Road to recovery

Sorry la ye, mmg takdak citer lain. Masih cerita tonsil. :)

Pagi tadi pegi follow up. Alhamdulillah, bengkak dah subside and wound looks ok kata doktor. Aku bagitau la pagi2 rasa paling perit sekali and he said it's normal. Give it few more days. Aku pun tanya bila aku bleh start minum panas2, dia kata advisable to hold it for a few more days. So sabarkan je la dulu. Malas dah aku nak tanya banyak lagi. Sebenarnya nak tanya dah bleh minum teh ais ke belum doc? Hahha. Macam boring je if nak gi mamak ke or nak pegi breakfast kat cafe ke, nak order air kosong jek. Haih.

Meh la aku share sket apa rasanya buang tonsil ni since post sebelum ni panjang sesangat citer pasal operation kan, so this time aku cerita the recovery journey plak. And let me remind you readers, the recovery period might vary for different people. When I asked around, ada yang sampai 2 minggu tak bleh bercakap, or seminggu tak makan apa, asyik minum. Ada yg lepas oepration, rasa berdarah tekak, ada yg lepas balik rumah, bleeding teruk and had to be re-admitted to hospital. Ada yg lepas operation, kahak dia berdarah. And I also have a friend yg jahitan dia terbukak lepas bersin. You know who you are, friend! :). So at least dengan aku cerita ni, you or your spouse can learn a thing or two and get yourself prepared mentally. I normally prepared myself for the worst, so that aku tak terkejut sgt. Alhamdulillah, bleh dikatakan aku recover moderately - tak sakitttt sgt (compared to other friends yg lebih teruk) tapi sakit la jugak. Of course you can just google about it, tapi what I've written is based from my experience la.

1) Food/Drinks/Medicine to be Consumed
Before the op, I did some readings over the internet and went grocery shopping for jellos, fishball, tofu, instant porridge (should I be lazy to cook porridge ke), potatoes, ice-cream to name a few. Kira basically soft food yg aku rasa tekak bleh terima la. Tapi jgn beli banyak sgt. Coz the real things is after the op. Pastu baru tahu sakitnya camner, and what you can swallow. Yang penting as the doctor said, no spicy or oily food.

Maka air minuman pun aku tak try yang panas lagi sepanjang lepas op ni. Takutt. Doc pun tak advise. Alhamdulillah aku bukan jenis kena minum coffee or else tak bleh buat keje ke apa la. Kat rumah mmg normally minum air sejuk kosong je pepagi pun. If breakfast kat luar tu je yg nak berkaler, teh tarik ke, teh ais ke, nescafe ais ke. Jadi takde masalah le nak mengelak minum mende2 tu for the past 1 week or the next 1-2 weeks lagi.

Makanan pula, aiyoyo..never mind the oily part, tu aku bleh tahan lagi. But spicy food? This was the hardest part for me. Like really. Hari kedua dan ketiga tu mmg rasa sakit jiwa gak la makan bland food. Especially when your partner dok menjilat jari makan sambal ayam tu, aduihh. After two whole days of eating porridge, I was getting sick of it. So mama pun suggest ikan masak singgang/pindang which doesn't require oil in cooking. Sedap rupanya :), yelah tak pernah dpt peluang berpantang bersalin, kan so aku mmg tak pernah mkn langsung masakan singgang/pindang ni. Owhh boleh juga makan ikan bakar di waktu2 ini yer, cumanya air asam tu mmg semata2 asam jawa, sedikit belacan dan bawang saja la, tak bleh la letak cili potong yer.

I normally ate bread for breakfast, di sapu mentega yg nipis. Yg penting rotinya lembut.

Ice-cream? Aku makan everytime after lunch and dinner. Sgt soothing to my throat. Dah macam jual aiskrim dah rumah aku, banyak betul stock. I love the Lime & Vanilla ice cream which is soo soothing for me. Tropicana by Nestle or Solero by Walls. Sama lazat je bagi aku :)

Air gamat dan madu pun boleh diamalkan, it helps to heal the wound faster.

2) The pain
At first, paling rasa susah nak telan. Even air minuman. Biasa sakit tekak kan? Kali dengan 50. Macam tu la rasa sakitnya sampai pejam2 mata. Masuk hari kedua or ketiga tu bleh la, still pejam mata bila telan, tapi bearable la. It gets better after few days. Paling sakit lepas bangun pagi, especially yg tido mulut ternganga cam aku, tido plak dlm full blast air-cond, sendiri mau ingat la. Dia punya kering la tekak tu, mmg menyakitkan.

So normally lepas bangun pagi, gosok gigi dan aku telan madu dulu, kasi kurang sket rasa regangan dan tegangan dlm tekak tu. Then baru la breakfast. Pagi2 mmg aku agak (sangat sebenarnya) cranky sbb sgt perit nak tahan rasa sakit pagi tu. Jadi kenalah ada spouse yg amat sabar yer. Added : It's hard to explain to people/colleagues/family camner rasa sakit sbb it's inside, it's not something yang kita bleh pandang kat parut luka and tengok whether you're on track of healing. So agak susah la. From my experience, lepas op if aku ckp continuously tanpa henti, rasa a bit painful at the back of the throat. So make full use of the MC, rehat, tido. Mcm hari ni B keje pagi, so mlm karang la baru suara aku akan kuar, the whole day siang ni aku diam je layan diri. I know Zul is very grateful of this condition la, sbb 10 hari ni aku ckp lembut je dgn dia :P. Terpaksa beb, mmg tak bleh nak bersuara deras, sakit dowh.

3) Hospital
As this is my only experience being warded, tak bleh la nak compare mana yg bagus but overall aku puas hati la dgn treatment staff Sunway. Sgt friendly. And sebab jakun tak pernah duduk hospital, tak tahu ler yg private hospital dah ada tuala segala. Maka penuhla beg aku dgn tuala dan other necessity. Haha.

Normally tonsillectomy procedure require only one night stay je. Besoknya tu dah bleh discharge. Jadi memenuhi la impian aku yg nak rasa duduk hospital ni, okla tu satu malam. Haha. Oh ya, dia punya bakery cafe sgt lazat yer croissant nya. Hari ni ajak Mama teman buat follow up and ingat nak belanja mama makan situ tapi hampa croissant takde..ada puff je, but sedap. Donut pun sedap, lembut.

4) Cost
My bill came up to around RM5,400. That's just the cost of the surgery, ward stay, ward rounds and medicines. Yg consultation first tu (before deciding to remove the tonsil) and today's follow up tak termasuk lagi ye. Bila aku tengok itemized bill tu, mmg cakap dlm hati la 'Wah best betul jadi doktor ni'. :) Alhamdulillah company yg bayar.

Aku belum boleh bagitau apa yg best lepas remove tonsil ni la. Give me about another month or two. The only good thing about this misery after a week is I've lost 4 kg. Haha. Kejap je tu nanti aku gain balik. Added : And yes, my snoring is reduced. Zul kata bunyi dengkur aku pelan je dah sekarang ni. I personally felt that I slept better now, so yeay for that.

There. Another update. I'm waiting for the day that I can eat nasi lemak with yummy chicken sambal. Hiks.Ok bubur aku tu dah cukup suam utk dimakan dah..I'll stop here dulu. Chiow.