Tests…

{ February 2, 2011 @ 7:36 pm } · { Feelings }

As many people and also what I believe: Health is wealth. To expand to what I briefly said on my previous blog on my ordeal early this month. I was having a lower abdominal cramp for a day or two and thinking it may be a constipation problem. The day it went worse was the day where its the coldest of the year where its 4 degrees and my cousin is here for a visit. I woke up early on that day and ignoring the pain and went out to pick up my cousin from the old taipa as she would like to know where to buy the popular pork chop bun.  Brought them over to my place and we left to go to Macau side to have tim sum. Brought them to Tok Tok Koi restaurant and they enjoyed the food. After that we went over to Zhuhai as they would like to go to the underground market to shop. Since there was not much things that they are looking for, we only spend a couple of hours there. However, during these couple of hours, my abdominal pain start to increase. Luckily I am able to stand the pain till I reached home with occasional cramps.

Once we reached home, I called to my manager hoping to get a couple of hours off. But she advised me to go to see the doctor since I have been having these cramps for the 2 days already. My cousin and her husband accompanied me to the nearby company clinic. The doctor is quite a nice lady but she told me that I need to go for an ultra sound as she is not sure what is the actual problem that is causing the pain.

Defination of Ultrasound

Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to look at organs and structures inside the body. Health care professionals use them to view the heart, blood vessels, kidneys, liver and other organs. During pregnancy, doctors use ultrasound tests to examine the fetus. Unlike x-rays, ultrasound does not involve exposure to radiation.

She wrote a referral letter to an X-ray clinic in Macau.  At the end my cousin and her husband accompanied me to the X-ray clinic. A truly clinic tour for them which I feel very embarrassed as this happen during their holiday and due to my problem, it wasted some of their time. We waited for a couple of hours with me drinking lots and lots of water as they need my bladder to be bloated with water, so since I just emptied before visiting the clinic, it takes a while for it to fill to its brim.

Halfway through, thinking that I am already ready I went up but the doctor tried to scan but my bladder is not too full yet and asked me to drink more water and wait for a while more. After half and hour, I am finally ready and went up. Voila! its bloated enough. The doctor applied a jell on my skin and it was real cold and she use a scanner to go over the jelled area.  I was hoping the doctor quit pressing down as I was really urgent to go to the loo but my endurance called in. The doctor finally informed me that I have a growth size of the golf ball at my uterus but still unsure what was that, seeing that I was getting anxious getting looking at the screen. With that worry in my mind, I dash to the nearest loo to ease myself. It was such a relief that that part of the test is done but here come the worry, what is the growth? a cyst? Do I need to operate? If need, do I need to operate in Macau, where I have no family members around? Can I do it when I go home? What if its a cancer? Shit.. if operate, its going to be damn painful and my skin has keloid skin.. its going to look so ugly.. all these statements and questions start to pass through my mind. Now I need to wait till the next day for my result.

As the day gets darker, we finally managed to get a cab to drop my cousins to the ferry terminal as they need to get across to Hong Kong then I returned home. Hope I did not disrupt their holiday too much..  Once I get home, my pain start to intensified, I lie on my bed to rest and doze off a little till a phone waked me up and I need to leave the house quite urgently.

On my way back, the pain was so unbearable that I squatted down in the lift and waited for my floor. It was during then, that I started crying for my parents and missed being at home.  My house mates took care of me that night, making me porridge – making me eat something even though I did not have any appetite, a warm foot bath and a warm pad to put on my tummy. It helped considerably and I must have shaken and worried them that night. :p The next day they called me to ask for the result but the result is still not out yet till the next day. But gradually with help of the heat pad, the pain eased off.  The next afternoon, I finally received my result – I have a 4.1 x 3.9 x 4.5 cm myoma.

Definition of myoma:

Myoma is a solid tumor made of fibrous tissue, hence it is often called a ‘fibroid’ tumor. Myomas vary in size and number, are most often slow-growing and usually cause no symptoms. Myomas that do not produce symptoms do not need to be treated.

Since I do not need to treat it just yet, it was a great relief, however, this is not the cause of the pain. Therefore I need another 2 more test to find the cause of it. One was to test my white discharge and another was a Pap Smear (PAP) test. The 1st test was to find out any infection or any other bacteria but thankfully it was tested negative but with a slight infection which the doctor finally gave me some medications. When I went for my PAP test, the doctor asked me to lie on the bed and placing both knees on a steel plate on each side. She then applied some lubricant and insert a kind of device to open the vagina which she then proceed to use a soft brush to brush as much cells from the area. The doctor kept chatting with me to keep my mind off the uncomfortable situation. Thankfully less than 10 minutes, its done. My PAP test result only received after a week where it was a negative for any cancerous activities, which was a great relief. BUT the cause of the lower abdominal pain was due to.. NO idea, as the infection was also not the cause of it. So Not sure what is the thing that causes that pain and can only just leave it as a question mark or due to the cold weather? hmm.. yet to be determined. However, I was really thankful that there is nothing serious. Eventhough I did not break the news to my parent in order not to worry them, but I published it on my FB, as I did not expect my dad to be online on that day to read it, however, to my dismay, he did! So at the end I still worried them. Once my result is out, I informed them of my result to ease their worry. After this incident, it truly came to be that health is really important than anything else. Just for all the tests, I had spend more than MOP1k which I was hoping able to claim from the company insurance. But eventhough I do not get back the money, I do know that I would still continue with them. Not matter how much money you earn, once you neglect your health all your wealth will go into your health plus you cannot even enjoy your fruits for your labour.