This happened 3 times in my life and always in the O&G ward of a hospital. Twice in labour and once when I had a major infection near an ovary which could have cost me my life.
The next morning, I felt fine and went to work as usual. The pain hit once. I ignored it. It returned with a vengeance, so I gave in and called the hospital to fix an appointment . I was lucky. They had a slot that very afternoon .
The gynae examined me and ordered an ultrasound scan. The results were clear . The problem didn't reside in this department but as the area was clearly tender she referred me to the A&E department to see a general doctor .
When I saw the price to go through A&E I balked. If I could bear the pain a little longer it might go away.
The next day, I saw my family doctor who also couldn't trace the problem without the proper tests. I needed endoscopy and x-ray.
Today, as both doctors strongly advised, I went to A&E and had the full suite of tests done .
The X-ray showed my colon was too full if shit. So it's 2 days of laxatives and stuff to clean out the gunk , before another appointment for a scope to ensure there's no growth inside.
In other words , once I'm home I'll take me media and camp in the loo.
Looking back in our traditional diet. We hardly eat any veggies. All our dishes are meat based, eaten with white rice and possibly a small dish of sambal kang kong hardly anyone touches . We have chap chye at best which is mainly vermicelli and a few slices if carrots and cabbage .
The nonya diet is a low fiber one .
So it's payback time.
I eat more veggies these days so I'll take this as cleaning out the past gunk for a healthier future.
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