Acute Appendicitis

What I can say..
There's only one word to describe the whole episode.

PAIN


Acute Appendicitis


Pain started on Thursday night, after I had my mum's chicken curry.
I thought cos I had irregular meals lately and OT-ed and blah blah blah..
I thought my stomach was weak...
And just not accepting the spicy-ness and the oilyness of the curry very well...
Hence, I just dismissed it as gastric at like.. 10-11pm that night..

11 plus to 12..
I was still complaining to G about the pain..
Really very pain..
Then, soon after the phonecall, I attempted to sleep.

Sleep sleep sleep..
1am, I woke up in cold sweat... feeling cold and feeling the intense pain..
Then I came to my pc, and saw my er-sao online..
Cos G had earlier suggested if it's the coconut milk that had turned bad?
Hmmm.. a possiblility of food poisoning..
So I asked my er-sao if she or my bro2 had any stomach upset from the curry..
Apparently not...
Then I was like.. ok..
Probably it's really my gastric.. my weak stomach...
So I attempted to go back to sleep again...

2+ am.. I woke up.. Really very pain..
This time round, I even felt nauseous..
Ran to toilet and vomitted some more..
Something is just not right with me..
Discomfort that had never been felt....

I knew I had to visit a doctor at such an hour..
Being in pain and at such an hour, made me really helpless...
I wasn't sure what I should do, and who should I turn to..
My family is just too deep in sleep, and don't want to cause my mum to worry.
My nephew is in, so I better don't make too big a fuss to wake him up..

Next, I just go to my pc, which I didn't switched off..
Go to msn to see who's online to help.
Chunky's online or away mode.. then no reply..
Luckily Daniel aka mao mao did replied..
And help me source for the nearest 24 hr clinic around our area..

Guess what...?
Amazingly with the pain..
I struggled all the way to Avenue 8's Central Clinic..
It's like about 2 bus stops away..
Think I can faint any moment type lor..

Stupid doctor there so rubbish...
Like lazy or didn't even want to lay his hands on me..
Just cos I said I suspected it's gastric..
He also just checked the gastric symptoms..
And didn't further check around the tummy to see if there's other locations that's painful too..
Then he just prescribed me some medicine and a mc... and I was out of the room..
The consultation fee is freaking $83!!! plus medicine, the bill is $109!!!
Damn it man.. the consultation fee at A&E is like $90..
I should have just straight away gone to A&E man...
I mean, if I have a car.. or someone who's that concerned for me..
Who just don't care what I say or think..
And force me to go A&E.. I won't mind going...
Cos.. cos.. to go alone.. I don't know which hospital to go to lah....

Then I came back from the stupid clinic via cab...
I can't imagine walking the journey back again...
Anyway, the return journey by cab is more shun lu...

Back to the pc..
I thanked Daniel for his help.. I was back from the clinic and blah blah blah...
Then I told my two colleagues who are in states, that I had mc..
And asked them to help me tell my Asst Manager about it in our SG time morning..
Reason given was gastric pain..

Actually, the medicine was not good..
After taking the medicine.. I felt nauseous..
I really feel like running to the toilet to puke..
Kinda put it under control and went back to bed..
But soon after.. I had to run to the toilet again..
This time round, before I even reach the toilet bowl..
My mouth just couldn't contain any more puke..
I reached the toilet.. and squatted at the door.. puking all over the floor..
So sorry.. had to made my mum to clean the mess, while I went back to zzz...



Friday...
Though I had the intention of going to get a mc from company doctor..
The pain was that unbearable...
That I don't believe that I could survive..
Either the journey to the nearest company clinic in Serangoon North..
Or the patient queue at the polyclinic near my house..
The hole day, appetite was damn bad...
I was perpetually lying around...
My bed.. my bro's bed.. the little mattress my nephew lie on.. the sofa...
I was perpetually lying everywhere in my house in pain..

Lunch at 2+ 3...
Actually, I didn't want to eat one..
I ate barely a bowl of porridge and a small saucer of pork floss..
Afterwhich, I swallowed my pills.. and lastly.. the Antacid...
I've always hated Antacid in fluid form..
I hate the minty and cool feeling it left in my throat and food passage...
It made me nauseous..
I wanted to go back to my bed and rest after taking the medicine..
But once I lied down.. I jumped out of the bed..
Ran to the toilet and vomitted again..
All the porridge and my pills..
It's so upsetting...
But I still.. went back to rest and zzz....


6+pm...
I was woken up by my mum and my nephew..
My mum kept asking me to go find KP Tan, our family doctor, at a clinic in Hougang Central.
Ok.. OK.. I woke up.. and showered..
And walked in inches..
And finally reached the clinic in like 20 mins?
Think this is the slowest time I took to walk to hg central man..
I waited and waited.. for my number - 17..
When I reached, the number was 4!
So about 8+, it was my turn..
I went in, and KP Tan just shake head and told me suspect appendicitis, not gastric..
Then he asked me to the bed to lie flat, for him to press around my tummy area..
PAIN LAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Then he happily, smiling and told me..
Hor... 90% it's appendicitis.. Must go hospital straight away lei.. Cannot wait..
I was like huhhhhhhhh...
Next he asked if anyone accompanied me to the clinic, my mum, my bro or whoever?
And was quite surprised when I said I came alone, in such pain..
What to do... With the baby at home.. Our energy are just focused onto the little boy mah..
Then he brought me to the chart of the human body...
And showed me the location of the appendix..
Next, he said he won't give me any medicine.. told me not to eat or drink anything
And wrote a letter for me, to recommend me to SGH..
I only paid $10 for consultation!!!
Look! $10!!!!!!!!!!!!! So cheated by the 24-hour Central Clinic...

So yeap..
This was how I first found out that I had acute appendicitis...
How happening hor...?

What happened after the visit at KP Tan, will be blogged later...
12 midnight..
Today is my first day at home after the surgery..
Think I want to rest early.

Nitez nitez!!

Last thing before I sign off..
To everyone who's shocked upon the news of me having acute appendicitis..
Don't worry for me.. My appendix had been removed..
And now I'm resting at home for the wound to recover.....
2 weeks of hospitalisation leave was given to me.
I will only be back to work on 3 December.

November seemed to be my holiday month...
I only worked on the 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, and 15!!
That's like.. 8 days only??? hehehe..
But seriously.. no point not working cos of such pain..
I'm so sorry, that I had to let my colleagues handle my job within these two weeks..
These two weeks are like.. cannot be absent week..
Cos lotsa of shipping and shipping documents to do..
Guilty.
I'm sorry that I hadn't had time to prepare everything before I fell ill.....
Feeling bad.. but no choice one..
After I go back in December.. I think I really need to buy something to treat all...
Ok lah.. Tiredz liaoz.. Nitez all!!!!!

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