Desperate HouseCows

We had been preparing Missy Moo for her needles tomorrow. She needs 2 more booster needles before she goes to school. One i think is for measles, mumps.. and the other is for her chicken pox booster. She doesn’t like it of course… and had been trying to bargain about it. But she needs it before she can go to school this fall. So wish us luck for tomorrow eh.

The week that i had to stay in the hospital was the most miserable anyone could be put thru’.  Lucky for me.. Mr Moo was really good when it comes to electronic stuff.  With a HDMI splitter i got to watch my movies.. and listen to all my music that i want from my ipod.  I think anyone who had to stay in the hospital without these entertainment .. would be most miserable.

After going thru’ 2 surgeries.. one really look at things in different perspective about our health.  For the longest time, i thought that by delaying my surgeries was the best thing i can do for my kid… but i didn’t know that i could have killed myself.. because my haemoglobin was so low. I now take everything that have to do with our future really seriously.. and never want to procrastinate .. even things like to compare auto insurance quotes, I don’t leave it for Mr Moo anymore, I take the initiative to do it myself.  Afterall, everything needs to be carefully thought through.. and not leave it to the man to shoulder everything.

More than 1.5 months after my laporoscopic surgery.. 2 antibiotics.. hives, and oozing.. the hole is finally beginning to close slowly but surely.  I haven’t gotten to see the surgeon yet.. but i do have a planned appt the day i left the hospital for the 25 August 2008.

I’m pretty sure that if i was home in Singapore.. i would have been asked to see my family doctor .. at least every other day.. for dressing.  But here in Canada.. they don’t provide this kinda service.  Nope.. i’m not used to it.. but what can you do right…?? Spoilt in Singapore.. i guessed…?? or just better health care..?

i developed hives 2 days ago.. and don’t know what i’ve eaten or done anything different. I am taking benadryl on my own.. because i know that going to my family doctor.. he is 99% gonna prescribed the same.. plus i doubt i would have gotten to see him yesterday or the day before. Yes..! if you have a fever here on the weekends.. you go to emergency.. no doctors available around your neighborhood .. like back home.

Yes..!! so the emergency room in the hospital is pretty busy.. because there is no clinics around.. to tend to those minor illnesses. Sad .. i know.. but it’s just different here.

So happily i went home after seeing my family doctor on Monday.. who said stitch.. and then by fluke saw my surgeon for a second .. and he said no stitch.  As of yesterday.. i still haven’t heard from my family doctor nor my surgeon’s office.  So here I was sitting at my store.. wondering if someone would or should call me..??

Helllllooo..!!!!  i have a hole in my tummy..!!!!!!  So like any hopeful patient .. i called the family doctor and the secretary told me.. that the ball was at the surgeon’s office.  So hopeful again.. i called the surgeon’s office.. and the secretary tells me. .that the family doctor’s office was supposed to get more info and call her back.  *slap forehead*  JOY TO THE WORLD..!!!  HOLY MACARONI..!!!!  Very upset with my family doctor’s office is an understatement.. i don’t really know what else to say.

I had an appt with my family doctor to follow up on my hole from the lapo surgery. After taking 2 types of antibiotic, the hole is still a little red with a little pus. The family doctor say to stitch.. and was contacting the surgeon but when we left.. nothing conclusive.

We then saw the surgeon on the lift landing when leaving the doctor’s office.. i quickly lifted up my blouse a little to show him my would. He said no stitch.. but to put polysporin on it. So stitch or no stitch.>?? since the family doctor said it wasn’t gonna heal by itself..?? *sigh*

The operation lasted for 2.5 hrs.. and i donch even know what time they sent me to the ward. I woke up .. knowing that Mr Moo was there.. and all i can say was .. i was in alot of pain. They must have given me morphone.. because i went back to sleep straight after. The whole day .. i was sleeping.. and trying to get rested. I know Mr Moo was there the whole time.. till night time. I was in alot of pain. I had a catheter, so i didn’t even need to get up to pee. I had IVs in me.. and i later learnt that they gave me another 3 bags of blood in the ward. The fibroids when taken out .. made my heamegoblin down to 70 something.

The nurses at the emergency room of Yarmouth Hospital .. were very kind to me.. during my emergency admission on the 2nd of July.  I was throwing up so much. .but they came and helped me.. everytime.. i buzzed.. and they never once showed me.. and ugly face.  Very unlike the nurses on the maternity ward were.. when I had my hysterectomy .. some 10 days before this.  The only nurse that really helped me then was a nurse by the name of Hilda .. an elderly woman.. who treated me like i was her daughter.  These good nurses .. deserved more than the womens gold watches that i was eyeing on… if i could afford it.   But i am gonna show my appreciation to them and the 4th floor nurses as well.. because the 4th floor nurses of the hospital .. did so much for me.. even my own sister wouldn’t be able to.. when i was sick.  Nurses like them. .deserved every penny the tax payers are paying and more.

Did you know that in Canada.. due to human rights and stuff.. an employee cannot asked the to-be employee to go for a health screen..??  I hear that it is called discrimination . .if you do that.. for if they are not hired on.. because of their disability .. it is against the law.  Yup.. ! you heard me right.. but employment screening for security purposes is allowed apparently.. but for only certain kind of jobs.. like child care .. and those government positions.  Very  unlike what i was used to back home in Singapore.. where health screening was a must.

