July 13th, 2006

Never in my life that I thought I'll get confined in a hospital for being sick...well not this young anyway... I only know that the last time I got confined was maybe when I was 7 or less for not eating right and being underweight, and that was just overnight (I think) and I stayed in a childrens ward. So before you read on, I'm warning you that there maybe things I'm going to share that may gross you out. I'm saying it right now so we'll be clear about it, don't blame me if you loose your appetite or *something*something* LOL! Well this is really loooong.


So I've been having lower abdominal/stomach pains for the past 9 months or so.. I thought it was just cramps, you know... I blame it to dysmenorrhea most of the time, I am a girl after all, normal to be feeling it right? Or just something I ate... So finally I got too much of it already that I had it checked last April. First, at the OB Gyne, she told me that there was nothing wrong about me, gave me some test...Urinalisys, Fecalisys, Blood test, and Ultrasound (this is when I found out that there is actually lots of kind of ultrasound...and mine was a diffrent one, something you don't get to see on TV) Everything turned out normal so I got bumped to the gastroenterologist, they call him GI for short (i think). So the GI saw me said it was just a case of constipation, but had me taking a barium enema just to be sure that there was nothing wrong. Barium enema is like putting dye into your colon, so xrays of it could be taken...hahaha.. I'm laughing cause its easier said than done... the actually process of it took out a lot of inhibitions out the window... I've got my ass on the line *literally* so I don't think I have much choice. Nothing wrong with my colon. Good!


Saturday, July 8, 2006, I had another stomach pain episode the night before and now I had a bloody stool. I knew it was bad. It happened to me a few weeks back but then I only thought that I was going to have my monthly,however it only came after a few days, and now I'm pretty sure that its not my monthly. My mom said that it must just be hemmoroids, since my lola had it before, normal to have those, but I am not constipaded or anything now, so what would trigger it?? So got a little worried, and asked Vianney (since nobody at home is available) if she could come with me to Makati Med just to have a check up. Yup I only thought that I was only having a check up. Well I'm very very thankful that Vianney was there.. she was the one who settled everything I needed...to get a room, fill up forms, talk to the EA (our In Patient insurance) etc. etc. This was happening while I got into a frenzy of blood exam, fecalyis, xrays, and an IV in my left hand... waaaaaaa...so how am I suppose to do the other stuff that Vianney did if I was on my own??? Anyway, when I got back to the Emergency Area after my chest xray, the nurses were advised that the GI who saw me last May was incidentally at the hospital and was coming down to check on me. He thinks that I am perfectly fine.. well I was fine a few months back but I dont think I was that day... He asked me over and over if I was sure that it was blood that I saw in my stool, cause he said that my exams were all fine so its not adding up. He even asked the ER doctor if she was sure that its blood that she saw when giving me a physical exam. SO we end up doing it again...yup it was blood alright and it was not from something I ate. Got myself checked in, a few hours later the GI went back with a number of GI peeps with him...it was only later that I will find out that I got transfered to another GI, maybe because my insurance would not cover him.. I dunno I didnt asked. Well it was pretty amuzing at first, with the nurse coming in to check on me, the bland food that came like room service, little bag of goodies that included toiletries, slippers, cup etc. and TV has cable...see like checking-in in a hotel room or something. I was put under observation, probably overnight I thought...


Sunday, July 9, 2006, 5:45am, the nurse came in to give me my meds before breakfast, 6-6:30am my breakfast arrived, 7-7:30 Nurse went back to check on a few things, 8am they got the breakfast tray, about 8:30-9am the GI-intern dorctor or something went to check on me... I dunno what exactly he was but he is a doctor, works for my main GI...doing rounds for patient...then about 9:30-10am Dr. Edwin Wenceslao came and he said he will be my main doctor since I'm using EA...so for my officemates who'll be going to be confined in Makati Med this year, I'm sure you'll be meeting him as well when you use your EA... anyway, though he was a cardio(i think), he was pretty much familiar with my case. He said that my test results are actually good, blood results are good, stool exam is ok, so I might be able to go home that afternoon...however we told him that it was a recurring over and over for the past months already so he said he'll consult it with the GI if I could have a colonoscopy or something... Sure enough that afternoon, instead of going home I got scheduled for a Colonoscopy the following day.

Monday, July 10, 2006, Oh men...Colonoscopy hmm I dunno how to put my feelings into words, but its NOT something I think I would like to do again...from the Enema(Labatiba) to up to the moment I was put into meds, darn...sleeping, not knowing what is going on in my exam...I dunno how these people do it for work almost everyday...so the results came in and they said it was Hematochezia probably 2° to Colitis vs. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) . BIG words! can't understand..hehehe...In layman's term it was like having singaw in the lining of the Colon and it was a lot...Its been there for quite sometime already...so I guess that is it did not show on my barium enema last may, it wasn't bumps it was more like holes? Is it?

Tuesday, July 11, 2006, Clearly mama wanted to go home already, I was feeling like going home also... Reality has to bite and I have to face a long list of medical bills...but they said that for the mean time EA is going to pay for the whole cost and it will just be deducted to my salary anything that may have went over what is covered. Waaa...

Lesson Learned in the whole experience...I have given a lot of respect to the nurses, doctors, and other hospital people who like clock work do they job every single day...waaaa... I asked Van was it really like that in Makati Med, I was freaking out, from the schedule of my medicine, to the type of food I was suppose to eat - Bland to Liquid etc etc, to the cleaning of my room, changing bed sheets, Doctors doing their rounds, the whole colonoscopy proceedure, waaa.. like the whole hospital has to be OC or something... well I guess they should, everything seems to be a matter of life and death and probably a wrong move can cause someone's life.... I don't think I could live with that...I mean the whole clock work sched thing and being responsible for somebody else's life...although I think I would have made a good Medical person (nurse/doctor) if I tried that profession..hahaha! joke! I dont think I would have made it in my first year of college! LOL! a lot of memorizing medical terms is one thing what more if dealing with corpse and stuff.. waaa freaky... Well I have a few dislikes with being confined but I don't feeling like sharing it...anyway, I don't intend on getting sick anytime soon but next time I get confined I know better.

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