29 hours in the white building

"Bed 6A wont be able to eat for 4 hours", "what's the BP this morning?", "check the patient medical history", "Patient 8E will be prep for surgery in one hour", conversations between nurses in level 3. The sound of people coughing, sniffing, brisk walking... This is the hospital. Full of tense environment and frightful surroundings.

I spent a 29 hours staying in the hospital, my ward has no entertainment no tv, nothing! My activities during 29 hours besides in the OR were, walked from my bed to the wash room then back to my bed, listened to my iPod and talked on the phone. Nurse came to me approximately every 4 hours to check my blood pressure and temperature. The rest of the time, I was just lying down on my bed and looked at the ceiling. I was so bored!

Picture below is my dinner after the surgery... The food was not bad and big portion, I could only finish half of it!
First time stayed overnight in the hospital was a little creepy, people come and go, die and born. Saw families crying, hugging for joy or something else... For me, it is never a good place to stay! It's too emotional to be at! Though it was a good experience to be there once in a life time, of course I wont wish to go back again! So, all I can do is maintain my health and get better for my own good!

Now, I'm back at home enjoying tv and playing guitar! Ahhhhhh.....it's always good to be back home!! =)

Before November ends

Before the month ends, firstly, feeling a little bit bad of not going for exam. Well, screw it! I heard the tests were super hard, and it was just a 'test'! Right?

Secondly, happy birthday again to dear SY. Hope she likes the song I sang for her! =P

Lastly, wish my mum and F have a safe trip up to Seoul; buy more, eat more, and enjoy the snow!

Goodbye November! Let's welcome the holidays!!!!!

Scalpel please...

So it was the big day! Woke up before the sun rose, mum and J accompanied me to the hospital. Holding my belongings with tense emotion, and walked towards the reception of the hospital. Reported myself and paid for the deposit, then a guy led us to my ward. Got into the 6-bedded ward and changed my clothes to surgical dress, not sure how to call it. Anyway, nurse came in a while and help me to do pre-op; checked my BP, weight, body temperature, etc...

(A rolling surgical bed arrived in front of me), a staff said to me:"It's time! You've got to go!".
"Oh God! I'm going in there!", my mind said. I sat on the bed and lied down, after everything was ready, they pushed me towards the OR. Lying down on the bed, watching the light tubes passing above me, went a level down and I saw instruments which look like CT scan, then I know.....I was already in the surgical floor!

I was sent to a room, I tilted my head and saw 'OR5'. The next thing came to my eyes were 2 big surgical lights and few scrub nurses wearing mask. The anesthesiologist came and asked me a few questions about allergies then she explained how she would put me into sleep. First, she poke my hand with a blood transfusion needle, one scrub nurse gave me oxygen at the same time. Then I saw the anesthesiologist carried a pumped white colour 'drug' and started injecting it into my body through the transfusion needle. My surgeon came into the OR, the first thing he said was, "Okay! Find me some lump today!". Well, he did say that! I heard the nurses giggling, before I could hear them stop the giggles I was already knocked out!

Just a clicked! I was unconscious! Drugs............(shake my head)
By the time I heard voices was someone tapped on my shoulder and said:"Wake up, the surgery is done already.". Slowly I opened my eyes and see the surroundings, I felt extremely dizzy, hardly opened my eyes. I only heard conversations between nurses. It was like I felt asleep for only 5 mins, but it was actually one hour! The feeling was very interesting...hardly described too!

The operation was a success, no complication and everything is cleared from the breast. I was sent back to the ward and rest until the anesthetic drug went off. Surgeon came and checked my wound, he explained that lump was a fibroadenoma lump, if I'm not mistaken. I think I was conscious....I think!
There it was! I am totally lump-free!! Yeehah!

I signed the Consent form in the hospital

"You are 21st year-old right?", asked the nurse. "Yes", I said.
"Then you are allowed to sign the consent form, and please fill in your particulars."
5 months ago, I went to the hospital and had a breast check. Did the ultrasound and found there's a lump in my left breast. The doctor said the lump is harmless, so he put me under observation and come back again after 6 months.

