Surgery No. 3

I got the letter from Dr. Vasanthy yesterday for the recommendation to be inspected by Dr. Ravikumar of Pantai Hospital.

Previously, I have used my medical card from Prudential for the claims, which is faster compared to claiming from MMU.

However, this time, I have decided to claim from MMU instead, since medical benefit is part of the employment benefits.

Before I can go to see the specialists, I would need to obtain a GL (guarantee letter) from MMU's HR department.

So I sent in my request at 10am, but I was told that I need to wait 3 days for it to be processed.

I explained that it is an emergency, since Dr. Vasanthy had suspected that I had a recurrence of fistula.

The clerk thus helped me to process the application which would be ready after 2pm.

I waited in the office until 2pm, but when I went over, the GL is still pending approval.

I only obtained the letter around 3pm, and I rushed over to Pantai Hospital with Maureen.

As usual, Pantai Hospital's frontside parking was full, and I had to park at the back.

Arriving at Dr. Ravi's clinic, I was made to wait once again, since he is supposedly busy.

When it's finally my turn, I went in and told him that there is pain near my anus, and that I could feel a 'boil' on the left cheek of my anus.

Customarily, I then took off my pants, and lied at the bed, waiting for him to inspect the wound.

At that time, all I could think of is the utter terror of having to undergo the surgery ordeal once again.

I do not feel ashamed at all now of having my asshole being examined, it's already been exposed to various kind of 'viewing situations'.

Dr. Ravi then broke my train of thought by poking at my wound, asking if it is painful.

"OOWWWWW!!!" is my answer.

He was as puzzled as me, because the wound has already healed, but there is a small blister near the wound, which is the cause of my pain.

"It's only a small blister, which maybe caused by the wound healing and closing prematurely, so I would open the wound up, and see where it leads to." Dr. Ravi said.

For the previous two operations, my uncle, Dr. Goh, told me to get the surgeons to talk to him before the surgery, but both times, the doctors MIA before I can get him to talk.

This time, I was determined not to make the same mistake, and phoned Uncle, passing the phone over to Dr. Ravi.

After their brief conversation, Uncle told me to proceed with the surgery, and to get Dr. Ravi to call him again after the operation.

As such, I was scheduled for surgery tomorrow, at 9am.

I was famished at that time, which was around 4pm, because I did not eat anything since breakfast as I thought that I would be operated on in the evening.

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Anyway, wish me luck.

I shall get through this anus hell by tomorrow.

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Hopefully.