Cemashko Hospital-A Great Experience Indeed!

Monday(22nd September 2008)
Finally I began writing on this diary again. Dear diary, I’ve been a very strong person since the 1st day I was warded in this hospital which is more like a 2 hours journey away from my hostel on Metro. I’m in Russia! I’m in Russia! I’m in Russia! A country where I barely speak their language nor understand what they are trying to tell me. On Wednesday I had this horrible pain on my lower right abdomen. This pain has already been there since 3 weeks ago in Malaysia. Firstly, I went to see Dr. Chan to ask his opinion about this pain. He made several conclusion which could be intestinal twitching, appendicitis, gynaecological problem and etc. He told me not to take any painkiller and I should come back to his clinic after a couple of days.

Next, while I was at Giant hypermarket having lunch with my family, the pain arose. My father then decided that I should go for a second opinion. So, I went to Dr. Sohvindir’s clinic. He then did a urine test and the result was normal. No fever. His conclusion was SEATBELT INJURY! Ok! 1st time I hear this thing. The next day the pain subsided. So, I thought it was really seatbelt injury thus I did not pay much attention to the pain. I came to Russia on 16th of September 2008. In Malaysia, it is supposed to be Hari Malaysia. Hahahah! Never mind! Happy Birthday Malaysia. On 15th of September, right before my flight, I got a wonderful surprise by Tzer Yun, Shirley and Peter. They came and gave me a cute birthday cake! Oh My! I think that’s the best birthday surprise ever!

On my 1st day in Russia, the weather is kinda cold, about 7 degree celcius. Luckily I wore my winter clothing when I was at the airport. Everything was fine eventhough I do get bored at times and of course CULTURE SHOCK! That day it was all orientation and at night those seniors brought us to the Pakistani Russian shop near my hostel. The food was good. Shamu( more like our very own Malaysian kebab ) served in a western style with french fries and chili sauce. Itu harga pun banyak cantik! 220 rubles for my meal, that is equivalent to RM30. Walao! My hostel was kinda small, especially the bed. But that’s not my permanent room. The next day, it was our registration day. We woke up early in the morning and started our journey at 9.30am. Actually it was supposed to be 9am but because of one girl who did not turn up and caused havoc, it was delayed. Firstly, we took a bus to the metro station. The bus was not really crowded. It was a while when an old lady walked past me and my winter scarf got stuck to the button on her coat. He gave me a very stern look! OMG! Scary~ So, I just said sorry to her but she could not understand what I’m saying. Haizzz.. Russians…

The metro train looks old from the outside but trust me when you’re inside, you wouldn’t want to believe that you’re actually in a very old train, approximately 90++ years. The train was even faster than the MRT in Singapore. Cool! In the train, Yao Chuan sat beside me.

I went for surgery recently after the doctor diagnosed me for having cyst on my right ovary. It is just a minor surgery in Russia, but in Malaysia, it is a major surgery. There were 3 holes in this procedure:- lower right and left abdomen and my navel. On my first 2 days in hospital, Vicky(Vigneswaran) a 4th year student took care of me. He was extremely kind towards me. He even bought some snacks in case I don’t eat hospital food. Breakfast(zaftrakat) is my worst nightmare! Kasha(starchy mashed grains) without taste. Not even sweet or salty. There was this nice lady, a nurse who took care of me like her own granddaughter. She forced me to eat that kasha everyday when I was at the urological ward. At the hospital, my worst nightmare was communicating with those Russians. They will never speak even a word of English. One day, a doctor came to visit me. I was in great pain. So, I shouted “Pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and that doctor just smiled and said dah svee dah nee yah(goodbye) and walked away. OMG! So cruel! Everyday, the nurses would jab me with antibiotics 3 times a day at my butt. That’s my worst experience ever! Till now I still suffer with the pain!

I was without glasses for 5 days in the hospital and it seems like guiding a blind woman to her destination. I went for X-ray 4 times(3 abdominal X-ray and 1 chest X-ray). I was on drips for 5 days to combat the pain on my lower right abdomen. Those nurses wld jab the same vein all over again till pecah rekod lio. 17 times on the same vein, last count! I went for 4 ultrasound. The cyst was detected during the 2nd ultrasound. It is a 8.5 cm round cyst. Everyday many of the seniors of RSMU would come to visit me (Li Fei, Shridar, Dalleen, Vicky, Chatichai, Yunn Min, betty, Melissa, Karine,Soo ying, ah bong,and many more). 2 days before my surgery, Chai and his friend,another Chinese guy came to visit me and they stayed there quite long until 8.30pm(visiting hours is frm 4.30-6.30pm). They got scolded by the guard at the exit. Haizzz.. Pity them! Chai helped me to ask the nurse for sanitary pad since the nurse can’t understand what I’m saying. Unfortunately, the nurse got shocked and started laughing. A guy asking for sanitary pad.. Weird.. On Sunday I was supposed to fast, tat means no dinner but only can drink water. The nxt day, I was supposed to go for endoscopy. I vomited during the entire procedure that my face turned blue. Luckily I did not faint and got back to my room coughing non stop for hours. Suddenly the nurse came in and gave me one medicine. Taste more like the minyak masak plus other funny ingredients. So I was cursing the nurse using BM eventhough my BM was horrible. On Monday night, I fasted again because the nxt day was my surgery. In the morning, the nurse woke me up early to insert enema to clear my bowels. It was a painful procedure but I managed to endure the pain. I was pushed to the operation theatre at 11.30am. At the OT, Dr. Vladimir(anesthesiologist) and Dr. Irina(gynaecologist) was already there waiting for me. I lay on the bed naked and the nurse inserted the cateter into my urinary passage. I was screaming in pain for a while and managed to calm myself dwn after that. Dr. Vladimir then put the oxygen mask and I started sleeping. The surgery lasted for less than an hour. When I woke up, I was pushed to the ICU for recuperation for 3 hours. I was kinda hyperactive at the ICU that I cant stop moving my legs. One doctor came n bla bla in Russian language. I just kept quiet cz I cant talk with the oxygen mask on. I started singing those TVXQ songs to past time.After 3 hours, I was pushed back to my ward at the gynaecological dept. The 1st person I saw was Dalleen and then Shridar. They rushed to the hospital after class.

The nurse then told me not to move much for one day. I was extremely bored on the bed and I lost my voice too because of the anesthetic. The nxt day, the nurse came in very early in the morning to check on me. I was dying to go to the toilet so I told the nurse , “toilet” and she walked away smiling. Zadao! So I woke up all by myself and started walking. I was in great pain but I told myself to be strong. After 3 days I was discharged frm the hospital. Phewwww… Wat a relief! Now I realized that the things that keeps me strong was my sweet memories in Nilai and also those silly things I did in hospital;/ for eg, I broke the glass rack at the toilet. Aiyo…