Desperate HouseCows

I certainly want to look good and fit all the time. .don’t you..??  Well, i haven’t met anyone who doesn’t .. truth be told.  I don’t eat a lot of junk food nor do I eat a lot of meat.. but the laws of nature, well.. you know how it works. It just slows everything down.. even your metabolism.

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I had been asked many a times.. after my hysterectomy .. if my menses started again or not… because my ovaries are intact.  But the fact is.. i was a wee bit shocked.. that people would assumed.. that after a hysterectomy .. you can still have menses.  Well.. the truth and fact is this.. nope.. i never had my menses again.. because the whole uterus had been taken out.  I often wonder too.. about the ovaries.. and the egg producing thingie .. since my ovaries are intact.  But i’ve yet to see my new gynaecologist..  but i would definitely ask him.. if i see him next.  Dr Mukhajee who did my hysterectomy .. left for Toronto .. for a better position.. and since he is a very ambitious .. and knowledgeable surgeon/specialist in this area.. i certainly don’t blame him for wanting to leave this small town. Well.. so now you have it.. after my Hysterectomy.. NO MENSES.. BABE..!!!  No more pads.. no more tampoons.. muahahhhaa!!

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I know..!! i know..!! yer gonna say.. “what AGAIN..?? “  yup..! but this time.. it’s like a routine check to make sure that my haemoglobin is at the right count and all.  So i went in this morning to the hospital.. and i didn’t have to wait long.  Now the art of not having to wait too long is the timing and also the days you planned to go in.  I usually go right at the end of the day for them.. which is at 11.30am… but of course .. i wouldn’t go in at 11.25am lah… i go in at about 11am .. or 11.05am.. at the latest. Or go really early in the morning at 7am.. when they start.

Having said all the above.. i’ve yet to praised the ladies at the blood collection services.. the nurses there were wonderful, wonderful people.  They really took care not to leave bruises.. and we chatted like old friends.. and you see .. this is a gift.. because if this was my first time having my blood test.. or if i was a kid, now i would have to say .. this gift would definitely be much appreciated by parents.. and any patient/s.

I’ve had many good experiences with this hospital.. and their staff.. and of course I’ve had bad ones .. as well.  If you read my journal.. you will see i had problems with the ultra sound department some 5 yrs ago, when i was pregnant with Missy Moo . .. but that’s for another day.. and another story.  And my most unforgettable bad experienced was the 2nd day of my hysterectomy .. in the hospital.. whereby the nurses wouldn’t give me a hand to get up.. even though i had drips.. and IVs sticking all over my hands.  JOY..!!  i had to call Mr Moo to the hospital at 1am.   Unbelieveable.. eh..??  nevermind.. i’ll talk more about it .. another time.  So yes.. now i wait for the results.

For those who are not aware of this.. it is in Halifax about a 4 hrs drive away.. if we wanted anything special done with concerns to our health issues.  It’s quite a hassle if you asked me.. but what can you do if they don’t have the equipment here in Yarmouth right..??  And because of the umpteen times we had to drive up to Halifax for my immigration medical (only immigration doctors in Halifax), we had to get ourselves some power steering rack , else it wouldn’t be such a nice drive each time we needed to go up the city.

Ever since my operations, the wind movement in my tummy is the one that irritates me the most.  I get really upset.. because I can feel the darn thing literally moving around me.. and the empty sorta feeling that it gives me.. it just feels weird.. and uncomfy.  I figured after 3 months since my operation, i should be feeling better.. but not so .. *sigh*.  Plus for someone who doesn’t like taking a lot of medication.. i therefore even refused to take gas-strips .. or tums.  So i suffer.. *sigh*.. but for those out there .. who had a hysterectomy like i had 3 months ago, i just want you to know that .. it’s normal.. and not normal.. but i am experiencing it.  Talking of which.. i need to get a tummy support thingie … from Hyster-sisters.

For those who have been visiting my blog, you will know that I had been thru’ a laparoscopic surgery 3 months ago.  Although it was not for vaginal relaxation,  I can boldly tell you that a laparoscopic surgery is definitely minimally invasive and it does heal a lot faster than any other surgeries that I’ve had.

