SUAI IN BIG CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!

i am in a new territory on my own where no one that i know has stepped into this territory.. i have my ups and downs in life.. no words can describe my fate... or life.. unlucky? i dont blame my fate but am bewildered by it.. and sure am tickled by some of things that i have experienced of late.. WEIRD seems to be the best word..

gone through many things but this time, this takes the cake.. heres the list of what has happened.. with a twist to things..

1. down with chicken pox during my 'O's.
2. hospitalised due to a suspected case of appendics and did my 'A's in the hospital.
3. 'flew' off my bicycle cox i pressed the wrong brake.. went too fast, stopped too abruptly.. the pain of a sprained back that still lingers today.
4. postponed my examination dates in the U as i was suspected of sars during the period where sars was rampant.. did my remaining papers in a mask and had my glasses fogged everytime i breathed into the mask.
5. fell sick at a time when it was the critical month of archery ( SEA GAMES selection period).
6. had a great fall while making a trip to the toliet.. result-- a fractured foot with 3 borken ligaments. an ah ma in a 20 plus body.. still undergoing phyiso..

but this time, i'm lost for words.. this accident is something so totally different.. then agin.. everyone of my misfortunes seems to be uped by the next.. what a fluke.. i swallowed a bone.. yes.. everyone may have swallowed a bone or two.. wat's new? its common to hav a bone stuck inthe thorat.. then it dissolves or gets pushed down the throat then passed out.. i had eaten a no of bones before.. but wat makes it so special is that it is no ordinary bone.. not the bone that comes up when someone say, 'hey i swallowed a bone' kinda statement.. its not fish bone that i am talking abt here.. i swallowed a CHICKEN bone!!! a chicken bone.. gosh.. how can anyone swallow a chicken bone.. wat a laugh.. so a splinter got embedded into my throat and caused an irritation on my throat.. i did everything i could to stop my pain.. coughing it out, vomiting, swallowed my food without chewing, even stuck my finger in to force it either in or out.. did the unbelieveable.. i swallowed vinegar!! (vinegar has a chemical effect on chicken bone). wrong move.. it was stinging.. not only does the vinger taste bad, its also stinging.. my throat was in more pain..

did all i could so that i need not see a doctor.. ok.. didnt think it was so serious.. into my forth day and the pain was still there.. so woke up real early and decided to see a doctor.. wat a long day it would be.. spent 8 hrs at the docs.. was referred to places.. from the clinic and the various departments in the hospital..

first up was in the clinic where me and the doc had a little laugh about my case. then i was given a letter to go to A & E. spent 3 hrs just to get a referal letter.. ahhh.. so off i was to A & E.. spent another long time at A & E. so paitently i waited for then to call for me.. queues after queues.. theres one for registration then another for a routine check-up then another for the concultation.. lost count of how many queue nos i was given.. they skipped my no.. ok.. i understand that mine wasnt life-threatening enough.. ok.. so i waited.. it was nearly lunch time, my breakfast was fast digesting away.. and i dont think that it would last me thru the afternoon.. but i was still stuck at the hospital.. not even halfway.. after a near 3 hrs wait, it was finally my turn..

always liked the service at cgh.. the staff was friendly and warm. they empathise with the patients.. even if they were faking their concerns, they were doing a good job.. they seem sincere in their gestures and speech. patients are already depressed when they are sick and to be admitted in the hospital means that their sickness goes beyond the common colds and coughs.. so being extra sensitive and nice is important and greatly appreciated.. but.. i was in for the opposite..

my doc was not having a good day.. i can tell.. she is in some temper.. and i felt the brunt of it... a rough job was done during my check up.. pulled my short and put the stethoscope onto my back. 'breathe!'.. 'BREATHE!'... i was breathing as hard as i could.. but she was still pressing me for breathes.. y would i complain about breathing difficulty if what she wanted to hear was a clear pattern of breathing??!! and asked me to open my mouth and stuck the stick too long in my mouth.. gosh.. next, i was hurried off to a room.. i understand that A & E works in a mad rush.. but.. i am sick here.. hello??... i am already in such a sad case... so y be so impaitent w me.. at least let me talk and ask some stuff.. and pls reply me.. i did pay $65 bucks, travalled 1hr and waited 3 hrs just to see u.. she was stern and harsh with her questions and answers.. curt and a matter-of-fact attitude. wat was to expect was scary..

a rougher job was done in the room.. she was going to use Nasolaryngoscopy (passage of a small, flexible fiberoptic scope through the nasal passage to gain a direct view of the structures in the nose, nasopharynx, and larynx and allow for clear identification of potential disease; laymen's term, a tube is gonna be stuff through your nostrils then your throat to see whats wrong with your throat.) before i knew it, she sprayed a nose spray (some kind of anesthetic so that i wont feel the tube inside or get hurt by the tube), into my left nostril.. i was choked... taken by surprised.. she had the tube stuffed down my nose and into the throat... it was ticklish and it hurt.. having a foreign object in your throat is already painful and irritating.. imagine a long tube down your nose and then your throat.. its double the pain and irritation.. and it doesnt help that she was forcing in my throat to have a better look at it.. i was choking with the tube inside.. i felt the whole tube moving inside.. ahhh... spare me.. my right eye was tearing so imagine the discomfort i was in.. then she left me with the x-ray department.. left high and dry and w a numb left nostril.. not being able to give me a definate answer, i was sent to a specialist.. the ear-nose-throat department..

the doc at that department was so much better... really.. first, she introduced herself to me and told me to relax.. she looked me in the eye while explaining my condition to me.. the other doc was more interested in the computer screen than talking to me. she didnt even look at me except mayb while checking my throat.. she has no choice but to look at me.... the doc was so much gentler with her treatment.. yes.. i had to do the nose thing again.. she told me to take a deep breathe in and hold my breathe while she sprayed the nose spray into my nose.. she took the time for the medicine to work and was patient w me.. i didnt choke.. the whole procedure was so much better.. not that it was the second time i was doing it and was getting used to it.. i dont think i'll ever get use to having something forced into my throat.. not via the nose.. but becox the doc was so much more patient and gentler. she was meticulous and careful.. i didnt choke or felt much of a discomfort besides the occasional coughs when the tube touches the walls of my throat.. she took the time to explain things to me and i felt comforatble and more assured.

felt like i was in an episode of grey's anatomy where i meet 2 interns at seattle grace hospital. my A & E doc was so much like Christina Yang; the aggressive, know-it-all intern, who wants to score on big cases rather than do those small and trival cases.. ok.. fishing out a bone in throat is quite a boring case.. still.. mux we all be dying of somethin unique everyday so as to get some attention from the docs?? ok.. 我忍.. mayb she was having a bad day, monday blues, it mayb the time of the month.. overall, she wasnt that bad.. she did say 'take care' and 'dont worry about it'.. no vulgarities were used or punches thrown.. the doc at department H was like George.. a caring doctor who was willing to listen to patients and show earnest in work. he had warm and welcoming eyes.. my doc too, had big, brown eyes that were warm and friendly.. so it seems, cgh still does carry the best service award in my opinion..

no confirmation was made abt my condition.. there is suspicions that there are bits of bones in my throat that is hard to detect from x-rays and the nasal scope.. a CT scan has to be done.. bit expensive.. or it could be just a scratch from the bone.. hence the swelling and irritation.. till my next appointment in 3 days time, i am still as clueless.. pray that its just a scratch.. pls.. no surgery.. some change in luck??

ps: deleted this whole post cox of fat fingers.. and typed this all out and from scratch except fr the title.. ahh.. and my misfortunes continues..