my colleague and just were just discussing about `endometriosis'. it's a kind of ketumbuhan rahim if i'm not mistaken. but what i do know for sure is that one of the symptom is painful PMS. this reminds me..

years ago, i went to this one doctor bcoz of my very painful PMS. what he did was only asking me whether i was married or not. i wasn't, so he just told me that it's normal for unmarried women. i should only become concern if the pain doesn't go away after i'm married.

what he failed to explain exactly is that once you becomes sexually active that the pain should subsides, not by just getting married. referring to the Q he asked me, i just answered what he asked, but what if i was sexually active back then..? wouldn't it be tragic that i happened to have the so-called endometriosis but it goes undetected for years simply because a doctor chose not to use the `S' word..? and i believe a patient, especially if she's moslem, wouldn't simply cry out,`i'm not married but been having sex for quite some times now..' duhh.. that's a suicide. unless.. unless the doctor asks. because i do know that i'm very particular with whatever my doc asks or even say. he asks,`byk keje ke skang?' and i'd immediately think whatever i'm having is stress related while the doc is actually making a conversation.

what i'm trying to say is that, for me, as a doctor, it's important to be precise. ask the right Q instead of a safe one. maybe yeah, patients might be offended, but they'll thank you later when they realised the offensive Q had actually save them.

and i do believe, today, the Q whether one's married or not before relating it to a disease or etc is no longer relevant. i don't have to elaborate on this. just watch and read the news. or much easier, just open your eyes, you'll understand what i mean.