First time i'm using my i phone to update my blog... Looking back at 2013 on this last day, the year seems to pass unknowingly with ups & downs. I had my fistula surgery in June and the scar is still visible now. I wonder when the scar will diminish? There is always this question on my mind that i like to ask Dr Chua - why did he cut in a vertical line instead of horizontally like my previous surgery? Mum says that becos surgery cannot always cut at the same spot, i guess maybe thats why. Subsequently in the few months thereafter, a lot of things happened at SS - Joyce's fall in Penang, CPF issue etc. I got the job at JCST and resigned in September. The decision to resign is not a sudden one but has been on my mind since beginning of this year. I actually started looking for jobs since May and actively after my fistula surgery.
Went to Korea with Jinglan & cousins after serving my notice at SS. The trip was very fun and enjoyable. Korea is another country which i really wanted to go when i was on dialysis. End 2013 marks 6 years of my work life at SS (but i left in october) and 4 years of my transplant. I started work at JCST on 1st Nov 2013. The colleagues there are quite nice though work is slow and very different from SS. JCST life is a new challenge for me becos i have to change to a new environment where people are not aware of my medical condition and to take extra care of my diet now that i'm eating out more often. Looking forward to a better year in 2014, good health, bountiful joy & happiness!!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Fistula Removal
I have been thinking of getting my fistula removed earlier this year after my 3 years post-transplant but had been putting it off due to fear and doctor's advice to just leave it there. Finally after listening to ex-transplant patient and reading up on my own, i decided to go ahead and do it when i followed up with the vascular surgeon (Dr Benjamin Chua) last month.
The scheduled surgery date was yesterday, 3 June 2013 (Monday). The nurse called me early in the morning to bring forward my admission time to 12.30pm instead of 1.30pm because there was a surgery cancellation. In the end i was early and reach at 12.30pm but have to wait for 3 hours before finally going to the operating theatre for my surgery as the surgery before me was delayed.
I glanced at the clock before the start of my surgery and the time was 4pm. As per the last time, i was on LA and could hear all the talking of the nurses and the doctor. Fear set in when Dr Benjamin Chua inject the anaesthesia in my hand... it was painful & after that my hand was numb. Dr Benjamin Chua commented that my aorta has grown very big and may be a little complicated. 2 surgical kits were required and the assisting nurse have to make some stupid comments. I remembered my vascular surgery 6 years ago was also complicated as at that time Dr Tan SG commented that my veins/artery/nerves are so small. Haha... how ironic! Throughout the surgery, Dr Chua ask how was doing and update me of the progress of the surgery. Is this his way of alleviating my fear? If a patient has a weak heart, sure will be freaked out by all the going ons and conversation around her. My surgery ended at 5pm.
感恩佛祖和观音菩萨陪我度过这一切. 感恩 !
The scheduled surgery date was yesterday, 3 June 2013 (Monday). The nurse called me early in the morning to bring forward my admission time to 12.30pm instead of 1.30pm because there was a surgery cancellation. In the end i was early and reach at 12.30pm but have to wait for 3 hours before finally going to the operating theatre for my surgery as the surgery before me was delayed.
I glanced at the clock before the start of my surgery and the time was 4pm. As per the last time, i was on LA and could hear all the talking of the nurses and the doctor. Fear set in when Dr Benjamin Chua inject the anaesthesia in my hand... it was painful & after that my hand was numb. Dr Benjamin Chua commented that my aorta has grown very big and may be a little complicated. 2 surgical kits were required and the assisting nurse have to make some stupid comments. I remembered my vascular surgery 6 years ago was also complicated as at that time Dr Tan SG commented that my veins/artery/nerves are so small. Haha... how ironic! Throughout the surgery, Dr Chua ask how was doing and update me of the progress of the surgery. Is this his way of alleviating my fear? If a patient has a weak heart, sure will be freaked out by all the going ons and conversation around her. My surgery ended at 5pm.
感恩佛祖和观音菩萨陪我度过这一切. 感恩 !
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