Drama Minggu Ini...

Scene 34, Take 3

(Suasana seperti di kafe, bunyi orang bersembang-sembang dan muzik latar lagu syahdu instrumental... Bach in C minor)

Z: I sedih la you nak tinggalkan I. Kita start sama-sama. Belajar drive to work sama-sama. Tapi you pulak habis dulu.

M: I pun sedih jugak. Banyak kenangan manis bersama. 4 tahun tu bukannya sekejap.

Z: I hope kita boleh grad sama-sama.

M: I think our graduation will be on the same day.

Z: U carilah boyfriend cepat. At least masa konvo nanti you dah ada someone special.

M: I dah malas. Dah patah hati.

(bunyi latar hujan rintik-rintik)

Z: Jangan la macam tu. Don’t give up.

M: Single kan senang. Tak banyak masalah nak fikir.

Z: Aisey… I takde sedara lelaki yang available la. Kalau tak, boleh I match make kan.

M: Thanks for your kind intentions. Kalau ada tu ada la. Kalau takde nak buat macam mana. Semua ni kan dah tertulis sejak azali.

(muzik latar bertambah syahdu – lagu Kenangan Yang Terindah by Samsons- memang takde kena mengena tapi lagu tu best)

Z: Jangan la macam tu. Find yourself a partner.

M: Mana la I nak cari Z. You nak cari sehelai baju anak pun punya la payah. Turun naik mall, nak kaler camni, nak pattern camtu. Lepas beli pun duk fikir lagi. Kalau I nak cari laki macam tu, orang kata I memilih sangat pulak.

Z: Hmmmm…. Tapi at least once a year kita kena attend conference and meet up like the good ole’ days. (nak tukar topik la tu)

M: Boleh. Cuma I takut semua bawak famili masing-masing. Lepas conference, semua sibuk berhibur dengan laki and anak-anak. I jugaaaaak yang tinggal terkulat-kulat sorang.

Z: Takkan la sampai macam tu sekali…

(I have heard all the sweet promises Z. I have heard them all. Sebelum kahwin, kaulah sahabat ku dunia akhirat, lepas kahwin, anak dah masuk 2 pun tak bagitahu. Family always come first, and I respect that. I hope you’re not like that though)

M: Huwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……

CUUTTTTT!!!!!!

Pain...

It had been quite a while since I last wrote.

I had been too busy trying to complete my thesis and case reports, traveling from KL to up North almost every other week. The 6 hours journey on the bus was taxing, but had a lot of memories which will be blogged later (*that’s a promise*). Meetings with my Supervisor, correcting, printing, re-printing, errands at home, attending symposiums, workshops etc. took so much of my time and energy.

Last week that exertion really took a toll on my health. I was back to KL over the weekend to finally complete my thesis and submit to my Supervisor. I only had 5 hours of sleep within 2 days. I even corrected my case reports in the bus so as to save time.

Then attended a half day workshop, finished early but my friend asked me to accompany her to the mall. I just could not say no since she is one my best friends. So despite the headache and bodyache, I relented and we spent almost 2 hours going from one mall to another. When we got back, it was raining cats and dogs and we were both drenched. At home, I tried to catch some sleep but sis had a lot to talk about and we spent 2 hours chatting.

Aaaaahhhh… things that we do for people that matters.

By then it was time to travel back.

Slept throughout the journey, reached AS at the wee hours and managed to catch another hour of sleep. When I woke up, my whole body was aching, my ear hurt and I had a splitting headache. Paracetamol was my breakfast that morning…. and lunch….. and dinner.

The clinic was busy the whole day and I was on-call. Tried to swap with someone, but no one else was available. I already had 2 emergency operations scheduled that night and it was only 7pm. I was so stressed out and tired, I might be the one the anasthetist will be resuscitating in the OR instead of the patient. I prayed hard that the operations will be postponed till the next morning and the night will be a quite one.

I think God was kind to me. The operations were both postponed as they had a leaking aortic abdominal aneurysm (those of you who wanna know what AAA is.... no, not that Alcohol Anonymous thingie, google it) which will take all night, and I slept throughout the night without being disturbed. Even the ward was quiet without any complaints from the patients.

The next day the earache was worse, I had a fever, my head hurt, and my body was aching so bad I was practically dragging myself out of bed. Rushed to the ENT and voila! I had otitis media, a middle ear infection. Huh?? Where did that come from? But that explained my splitting headache. Perhaps from contaminated water that entered my ear during shower? Plus the stress that affected my immune system?

I was given the usual meds but that night the earache got so unbearable, I was crying in agony. Even worse than the migraines I usually had. The only painkiller I had was good ole’ Paracetamol. I was awake most of the night. When I fell asleep, I even dreamt that I was back to HUKM and was seeing my ENT colleagues there.

People say that you tend to dream about things that stress you out. But I just had a dream of making out with one of my exes last night… so how laaaa???? Maybe I was hallucinating with all those medications being pumped up into my system eh? Teehehehehe….

Anyways, back to the ENT I went the next day. They were surprised that I was back so soon. Probably thinking I was just looking for more mc, trying to get off work. But nope, my ear was more swollen than before. The Sofradex eardrop was just not working.

So my ear was cleaned by an instrument that was a minute version of a vacuum cleaner. Well, it sounded like one. It sucked out all the debris and almost my tympanic membrane too….. OOOOOOEEEEIIINNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! Then an ear wick was stuffed into my ear so that the antibiotic stays within the canal. My left ear was totally blocked. I do feel like 'badak' for a while... as in 'pekak badak'.... geddit? geddit? Oh nevermind.....

That evening, the pain was more tolerable but I think it was with the help of Voltaren. It is a strong painkiller. Anything stronger than that would be DF118 or morphine usually given to cancer patients.

Actually, I am still in pain while typing this. Yeah the pain is coming. It is startinggggg. Ouuucch…. Oooowwww….. AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! The paaaiiinnnnnnn!!! The PAAAAAIIIIINNNNN!!!!

( I dunno why but suddenly the picture Fantasy Island came to mind, with Tatoo crying out... the planeeee.... the plaaannneeeeee!!!! Maybe they rhyme??)