Surgery No. 3: Completion

Yesterday morning, I went to get my GL from the HR at 8.30am, and went to Pantai straight away after that.

The journey was took with a heavy heart, as the last surgery had caused severe amount of pain and discomfort.

I registered for admittance at 9am, but was made to wait until 3pm before I went in the operation theatre.

The operation was actually a brief and minor one, but the most painful part is the anesthetic, administered by Dr. Tan Kim Hock.

I just noticed that he has the same name as the famous Tan Kim Hock when Maureen told me so. "No wonder we didn't see him in the shop last time."

Anyway, the thing is, I am to have half-body anesthetic, which means the anesthetic is to be administered into the spine.

The pain was terrible the previous time, but somehow this time, it is still ok.

The operation took around 10 minutes, and I was sent to the heater before being sent back to the ward.

I was originally given a single ward, since there is no available twin-sharing room at that time.

Since the half-body anesthetic would last for around 6 hours, I couldn't move my lower body at all.

Then came the agony for the night.

Around 3 hours after my operation, two nurses came and told me to shift to a twin-sharing room, else I would be charged for the single room.

However, they did not have the strength to carry me from one bed to the other, and they did not have a slider for the shifting purpose.

Thus, they asked me to shift by myself, which is impossible because I can't move my legs at all!

So, I shifted my upper body, while they dragged my legs over to the other bed, which was a cause of concern for me, because I was instructed not to raise my head, or bend my spine due to that there is a small risk that it may cause problem to my spine.

Luckily, nothing came out of it.

The next agony was with pee-ing.

Since my lower body was paralyzed, I was, um... unable to use my 'thing' for pee-ing.

In fact, when I grabbed it, I could not feel that it is attached to my body, it felt more like some otherworldly thing.

Believe me, it almost lead to a nervous breakdown.

Now, at the same time, my urine kept accumulating in my bladder, and I could feel severe pain inside it, but I am unable to pee, causing the accumulation to get worse.

In the end, I had to bear with it for 3 hours more before I could finally pee.

By the time the anesthetic effect went away, I was feeling an urge to pass motion.

This proved to be a major problem...