Medical report

I have almost forgotten about it until I opened the package. It was delivered by a courier service called "Maple Leaf", which made me jump to the wrong conclusion it was something from Canada (maybe it was a sign: time to go home...?)

It turned out to be the medical report from my recent medical checkup. Eagerly I opened it to find out the results.

While there is nothing "seriously" wrong with me, there are five, six things I need to be aware of and the report recommended me to make followup appointments with specialists. As expected, my heart beat is unusually slow, measuring at just 54beats a minute, while the normal is anything above 60. While I went to see the cardiologist the day of my physical, he wanted me to wear a heart monitoring device for 24hrs, which would have cost a staggering NT$4000 ($130 or so), so I refused to do it. I don't think there is anything seriously wrong with me, just that I have a weak heart. And I prefer to get checked up if need be back home in Canada, where my medical insurance will cover it (in Taiwan, I have no medical insurance, hence the prohibitive costs!)

My weight is a problem, as I weigh about 10kg below my ideal weight for someone my height and my age. It's a problem I've been battling for a long time, and whatever I eat, even if I eat a lot, I don't seem to weigh more than 62-63kg; historically I don't think I've ever gone over 65kg. Over the past I've definitely shed some "excess" weight, and at one point was close to just 60kg. Stress, severe stress, and being unable to really eat seeing mum so ill and vomiting so much, has to do with it...