29 June 2008 - Carotid Body Tumour recovery

Stayed in the hospital for 1 week, 2 days in ICU, coz i really cough very badly. the dr claimed that the water of whatever has gone to my lungs causing the phelgms and mucous all other problems.

I even had alot of plugs and milk pipe linked to my body, the feeling was devastated. i really can't feel good. Coughing and coughing non stopped.

Actually i even had sudden urge of dying straight away, maybe i was too depressed.Imagine like your body is in a mess and all the plugs stuck to your body, hands, wrist, vagina(for urinating), neck(for blood dripping), nose(oxygen supply) Like what's life has got for me. It's a total torment.

Day 2 @ ICU (saturday night no sleep) - cough, vommit non stopped.
Day 3 @ ICU (sunday night no sleep) - cough badly and vommit .

Just feel like doing nothing, terrible, can get up, just stay on bed and i can't eat . Canned Milk (Isocal) was delivered to my stomach using a pipe linked to the passage of my stomach.

Day 4 @ Ward = After restless (continuously no sleep!!! wide eye open!!!) 2 nights in ICU, i was finally wheeled to the normal patients Ward. From here i feel breathy (no oxygen supply, to breathe on my own) but not so intense as the ICU. but i feel terrribly hot and sticky, but can't bath. Cough and spit bloody phelgms.

Day 5 @ Ward = Finally had a hair wash on my own without any nurse assistance.(very brave), coz hair too itchy to tolerate.

Day 6 @ Ward = Rest and cough

Day 7 @ Ward = Going back home. After i reached home i can sleep for 6 hours. But was back home with the milk feeding isocal pipe. i need to learn how to feed myself for the rest of the 3 weeks!!! No food, cannot swallow at all,

Results after opt:
- cannot swallow
- vocal chord 1 side paralysis
- cannot speak well
- hoarse and breathy voice.
- coughing non stopped
- Left leg pain, thrombosis (from the grafting of veins)
- Sore throat (rubbing of feeding tube in throat
)

13 June 2008 - Carotid body Tumour Operation

There's a lot of ups and down in life and life is really unpredictable. In Mar 2008, i was diagnose with a tumour in my left neck. Bumpy and with a mass with no pains..... which was what they called a carotid body tumour very rare illness in spore. Cause it's happening to ppl who stays in high altitude like mountains, which is lack of oxygen.. would i say i have lack in oxygen??
The i went down to west side of spore's hospitals to have a check up, did all the blood test, CT scans(expensive), Ultrasound scan.

On 25 may 2008, i had a angiogram to check the location of the tumour. which the dr. need to be sure of b4 doing the resection of body tumour(neck) and grafting of the veins to act as a supply for the missing big blood vein. (*cry*) so many operation to do...

On 13 June 2008, had a major operation at the west side spore's hospital. About 10 hours, cost me a bomb, SDG $17K. luckily i was covered under my ex-company's insurance and oso my own insurance. Although i didn't have to pay a single cents,you still need to pay for the pre-operation reviewing fees and post-operations follow ups, Taxi fares Etc...