Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Unwell

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This has not been a very good month for my health.

Three weeks ago, I ate and drank too much at a party, which resulted to vicious stomach and intestinal action for two days.

The following day, while taking a shower I noticed a strange soft lump at the base of my neck around the collar area. It didn't hurt or anything. In fact I wouldn't have noticed it was there if I hadn't touched it  (And thank goodness it's not disfiguring). Worried by this weird mass I had an ENT doctor look at it, and he told me to go get a CT scan.  Since I was not really sick, it would take two days for me to get the results, which means Monday because I took the CT scan on a Thursday.

On Saturday of the same week, I had high fever, body pains and fatigue.  We got worried so my fiancee took me to the hospital, where I was confined for 4 days.  It was my first time to live with an IV.

Since the hospital was not a high-end one, my health insurance was able to afford me a private airconditioned room with its own toilet and shower and cable TV.  The nurses were nice and caring too and the meals weren't too shabby.  But the good things about that hospital ended at that.

I guess the biggest complaint of mine was that the doctor mostly kept me in the dark about my condition. All I knew was that it wasn't dengue (thank God), flu, diarrhea or typhoid fever.  Only when asking for the medical certificate did I find out that I had an "acute systemic viral infection".  Later on a friend of mine who is a nurse told me that usually that's what they diagnose when they don't know what to diagnose.  But well, at least I'm cured of it, whatever it was.

So, back to the weird lump. The CT scan says it's a benign lipoma.  Due to its size, the doctor recommended that I have it removed via surgery, but told me to see a general surgeon since the lump is mostly on the shoulder area, which is outside the ENT's area of expertise.

I'm going to see the general surgeon later. Wish me luck.

UPDATE (July 1, 2009): I'm scheduled for surgery on July 11 at the UST hospital. More details later on a new post.

4 comments:

  1. good luck Chris! *prayers prayers*

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  2. Kuya Chris! Good luck, God bless sa pagpapagaling! :) Oh, and I get so kilig when you call Ate Q your fiancee. Eeeeeee! :) Hahaha.

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  3. Haha salamat Tish! :)

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