Post-Friday 10 March
...continues...
I made slow painful recovery after admission in NCI. But recover I did. It was difficult at first; immobilised with a IV drip on my right hand and oxygen mask. A few days after, the oxygen is off and so has the drip.
The mere act of sitting upright gives some pause as I tried to maneuver to a position that is the least painful and breathless-inducing. Usually the automated bed and the nurses will help me. After sitting upright, I became lethargic & breathless with pain at the back of my neck, and had to wait for awhile before attempting to get out of bed to walk. I walked at the balcony to soak up the sun which I hadn't seen for a few months. My skin and sun met for the first time after a loooog time....
I still depend on the nurses of the urinal. Had bowel movement on the bed which I don't think anyone likes! I tried to go to the toilet to do my open my bowels rather than doing in on a commode pot on the bed. I was shy of having the nurses wipe my ass... :P
I didn't know when I can be back home. But day by day I did become stronger. I had good appetite and the NCI's cafe chefs were ever obliging in preparing the food I want. I ate and ate and broke all the earlier self-imposed food taboos; meat, fat, sugar-laden food...I just poured them in. I am just 39 kg and if the cancer cells loved those food, so be it.
I just let the food flow in and I supplemented them with specialised liquid nutrition like Enercal Plus and Pulmocare. So I had constant discussion, sms and phone calls with the cafe's boss to discuss the day's meals and he really tried his best to accomodate. Terima Kasih, En. Nasir.
So decide to stay on till Friday 17 March. There are several reasons for this. First is it is best I recover enough to go home in case breathlessness comes back; 2nd I loved the service by NCI staffers, 3rd is I don't want to burden my mom if I were to go home in a very dependent stage. Whatever financial costs incurred are very well worth it. I like the 5-star treatment most of the time because I was usually the only stay-in patient! :)
So Friday 17 March came. I was strong enough to take a shower on my own! What a triumph compared to the week before! I was also not breathless! I was so proud of myself.
I made slow painful recovery after admission in NCI. But recover I did. It was difficult at first; immobilised with a IV drip on my right hand and oxygen mask. A few days after, the oxygen is off and so has the drip.
The mere act of sitting upright gives some pause as I tried to maneuver to a position that is the least painful and breathless-inducing. Usually the automated bed and the nurses will help me. After sitting upright, I became lethargic & breathless with pain at the back of my neck, and had to wait for awhile before attempting to get out of bed to walk. I walked at the balcony to soak up the sun which I hadn't seen for a few months. My skin and sun met for the first time after a loooog time....
I still depend on the nurses of the urinal. Had bowel movement on the bed which I don't think anyone likes! I tried to go to the toilet to do my open my bowels rather than doing in on a commode pot on the bed. I was shy of having the nurses wipe my ass... :P
I didn't know when I can be back home. But day by day I did become stronger. I had good appetite and the NCI's cafe chefs were ever obliging in preparing the food I want. I ate and ate and broke all the earlier self-imposed food taboos; meat, fat, sugar-laden food...I just poured them in. I am just 39 kg and if the cancer cells loved those food, so be it.
I just let the food flow in and I supplemented them with specialised liquid nutrition like Enercal Plus and Pulmocare. So I had constant discussion, sms and phone calls with the cafe's boss to discuss the day's meals and he really tried his best to accomodate. Terima Kasih, En. Nasir.
So decide to stay on till Friday 17 March. There are several reasons for this. First is it is best I recover enough to go home in case breathlessness comes back; 2nd I loved the service by NCI staffers, 3rd is I don't want to burden my mom if I were to go home in a very dependent stage. Whatever financial costs incurred are very well worth it. I like the 5-star treatment most of the time because I was usually the only stay-in patient! :)
So Friday 17 March came. I was strong enough to take a shower on my own! What a triumph compared to the week before! I was also not breathless! I was so proud of myself.
posted by Hee Boon at 2:38 pm
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