Walk With Nature

17 June 2009

I woke up early in the morning and still wondering…. am I having Tinnitus ?  Together with my wife, we went for my favorite Pan-Mee breakfast before heading to the hospital. We arrived around 8.30am and went to the admission counter to do the necessary documentations, including the RM1,000 as deposit.

I waited in an admission waiting room and then later guided by a nurse to first floor. There, another nurse took over and I was informed to change my cloths and wear those that they prepared for surgery uses. She also informed my wife to come back after 2 hours. The nurse was very polite and shared with me some information regarding the ear illnesses. I had to sleep on a movable bed while waiting for the surgery. I had no watch but it was quite a long waiting time before the “surgeon” arrived. He greeted me from far and said the surgery would start in a short while. He also asked me how many days medical leave I wanted, I told him one day, guess what ? He was so kind to ask me, “Are you sure one day is enough ? You don’t want 2 days ?” My answer to him was “No”.

A nurse pushed me into the surgical room and transferred me onto a surgical bed. The “surgeon” came and explained to me that he would put some liquid into my left ear so that I would not feel pain but it was not guaranteed that my ear would be 100% felt numb. He then left and said the liquid has to be inside for about 10 minutes to take effect. Time passed, he came back and they used a cloth to cover my head, with an opened-hole so that my ear could be seen. Then, he started to insert a tube into my ear and suck out the water, I could hear the sucking sound and felt a bit of stinging pain. The process was pretty fast, then almost come to the end, he told me he would insert a small tube into my ear so that the water could flow out easily. I felt extremely pain when he pushed it deep inside my ear and I almost moved my whole body up, he knew I was in pain and apologized to me and said “ok, it’s done” ! While I am writing this, I still can imagine the pain that I was suffering. The “surgeon” told me he would not give me any antibiotic medicine, I listened without saying or asking since he is a doctor cum ENT surgeon, he should know what was good for me.

I was then transferred back to a the previous movable bed and push into another room for observation. They put one small clip onto one of my fingers. There was one monitor showing my heart beat, blood pressure reading and etc. I laid there for about 35 minutes before a nurse moved me to another room for me to change back my cloths. She then told me to wait outside and a nurse would bring me to the discharge counter and gave me a queue number. I waited about 20 minutes and when it was my turn, I went to the counter. Guess how much was the bill ?

It was RM1,498.75 !!!

Only the consultant fee alone, I was charged RM750 for surgery and RM100 for ward review !!!

I paid the amount, the staff told me to take the medicine at the pharmacy. I thought the “surgeon” said there was no medicine for me ? Or was I misunderstood his sentence…. no antibiotic but would prescribed other “take home drug” for me ? I took the medicine and went home with my wife.  That night, after dinner, I took the medicine according to the instruction printed on the pack.  The irritating sound still there during bed time but I was able to sleep.

To continue…..

If you think a lady without an arm and a man with a leg cannot be a dancer, then you must think again after watching this tremendous couple who can overcome all the obstacles.

Dear Runners, More than 12,500 of you turned up and ran today !

This statement was posted on SCKLM facebook. Yes, it was a very huge crowd there at Dataran Merdeka this morning, the weather was good and there were few VIPs there also. Everything seemed so perfect at the beginning of the run, not until I finished my 10km run at the finishing line. No body there to inform us where to collect the finisher’s medal and certificate, only few ladies were busy scanning the timing device.  At the end, I did not have medal and certificate ! I went for drinks and Banana and waited for my friends who took part in 5km fun run category.

I met them, the 5km was supposed to start at 7.45am but it started at 8am. The race was supposed to be 5km but they finished in less than 20 minutes. I am not saying my friends are not good runners but they were not wearing the underwear outside.  What happened was that there were no proper guide, signboard or direction along the 5km route.  They were just following the 5km crowds who lead all the way until they reached the finishing line. They broke the running record ! Completed 5km in less than 20 minutes ! We were discussing the topic repeatedly and was so sure that the distance was less than 5km.

While updating my Running Events, I discovered that the organizer has set up its site on facebook and there were many runners wrote to complaint about the event, ; no water supply, bad organized for 5km category and etc. Even the star newspaper also wrote about the event. Well, for water supply, in my category, I did not see any short supply along the way. There were volunteers there to guide us also at certain distance. But organizer, I guess you still have to look into these complaints seriously.

By the way, I finished my run in 1 hour 12 minutes and position at 736. Out of total 2,503 finishers in men’s 10km category, am I considered not bad ?

Oh yes, there are also many pictures taken during the race, click here to see.

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