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had a sleepless sunday night, was tossing an durning the whole night... y??.. i struck the ang bao $10million!!(then i'll lose some more sleep the next few days over what to buy) NO LAH!!! its
becox of my next morning visit to the docs... admitted: i am a timid mouse.. but come on.. who actually would look forward to go to the hospital for a test??!! i dont!! caught mayb only a couple of hours of sleep.. but my nap was not sound.. i had nighhtmares over what the visit to the docs would be.. i am not prepared this time.. i dont know what they are gonna do with me.. Barium swallow is completely new to me.. unlike the other few times, x-ray is all about being in front of their hi-tech 'cameras'.. no pain.. just be model.. but..
745 in the morning.. i was already at the radiology centre.. eyes were slit wide.. eye rings of a panda.. i was dragging myself to the hospital.. changed into my gown.. so i was literally naked only covered by that thin piece of cloth.. and one of the worst place to wear such thin material is in the hospital.. it was freezing cold!! i was trying to find warmth in that gown...
walked into the room where i would have to take my test.. gosh.. 1st up, the bicarbonate powder (think its a stronger version of ENO).. and given such a small amt of water to swallow all the bits.. ok.. that was fine.. had an orange-flavour to it.. this was supposed to expand my throat for a wider picture to take for the x-ray... then the gorss mixture that i had to take is next.. it has a cement-like texture.. they tried to add in a rose flavoured syrup into the mixture to mask the original taste.. NO USE!! it still sux.. can u believe drinking in wet cement that tasted like rose-cum-drain water??!! and u thought u can at least pinch your nose to gulp it down... think again.. i was made to hold a mouthful b4 swallowing it.. and i cant pinch my nose w my fingers... cox i would be blocking the camera... ahhhhhh... the agony..
when i did swallow the mixture... a chemical reaction took place in my throat.. the ENO substance that i took earlier casued me to burp.. and was forcing the 'cement' out.. but i had to swallow it!! so it was a struggle to get the mixture down.. i was like semi-vomiting.. but had to force myself to swallow the vomit down.. (YES, THIS IS GROSS!! I WENT THROUGH ALL THIS!!) i was made to do this holding-and-swalloing about 5 or 6 times to have different angles taken.. (take big mouthful, hold, vomit then swallow, take big mouthful, hold, vomit-swallow) x6.. hiaz... then at my last time to do that routine.. the nurse told me this.. 'u know.. u dont hav to take such a big mouthful.. small intake is more then enough.. i see u take so much like very difficult. your cheeks are all puffed up'........
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... now then she tells me... after those horrible gulps.. and the difficulty of swallowing them.. she tells me that i need not have to take in that much.. is it really me?? do i really have a black cloud above me?? or did i have too much of a good life in my past.. so now karma?? or am i just superstitious?
becox of my next morning visit to the docs... admitted: i am a timid mouse.. but come on.. who actually would look forward to go to the hospital for a test??!! i dont!! caught mayb only a couple of hours of sleep.. but my nap was not sound.. i had nighhtmares over what the visit to the docs would be.. i am not prepared this time.. i dont know what they are gonna do with me.. Barium swallow is completely new to me.. unlike the other few times, x-ray is all about being in front of their hi-tech 'cameras'.. no pain.. just be model.. but..
745 in the morning.. i was already at the radiology centre.. eyes were slit wide.. eye rings of a panda.. i was dragging myself to the hospital.. changed into my gown.. so i was literally naked only covered by that thin piece of cloth.. and one of the worst place to wear such thin material is in the hospital.. it was freezing cold!! i was trying to find warmth in that gown...
walked into the room where i would have to take my test.. gosh.. 1st up, the bicarbonate powder (think its a stronger version of ENO).. and given such a small amt of water to swallow all the bits.. ok.. that was fine.. had an orange-flavour to it.. this was supposed to expand my throat for a wider picture to take for the x-ray... then the gorss mixture that i had to take is next.. it has a cement-like texture.. they tried to add in a rose flavoured syrup into the mixture to mask the original taste.. NO USE!! it still sux.. can u believe drinking in wet cement that tasted like rose-cum-drain water??!! and u thought u can at least pinch your nose to gulp it down... think again.. i was made to hold a mouthful b4 swallowing it.. and i cant pinch my nose w my fingers... cox i would be blocking the camera... ahhhhhh... the agony..
when i did swallow the mixture... a chemical reaction took place in my throat.. the ENO substance that i took earlier casued me to burp.. and was forcing the 'cement' out.. but i had to swallow it!! so it was a struggle to get the mixture down.. i was like semi-vomiting.. but had to force myself to swallow the vomit down.. (YES, THIS IS GROSS!! I WENT THROUGH ALL THIS!!) i was made to do this holding-and-swalloing about 5 or 6 times to have different angles taken.. (take big mouthful, hold, vomit then swallow, take big mouthful, hold, vomit-swallow) x6.. hiaz... then at my last time to do that routine.. the nurse told me this.. 'u know.. u dont hav to take such a big mouthful.. small intake is more then enough.. i see u take so much like very difficult. your cheeks are all puffed up'........
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... now then she tells me... after those horrible gulps.. and the difficulty of swallowing them.. she tells me that i need not have to take in that much.. is it really me?? do i really have a black cloud above me?? or did i have too much of a good life in my past.. so now karma?? or am i just superstitious?
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