Waited for about 45 mins in the waiting room after “signing in” to get called to check in and taken to ER and placed on a temp bed (around 1pm). The doctors and nurses came and asked the same question over and over again. I felt like recording it onto my phone and play it back for each one of them haha. Basically they ask you what happened, where’s the pain, from 1-10 how painful is it, what time it happened, are you allergic to anything, any medical problems, any medications, etc. They told me a ct scan is needed to determine if it’s appendicitis, bowel obstruction or others (cancer). They gave me morphine to ease the pain but I had an allergic reaction to it this time. The left arm veins all popped up and turned reddish from where the IV needle entered. They had 3 doctors came to look at it and all of them said they have never seen it before. I felt an itch on the arm in the very beginning morphine is administered. I found myself scratch the left arm and then I was like hey I think I am having an allergic reaction and show the nurse Chris the itching area. The vein started blowing up and turning red. They gave me Benadryl to stop the reaction. The popped up vein last for quite a while. The result from the ct scan came back and they told me it is bowel obstruction and it’s serious. They were already talking surgery and checking me into the hospital. They said they will have the surgical team look at the ct scan and talk to me about different options. I called my other surgeon’s office they said usually these type of obstruction they will apply a “conservation” approach which is to insert a tube to suck out food and liquid and wait to see if the bowel recovers itself. If it doesn’t, then surgery will be considered. The doctor here came back and inserted a tube through my left nostril down to the stomach so it’s the same as last time. By around 8:30pm I got a room in the hospital and began my “vacation” there. I bumped into a friend who worked at the hospital. He saw my name on the computer but wasn’t sure and checked with my info on faceboook. He came and I was surprised to see him. He helped with some things and I am grateful for it. Thanks!

While in my room, 2 doctors came and told me the ct scan is showing a 5cm dilation of the intestine and that’s pretty big. I think in their mind they were thinking surgery already. I was like no no no. At the end of their visit, I had passed gas, a small one and I told me about it. They said it’s good, keep it up. I had my bro go home it was 9ish because sil and kids still at my house waiting. I recorded my gassing time on the phone. 10pm 2 ba-ba-bas. 10:20pm another ba-ba-ba. lol I fell asleep maybe 11pm or so and woke 2 hours later at around 1:30am because the need to go to the bathroom. I was excited but wasn’t sure if anything is coming out. Went to the bathroom and voila, some came out (harder ones), and then some more (softer) and then some more (liquidy). That was a huge load of it. I told my nurse immediately and she was happy about it. I went back to sleep and feeling really good.

Next morning a doctor came and I told her about last night’s bowl movement. Another doctor came and removed the tube from down my stomach. It was a quick pull out but the acid from the stomach stung the nostril when the end of the tube passes through the nose. I was tearing like crazy. I think they should offer us some water first to wash down the tube before pulling it out. They did that when inserting the tube they should do the same when extracting it. What a relief for the tube to come out but my throat was hurting from all that friction when it was inside. It almost feel like being sick with a swollen throat. The pain went away after about a day. Liquid diet was finally ordered for me for dinner. It came a bit late around 6ish I almost thought it wasn’t coming. I enjoyed it and drank everything. I spent the night playing with my G1 phone and the apps on it. It’s awesome to have a phone with web access! I downloaded a few games for the phone and they kept me busy for a while. Also finally checked out sharing photos and videos from the phone.

Monday morning a whole bunch of doctors showed up and one asked me a few questions and told me that they will give me solid food and see how it goes. They said if everything goes well by late afternoon then I should be able to leave in the evening. Around 9am breakfast came. There were scrambled egg, potatoes, oatmeal, banana, tea, and a piece of bread. Yums haha The nurse also gave me the liquid diet my roommate couldn’t eat because he was going to be operated the same morning. An hour later another doctor came, a surgeon, that I met 3 years ago at the same hospital. He remembered me and said he didn’t operate on me 3 years ago. He saw that I was doing good and had passed gas and told me I can go home soon. Later a nurse came and said I can be discharged just waiting for papers. My sister came “pick” me up and we walked home. Sweet~

I also got a Wii Fit, thanks to my bro and sister-in-law on going to the stores to wait for it!! I’ll make good use of it and report its usage result here!!

My weight has just dropped a little bit below 160 and fat percentage around 16.5%

The procedure has some requirements. No Aspirin days before the procedure. Reason being aspirin also functions as blood thinner which will affect the healing cuz blood can’t clog. No cream or lotion on the body. The pads won’t stick to the slippery lotion, and that will interfere with the monitoring system. I have no problem with that because I don’t use lotion or cream anyways haha No eating after midnight the day before the procedure. After midnight only clear liquids are allowed (water, apple juice, cranberry juice, etc).

It’s strange they always give the date of the procedure/surgery but they never give you the time until the day before the procedure. I have asked them about it but they just gave some confusing reasons that I couldn’t understand haha. Maybe someday I’ll find out. If someone knows why, please let me know. I got my call today and they told me the procedure will be 11am, and arrival time will be 9:30am. The entire process will take about 4 hours but depending on how I respond to sedation, it may be longer.

Say good bye to my 3rd nipple

In the photo, you can see the round medi-port at the bottom. There is a small red dot in the middle from today’s flushing, basically sticking in a needle and injecting saline/heparin(blood thinner) solution. The hole will heal and disappear in a few days. The horizontal mark above the round port is the incision scar from the implant procedure. The long thin vertical tube is the tube that connects the medi-port to the blood vessel. My collar bone is visible at the top of the photo. There is a bit of redness around the round medi-port, that is what’s left from the band-aid covering it this afternoon/evening. I left the band-aid on for too long. Supposedly it can be removed after 30 minutes.

From second surgery:

From first surgery:

I have not used them for a long time but I think I will start again to keep my lung in shape for the upcoming snowboarding trips!