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- My bloody and painful experience -
On November 27, 2018, I was diagnosed with having Pelvic Endometriosis Stage IV, Bilateral Endometriotic Cyst and Acute Appendicitis. Just by thinking of these three, it already scares me as it led me to think of those large needles. Needless to say, a thin plastic tube (with a syringe at higher pressures) inserted into my vein or they called it โIntravenous Infusion".
This dilemma started way long ago, if my memory serves me right, when i was 21 years old. Every month I have been suffering menstrual cramps which occurred around the time that my menstruation begins. Pain is usually in my lower abdomen or in my pelvis. The pain was tolerable at first until such time I would just suddenly collapsed. Since then I decided to just take any pain reliever whenever this painful period attacks. Six years has passed and my body would not accept anymore one pain reliever during my menstruation so I had to take two pain relievers to ease the pain.
These past quad months of taking two pain relievers had directed me to go see a doctor, an OB-GYN, because I had thought that I am slowly killing myself with all these unprescribed medications.
October 23, 2018, I took a couple of laboratory tests, a week after, I got the results. The first result was interpreted by the doctor that very same week and the second result because I had to gather it from another laboratory office and the doctor as well was kind of busy-many scheduled appointments.
November 27, 2018 was the day both of us were available and also the day of another surprising interpretation of the second result. The doctor advised me to undergo a surgery as soon as possible before this gets worse.
Moreover, there was this one phrase I will never forget from the doctor, โWe tend to wait for the things to get worse before we can get betterโ. With that said, I then decided to schedule for a bloody surgery.
December 04, 2018, I got admitted to the hospital in preparation for tomorrowโs operation.
December 05, 2018, this was the most terrifying, horrific, bloodshed/bloodbath day I could say. This was my first ever major operation in my entire life. I raised up my faith to God for my life, alive or not.
Around 01 PM, one doctor, one nurse, and one man who carried a stretcher brought me to the operating room. I was very nervous and dizzy super dizzy at that time. When we arrived at the hallway of the operating room, another doctor approached me, an Anesthesiologist and said not to worry, they will take care of me. Another two doctors approached me afterwards said everything will be fine, that I would only sleep and wake up totally fine. In spite of all the uplifting words the doctors have said, I was still very anxious and just zipped my mouth because no words could come out. Then four doctors and two nurses brought me into the operating room and I got scared four times scared when I saw all the apparatus inside the room, the operating lights that somehow summoned me to sleep and everything would turn out fine. Then the Anesthesiologist bade me to flip my body to the other side as he injected something which I did not even bother to know. I was full of disquietude at that moment then nothingness ---------------------------------------------.
One hour, two hours, three hours, four hours and so on has passed, I woke up around 09 PM and found myself in the recovery room (I asked the nurse who was seated right in front of me). The moment everything had sinked into my mind, I only found myself crying because I got out alive and no complications happened. (Two major operations, I would like to emphasize that). Clock has been ticking and still I could not move my two legs. 09 PM waiting turned out to be until 01 AM, December 06, 2018 waiting because they would not allow the patients to be delivered to the respective rooms until whole body could move.
Around 01:30 AM, December 06, 2018, I was brought finally to my room looking half-dead because of an excess loss of blood in the operation. They have transfused me 1 bag of blood in the operating room (as what my medical records stated) however when I got into my room I was still feeling dizzy and so pale-white. I felt like all my ancestors in heaven already have met me. (kidding aside)
December 07, 2018, Doctors visited me asking if I was okay, can breathe, in pain. Pretty much they asked me few same questions. My OB-GYN checked on me as well and asked if I was in pain, feeling dizzy and I said, โYESโ so she asked one of the nurses to transfuse me one more bag of blood because I was so pale very pale. And another calvary of infusing again to my veins. I think my body now is syringe-needle-friendly.
December 08 and 09, 2018 โ Recuperation Days!
December 10, 2018, the day when my doctor, an OB-GYN, informed me that I can now be discharged because I already can manage to walk.
December 11 and 12, 2018, the days when I felt like dying because of the huge bill, literally huge bill. I told myself that this is the perfect time to thicken my face and ask for any means of help whatever it takes.
These were the options I/we exhausted:
Asked Help from City Hall โ I am not a voter in Cebu City. I am registered in the province.
Asked Options from the Doctors- Checked
Asked Help from my Colleagues at work โ Checked Jasmine Payac Balbarona
Asked Help from TLs, OMs, HR and Site Director at work, Boss Jinggay Del thank you so much! I greatly appreciated your help. ๐
Asked Help from my Love Dennis Gรถtzenbrugger โ I know this is not a proper way to say thank you in social media as public do not need to know onesโ private life but please just this time allow me to say THANK YOU for all the efforts, the help, the understandings, the love, the money โฌ you have sent me just for me to be discharged ๐ญ, everything you have done for me for almost a year now. I know that being in a long distance relationship is very hard and words could not express enough how grateful I am to have you. Just stay healthy and humble. I LOVE YOU! ๐๐๐
To those who visited me in the hospital, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
To the one who fought legally ๐ OM Reva Reva Mae Camoro-Bacasmot, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
To my brothers Bob Prado Realino Garcia Prado who did not get enough sleep just to watch over me, taking care of me until now, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
And to those who prayed for my successful operation, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
God Bless us all! ๐๐๐
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