the influence of antihistamines, cough syrup and paracetamol, i was only capable of reading a novel uhuk uhuk *grin*.

orait enough about my pathetic self-inflicted sickness which by the way has improved greatly this morning alhamdulillah. my erythematous and peeling nose remains due to the constant nose-blowing with tissues.

hmm.. on saturday, there were two weddings that my friends and i went to. we went to kak Huda's wedding in Puchong first. sesat2 initially but we arrived there jugak akhirnya. i slept all the way. when we arrived, the newlyweds were eating their makan beradab. their theme was gold. kak huda's in her final year. her husband's a final year gak.

then, we went to shah alam for kak safiya's wedding. she was our former naqibah. we absolutely couldn't miss her walimah. she's already graduated and her husnband is her former classmate. tak sempat bual lame pun with her. yeah, raja sehari lah kan.

on sunday, yeop, kak yung, nibah, nawaz and i went to Times Square jalan2.

sickness aside, it was an eventful and satisfying weekend.

kak huda and bro. najmee.
surrounding the couple, from left: asma', azzahra, kak jan, aishah, sibah, me, atiq

kak huda's stunning dress

Dr Safiya with Dr Kurnia
standing at the back: Dr Azlin and Dr Nurhani with baby Sarah

the same crowd plus kinah, zaiti and tim

kak yung and nawaz

p.s. how ironic that i'd prayed for health in my previous entry and then i fell sick. hmm, Allah tests us in many ways... and then, He gives us bounties in ways we could not even imagine. Subhanallah!