It’s day 3 of my hospitalisation leave and I am taking less naps. I still get dreams which are odd and wake up at odd hours too. I’m spending the day watching Love in Contract. My finger is still hurting but the strong painkillers are also helping my fingers. I didn’t dare to continue my TCM medicine for my finger since I am already taking really strong painkillers for my wound. Hopefully it doesn’t bleed as much tomorrow. It’s been a challenge to make sure that the bandage stays put though. Can’t wait for my followup appointment with the surgeon.

I also received a care hamper from Geck Keat today. She sent me some bird nest and vitamin C drinks. As a big fan of bird nest, I guess this is my excuse to spam bird nest? Hahaha. 🙂

I’m feeling blessed with the care and concern I received so far. That includes the care and support I got post-breakup. It wasn’t easy to navigate the health issues while the relationship was in the rocks. 🙁 I guess God has his way to make sure that at least I have supportive friends and also met a nice surgeon who encouraged me to just go for the surgery. Hopefully the scar is not as bad though haha. *fingers crossed* I hope I can trust a senior consultant surgery skills hehe.

I still remembered when I told my bestie that I have to go for the surgery and she went to find an auspicious date for it and told me to pick that date. I thought she meant she is only free on that date but it turned out she went to check every date before lunar 7th month to find out which date is auspicious for surgery. 🙂 The stars were aligned as that is also the earliest possible date when my surgeon is available. 

What do I do when I am on hospitalisation leave? I decided to sign up for Prime Video 30-day trial and watch my dramas. I originally planned to study for CISSP but I’m feeling quite tired so I guess it’s better for me to take care of myself and enjoy life a bit haha. I welcome drama recommendations. Please comment on this post if you have recommendations on what dramas I should watch. Haha. I’m currently watching Love in Contract on Prime Video now.

I’m quite happy that the surgery is over but now need to make sure that my wound recover soon. It’s also my first time having 2 painkillers – 1 of them is actually quite strong based on what the nurse told me. I don’t feel much pain so I didn’t take the second painkiller before I slept last night. I ended up sleeping for close to 12 hrs and missed the call from the surgeon’s clinic on the surgery bill claim this morning. Lololol. I have been having insomnia issues and it’s been a really long time since I can slept so long. I had so many dreams and I woke up with a bad dream – losing my hand carry bag when I passed by Malaysia security immigration. Don’t ask me why the dream is so weird. I also don’t know how I remember it and it been so weird.

My armpit is so swollen and the surgeon’s nurse told me that it is normal and I am supposed to keep taking the painkillers for the first few days to ensure that the pain is under control. It’s not very painful but I will take panadol once I realised that the wound is aching a bit. I guess it helps with the inflammation too.

Thank you to all of my friends who showed me concern and provided support in this period of time. I am slowly on my road of recovery. 🙂