it was june 8, 2010 when i've had my longest and painful tests..,
it was on the same day,
my doctor said that i have to undergo an exploratory laparotomy operation...
that i should be ready as early as possible...
that when i'm ready, i need to comply several lab tests for clearance...
i was scared...
we sought for a second opinion from an ob-gyne friend...
her opinion is the same...
i was scared more...
it took me 9 days to decide...
so i complied the required lab tests on the 17th...
and i was scheduled for general surgery on the 23rd...
i could still remember how anxious i was days before the operation..
i always have a bad temper...
there'd be times people can't talk to me...
i always am into deep thinking...
even before i was sedated...
see how time flies so fast...
it's already a month since i was operated ...
today indeed is the 1st month...
the pain is still there but there's a relief...
a relief that there's no more cyst inside me...
that there's no more pill to take everyday...
no more ultrasounds every 5th day of my period...
no more anxiety...
it's gone... my paratubal cyst is gone...
since it's already a month that passed,
let me share my experience...
june 22.2010.
as ordered by the doctor to be admitted between 2:00-3:00 pm,
i was admitted at around 2:34pm, accompanied by my mother.
at past 4:00pm, the nurse gave me 4 tabs of laxative (dulcolax)...
the medicine effected past 9:00pm...
doctors came with so many questions...
the asst. of the anesthesiologist paid a visit...
explaining everything...
june 23.2010.
i woke up early with mixed emotions (3:00am)...
there was an uneasy feeling...
i saw mom prayed,i grabbed the rosary given by a friend and prayed...
i took a bath at past 4:00am...
mom was still praying...
at past 5:00am, the nurse came and gave me fleet enema...
then before i was pushed to the operating room,
the nurse injected something in my right arm to relax my muscle...
and then i was transferred to the stretcher and was pushed to the operating room...
i was so uneasy at the operating room...
different kinds of apparatus were attached to me...
i asked the nurse so many questions...
and i kept looking at the monitor's clock...
7:50 something, the anesthesiologist came...
he injected the first dose of sedative to make me sleep...
then they let me position just like a baby in the womb...
he last thing i remembered was the injection of the 2nd dose of sedative in my IV...
(to be continued)
