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 !
Monday, December 31, 2012
Goodbye to 2012 !
今天是 2012 年的最后一 天, 现在正在关看New Year 2013 的倒数.
回想起来, 今年我可是过的很充实和满足... Traveling a lot this year and 去了我以前洗肾时想去却去不成的地方. 年头一开始就和妈妈去了海南岛玩. 接下来四月尾又去了 Macau/Zhuhai 然后再回到香港. 七月间 Staff Solutions Aniversary 的时候, Joyce 还 sponsor us to Bangkok for company trip. Shoping & eating. Yipee! In October, me & mum went with 阿姨 and her friends to Taiwan (a country i have long wanted to go since last time).
工作方面, 今年还算蛮好的, 有close几个big order. 明年还能做的更 好. 加油! For a better 2013, Gambateh!
回想起来, 今年我可是过的很充实和满足... Traveling a lot this year and 去了我以前洗肾时想去却去不成的地方. 年头一开始就和妈妈去了海南岛玩. 接下来四月尾又去了 Macau/Zhuhai 然后再回到香港. 七月间 Staff Solutions Aniversary 的时候, Joyce 还 sponsor us to Bangkok for company trip. Shoping & eating. Yipee! In October, me & mum went with 阿姨 and her friends to Taiwan (a country i have long wanted to go since last time).
工作方面, 今年还算蛮好的, 有close几个big order. 明年还能做的更 好. 加油! For a better 2013, Gambateh!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
3 years and continuing...
三年前的今天晚上, 我在异乡的医院久久地在等待我的机会被推进手术房... 当我醒来后一切就好象做了一场梦.
一路走来, 这三年过得也不容易. 记得换肾回来的头六个月是最煎熬的... 回来的第一个月我 就因为CMV hospitalised 了大概一个月. 那一年我在医院度过了农历新年, 我告诉自己说我一定要身体健康起来不要再进医院. 后来接下来一年又发现血塘因吃immunosuppresant 而偏高, 所以now have to take medication and control my diet for high blood sugar. No wonder they say that even after transplant, is the begining of a new life and start of a new regimen.
I want to thank my mum who has been with me throughout all the hardship. She is my best discipline mistress, motivator and companion.
一路走来, 这三年过得也不容易. 记得换肾回来的头六个月是最煎熬的... 回来的第一个月我 就因为CMV hospitalised 了大概一个月. 那一年我在医院度过了农历新年, 我告诉自己说我一定要身体健康起来不要再进医院. 后来接下来一年又发现血塘因吃immunosuppresant 而偏高, 所以now have to take medication and control my diet for high blood sugar. No wonder they say that even after transplant, is the begining of a new life and start of a new regimen.
I want to thank my mum who has been with me throughout all the hardship. She is my best discipline mistress, motivator and companion.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
GE Run 2012
It has been 3 years and i am back for the Great Eastern Run again. When I went for my first GE run, it was in 2009, with peipei and hongguang. I still remembered having Mcdonald Hotcakes breakfast with pei after the run. How time flies... This time i am running alone but i am not lonely as there are other contestants running with me. I managed to finish the 5 km run before 9am. Quite a workout morning.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Long Weekend...
Today is Hari Raya public holiday (Monday), quite bored coz stayed at home the whole day. How time flies, now is already August. After the Hari Raya festival will be approaching 中秋节 and then it will be Deepavali followed by Christmas and a year is gone and the new year will begin. When i was young, i remembered that the days and year going pass very slowly but now when i've grown up and working, the days seems to pass by unknowningly and before one realize, weeks/months/years are gone.
Last week i had a battle with potassium again. Aiyah, forgot to control my fruits/vege/high K+ intake before i go for my blood test. But lucky i managed to lower tthe K+ level to normal level after 3 days. Is it due to my garlic intake or efforts in avoiding all vege/fruits for the 2 days? Sometimes, i really find that taking blood test is like an examination and battle. Whether you pass or fail depends on your effort and determination to pass and obtain good results. Once you drop your guard, the results may turn out bad or sometimes even scary. Must always remind myself to be well prepared and to put in extra effort when the exams are approaching. Haha... of course i would say that good health is an everyday battle and not only when blood test is coming but humans are still humans, we need to give ourselves a break at times.
Last week i had a battle with potassium again. Aiyah, forgot to control my fruits/vege/high K+ intake before i go for my blood test. But lucky i managed to lower tthe K+ level to normal level after 3 days. Is it due to my garlic intake or efforts in avoiding all vege/fruits for the 2 days? Sometimes, i really find that taking blood test is like an examination and battle. Whether you pass or fail depends on your effort and determination to pass and obtain good results. Once you drop your guard, the results may turn out bad or sometimes even scary. Must always remind myself to be well prepared and to put in extra effort when the exams are approaching. Haha... of course i would say that good health is an everyday battle and not only when blood test is coming but humans are still humans, we need to give ourselves a break at times.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Bangkok Trip
不知不觉的, 2012年已过了半年. 时光过得虽然不算佷忙碌但是也无行中从身边溜过.
下个星期又到了Staff Solutions 的anniversary. 老板说今年sponsor 我们去Bangkok玩. Yippee ! This is my first trip to Bangkok.
下个星期又到了Staff Solutions 的anniversary. 老板说今年sponsor 我们去Bangkok玩. Yippee ! This is my first trip to Bangkok.
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