It’s such a sad experience, pack my bag for 1 night hospital stay..
Sentosa: so nice that vin fulfilled my little wish. Beach, cycling was a bonus. He promised to take me to the beach when I am feeling better.
I’m on the kiasu side, had salad for dinner on thur, non-solid food on fri to help with laxatives. 1 pack of laxatives mixed with 1L of water was a tough challenge! Started drinking the water at 3.30pm and finished at 8.45pm, the diarrhea only started next morning at 5.30am !!
We reached Gleneagles at 11.50am, admission and waited for the porter to bring us to my room. How strange to have a porter !!
I didn’t know what to do with myself while waiting for the surgery, hang out with my family. Felt so strange sitting on the hospital bed..
The nurses came to get me at 3pm. I got on the bed and was push to the waiting area. Mum & jie came in to jia you me… left vin & i. Both of us hold back our tears.. Dr Pang came to have a little chat with me.
3.50pm, wave goodbye to vin and the nurses push me into the operating theatre. The sudden thought that I should quit my job and work in a non-profit organisation.
At the operating theatre, Dr Pang started the drip and the nurses attached some wires on me.
45 mins wait, Dr Ang was late. I looked at the big clock in the room, listened to the nurses chattering and singing, fell aslp, think abt life, should I cancel the surgery (stupid thought), look around the room, thinking that vin must be worried..
Dr Ang arrived. She shared with the nurses the procedure. Dr Pang came and he say gotta give me something to made me calm and relax.
Bang ! that’s it.
The next thing I remember was I saw a nurse and kervin. I was being push to a room. I looked at the clock and got a shock ! its already 8.30pm ! what happened ??!
Drift in and out of sleep. remember callie sat on the sofa eating bread, my sis asked kervin whether he want any bread or soup, I asked vin what’s the complication? How come the surgery took so long? (3.5 hour instead of 2 hours) I grabbed his hand and told him ‘vin, don’t go’
Kervin was the last to leave hospital that night about 12am, he’s not allow to stay as it’s a 2 bedded room, single rooms are not available. It wasn’t that bad staying at the hospital by myself. only woke up when the nurses came in to measure my blood pressure and temp. She came in with a bed pan and asked me to urine, otherwise have to seek alternate way for me to pee. Yeap ! managed to do so, the pain wasn’t as bad.
Luckily, I told vin to leave my phone beside me. I remember checking the time on my mobile and counting down to 7.30am, to see kervin again.
The nurse asked whether I want to be wipe and I say yes. She came in again hand me toothbrush. I brush my teeth in bed. She gave me a good wipe and I went to sleep again.
I was shocked to discovered there’s a container of excess fluid attached to my body !!
kervin came at 7.30am and there’s an alarm coming from my neighbour’s bed. The alarm was going crazy and I got kervin to look for a nurse. My neighbour’s drip was running low.. I thought something happen to her !
Dr Ang came in the morning and shared with me about the cysts, my condition was more extreme den she thought, my 2 ovaries are struck together (How is this possible?!) , my intestines are affected as well. She instructed the nurse to make me walk to the bathroom; she can only discharge me if I am able to walk. I can choose to stay for another night or to go home at 5pm.
Removed my drip, went to the bathroom. Wow, single room bathroom come with crabtree and evelyn stuff.
I choose to stay for another night. Single room are available and I swap room. Ahhhhh, so quiet in the single room. Happy that kervin can stay for the night. My family (plus jen) and his family came to visit.
Dr Ang called and scolds me for not walking. Vin help and I managed to walk to the bathroom !
Vin has to pay $85 for staying, meals are complimentary ! mil cooked fish & pork ball soup, watched masterchef, chit chat and it’s time for bed. I couldn’t sleep much.. woke up at 3.30am, watched re-run, vin woke up at 6am. We ate bread. Went to sleep again at 6.30am ! haha
Had breakfast, mee sotong with fish for me, western breakfast for him. Dr Ang came again to check on me. The nurse changed my dressing, signed the release form, the bill was send to the room from 1 staff. Shock of my life: 22k
22k – 5k medisave = 17k
Thank you to insurance company !
The porter came with a wheelchair, I couldn’t stop smiling ! I AM GOING HOME !! 🙂
The longest 20 metres walk from the carpark to home, took about 20mins. Could only do half a step with vin vin help. Love that man.
The first couple of days were a struggle, tears a few times. Try not to think of my condition and the surgery. Positive and happy thoughts. Swelling for a couple of days, couldnt sleep, pace around the room until 4am, worried about the swell..
Its been a week.. going for my doc appt shortly. I forgotten about the injection until vin told me. i must have gave him the ke lian look coz he started telling me I don’t have to do it during this medical appointment. Give me some time to adjust.
Looking back.. the worse moments:
– finding out about the 3 cysts
– Go to work, pretend to be normal.
– discover that I am the one who couldn’t conceive because of endometriosis (hopefully I can conceive after the surgery and injection)
– finding out I have 3 cysts and 1 fibroid
– The fight with vin
– tube of excess fluid
– the first bed pan after my surgery
– sleeping on my back
– 20 metres walk to home
– Pacing around the room coz of swelling
– G
