Endoscopy

As scary as it may sound, I went to get mine done anyway. I went to get myself admitted in Gleneagles Medical Centre on Friday and had the procedure done the next morning. I wanted to make sure that my stomach is going to be alright, cause the gastric is just giving me too much pain every now and then. When I went there in the morning, I didn't expect to see so many people. But, yes, there was SO many people, young and old, all trying to get some treatment for something. As soon as I was admitted, they gave me this band with my name and the doctor's name on it as well.

First I had to go get a blood test. The nurse was very young and she's good. Just one shot and she drew enough blood out of me. No bruises after that. Then they sent me to my bed. The hospital is like a hotel, you get to choose what sort of room you want. I didn't want to sleep alone, so I asked for a room with 4 beds and I want people to be in there. Then there was nothing else for me to do. I just sat on my bed and waited for the doctor to come see me. And when he came, he gave me 4 punctured holes on my arms. He couldn't find my veins. And when he finally did, he left this tube in me. It was very annoying as it limited my move. I couldn't play PSP after that. When I sleep I had to make sure I don't press myself on it, it's gonna hurt. I slept well that night. Just that the nurse came to inject me with some medication before I sleep and very early in the morning.

I couldn't remember the whole ordeal of the procedure as I was knocked out. First, they sent me to do an ultrasound. That wasn't anything as they just scanned my stomach from outside. 5 minutes and it was done. After that, they sent me to the scope department. A trainee (I guessed) was instructed to prepare me. I think he was bullied by the senior nurses. They instructed him like he was a small kid. Well, he was serious, didn't smile at all. He explained to me the details of the procedure and what are the medicines that he's feeding me with. I was made to lie down on my left. When the doctor came in and sprayed more of the the anesthetic to make my throat numb and put something into my mouth so that it remained open, that is all that I could remember. When I woke up, they were pushing me back to my room.

There wasn't anything wrong with my stomach, besides finding a polyp and getting it removed. But they found some tiny stones in my gallbladder. He gave me some medication for my gastic, Controloc and Motilium. I'll have to go see him again in 2 weeks. I hope I don't have to suffer the pain anymore.