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Pongo's hot and I'm not!
I'll be talking about myself for today, don't worry Pongo is still with me, alive and kicking. As I'm writing this blog, he's taking his afternoon nap (which extends till evening he..he..he..).
For the past months I was really worried about my health condition. Ten years ago, I was diagnosed having "goiter" (a thyroid condition). I was on treatment for 2 years, then my doctor advised me that my thyroid is back to normal and I can stop taking the meds. After 5 years it recurred and I had to be on medications again.
Year 2006, after I resigned from work, I decided to stop going to my doctor and stop the meds for the sole reason that I was so tired of having this sickness (going thru several tests every month or twice a month, taking meds) the whole thing. It seems I'm not getting better, and I just lost my patience to it.
It's only last year, that I decided to seek treatment again, and this time my condition is much worst than before. After several tests, my thyroid was categorized as toxic. I was always feeling tired, had falling hair and gaining weight. I was thinking, I really made a bad decision of not getting treated. For months, my condition hasn't improved, that's when my doctor told me that I have to get the radiation treatment, I decided not to take the treatment right away and ask for an extention that if my condition hasn't improved in a year, then that's the time that I will undergo treatment.
Last September, I had my regular blood test, when I was getting the result, I kept on praying silently hoping that everything will be fine. When I got it, lo and behold, I can't believe what I'm seeing, my blood tests results were back to normal. As much as I want to rejoice and jump for joy on that minute, I still have to see my doctor to interpret it. I visited my doctor last thursday, she was also surprise to see the results and was very happy that I got back to normal again, but she's not discounting the fact that maybe my thyroid's normal because of the heavy medications.
I will be seeing my doctor again this November and she's hoping that by that time she can reduce the dosage of my medications and be normal for good. I'm just hoping and praying (I hope you can also include me in your prayers too
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- IMee -
"Not singing in the Rain!"
It's those months of the year again, sigh...Rainy season is here, another Typhoon is passing by. I don't mind a little rain coz' it makes my body feeling good, the cold weather makes me want to relax and sleep more. But 3 days of non stop rain, whew!!! We can't play outside the house, have my daily walk or do my daily routine in the garden. I've been spending my day inside the house watching my friend Kirk, playing with his playstation. I can't play with him since I don't know how it works. I just sit beside my mom while she's checking my barks. I am soooo bored, when will the rain ever end?
woof...
- Pongo -
Can I handle two dogs?
The idea of getting a new pup always enters my mind. Everytime I took Pongo out for his daily walk and crossed paths with these 2 dogs, a siberian husky and a retriever walking with their master, he would aggresively bark and tried to go after or near them. I'm not sure what's he's going to do next, so I always tried to pull him out of the other dogs way.
I used to have 3 dogs in the house, Pongo's mom, Daphne( she died 2 yrs. ago), Pongo and his brother, Buster. When I moved out of my old place 2 yrs. ago, I gave away Buster, because the new house that I was moving in allowed me only 1 dog (i choose Pongo, of course!) besides He and Pongo doesn't get along well.
Pongo is not anti-social, he is usually surrounded by people but not much of his kind. I have never tried taking Pongo for a walk side by side with another dog. So I'm thinking, "Is getting a new dog will improve Pongo's behaviour towards other dogs? and can I handle caring for 2 dogs? hmm.....
Pongo sneaked out
last sunday, early morning, when Typhoon "Frank" was bashing Manila, I was awaken by loud barks coming from our neighbor's dog. I went down and I saw Pongo in our doorsteps, soaking wet. I saw my neighbor near our gate and was told that she saw Pongo outside in the rain infront of their house. He might have sneaked out of the house when my brother arrived and opened the gate to park his car. Pongo knew how to get home, maybe he tried to get in but the gate was locked, at that time, we are still sleeping, maybe that's when he saw our neighbor outside and recognized her and let him in to our other gate adjacent to our neighbor's house. It''s a good thing that no one snatched him away or tried to hurt him while he was outside in the rain for more that 2 hours, luckily, he didn't get sick, but one thing for sure, Pongo was shaking from that horrifying experience and I guess he will never try to sneak out again, I hope so. 
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