Best Liver Specialist in Mymensingh - Book Appointment

The Hostel Mirror

The mirror in our hostel washroom is cracked at one corner. I stand there every morning with my toothbrush. Three weeks ago my roommate Sadia leaned in beside me and said, your eyes have gone yellow, apu. I told her it was the tube light. She shook her head. By the window, in plain daylight, the whites of my eyes still carried the colour. She was right. I wash my face in front of that glass daily and saw nothing.

The colour is not the whole of it. My appetite has thinned out. Half a plate at the hall canteen now feels like a full one. I open my books after dinner and the lines slide away from me. A page I once finished in twenty minutes takes the whole evening. By ten my head is heavy and my eyes close over the notes. I sleep through the night, yet morning brings no freshness with it.

So a sitting with a liver specialist here in Mymensingh is what I am arranging. On DoctorBD24 the liver specialist section for this city holds no profile at present. There is no name there for me to read up on yet. I went through the directory of every doctor practising in Mymensingh instead, since it lists all the city's doctors together. Profiles there show chamber places and sitting hours. Sadia will sit through the visit with me.

1 available specialists found

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ruhul Haidar

Qualifications MBBS (MMC), BCS (Health), MD (Hepatology), MACP (America)
Location Mymensingh City, Mymensingh

The Hostel Mirror

How I Picture the First Meeting

He will not start with my eyes. First he listens while I lay the whole thing out. When the colour in my eyes was first noticed. How the tiredness crept in beside it. What my eating looks like now. Then the reports from tests already done here go into his hands. He reads them himself before he examines me. If the papers are not enough for a firm word, he will wait rather than guess. A student can live with a careful answer. A wrong quick one helps nobody.

The Tablet That Stays Unchanged

I take one prescribed tablet every night for an unrelated trouble. Small thing, long routine. It does not pause because a new worry has arrived. I will not skip it on low days, nor stop it the night before the sitting. That prescription was written after an examination. Any change to it belongs to that same hand, nobody else's, and not to my own guesswork. The strip travels with me so the specialist sees my full list.

When a Night Cannot Wait Till Morning

The mirror changes came slowly, over weeks. Some changes do not do slow. If I bring up blood while vomiting, that night is not for waiting. Stools gone black are not for waiting either. A mind that suddenly fogs, or a sleepiness so heavy it will not lift, means the same. Sharp, severe pain in the belly. Swelling, when breathlessness walks in with it. Any one of these ends the hostel routine at once. Hospital, that very day, or the doctor I usually see. No discussion with the calendar.

My Roommate Remembers the Dates

My memory for dates is poor, and worry makes it poorer. Sadia has the steadier head. She noted the morning she first spoke about my eyes, and she keeps the reports folded with my class notes. On the day, she will remind me of anything I skip. If my parents ever need a surgeon instead of a specialist, she knows where to look. The general surgeon listings for Mymensingh sit on this same site, and she has saved that page.

Asked Over Tea in the Hostel

My roommates noticed the colour before me. Does he need to hear that?

He does. Who saw it first, and when, helps him order the changes.

Can I keep up with my classes during the waiting days?

Mostly, yes. If tiredness starts eating into attendance, say that too.

Should I write the dates down, or trust my memory on the day?

Write them. Dates blur under worry, and a written list keeps the story straight for him.

Must my roommate wait outside during the examination?

Ask at the chamber. Many sittings allow a companion in for the talking part.

Will he settle everything on the first day itself?

Not necessarily. He may read the reports again and ask for time before he speaks firmly.

What if I vomit one night and there is blood in it?

Then the booked day is cancelled by events. Blood in vomit, black stools, sudden confusion, sleepiness that will not clear, severe belly pain. Any of these, or swelling with breathlessness, means hospital the same day, or your usual doctor.

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