wisdom break

today officially marked day 5 post wisdom tooth extraction. the doc was kind enough to give me a long weekend to recuperate from the traumatizing 1 hour procedure, which was longer than normal especially i was only extracting one, ONE bloody tooth out. i mean other people who get 4 out at once can get in done in less than 30min. and before you get on your high horse and start trashing the doc, it wasn't their fault but my stupid tooth was the one who complicates things. as the roots had to grow at a 90 degree angle and it had to lie so damn comfortably on top of my facial nerve canal, which if you don't know makes the whole procedure quite risky as i may have a high chance of developing paraesthesia/numbness on my cheek/jaw, which i fortunately did not thank you god!

the whole procedure was not that bad actually. mine was done under local anaesthesia (LA), so i was conscious through out the whole thing. i had my gum cut open, and a very small part of the bone near the tooth was drilled to make way for the instrument and i tell you that was nothing. the tough part is when they pulled the tooth out. god damn i was in tears and i am not ashamed to shed it then and mine was so closed to the nerve so it hurt like bitch. after numerous try and me almost get off the chair and split, they finally divide the crown and win the most painful tug of war with the roots. i ended up having 3 stitches.

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other than that i think the other painful part is post extraction when, i should have taken my painkiller earlier on before the LA wears off cause it took a while before it takes action and i was in agony for more than an hour before the pain subside. i was throwing the biggest bitch fit ever and even tries to convince my dental friend (the one who pull my tooth out) to give me another painkiller cause i thought the one i had was not strong enough then. but then by evening, the painkiller works and i even had strawberry sundae and cold porridge at mcdonald with the boyfriend :)

the swelling was horrible the next few days, it makes me look like marlon brando as the godfather. the only thing i can eat was yogurt, jelly, ice cream, mash potato, and cold porridge. everything leaks, it was a mess! the worst part is since i'm taking forever to finish up a meal, i literally get hungry soon after i finish 'em! 

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at day 5 swelling was not so noticeable, but there is this yellow-greenish bruise patch on my lower cheek which i think can be covered up using light makeup. also i still have a very limited mouth opening so chewing is still quite a task. as far as dental hygiene concern, i had no problem using the mouth rinse that they provide on day 1, i mean as long as you took your painkiller and not rinse soon after the procedure, and i think i started brushing my teeth the day after cause i can't stand it. *OCD*

and to top it all off, i ended up pulling the OTHER tooth cause the one that i intended to pull was infected and i had to go through a course of antibiotic before getting it out AGAIN in a few weeks time and i don't want to waste my time going there for nothing so like an IDIOT i go ahead and pull this one out. *facepalm*

to think that i am gonna go through all of this again. le sigh. i am in knee chin deep now can't back down anymore. the only consolation is the next one will be done by a specialist since the other tooth is lying even deeper into the facial nerve canal than this one. so that's gonna be fun *cries hysterically*

phew, that's a long one. that's what she said.

the godmother signing off!

sanitize, sanitise, sanitize

i have a fever, a sore throat that made my voice sounded like a shemale and now a flu that made me feel like my whole brain had liquefied and slowly dripping out from my nose. wtf. but i am being a responsible sick little sucker, i sanitize my hands every time after i sneeze, or basically after i touch my nose, mouth or everything in general cause i am OCD like that.

and on top of all of this, i have to go to a meeting that i could not afford to miss, not even if i have an MC to back me up. oh, i do hope the meeting wouldn't last long cause i would terribly misses my bed :(

on a brighter note, the sky is clear today. i hope there won't be any rain.


downing insane amount of warm fluid. cause i need my voice back!

le sick

i'm ending week 3 with sore throat, cough and fever. hooray.

but somehow for once in the past few weeks or so, i am feeling way better :)

as far as not being able to go home as soon as i expected, i'm still bitter about the matter it's true. but i'm trying to look everything in a much more positive view as i could not afford being sick and pessimistic at the same time, right?

right.

prescriptions:

1. T. Paracetamol 500mg BD
2. Fluid nourishment.
3. Bed rest PRN.
4. cont. observation.
5. stop obsessing.

lol i'm drifting. kbai.

week 3. killing off fever with my mind.

i'm feeling like a kid.

the first week was tough, but i think i've been coping with things well. the unpredictable mood swings is very much nerve wrecking. Getting the most weirdest cases on my bed is making me lose some sleep time. le sigh.

the coughing came at the worst timing ever, if it weren't for the fact that i almost lost my voice from it i wouldn't waste my energy to walk all the to the other end of the hospital to buy the much needed cough syrup. which out of the whole being so goddamn tired from the lack of sleep and such, i ended up accidentally bought the one for little kids and i only notice it when i've opened the screw top AND drank the cherry flavoured cough syrup!

but it was all good though, cough was slightly better now i was barking like a dog no more and voice was not gone. at least i have that now.

week 2, better. but the future scares me. i wanna go home.

the sniffle

Just got back from the compulsory motivational/initiation camp from Negeri Sembilan and somehow manage to catch the cold fml. I am suppose to be very tired but then again after 4 days of internet detox, the only thing that I could have think of is going online despite the fact that my broadband connection at this part of KL is as fast a snail finishing off a 42km marathon wtf.


Anyway, my first posting will be Internal medicine. Time for some heavy reading.






p/s: LOL just notice that the picture posted are totally irrelevant to this post. *sniffle, sniffle*

Food poisoning

As if my week has not been bad enough, I was down with food poisoning. I always thought that I have a strong stomach hence, of all sickness I'll be immune to is food poisoning. I mean seriously. The last time I have one is probably when I was in primary school. But after vomited all my stomach content through my nostrils I was proven wrong FML.

After the horrible experience my diet for these few days will be strictly fluid form. You know in case the whole nostrils thing happen again it'll be uhm better. 

Ok maybe not.

By the way, I finally found the courage to cut my hair short. Sort of. I cut the whole 6inches of it. I was planning to go shorter like above the shoulder short but the sounds of the scissor snipping away my hair scared the shit out of me. So just 6inches of it and I never felt lighter! Who knew my fine dead hair could weight so much. 

So with that my long hair era is officially over! Until the next 6month or so. Cause instead of a red scarf I'll be needing my long hair to cover up the sauce stain on my white shirt because that is one of the many purposes of having a long hair you see.

The Flu

Finally had to comeback to this hellhole KL.

Sigh after 2 month being in the comfort of my own home leaving home is way too hard for me. No more home cooked meal, no more Astro, no more shitty streamyx connection, no more Mocha trying to invade my room and wake me up early in the afternoon morning, no Mocha insight. NO MORE MOCHA Y_Y!!! Mocha I Miss chuu~~ wuwuwuwuwu...WTF

Some more I had to stay in this apartment all alone for the whole week alone. Creepy~ Chickenhearted me had to put on all the light just so that I am brave enough to go to the toilet FML. But scared no more, all of my housemate is finally coming back today!! <-- Pathetic -.-"

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You know ur life is boring when u realise that the highlight of the week is u being sick. Gahh!~ Thought I manage to escape from being infected by my brother. So hooray now I am officially a walking petri dish. Due to the recent H1N1 hoo-hah, everytime I sneeze I can see people moving 1 step further away from me. It felt like walking in an imaginary bubble Y__Y . What a wrong timing to catch a cold.

Hopefully the cold will be gone by the weekend. The notes are piling up and mutha-effker I had 27 (!!) learning issue to worry about. FML.

UPDATE: There's a rumor that been circulating around saying that there will a screening for H1N1 next week. By the look of my condition now quarantine is not a choice. Oh well at least there will be good food around, methinks. Err.. hospital food anyone?