Shocking Saturday!

The picture tells everything ey. So here's the story.

I have this bearable pain in my right wrist for months.

Bearable,so Im forgetting the pain even insist..

It worried Russ,so I did visit a Gen Med Doc last month. She gave me an ointment for the swelling which I feel helped, but recently it pains like hell.

Worried Russ insisted to visit an Ortho this time. So went to New Med and they call it DeQuervains Disease. A swelling in the tendons from thumb to wrist. They made me do exercises which kept me breathless of pain (no exaggeration!

Doc: will do Depomedrol injection and use a splint for 10 days!
Me: ok! when?
Doc: Right now.
Me: As in? Ok

They did it (no words can describe the pain when they stretched my arm!)

So now Im all plastered. The only chic thing..I have a Pink plaster haha

It has nothing to do with my ganglion cyst last year- but i feel sorry for my Righty. She is healthy as a horse, but having to experience all this ~~~

Hives Outbreak

Out of nowhere - I began itching and itching miserably at work, Sunday morning.

When I got home - I did a little research on Hives a.k.a. Dupang - and took a dose of Bethamethasone - the substantial antihistamine.

I slept with swollen and red-maps all over me. Luckily, the next day - it was gone. Hopefully for good.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Poker Face

Not everday you see me like this.
Ma-ma-ma-my Poker Face!

My First (ever) Operation

that too in Dubai, UAE.
This is late as my cast was only taken out 2 days back! Good Gracious!

1. Oct 22, my Ganglion Cyst Operation. I went alone , admitted at 1130 am, listened to some music, was forced to take sleeping tabs, woke up in the operation room (probably after an hour of sleep) , felt the sharp 3-needles for Anesthesia & Dextrose; felt the so-painful Bier Block process, smell and seen my right arm bathe in Betamethasone (?), felt the cut on my wrist, fell off to sleep, woke up 5 hours after with a cast.
2. Im so hungry, (cant blame me - 10 hours of fasting!) i finished d 2 huge chicken sandwiches the nurse ordered for me in 2 minutes ,, with apple juice & water.NO Exaggeration!That too with 1 hand.
3. Not allowed to go home unless someone assists me. I called Russ to take me home. (no man is an island, but this operation will not kill me; I think the Hospital is over acting)
4. One full week of medication (pain reliever 3x a week). Y? bec it pains a lotttttttttttttttt.
5. Right arm is completely paralised. But realised I have a super power LEFT. (takes bath for 2 hours using 1 hand.imagine.)
6. Went to work after the weekend. For comfortability's sake- I wore dresses for the full week. You can imagine the stares! ,in the bus ride and the endless questions " accident?; "no Sick Leave?"; "boxing?
My desk was arranged for LEFT-hand use. The mouse pad, the phone, the files..
My boss told me, "Pam u dont seem sick to me, u still send 100 emails per day like nothing happened".. toink~
7. Oct 28. My last visit to my surgeon.Cast was taken off, i saw the fresh stitches, the blue-black totally swelling hand...
My life is pretty back to normal now. My thank yous to:
1. The Dream Team (Our Lord, Sto NIno, my guardian angel, Mama MAry and my grandparents in heaven) I specially requested the team to be with me, with assigned positions. STo Nino & my Guardian Angel - the guards in my right wrist in particular.
2. The prayers and Support (Family, Russ, Russ' mom, Aileen & Sang (for washing the dishes for me), Hanggaws - Estebat constantly reminding me of Dunia, Mariano - cant stop talking about Crecre plus both discussing the male's organ in the cake for Polatex's Bridaw Shower. (hanggaws jud walay gipili nga adlaw), My Collegues & Friends)
3. Dr Patkar, my surgeon , and his nurse Jessei ( i love the tandem)
4. Wellcare Hospital
5. Daikin for paying the bills haha

October 22, 2009

The date is set.

I'm gonna get you out cyst-ty..

Paranoia

Has it really grown day by day?!?
I guess so; now I know what to look for ....

The Diagnosis

X-ray result is released,; Verdict is out. I was right, Ganglion Cyst, with recommendation for Surgery.

New Medical Center Sharjah does not do surgery, so Im visiting a surgeon sometime this week in Dubai, and have the operation scheduled.

Dr Imad was quite impressed with how I know "more than a little" about this cyst. His brows peaked when I mentioned "the Ganglion cyst" and the series of questions I threw at him. Well, Mr Wikipedia was a lot of help haha... I did my homework quite well.

Now, Im googling on the operation process. How it will be and if like , "will I die" things and stuff..

I started on a Youtube clip -and it was sooo gross. They will just put a local anesthesia and start cutting your wrist.. Ewwww...Im not scared but more of wanting to puke.. Will I be able to contain it??

Well, I better be, mom is not here to hold my hand, and Russ - oh Russ he will surely be with me, but I can never rely on his presence inside the operating room as he has this fear of the needles - or shall I say - fear of the hospital, or even the smell of it.. haha

Days to prepare.. Good Luck to me..

Shock of my Life

I was showing my colleague, Arlyn, my burns in both hands; while cooking last Saturday. To my surprise she noticed something in my wrist instead. The marble-piece-like in my right wrist next to my bone.

"What is this"
"Oh, swollen bone! I must have bumped somewhere";
"No, this is a cyst!"

My other colleague, Joy, took a look and confirmed;
"It is a cyst".
She touched it and "see its fluid and it moves"

I was surprised. For 2 weeks or so, Ive noticed this "so called swelling"; or so I thought and since it does not pain at-all, I was under the impression that this is just one evidence of my clumsiness and must have bumped somewhere causing it to swell..

Then it hit me. I never cared because I have zero knowledge. I have to have this checked ASAP. And so I did. After work, I immediately went to New Medical Center (my 2nd visit this month ), I waited for 45 minutes, then met Dr Imad. He is not an Indian, nor a Pakistani. Im guessing he is a Lebanese or an Egyptian - defintely an Arab hu can speak great English.

Without further adue - "This is a cyst; No doubt"

"Are you sure, how do we verify this"

"90% visibility, its cyst; but we'll go for xray, then schedule you for the operation"

" This is nothing serious but still has to go under a minor operation,"

Im oh soo expecting this, all the while Ive been listening keenly to Joy, whom had an operation in her boobs to extract 3-as in -3 cysts. So im ready. No tension.

I went for x-ray and results will be out on Saturday.. mmmm....

I hurried home and goggled. According to Mr Wikipedia - its called a Ganglion Cyst - the one found in the wrists. It is Idiopatic, which means the cause is somehow unknown. But most women get this. And its recurring. ---- Only this much I can take. Heaven knows how I hate medical terms and all (ironic that I belong to a family obsessed by Medicine) so I focused on the treatment.

Surgical.

That is the only treatment. ok.

My first operation ever - that too in Dubai..

Interesting, just so interesting.

Well, I know our Good Lord believes I can do this, so Im excited to have this done and get over with.

Better and tough days ahead... Hakuna Matata!!