Body (PG-13)

sitting at home...
so, decide it's time to show some 'intimate' part of my body!! hahaah!!!! 
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first off, a very very memorable event on January 21, 2007.

got stomach ache for 2 days. sometimes good but sometimes really N-O-T. i have to crutch myself when i walk...bathroom..worst. thus, better than urine infection. hurts the MOST at night when i go to bed. horrible experience.



came the third day, i can't stand it anymore. get my ass up to emergency room at NYU Med Center. it's Sunday.

reason i try and try to get over it myself the past 2 days (trying on alka seltzer which ended up having puffy eyes. totally forget i have reaction over alka seltzer. strange) cause my health insurance just expired. so...i kept telling myself, it's just normal stomach ache. must have ate something wrong. nope.

so got through the interrogation process, as expected, they think i have urine infection. but i know i don't. pee in a cup, result. clean. negative.

next stop, decide for a blood test. draw blood. it was really interesting to see the blood fill up the tube. hahah!!! and wait for result.

in between, obygyn doctors came to check on me with the Pap-smear check up. suspecting me having some sex disease, or having child abortion defect. a very thorough thought, but NO WAY tht can happen. hahah!!! according to the doc, she said my uterus is very tender. which i have no SINGLE clue if tht's good or bad. she didn't mention to me when i ask cause i think she didn't want me to freak out. back to wait for result again, while the doc went to consult another doc.

thought to myself. is it tht serious? but what concern me most is the medical bill tht i'll get next... *sweat*

call my roommate, tell her to go and don't wait anymore. it has been 1hr with all these test. this is going to take forever. plus she hasn't have breakfast (so do i, but i can't have any, not even water cause they need to test me *sigh*). so she left. i don't wanna trouble her.

blood test came back. nothing. negative again. all the doctors semi panic. what's wrong with this girl? then decide on an ultra sound test. i was like okie. this time 2 outside obygyn came. i guess they are more professional in the field than the emergency obygyn.

so, ultra sound on me, saw something is blocking my ovari. panic panic. me? still have NO IDEA after they explain. before tht, i even request to see what's going on. they agree to show me, but i cannot see nothing! hahah!!!

docs explanation, something is blocking your left (or right? forget) ovari and they think it's dying. so, not not good for me cause i'm young. solution. SURGERY RIGHT THIS INSTANCE!

i blank out. totally blank out. i'm a person who never go to a doctor. whenever i'm sick, i get better naturally. i hate pills or any medical consumption. now, surgery straight up! i can only call my roommate who just got back to the apartment to tell her inform some close friends i get to know here in US. definitely NOT my parents. so she agreed, and she said she's coming right back to meet me before i go into surgery.

i asked the doc can i do it tomorrow? answer. nope. right now. gotta save the ovari. serious issue. i start to panic. then social worker came in to take my info as i don't have any insurance. had me sign some paper, then off on a wheel chair i go. can't even wait for my roommate. *bump*

a day tht i thought will just be a prescrīption then i'll be home becomes a day i got stuck with no direction, and zero thoughts of what to do.

in front of the surgery room. saw those huge lights tht shines on the 'subject', and all the medicine smell. one guy came up to me, call himself the anestesia guy. hahah! he's cute. i only remember his beautiful eyes. had me sign another paper again. he explained everything to me so tht i don't have to read all the pages. then i still manage to crack a joke saying, guess what? i just start getting into Grey's Anatomy! and look where i'm now!!! lol!!!

so, took off everything i have on my body, and saw like 5 doc/surgent preparing stuff in the room. then off i got push in and being help up the table/bed (hahah! what's tht thing call???). the anestesia guy put on a oksygen mask on me. i look up at the bright bright lights...and tht's the last thing i remember...

woke up, open my eyes, the first thing i request-I WANNA HUG SOMEONE!!! (i love hugging people. i hug pillows to sleep at night. hahah!!!) i cried and just kept on saying i wanna hug someone...then one of the female obygyn said to me, "it's all good now," and she came up to me and let me hug her. i didn't even feel no pain. just desprately wanna hug someone. haha! thinking back...weird. right?

i was still half awake and half asleep. the doc showed me a pic of what's in my tummy, all i remember was seeing a big ball black in color!!! then i got pushed in to a room. it was already 9pm. a 5hrs surgery. intense.

my godmom, my roommate were there waiting for me. then the next thing i confessed to my godmom is tht i feel really really really bad i didn't tell my parents. i kept saying sorry. man..seriously...i was full of guilt. but my godmom get to comfort me, i went back to sleep.

later, Sigu and David came visit...it was suppose to be off visiting hour, but they still manage to sneak in. i was so so so so happy. i still manage to joke saying, "see? now i'm on drug. i don't drink but i go all the way to the top drug," hahah!!!! i also told them, this the the worst worst of me you are seeing now, so, be fortunate!! hahahah!!! man i guess i'm really on drug!!! LOL!! but i was really happy to see them...i cried so much of appreciation tht night.

a few friends call as well. then i went back to sleep. my roommate, she's the angel, she got some food for me and ate with me before she went home. if it wasn't cause of her, i wouldn't have this shot! hahah!!! fresh off the surgery room!



after tht, just some little treatment and constant peeing strongly advice. for a water person like me, tht's NOT a problem. i drank and i went to bathroom. bloody pee. haha! the nurse, i think she's Korean, she's super nice. checking my body temprature and blood pressure. me, mostly feeling sleepy. oooh!!! the best part, i got CABLE TV!!!! HAHAHA!!! i watched cartoon!! i miss so many of it!!! my favorite, Foster Home For Imaginery Friends!!! ahhaha!!! yeah...insane.

the next morning, i was greated with yet another charming doc. he really is good for his job. you know a person tht you will love to see when you wake up, yes, he is the one. he smile at me with the sweetest smile, and wanted to check my cut. i was so embarrassed...i blush..cause you know it's my tummy...very close to...*blush blush blush* but he was really polite. asked how i feel and smile. how i wish to see him again...but nope. never. hahah!!!

so, long story short (seems not rigiht? hahah!!), i'm all better now!!!!!

result of the black ball i saw, it was a dried blood clog in between my uterus and stomach. no harm or danger to my ovari. i'm safe. but they don't know what causes the dried blood, and they also found some tissue on it. so...no idea and never got to know bout it. best conclusion, an internal pimple (don't know how to spell it, but it sound something like syst) broke and the blood never get dissolve.



as for the medical bill, i'm probably one of the lucky ones to be able to get help. NYU Med Center paid all except for the emergency doctors bill. it was only like 1/8 of the total. i'm so lucky. so lucky.

a great experience i have to say. i'm actually happy i get to experience it, and definitely very fortunate tht i'm all healthy and safe now. happy happy happy!!!! ooh...friends tht cares touches my heart the most. PLUS! the exact date, January 21, was the date my OPT (Optional Practical Training permit) expired!!! hahah!! i only left 60 days grace to get my new one. perfect timing for me to go home and tell my parents! they seem to be able to take it calmer than i thought!


anyway, enough of my long blog. hahahah!!! lastly, my latest creation, my tattoo!



it's centered on my back, 3 weeks old. a great experience as well! no pain at all when inking, but the second day when it's healing. hurt. but after tht OKIE!

thanks to Jezzjunk for inspiring me to do it. the tattoo is my last name, Foo in Chinese character. it's being modiefied. i love my family. can you guys see what's on it?? hahah!!! be intersting to hear from differnt point of view!!!



enjoy!!!!





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