my follow up on the notorious chicken bone..

i'm in a race where no one is running or would even wish to run with me.. no pacers.. cox i am running the life of suayness.. who would wanna join such a race??!! i am far above the rest and its unlikely anyone i know can over take me.. i am far and beyond touch.. when will i see the finishing line..... i would love for this particular race to end.

went on thurs for my check up on the bone-that-would-not leave-me-alone.. at last, i could have the answer to whether the bone is or is not in my throat.. however, i was still left clueless.. instead more doubts and questions were rasied...

suspect 1: a cut by bone..so it seems mayb the splinter has scratched a no of my inside.. as i am having breathing problems and swallowing difficulties..

suspect 2: bone still there but in fragments..the fragments are having fun playing hide-n-seek.. and hence may have injure my insides as well...

this time.. both my nostrils; the right and left were sprayed with the nose spray.. this left me wondering.. isnt the bone suspected on the right-side of throat? so shouldnt it be like the other time, where the tube should be put throught the right nose? why should both my nostrils be sprayed then? before i could really sort out my thoughts.. the scope was inserted into my LEFT nosetril... y??? maybe cox my left side never had the 'experience' of having a tube shoved up before, so it hurt quite abit.. till my left eye teared.. (did u know.. that if one side of your body is experiencing something new; ie a tube inserted etc; other parts of that particular side tend to react to it too... trust me on this.. i have first-hand experience.. confirm right!) i looked pretty weird whereby only the left eye was tearing... but my right was clear and bright.. i was wiping tears from the left eye.. so y did the doc insert it into the left nose to check my left-side of my throat.. i had no answers.. but guesses..

• 1st guess: was it done to 'balance' my enlarged right nostril? if thatsthe case, then she would have to insert it for a second time.. my right nostril was checked twice the other day..
• 2nd guess: just in case the fragments moved over the other side since i do not feel the pain as much on the right side anymore..
• 3rd guess: she forgot!!! ahhhhhhhhhh

one would question.. y didnt i ask the doctor? simple.. i was choked on the medicine of the nose spray.. i had double doasge today!! so numbness was felt throughout my nose; both left and right; as well as my throat.. and yes, i was still wiping my tears.. while trying to concentrate on finding my seat near the table with my right eye... my voice was hoarse and my throat was bitter.. i tried to crock out a few words.. but instead i was beaten to it.. the doc had her first words.. 'i'm sending you to the Radiology Centre at B2, dont worry.. just follow the nurse. i just wanna do a more careful and thorough analysis of your case. i'll see u in another 1 week time when i see your report.' and off i was ushered by the nurse..

hmmm... i have been to many places in the hospital.. and this centre mentioned was comp;etely new to me.. in my last post, i was still boasting that i know the hospital like the back of my hand.. i was wrong.. i actually had to croak for directions.. its not easy... remember, the nose spray is for numbing effect.. so, not only are my nostrils numb, my throat is pretty much feelingless too..

and there i was.. in this new department.. its a bigger version of an x-ray room.. its the x-ray specialist room.. gosh.. i have been 'upgraded' to a bigger department.. the normal x-ray centre cannot accept me as their paitent anymore!! i was thinking why do i need to be 'upgraded' to this place? wasnt x-ray rooms just the using of the the special camera that photographs your bones? i was to find out very soon when i was called..

BARIUM SWALLOW MEAL EXAMINATION!! (An x-ray test where you drink some barium can be used to obtain pictures of your upper gut - the gullet (oesophagus), stomach and small intestine. laymen's term: drink a liquid that would make your inside light up like a florenscent bulb, so your inlards would light up and then photographed.). y me?? y me???? Y ME??!!!! i always have to be the one to try all sortsa stuff; medicine and methods.. from accupunture to this.. AHHHHHHHHH.......... did a search online for this term.. and found this line..* y am i not consoled*.... (Barium x-ray tests are done less commonly these days as the more common test to look into the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum is with a flexible telescope (endoscopy). However, there is still a place for barium tests to help assess various problems of the gut. http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000478/)

monday's the day when i become the pig (no pun intended) to test this serium... so no meals and drinks for 8 hrs before the test.. and have to be there at 815.. late is not an option.. absence is not a solution too.. hiaz.. all becox of a chicken bone, i have brough myself misery and torture; and the doctor, a new thesis to work on.. or why does she wants to do so many tests??!! this is definately an interesting topic and have a ready guinea pig to work on--me..