Me Time!

[00skyblue00]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2122278\" time=\"1699409559\" user_id=\"28674:

I so agree with this! I think it's just silly to spend 2 hrs in a clinic waiting room to see a doctor, just to get paracetamol and cough mixture, and that precious MC. Now that WFH is a norm, my daughters sometimes will just self-medicate if it's something mild, and ask to WFH (even if it's not a regular WFH day) rather than bother with getting an MC. I think it's a win-win for the employer - the staff can still do most of the important work, and if they leave some of the less urgent stuff for the next day, it's not usually a big deal. Of course, this doesn't apply to all types of jobs, but if it's applied to those who can, it will relieve the clinics of some of the crowds.

But schools also require MCs still especially for sick during exam. I know private GP has started using virtual consultations but I have yet tried. Guess we will use our home tools like thermometer to show the doctor? Not sure how they prescribe med for cough and sore throat though, without hearing our lungs?

[sharonkhoo]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2122292\" time=\"1699430201\" user_id=\"143605:

But schools also require MCs still especially for sick during exam. I know private GP has started using virtual consultations but I have yet tried. Guess we will use our home tools like thermometer to show the doctor? Not sure how they prescribe med for cough and sore throat though, without hearing our lungs?

Schools are another issue - if they can trust parents in the past, why not now?

Really, for basic viral infections, the doctors are just going through the motions. For the first few days, for normally healthy kids, there's really no need to see the doctor. If it persists, then yes, but think how much time would be saved if so many don't need to see a doctor.

[doodbug]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2122296\" time=\"1699435513\" user_id=\"28674:

Schools are another issue - if they can trust parents in the past, why not now?

Really, for basic viral infections, the doctors are just going through the motions. For the first few days, for normally healthy kids, there's really no need to see the doctor. If it persists, then yes, but think how much time would be saved if so many don't need to see a doctor.

Unfortunately, school absenteeism is a very real and increasingly prevalent issue. Most schools will now specify a maximum number of days a semester where they will still accept parents' chits, beyond which, absentees should produce an MC.

[Funz]

For schools I think most do accept parents’ letter/email for that odd few days that child is absent. I’ve not had any issues with DD’s and DS’s schools with that. I can understand the need to produce MC if absent during exam or special school events.

[sharonkhoo]

Funz\" post_id=\"2122298\" time=\"1699436503\" user_id=\"6230:

For schools I think most do accept parents' letter/email for that odd few days that child is absent. I've not had any issues with DD's and DS's schools with that. I can understand the need to produce MC if absent during exam or special school events.

My daughters' schools didn't accept parents' notes, even for 1 day. I would have to drag my feverish, sick kids to the clinic, wait for an hour or 2, just to get an MC for the school. I remember being so shocked by that as in my own schooldays, a note from my mum always sufficed, and also when my kids were in school overseas. I always felt that if they could have rested at home and taken paracetamol and OTC cough/cold mixture, they would have recovered faster!

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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2122207\" time=\"1699273086\" user_id=\"43981:

Pour the LKK sauce to marinate overnight. Tomorrow straight to the pot.

Yes if marinated, better to cook next morning. But if need to wait couple days before cooking, put in freezer to store couple days :goodpost:

[00skyblue00]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2122296\" time=\"1699435513\" user_id=\"28674:

Schools are another issue - if they can trust parents in the past, why not now?

Really, for basic viral infections, the doctors are just going through the motions. For the first few days, for normally healthy kids, there's really no need to see the doctor. If it persists, then yes, but think how much time would be saved if so many don't need to see a doctor.

Yes and no. Usual cases are safe to say that. But Dr will pick up oddities. For example, the sports sch kid, it is better to play safe. If we chose not to see Dr, responsibility will be on us.

But i admit, if i am the one falling sick, i would rather take a pill and rest at home. When it comes to our own children, it's a different matter.

[sharonkhoo]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2122319\" time=\"1699461242\" user_id=\"143605:

Yes and no. Usual cases are safe to say that. But Dr will pick up oddities. For example, the sports sch kid, it is better to play safe. If we chose not to see Dr, responsibility will be on us.

But i admit, if i am the one falling sick, i would rather take a pill and rest at home. When it comes to our own children, it's a different matter.

My parents always self-medicated us when I was young, and so I've continued the tradition. Especially when we lived overseas. I will take them to the doctor if they are still sick or getting sicker after a few days, or if something seems unusual.

[MrsKiasu]

We also self medicate even for covid. Exception is usually when there is inflammation and we need antibiotics or MC.


To me, Funz style is very good…no need waste resources if only MC is what we need. For school, usually I will just write in to notify as we were given few days per term/semester.

Fm what I read here seems polyclinic is not an option. Seriously speaking if ask me to go to a neighborhood clinic, I really don’t know where to go. Kids when they were young we followed the paediatric clinic that helped in their delivery.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2122325\" time=\"1699491005\" user_id=\"43981:

Fm what I read here seems polyclinic is not an option. Seriously speaking if ask me to go to a neighborhood clinic, I really don't know where to go. Kids when they were young we followed the paediatric clinic that helped in their delivery.

Walk-ins to polyclinic is not an option now. They are just overloaded. When I got back from overseas 10 yrs ago, I just went to the nearest one - for basic stuff, there really isn't much difference. However, it's not taking more registrations for Healthier Sg now, so my husband and I are probably going to pick another one which is now the nearest!