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Saturday, 18 May 2013
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Chocolate brownies with strawberry & whipped cream. |
Restaurant day is a food carnival
when anyone can open a restaurant for a day. When I found out about the event
in the Helsinki Weeks ,
I said to myself that this is not to be missed. I've never
experiencing this Restaurant Day before, even at my home country (Malaysia).
It's raining since last night and as I looking outside the window this evening, it was fog. I think it just started because this morning the sky was clear. Usually, I only saw fog in the morning and the temperature now is 15 degree Celsius. There scenery is so beautiful with some of the tree has changed color to red. Well, it's autumn now. Here are some other photos:
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Some trees have changed color to red. |
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Water drops after raining. |
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This was captured on 3.52pm. |
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This was captured on 5.21pm. |
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Friday, 29 June 2012.
Today I have an appointment for Glucose Tolerance Test on 8.30-8.45am
at Tapiolan Labotorio, Espoo, Finland. I make the appointment by online on 27
June 2012, which is I can choose the available time and the location. I choose
the Tapiolan Labotorio because this is the only place that was near and easy to
go by bus. Other place that was suggested is a bit far and not so easy to
travel by bus. Later, I have to wait for the confirmation email to confirm the
appointment and get the reservation key and password.
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Tapiolan Terveysasema. |
Appointment details:
Time: 6/29/12 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Service to be provided: Glucose tolerance test
Location: Tapiolan laboratorio, Ahertajantie 2, Espoo
Time: 6/29/12 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Service to be provided: Glucose tolerance test
Location: Tapiolan laboratorio, Ahertajantie 2, Espoo
BEFORE THE EXAMINATION
For the test to succeed, it is important that you eat and drink as usual on the day
before the test until 8 p.m., when you begin FASTING. Fasting means that you
should not take any nourishment at all until the start of the test and during the test.
You may have one glass of water, but consumption of soft drinks, sweets, mints,
chewing gum, coffee, tea, or any alcoholic beverages is prohibited. Smoking is
prohibited.
BLOOD SAMPLES
A blood sample will first be collected in the laboratory, and after this you will be
given a glucose solution to drink. The examination lasts for 2 to 5 hours, and several
blood samples will be collected from you during this time. You may neither leave the
laboratory waiting room nor eat during the examination.
You should take some food with you to eat once the examination is over.
For the test to succeed, it is important that you eat and drink as usual on the day
before the test until 8 p.m., when you begin FASTING. Fasting means that you
should not take any nourishment at all until the start of the test and during the test.
You may have one glass of water, but consumption of soft drinks, sweets, mints,
chewing gum, coffee, tea, or any alcoholic beverages is prohibited. Smoking is
prohibited.
BLOOD SAMPLES
A blood sample will first be collected in the laboratory, and after this you will be
given a glucose solution to drink. The examination lasts for 2 to 5 hours, and several
blood samples will be collected from you during this time. You may neither leave the
laboratory waiting room nor eat during the examination.
You should take some food with you to eat once the examination is over.
A day before the test I get an email about reservation
reminder. So that night after dinner, I have to start fasting. It takes about
20 minutes travel time by bus from my house and I have to leave early in the
morning on 7am. When I arrived I don’t know where the place of the appointment
is. I go to the information counter, and asked about the place. He said, “You
can follow the signboard and wait at the corner over there and wait for your
name to be called.” I follow the signboard and sit at the waiting area.
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Waiting area. |
On 8am, my name was called and the first thing done is to
take my blood sample. I’m so afraid it will be pain because from my previous
experience at Malaysia, it’s so painful and sometime the doctor has to syringe
2-3 times at my elbow joint because they can’t find my vein. The staff asked me
to take a sit, and she gives me a pillow to put my hand. Later, she applies a
tourniquet on my right arms looking for the vein first. Then, she is
disinfected the area. Instead using a normal syringe, she used a venepuncture
using a vacuum system. Before she starts the procedure, she said it will be
sting. I close my eyes, and there is no pain at all. When I open my eyes, she’s
already taking a few samples in a vacuum tube. The procedure is so fast and
painless.
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Inside the room. |
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Lab equipment for taking blood sample. |
Later, she asks me to wait because she wants to get glucose.
When she came back, she bought an Erlenmeyer flask and she pours the content in
a plastic cup. She said I have to drink it within 5 minutes period. The glucose
was so cold and it’s not very sweet as everyone said. When I start drink it,
she also start a countdown timer. I drink it within 2 minutes and she so
surprised because I drink it very fast. Before I leave the room, she said I will feel nausea,
stomach ache and headache. She said, I have to wait another 1 hour and she will
call my name again. She reminds me not to eat or drink during this waiting
time.
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Erlenmeyer flask. (Photo from google) |
After 1 hour of waiting, she called my name. This time she
did the procedure at my left elbow joint. She can’t find my vein and she asked
me when the last time I take a blood sample from my left elbow joint. I said I
can’t remember exactly when, maybe last year. Then she said she will take a
blood sample at my wrist area. This time she used the butterfly catheter and
the needle is a bit small. This is first time my experience taking blood sample
at wrist area. I never know before this that instead of elbow joint, you can
also take a blood sample at wrist area. Before this at Malaysia, if they can’t find
my vein, they will syringe again and again until they found the vein at the same
elbow joint. This process is so painful. Also, if they want more blood sample,
they will syringe 2-3 times at my elbow joint instead of using a venepuncture
using a vacuum system.
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Butterfly catheter. (Photo from google) |
I’m so tired, thirsty and hungry. There is a cafĂ©/canteen,
so I stop by to see if there is anything that I can eat and drink. I choose a
cup of tea, yogurt, a cheese sandwich and a chocolate bar. I don’t have an appetite
to finish the sandwich. I manage to eat only half of it. There is a Weege Talo
Museum not so far from there, but I’m so tired and sleepy to stop by, maybe
next time. I can’t wait to going back home to take a rest. I walked to the
nearest bus station and wait for the bus no 10 but the bus arrived a bit late.
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Inside the cafe/canteen. |
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My foods and drink for breaking my fast. |
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A signboard to Museot Weege Talo. |
Finnish to English Translation:
Terveysasema = Health Center
Tervey = Health
Museut = Museum
Laboratorio = Laboratory
Glucose Tolerance Test:
1. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003466.htm
2. http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/glucose/tab/test
1. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003466.htm
2. http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/glucose/tab/test
One hour glucose tolerance test procedure:
Weege Talo Museum: http://www.weegee.fi/en-US
Tapiolan Heath Center:
Tapiolan Heath Center:
Appointments and advice:
t.09 816 38 900 Mon-Fri 8-15
Open:
Mon-Fri 8-16
Patients Office:
3rd floor, open
Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 15 |
Visiting address:
Ahertajantie 2 02100 Espoo
Website:
Google Map:
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