Health: Full health screening and food to lower cholesterol level

When was the last time you did full health screening? If you have to take more than 10 seconds to answer this, please call your GP now and set an appointment!  I had my screening 2 weeks ago at Oasis Clinic, Ara Damansara with my favourite doctor, Dr Parimala.  They have promotion of full health screening at RM140 only.  On top of that I added chest x-ray and ECG for only RM40 each.  Aku takut sangat buat health screening sebenarnya.  Takut terjumpa penyakit2 yang tak terjangka dan tak diingini (ada ke panyakit yang diingini??).  Chest x-ray and ECG results dapat serta merta.  Chest x-ray was good.  Unfortunately, ECG found out an irregular heartbeat.  Tak terkejut pun sebab every time buat ECG mmg dpt result mcm tu.  But this time, because of age factor, I agree with Dr Pari to do thorough check-up with cardiologist. 

I had my follow up at HUKM. I did an echocardiogram, stress test and holter monitor.  Echocardiogram (echo) is an ultrasound test that uses high-pitched waves that are sent through transducer.  Transducer picks up echoes of the sound waves as they bounce off the different parts of your heart.  Dalam bahasa laymen nya, mcm orang pregnant buat ultrasound nak check baby tapi yang ni scan kat jantung.  Stress test pula ialah test yang dibuat determine the amount of stress that your heart can manage before developing either an abnormal rhythm or evidence of ischemia (tak cukup aliran darah ke hati).  The most commonly performed stress test is the exercise stress test.  A holter monitor is a continuous tape recording of a patient’s EKG for 24 hours.  It can be worn during the patient’s regular daily activities and it helps the physician correlate symptoms of dizziness, palpitations or black outs.  Jadi, holter ni dipasang pada dada aku (macam ECG tapi ada recorder) selama 24 jam!  Dah rasa macam FBI, « I am wired ! ».  Masa menulis ni, aku belum dapat holter result lagi.  

Tadi aku pi jumpa Dr Pari semula untuk blood test result review.  Alhamdulillah semuanya ok kecuali sugar level dalam darah macam sudah menghampiri paras tak bagus.  Susah gak ni sebab aku mmg hantu desserts!  Cholesterol level is very high!  Dr Pari pesan kena rajin2 exercise lah lepas ni……hmmm

Balik dari klinik, aku cargas google makanan yang membantu menurunkan cholesterol level dalam badan. Maka ini lah hasilnya:

1. Oat
2. Red wine
3. Salmon and fatty fish
4. Nuts
5. Tea
6. Beans
7. Chocolate
8. Margarine
9. Garlic
10. Olive oil
11. Spinach
12. Avocado

Sapa dok area Subang and Ara Damansara, boleh lah pi jumpa Dr Pari at Klinik Oasis and ask for full health screening promotion.  Their address is:

Klinik Oasis (24-hour)

Address: A-G-03,Block A,No.2, Oasis Square, Jalan PJU 1A/7A, Ara Damansara, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Phone:+60 3-7734 2424