Cast and Carry

Day 3 - Saturday, March 24   Everyone had to go. Ministry day - breakTime in CCF Eastwood. I was alone in the morning. I cleaned the room. I took a shower. I prepared Nadene’s food. I was a busy rodent lol. I studied (currently taking up Systematic Theology with my church friends) for our finals, read the Bible, prayed, napped, ate ice cream, hmnn and lots of ice cream! Pain was just okay until my nurse told me that all meds, I will have to take orally. Hmnn, not soooo okay with the idea but again, choice-less! It's not as if meds through IV don't hurt, they do, too. Pain reliever and antibiotic really were painful when injected through my veins. From 1-10, pain in swallowing went a little higher to 4... still tolerable though... Dr. Kirt was out today. There was a gorgeous lady who checked on me, she smiles less but she’s also nice.  Nadene came by around 3pm with Emji. They ate lunch, I had ice cream. Emj had to go by 5:30pm to attend another m...

Day 2 - Friday, March 23 Emji came in after her shift at around 2am. She stayed with me. I let her sleep because she had to work again the next day. She bought me a Gatorade and 4 plain vanilla ice cream from McDonald's. My nurse told me I had to drink water and eat at least ice cream. I didn’t want to, because of the pain. Yet, I knew I must, and so I did. That pain was the worst so far in my life. I never had this when my gall bladder was removed via open surgery. It was even worse than a toothache. Nothing compares haha! Yet, still manageable. Oh Lord, thank You for the gift of perseverance. Dr. Kirt visited me again and told me that, if everything would be okay, I could go home on Sunday. I couldn’t forget his ring tone when someone called him, “ despacito ”... naks! Sorry haha, can't help it. I really wanted to share it! My nurse (no name, I was getting a new nurse every 8 hours) was checking on me every 4 hours, to give med...

Day 1 - Thursday (March 22, the day of my surgery) After the surgery, they woke me up. They (nurses or doctors maybe, I was sedated so I don’t know) asked me to lay on my left and stop coughing to avoid bleeding. I knew I was coughing but I didn’t know why. I remembered the tube in my mouth, I tried to bite it but it was no longer there. Yehey! I could hardly breathe, at the back of my tongue was full of saliva yet I couldn’t swallow. It was so painful, still tolerable though. I stayed in the recovery room until around 5pm - I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to go back to my room and read my Bible. I felt like staying in the recovery room for hours was a waste of time haha! Stubborn. But of course, I submitted, aside from me having no choice, because they are nurses and doctors and they know better. I fully understand that God uses human means such as them to care for my health. A doctor approached me, checked my heartbeat? Not...

I don't know much about medical stuff, I took up BS ECE in college, and I am currently working as a supervisor in a BPO company. So pardon my innocence in this blog. I'm writing this for the sake of those who will and who are going through the healing process after a tonsillectomy. Hope this helps! I was scheduled to undergo tonsillectomy 10am of March 22nd. According to the doctors I consulted, having tonsillitis of more than twice a year isn’t normal - mine used to be more than twice a MONTH . Also, year after year of my APE in my workplace, I had been told that my tonsils were bigger than normal, which may be the reason why I was snoring and had difficulty in breathing most of the time. Of course, they talked to me in jargon. Don't worry, I would talk in a way easy for someone like me who isn’t good with medical terms understand it better. I had my flexible endoscopy on March 20, Tuesday. A friend, Lian, was with me. It was in Borough just ne...