My girlfriend on the other hand had her hysterectomy done about 9 months ago and needed a bladder surgery to repair her uterus. We all know that surgery like that requires great experience and expertise, on top of it meticulous attention that she never got here.  I wish she had gotten her surgery done by international experts such as Dr Miklos & Dr Moore who are not only pioneers in this area of medicine, but they have world wide reputations.  It is very important to have your surgery done by the most competent doctors, for you don’t want to be like my girlfriend, who is currently still complaining about having dull pain.

You all probably know by now that i had an emergency operation after my hysterectomy to remove my fibroids.. about 3 months ago.  Some 10 days after my scheduled hysterectomy.. i went in for emergency as i had been puking and having diarrhea for 6 hrs straight.  Yup.. ! no fun..!

Anyhow.. Dr Murphy thought at that time.. it was an obstruction of bowel but i can’t understand that .. because i was pooping and farting.. and it sure didn’t seem like i had any bowel obstruction.  But after many CT scans . .and blood tests.. they just couldn’t figure out what was wrong.. i let them go in and see what was going on .. on the second day of my admission.

To date it’s almost 3 months now.. but things inside my tummy had changed.. i feel it.  Even if i had to pee.. or had to poop these days. .i feel very uncomfy in my tummy.. ! nothing i’ve ever felt in my entire life.  Plus . the wind didn’t get any better. .with time.. but i’ve always had wind problems.. so i can’t blamed it on the operations.  My laposcropic surgery is healed.. although still abit sore.. from the one that didn’t wanna closed up.. but if i had to do it over again… i wouldn’t go for the lapo.  I still strongly believed i didn’t have a bowel obstruction… but no doctor would admit that right..??  So word of advice.. donch be like me.. and put yourself.. and your body into another trauma.. when you don’t have to.  Go with your gut feelings.

I’m sure they do by now..!  hhahaha! coz’ during my fibroids and hysterectomy.. i had asked and reminded Doctor Mukhajee to make sure that he took pictures of my very huge fibroids.  And i’m absolutely being indulged.. because he did.  I should have passed him my compact flash that way .. i can all my pictures recorded.. instead of having just copies of it.. photocopied.. although colored.  You and I know.. nothing beats.. having the real picture eh.

I kid you not..!  for centuries the Chinese believed that chinese herbal soup can do wonders for a person’s body.. especially after an operation or giving birth to a kid.  When I had my daughter.. i was very worried.. that staying in Canada .. would not give me much choice.. of having nutritional soup to help build my body back into shape.  I was very blessed.. because many blogger friends and friends from home.. and my cousins from Australia had sent me herbs.. and recipe on how to boil those soup for myself.

But what touched me most during my recent operation was a blogging friend turned into a good friend. .had made sure.. that i had all these herbal soup.. and herbal chicken spice.. to eat myself back to health.  I am truly grateful to this wonderful, wonderful person.. BARB.

For those of you who don’t know this.. i had been crunching on ice on a daily basis for more than 2 yrs now.. and i even have a food blog .. called Ice Cube Junkie, a name given by Mr Moo because of it. It drives him nuts.. and i don’t even know how exactly it started.  I craved for us.. on a daily basis.. and i could crunch ice.. for 8 hrs. . if it didn’t drive the man nuts.

Anyhow.. after i had blood transfusion.. before my operation . .and after my operation to take out my fibroids.. i haven’t touched ice cubes for the last 3 months.  Yes.. it is because you have iron deficiency..and your heamogoblin is low.  So if you have a crunching ice habit.. quickly get to the doctor.. and get your blood tested.. !!  The urge is just gone.. just like that..!! amazing and a true miracle for Mr Moo..!! the crunching ice thing.. must be the best thing .. that had ever happen to him.. for years now.

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If you think you are coming down with a cold or not feeling well, a few tablets of Vitamin C can help boost the immune system.  I’ve tried it.. and it works everytime…!!  so try it .. and see if it works for you as well.  With Missy Moo in school now, you can imagine us having to take turns to take care of her.. when she catches something from school.  So mums and dads out there..  my advice is to start popping Vitamin Cs regularly .. and more if you feel you are coming down with something.

Last week, I received a call from the Health Department of Canada.  They are currently doing a survey and wants to make sure that the level of service as well as the charges were appropriate.. therefore, they had called to ask permission for my files to be opened to a third party. They will also call to have a chat about the quality of service in the hospital.

