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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Appendicitis Experience

16th Oct 2010
right after military class, had my lunch and went back to my room.
immediately after i woke up, i felt pain sensation rigght under my rib cage. shouldn't be a big problem i guess, just ignore it. at night, had BBQ at the back of my block with my batch mates.

17th Oct 2010
we're allowed to go outing, went back home. the pain is getting worse, but i can still tolerate. so, just ignore it. i was confident that i will recover fast. 1600H i start packing my stuff ready to go back to UPNM. on the way back, i changed my mind. i need to check what is happening, the pain shifted from under my rib cage to my left abs.

in the emergency ward, i was lying on the bed, terribly in pain. after a while, the doctor came. it was Dr Kamal with his heart warming smile, knowing that the doctor who is treating me is somebody that i know, really made me feel good=)

1800H, mum and dad were with me at the ward. i can no longer stand the pain anymore, finally i broke into tears. i switched sleeping position, rolled left and right on the bed, knelt down, but i couldn't get rid of the pain. i clenched the bed and cried... for hours i suffered in Hospital Tuanku Mizan, and my mum was always with me all the time. Dr Kamal came, i told him the pain really torture me, he decided to give me another jab of pain killer before sending me to General Hospital.


never ever cross my mind that, a 3 times Ironman Finisher finally surrendered.
for 3 years i raced Ironman but i never got onto an ambulance, i can stand the pain. but now, i'm in an ambulance. the pain killer calmed me down and eased my pain. all the way from Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan to General Hospital, the traffic was really congested. the driver kept honking to indicate the other road users to give way.

at GH, did another check up. Uncle Ping Kiat is a radiologist here, he came to offer a helping hand. i've been getting extra attention from the staffs and doctors here because he told them "ini anak buah aku". after telling him what actually happened to me, Uncle Ping Kiat said that i might have appendicitis. after Dr Amir checked me, he said the same thing. so i was warded.

today, i got 6 jabs...

slept at 4am, macam biasa, bergayut...

6am, the nurse came, gave me the white coat asked me to change, then she walked away. i was suffering and can hardly move, u asked me to change on my own??! memang cam siut. i rolled to the side of my bed and slowly, very very slowly... finally i stood up, walked to the washroom.

in the operation theater...
Anesthetic Doctor : why your IC number start with N/405134? are u a foreigner?
CJS : Doctor, I'm in the Navy la..
Nurse : Eh, betul ker patient yang kita bawak masuk ni? macam melayu je...
CJS : saya masa kecik2 blaja bahasa melayu dulu, baru blaja cakap cina.

i looked at the nurse who gave me anesthetic... Doctor Tong operated me.
1 dose... still awake...
2nd dose... eyes still open...
3rd dose... start to feel drowsy...
4th dose... they put me to sleep, don't know what is happening...

the moment i woke up, i saw them square up their equipment and joking among each other. they pushed me out, and saw papa and mama sitting on the bench. i was so weak and sleepy...
Mej Haslan and Cik Rosman came to visit me. they are really concern about their cadets and got me my guarantee letter.

later, i was warded in the first class.
bangun2 tido, nampak ada 2 makhluk duduk kat tepi katil.. kak Julie and Kak Suzie.
their visit really made me very happy. staying in a ward is no fun at all. they brought some snacks for me, and left a love letter on the side cabinet. very very nice of them=)

Dr Chan Ping Kiat came to visit me after work. he is a very kind man. how nice it is to have doctors in our family...
before he left, he told me that my appendix already burst and affected my large intestine. can be life threatening if i don't get proper treatment.

IV drip...

both my aunts and grandma came to visit me..
last time when i was here warded because of dengue fever, my aunt (blue shirt) accompanied me for days in a 3rd class ward. son of my 2nd aunt, the one by my side wearing blue shirt.

mama is with me all the time... good to have somebody with me when i'm in pain...

lastly, i want to recover fast. i want to have good food, get back on my bike riding at high speed, start my training for 84km ultramarathon, prepare for my final exam an so on. i have so many things pending, i need to get it done. promised Aiman that will get him his bottle cage this week, sorry la Aiman.

Eddy Hiew, Farhan, Ahmad, Kak Julie, Amirul, Ahmad, OP Stupe, Nadea, Aiman, Abang Alang, Puan Nurina, Chenoi, Tuan Sham, Kecek, Angre, Ain, Mek, Patella (future presiden bakat), Sudin and shaolin, Jamie ng, Jaja Shah, maam Shima, Kak Jiza, aunty Bee phing, adam hussein, siaw san, Khairul ilmy, OP Kam, Nizam and everybody who contacted me to wish me speedy recovery, hope i didn't left out anybody. TQ very much for yr concern.

"If Lance Armstrong ride faster after the cancer chemotherapy which made him lighter, Chan Jun Shen will ride fast because he just lost few grams after cutting off his appedix"

eddy hiew asked me, is yr pain hurt u like giving birth? my answer was very simple...
"of course the pain is equal to giving birth, the difference is just giving birth produce baby, and i just gave birth to a cutie appendix."

Nadea sms-ed me telling that the running method i taught her, solved her shoulder pain problem. i was inspired and enlightened by many great athletes before i become an experienced racer, there're still so many things to learn and i'm sure there'll be room for improvement. sharing knowledge is what i practice in UPNM Multisport club, learn from the experienced racer so that u don't have to go through the hard way. and for the fast athletes, it's time to contribute to the community.

doctor told me to consume more protein. yea i have a whole box of Power Bar protein plus i won after being crowned the Duathlete of the Year. haha. makan la puas2...

without my celcom broadband, from vascular ward i might need to go psychiatric ward=p

2 comments:

ahmadsyazwan said...

dr kamal is my uncle that i told u yesterday. itu pon kalau xde name dr kamal yg lain. haha!

yannseong said...

iron man MELTed...
get well soon...
may b next time bcome DIAMOND man...