61st: I GOT TWO HOLES ON MY BELLY (PART 1)
Assalamualaikum
People who are close to me mostly know that I have a serious period pain problem.
I've been living with this monthly issue for years, as far as I remember my period pain started when I was around 15 or 16.
Orang kata alah bisa, tegal biasa. Well, guess what, NOT for period pain (those who know, MUST know what I mean).
It ain't easy living with this condition.
Back then, I had to skip school or call my parents to pick me up at school because of the unbearable pain.
And when I entered university, the pain still hasn't go away.
Numerous lectures I was absent from and some lecturers did give me a hard time and even made jokes about it (come to think about it, those jokes were quite sexist. Curse you, Baby Boomers, who aren't woke enough to learn sensitivity!).
But the worst, is now.
Two words = Working life.
You know how your job just won't give you a chance to take a break even when you feel like you're dying?
And your boss and colleagues expect you to always be ready for the incoming projects even though your innards feel like exploding?
Yup, that's what I'm talking about.
But you know what, I don't blame people who never experience period pain.
I mean I don't expect them to truly understand what it feels like.
Because I don't think they can.
They never feel like they are being stabbed in the guts every month for 2 to 3 days (or up to 4 during the unlucky months).
They never have to twist and turn left to right to find the best possible position to lie or sit just comfortable enough to ease the pain while making sure the gushing blood doesn't stain the sheet.
And don't even get me started with the throbbing headache and killer lenguh kaki.
So yeah, I don't think anybody could imagine that without actually going through them all.
Anyways, doctors after doctors, gynae after gynae, the pain for me is still there.
Last year, when I had my second miscarriage (my first one was in 2017), the doctor that I went to asked me to seek for specialist's opinion if my third pregnancy ended with miscarriage too.
But we (my husband and I) decided not to wait until I get pregnant again baru nak jumpa pakar.
So around middle of this year haritu, kitorang decide to get Dr Hamid Arshat's consultation.
I am so glad we decided to see him. He is one of the most positive doctors I have ever met and most importantly, he knows what he's doing.
I really don't want to experience again what I have gone through during my first miscarriage where some of the doctors that I went to can't even detect my pregnancy. Horror!
To set an appointment with Dr Hamid, I emailed him and within 2 days, I got a date (which is around a month after that). It was pretty easy to get all the info from his FB page and also his website, Klinik Dr Hamid Arshat.
During my first appointment (at Taman Desa Medical Center), before I see Dr Hamid, the nurse asked me about my period cycle, period pain symptoms, my miscarriages history and also done some basic medical procedures like amik tekanan darah and timbang berat. And then another nurse pulak scan my rahim. So bila masuk jumpa doktor, everything dah siap buat and doktor akan review the scan's result plus all the symptoms.
My scan's result is clear but Dr Hamid suggested for me to go through with laparoscopy procedure to get more detailed and thorough view of why my period pain is so frequent because usually period pain happens with the present of cyst or fibroid (though they are absent in my case). Also doktor nak buat D&C since I have 2 miscarriages history (previous doctors didn't perform D&C to me because they were completed miscarriages).
Initially my laparoscopy date was in October but somehow ada patient cancelled and I got moved to an earlier date on 1 August haritu.
I will share my laparoscopy experience on my next post so click on that subscribe button and get notified each time I post a new entry! :)
For those who are going through the same pain as I am every month, stay strong sisters!!!
Don't let the pain beat us.
We are strong!
We are brave!
And most important, we are beautiful!
Gittew~
But don't forget to go see the doctor and get a thorough check up. Who knows it might help make the pain go away. InsyaAllah~
Salam menggemok and Toodles~
Assalamualaikum and Have a great day!!!
People who are close to me mostly know that I have a serious period pain problem.
I've been living with this monthly issue for years, as far as I remember my period pain started when I was around 15 or 16.
Orang kata alah bisa, tegal biasa. Well, guess what, NOT for period pain (those who know, MUST know what I mean).
It ain't easy living with this condition.
Back then, I had to skip school or call my parents to pick me up at school because of the unbearable pain.
And when I entered university, the pain still hasn't go away.
Numerous lectures I was absent from and some lecturers did give me a hard time and even made jokes about it (come to think about it, those jokes were quite sexist. Curse you, Baby Boomers, who aren't woke enough to learn sensitivity!).
But the worst, is now.
Two words = Working life.
You know how your job just won't give you a chance to take a break even when you feel like you're dying?
And your boss and colleagues expect you to always be ready for the incoming projects even though your innards feel like exploding?
Yup, that's what I'm talking about.
But you know what, I don't blame people who never experience period pain.
I mean I don't expect them to truly understand what it feels like.
Because I don't think they can.
They never feel like they are being stabbed in the guts every month for 2 to 3 days (or up to 4 during the unlucky months).
They never have to twist and turn left to right to find the best possible position to lie or sit just comfortable enough to ease the pain while making sure the gushing blood doesn't stain the sheet.
And don't even get me started with the throbbing headache and killer lenguh kaki.
So yeah, I don't think anybody could imagine that without actually going through them all.
Anyways, doctors after doctors, gynae after gynae, the pain for me is still there.
Last year, when I had my second miscarriage (my first one was in 2017), the doctor that I went to asked me to seek for specialist's opinion if my third pregnancy ended with miscarriage too.
But we (my husband and I) decided not to wait until I get pregnant again baru nak jumpa pakar.
So around middle of this year haritu, kitorang decide to get Dr Hamid Arshat's consultation.
I am so glad we decided to see him. He is one of the most positive doctors I have ever met and most importantly, he knows what he's doing.
I really don't want to experience again what I have gone through during my first miscarriage where some of the doctors that I went to can't even detect my pregnancy. Horror!
To set an appointment with Dr Hamid, I emailed him and within 2 days, I got a date (which is around a month after that). It was pretty easy to get all the info from his FB page and also his website, Klinik Dr Hamid Arshat.
During my first appointment (at Taman Desa Medical Center), before I see Dr Hamid, the nurse asked me about my period cycle, period pain symptoms, my miscarriages history and also done some basic medical procedures like amik tekanan darah and timbang berat. And then another nurse pulak scan my rahim. So bila masuk jumpa doktor, everything dah siap buat and doktor akan review the scan's result plus all the symptoms.
My scan's result is clear but Dr Hamid suggested for me to go through with laparoscopy procedure to get more detailed and thorough view of why my period pain is so frequent because usually period pain happens with the present of cyst or fibroid (though they are absent in my case). Also doktor nak buat D&C since I have 2 miscarriages history (previous doctors didn't perform D&C to me because they were completed miscarriages).
Initially my laparoscopy date was in October but somehow ada patient cancelled and I got moved to an earlier date on 1 August haritu.
My hubs and I (11 days post laparoscopy) during Hari Raya Haji 2019.
I lost 4 kilos and then quickly gained em all back after 2 months of recovery. Lolx!
I will share my laparoscopy experience on my next post so click on that subscribe button and get notified each time I post a new entry! :)
For those who are going through the same pain as I am every month, stay strong sisters!!!
Don't let the pain beat us.
We are strong!
We are brave!
And most important, we are beautiful!
Gittew~
But don't forget to go see the doctor and get a thorough check up. Who knows it might help make the pain go away. InsyaAllah~
Salam menggemok and Toodles~
Assalamualaikum and Have a great day!!!
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