War with Appendicitis - 8 July
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Excruciating abdominal pain, visit to doctors & hospital, surgery... and finally relieved from the ragin monster inside me - an infected appendix =.=
Last week I had one of the most horrible experience of my life. Appendicitis.
It started out with a mild and persistent tummy ache which my GP thought could be indigestion. Just after 12hrs through the night, my condition worsened and I went back to the GP, with her concluding that it's high possibility of appendicitis.
And off I went to surgeon which my GP recommended in the hospital. He kept pressing my tummy all over trying to locate the specific spot where pain is most intense. But my pain was all situated on the right side, no specific location.
Then he said, "You know what? It may NOT be appendicitis... cuz usually pain is localized". So I was whisked to radiology dept for further diagnosis. There I puked all 4 glasses of contrast liquid I drank...and I could barely stand.
Finally, when the scans came out - confirmed a swollen appendix, cunning enough to hide behind my large intestine... "No wonder the location of the pain is so funny," said the surgeon =.=
Then I was admitted immediately, totally tortured by the stupid, infected & useless appendix in my body. Luckily for the painkillers, I was able to tahan a few hours until my op. All I could think of was "Damn appendix! Just quick get it out! Argh!".
Some pics whilst in hospital. That's me on second night after op.
This is my first breakfast meal after op. Hospital food is really... bland.
And a balloon from my bro & flowers from Ah An to cheer me up! Thanks!!
All these happened last Thursday... luckily not this Thursday, else I would've missed my commencement. I came back from a checkup a while ago. The surgeon showed me pictures of my swollen and dying appendix. *OMG* can't imagine a part of your body dying within you. yucks. And worse of all, I just can't imagine how swollen my appendix can get. Just read from the report, max diameter was 2.4cm wide!!! OMG!!! Wah lau eh! Ji da yi xia~!
So I asked what caused my condition and are all those old wives' tales bout appendicitis true??
Well, for my condition, dunno why a blob of faeces got stuck in the middle of my appendix - so that's why it got infected, and the rest is history. As for the tales that our parents, grandparents & gret-grandparents told us...
- "Tell u dun eat so much chilli with seeds! Later the seeds get stuck in ur appendix!"
- "Eat and jump some more lah! Wait the food gets into your appendix then u know!"
Actually when we exercise AFTER we eat, our tummy might ache because: When we're digesting our food, blood flows to the intestines to aid digestion process. But when we start exercising, blood is drawn away to our muscles. So with this lack of blood supplied to the intestine, it'll cause some pain in your abdominal area.
As far as the doc is concerned, those tales are baseless. Nobody knows exactly why the appendix will get infected. Sometimes even with nothing stuck inside, it can get infected too! Needless to say, no one knows why this redundant appendix is even present in our bodies.
Yup, so I'm glad that this painful experience is over. Now looking forward to commencement on Sat, 11 July!!! Woohoo~!!! I'm still jobless... but heck. Woohoo~!!!
Last week I had one of the most horrible experience of my life. Appendicitis.
It started out with a mild and persistent tummy ache which my GP thought could be indigestion. Just after 12hrs through the night, my condition worsened and I went back to the GP, with her concluding that it's high possibility of appendicitis.
And off I went to surgeon which my GP recommended in the hospital. He kept pressing my tummy all over trying to locate the specific spot where pain is most intense. But my pain was all situated on the right side, no specific location.
Then he said, "You know what? It may NOT be appendicitis... cuz usually pain is localized". So I was whisked to radiology dept for further diagnosis. There I puked all 4 glasses of contrast liquid I drank...and I could barely stand.
Finally, when the scans came out - confirmed a swollen appendix, cunning enough to hide behind my large intestine... "No wonder the location of the pain is so funny," said the surgeon =.=
Then I was admitted immediately, totally tortured by the stupid, infected & useless appendix in my body. Luckily for the painkillers, I was able to tahan a few hours until my op. All I could think of was "Damn appendix! Just quick get it out! Argh!".
Some pics whilst in hospital. That's me on second night after op.
This is my first breakfast meal after op. Hospital food is really... bland.
And a balloon from my bro & flowers from Ah An to cheer me up! Thanks!!
All these happened last Thursday... luckily not this Thursday, else I would've missed my commencement. I came back from a checkup a while ago. The surgeon showed me pictures of my swollen and dying appendix. *OMG* can't imagine a part of your body dying within you. yucks. And worse of all, I just can't imagine how swollen my appendix can get. Just read from the report, max diameter was 2.4cm wide!!! OMG!!! Wah lau eh! Ji da yi xia~!
So I asked what caused my condition and are all those old wives' tales bout appendicitis true??
Well, for my condition, dunno why a blob of faeces got stuck in the middle of my appendix - so that's why it got infected, and the rest is history. As for the tales that our parents, grandparents & gret-grandparents told us...
- "Tell u dun eat so much chilli with seeds! Later the seeds get stuck in ur appendix!"
- "Eat and jump some more lah! Wait the food gets into your appendix then u know!"
Actually when we exercise AFTER we eat, our tummy might ache because: When we're digesting our food, blood flows to the intestines to aid digestion process. But when we start exercising, blood is drawn away to our muscles. So with this lack of blood supplied to the intestine, it'll cause some pain in your abdominal area.
As far as the doc is concerned, those tales are baseless. Nobody knows exactly why the appendix will get infected. Sometimes even with nothing stuck inside, it can get infected too! Needless to say, no one knows why this redundant appendix is even present in our bodies.
Yup, so I'm glad that this painful experience is over. Now looking forward to commencement on Sat, 11 July!!! Woohoo~!!! I'm still jobless... but heck. Woohoo~!!!