As you all know.. my second operation had to do with bowel obstruction after my first operation to take out my fibroids and a full hysterectomy.  It all started on the 2nd of July .. when the clock turned 12am.. and at 1am.. i was already puking.. and by 6.30am.. i couldn’t even stand up.. from all the puking .. and pooping.  I had thought i was having food poisoning.. and that it would go away.. once i had everything out.  But i had not eaten anything different nor new .. so i just didn’t understand.. why i was experiencing bad spasm.

According to Dr Murphy, the General Surgeon for the hospital, he had gone in to clear some blockage in the bowels and also patched up a small hernia.  But not much was explained to me.. even after i’ve seen the family doctor and inquired about it.   I guessed they don’t see a need for them to explain it to us.. since it will probably be too technical..??  but i would have much preferred.. that they do what our doctors back home does.. and explain..the pros and cons.. and be a little more graphic about things.. and what to expect.. and what to eat. .and not.. and what to expect.

Anyhow.. with not so much of any idea.. about my bowel obstruction .. i became very paranoid.. that i needed to poop everyday. .and if i don’t i get very worried.. and sometimes.. couldn’t even sleep. I’m pleased to announce that my poopie session is kinda normal now.. and even though i am not as paranoid.. i wished i know a wee bit better about what to expect.  I think i’m just a sucker for information . .and the more the merrier.

If you are like me and have some stubborn parts of your body that just refuse to lose weight no matter how hard you try, you may want to look into lap band surgery.  Lap band surgeries are the least invasive as well as one of the safest methods of helping woman like me lose those stubborn fats and get some confidence back in my life back.  Lap band Cincinnati offers this service and has great aftercare service, do talk with the professionals who can help.

Yes.. ! i’m talking about the laporoscopic operation that i had like last month. One of the wounds didn’t wanna heal.. and i’m still on anti-biotics for the infection.. but it isn’t looking that grossed no more. But i’m still changing my dressing everyday.. and cleaning it with saline. I’ll be posting a picture up soon… come back and view it later. As of now.. i’m lying on the couch.. and writing on my lappie.. with a wireless keyboard.. with no FTP to my main computer.. where the pictures are stored.

Pictures uploaded as promised. Grossed looking eh..?? tomorrow i will take another picture to show you how it is healing.

During my stay in the local hospital here .. they had offered the use of the tv.. and the phone for a charge. The tv was mounted on the wall but the position and the height of the TV wall mount was very undesirable.  The room was alirght and all.. but compared to the hospitals we have back home.. it’s really not the best for a long staying patient.  And when i said long stayijng…. it means.. someone who is there for more than a day. It can get very miserable in the hospital… i tell yer.

Sorry .. i didn’t update you all about what’s going on with my health.  Well.. after about a month and a little bit after my hysterectomy .. and a month after the second.. i’ll have to say that i do feel a wee bit better.. although .. it still darn hurt when i walk too much .. or do too much.  I can’t shop alot.. and someetimes.. i get this darn cold sweat.. and i have to turn back home.  I resort to getting even my pet supplies online .. i kid you not.  I can’t wait till i am “normal” if you  know what i mean.

Because of the infection on one of my wound.. i was told to sponge bath instead of showering.  But i’m beginning to smell like the toilet bowl..!!!  why doesn’t anyone invent something that i can put on my wound . .and waterproof it..??  Yes. i put plastic and plastic wraps but still .. it doesn’t work. .and water still soaks thru’ the cotton pads..!!  Arrgghhhh..!!!  but i need a shower.. so today.. i’m gonna shower.. irregardless.  On the same note..  Mr Moo managed to get a doctor’s appt for me.. tomorrow.. because the wound isn’t drying up yet.  Amazing eh..??  since we normally can’t get to see the doctor immediately.  Lottery time again.

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It has been almost 3 weeks since i came home from my 2nd surgery .. and i’m still paranoid.. about getting more complications.  Everytime.. i feel nausea .. i feel like cold sweat all over my neck.  I know i have every reason to feel paranoid .. plus one of the wound hasn’t healed properly yet.  It is still oozing alittle.. and not healed like the other 2 wounds.  I’m still on anti-biotics .. and when i am done the anti-biotics.. it’s about time to see the family doctor.  We’ll wait and see i guess .. and not get overly upset yet.

It had been speculated that Resveratrol can cure cancer. I heard that this is the first time that it will be tested publicly. It was said that a member of a forum who has less than 4 months to live is joining to try a large supply of Resveratrol, hoping that mega dosing the cancer out of his body. Interesting ?? Definitely!! and like everyone else i’m sure you would be interested to know if this is a cure for cancer for we all must have loved ones who were or are plagued with this horrible disease. Check out the full story at this resveratrol forum as it surely would be something to shout for joy for if it really is a cure for cancer.

I was really surprised to receive a letter or rather a survey form from MSI Canada, the health department in Canada. In the letter.. they had asked to verify.. if i had seen such and such a doctor during my operation.. and received treatment.. for such and such a thing.

Being so used to the Canadian way of doing things.. i never expected to see something like that.. from any department here. But since the government is paying so much for my medical.. all of a sudden.. i guess it is not really a surprised that my file became a red flag eh..??