Last week, I felt an uncomfortable pain from the lump, moreover the pain woke me up during my sleep. Something was wrong I thought, so I went to the hospital the next day to identify the pain. Same procedures, did the ultrasound and got back to the doctor for consultation. The feeling of waiting outside the doctor's clinic that day and 5 months before are very different. In July, I had this ignorant thinking because I didn't know what would the ended results be; on the other hand, after 5 months, I had studied more about the lump and breast diseases, so I kind of predicted what's gonna happen!

10 mins later, I was called to enter the clinic. "The lump is growing bigger!", the doctor said while I was putting my right foot into the room. I didn't know how to react, so I said "Oh....".
"Come lie down and let me check again.", (checks in progress), "this one has to be taken out!", the doctor said. He added, "because it is growing and it would not go away by itself! You will have the surgery on the coming Monday!"
"It will be the 29th of November", said the nurse.
I was sitting on the hospital bed and had no idea what's happening! I was blanked for a few seconds! What?! Surgery?!

I know there's nothing serious happen, but still you will feel your nerves running when the doctor told you that he wants to cut you open! So, the nurse and the doctor started asking me questions, "Can you come early Monday morning?", "Do you have insurance?", "Do you want to stay in the hospital one night before?", "Do you want a day care or you want to be admitted?", "You are not allowed to eat before the surgery................!"
Wow! That's hell a lot of stuff to be aware of! First time in my life to have surgery, even I keep my appendix well!

Later a while, the nurse gave me a piece of paper, it's the consent form for the surgery. I know what it is, it has to be signed by the surgeon, anesthesiologist and me. After few days, then I went for the surgery......

The Map of the World!

I always wanted to stick the world map on my wall! To look at it everyday I wake up and hope to dream of going around the world in my sleep! So, that day I went to a book store and got a map which is quite cheap. Finally I have a map in my room! Next destination: West Europe! Yeah! Shall sleep early tonight! Sweet dreams! Lol...

Oppss!

Got this spectacles 3 years ago, just before the Air Supply's concert, I found it into 2-piece! Instead buying a new one, I did something on it!
This was before......
See what I did! LOL...
I do not need a new one, the glasses are still there and I still can use it. No point buying a brand new spec though! =)

Waseda Brass Band Japan

Yesterday was the 5th anniversary concert in Penang for The Waseda Brass Band Japan, and the title for the concert was "The Glorious Brass Music"! J found out the advertisement few days before the concert, first she told me the concert would held in KOMTAR auditorium. I asked, "Are you sure?".

According to the authority, this was a charity concert and the ticket was only RM10 per person! Normally we hardly find orchestra performances in Penang, even though it would be more than RM10! This was considered an International performance since they are from Japan! Hence, me and J decided to go for the concert which would be our first time watching the brass band!

Waseda Brass Band is established in year 2000, it was from the Symphony Orchestra of the Waseda University Japan. All of the members are from very different division of studies like; major in physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, architecture, law, political science, economics, etc. The average age of the members is over 50! They are the amateur musicians, they play music with their interest and passion.

The band is consisted with trumpets, trombones, tubas, horns, euphonium and percussion. On the afternoon yesterday, they played for two and a half hours. Songs included, Salut d'Amour, Sabre Dance, Flight of the Bumblebee, My Favourite Thing, most of John Williams' screen music (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jaws, E.T. and Jurassic Park).

All these music are my favourite! I had goosebumps all the way from the beginning to the end! The compositions of the trumpets and trombones to the horn and the tuba, adding up with some percussion instruments; I could say.....it was AWESOME! The best part was the flute, the conductor-Nakajima Akihiro played flute solo with trumpets as the background music for the song-Salut d'Amour. Owww....then I fell in love with flute! It is a very nice wind instrument for solo! Sounds so soft and sweet! Love it!

Eventually, I love symphony orchestra or even just a quartet, I would love to be one of them!