Hi there. How are you? I hope you are doing great. Welcome to my short diary for Saturday, May 17, 2025!

One of the GP doctors was off on Saturday. Another one was sent to the nearby clinic as a relieving doctor. Hence, I was alone in my clinic to manage the GP section. As usual, it was quite a hectic day for me. During the morning shift of 5 and a half hours, I consulted 38 patients. And, during the evening shift of 6 hours, I consulted 34 more patients. Altogether, I consulted 72 patients in my chamber on Saturday—one registered patient left without consulting the doctor because of the delay. In the visa medical section, 11 people came for the fitness test. I examined all of them.

I try to avoid injury cases while doing single duty. Because performing a procedure like stitching a wound takes a long time compared to consulting a patient in my chamber. Hence, I had instructions to the registration counter to refer all the injury cases directly to another clinic/hospital. But, still, one injury case came in the evening shift. Small cut injury to the right forearm close to the elbow joint. It needed three stitches to close the wound!

"Lack of proper counselling", "carelessness from the patient", or "financial issues" are some of the reasons a patient with a chronic condition like DM may stop taking all the management for the condition. That would be bad for the patient in the long run. Later, they would return with complications. During the evening shift, on such diabetic patient came who took off for full 3 years from the diabetes management. His latest blood sugar was over 350 mg/dl!

After returning home from the clinic, I was too tired to walk on the treadmill and play with my kid. After a light dinner, I went to bed just after 11 pm.

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Lady with Hypothyroidism

Suppose a woman is experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding, unexplained weight gain, and elevated triglyceride levels (One of the blood lipids). In that case, she needs to consider getting her thyroid hormone levels checked, as these symptoms could indicate hypothyroidism, a condition characterized by an underactive thyroid gland.

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Commentrewarder: A System to Reward Commenters

Normally, by commenting under any HIVE post, we receive rewards if our comments get upvotes and the reward is above the dust threshold. There is another system that has been developed where an author can share part of his or her rewards with the commenters. The project is designed to encourage engagement within the HIVE ecosystem. Read the announcement post here to learn the details.

To reward the commenters, the author needs to set @commentrewarder as a beneficiary. If someone comments under that post and the comment receives an upvote from the author within 3 days, the commenter will receive the reward. The rewards will be distributed in liquid HIVE after 7 days.

Okay. That's all for today. Alhamdulillah, I am alive, healthy, and thriving. How about you?