I have decided to seek out a second opinion once my period is over. Everyone tells me it's nothing to worry about, but I choose to take the company's stance as something serious. It's not as if I can change their stand, but I just want reassurance. I've never before been diagnosed with this, I never thought I would get it (no thanks to my lifetime weight problem, I have perennial fear of diabetes and hypertension and other obesity-related diseases that the Doctors of Doom love to scare you with).

I can't remember if I mentioned it here, but I also have very small veins or something and taking blood out of me is an ordeal. The medical people can never seem to find the right vein to draw blood from me easily and quickly. At that last medical check-up, I was in the clinic for one and a half hours before they successfully drew a sample from me. Considering they pricked unsuccessfully at me for three times prior to success, I was quite traumatised.

There was once I had to donate blood for my cousin who has a blood disorder, and the nurses took forever to find the vein too.

I'm not fond of needles, but I've never been the little girl who ran away at doctors who were supposed to give you injections. Recent experiences like this, however, have me dragging my feet to the clinic even more.