But before they even finished the conversation.. i had already stopped her short.. and told her that i would participate in the survey. Mauahahha!! the gal over the other end of the phone was shocked. But you see i’ve got so much to say.. and i definitely want to voice out my opinion.. and isn’t this a way better way to do it.

I look forward to that surveyor’s call.. and i will let you all know what happened next.

Ok.. a quick update .. on my recovery.  A few days from today, it would be about 3 months since my hysterectomy.  These pictures are scars of today left from my laposcopic surgery 10 days after my hysterectomy.  The one that didn’t want to heal properly healed after taking more than 2 months and finally the hole did close up but as you can see, it’s still red in color.  There isn’t much pain there no more.. just itchiness but if i lifted my hands to wash my hands.. i can feel all of the wounds being stretched.  I strongly believed that it can be still some rawness inside.

I feel lucky that besides cooking for my brat and myself.. i still haven’t done housework.. like vacuuming and mopping the floor or even washing the toilet or cleaning out the bath-tub.  With the help of Mr Moo and Babysitter Moo, they did the heavy duty stuff.  And my job at the store.. only involved me sitting down.. and standing up at times.. and if i didn’t wanna do anything.. i don’t have to.  Being owner by association does has it little perks.

For the last few week, i haven’t been taking anymore pain killers .. except for night time or the occasion middle of the day.. or if i was planning on doing alot of walking. Yesterday, i managed to chaperon my Missy Moo’s class to an apple orchard .. and it wasn’t too bad.. because it was leisurely walking. I still feel numb on my belly but the long and huge scar doesn’t hurt no more from the hysterectomy surgery.  I’m eating well.. and i feel alot more healthier and losing less hair.  I really think that the fibroids had something to do with my losing of air… and for those who don’t know ..the happiest thing for the man about my hysterectomy.. and taking out of the fibroids was .. i STOPPED CRUNCHING ICE..!!

You heard right..!! i haven’t crunch an ice cube since i came out of the hospital.. and seriously.. this is something really weird.. because before the operation.. i would literally KILL anyone who stops me from crunching ice.  I needed it.. and i needed it constantly.  But that would be for another day and another post.

For the longest time since moving to Canada I was never able to sleep well.  My back would hurt and even with massages that the spouse gave me on a daily basis I still wake up feeling achy all over.  Well, having a toddler who wakes up at all times of the night was no help at all either but I’ve also heard that a good  mattress plays a very important part in getting a good nights rest. Having said that though, the spouse didn’t have any problems with his back, so I shelved that thought away.

I wanted to wake up refreshed and rejuvenated every morning and not go to work all grouchy and cranky, so we invested in a memory foam mattress that was affordable. Had I known earlier that it had a 120 night risk free trial, with free shipping (in USA), 20 years of limited warranty and ships overnight, I would have tried it out much earlier and not continue to be in so much pain every day.  You also get the best price because they are the manufacturer, so no middleman fees and no markup, just buy directly from them.  So simple..!

Male nurses are a rare commodity ..  anywhere in the world.  It is rare to see alot of male nurses in a hospital.. but one that is kind and gentle is even more rare.  This nurse is just a training nurse.. but during my second surgery .. for my complication after my hysterectomy.. he was there to help me with some IVs that was causing me alot of pain.  He was not only gentle but also kind and very patient with me.  People like him is gonna make the world of sick people feel better.  Thank you very much .. Male Nurse.  I hope after your training you will stay and serve in Yarmouth and not go to the big city.  Yarmouth needs nurses like you.

Health conscious mommies can now train at home with home study programs offered by The International Sports Sciences Association.  Now you have no excuse for not doing something you love while earning money and make a career out of something you would do everyday anyway.  To start you have to get  a fitness certification in order to be a personal trainer in U.S. but don’t fret because this course is not time consuming and is very affordable.

Offering the lowest tuition fees; for only $600 you get to change your life forever with a new career.  They don’t ask you for any book fees, there are no application fees nor exam retest fees if you fail and more importantly when you graduate, they still don’t ask you for a fee.  Pretty simple and straightforward in my opinion and it’s packed with lots of support from ISSA with help lines over the phone and online to ensure that you do well, this is offered at absolutely no additional cost.

I’m really impressed that this is the only online physical trainer certification that provides you with more assistance even after your exams are done by listing jobs for you online.  They even have a forum where you can share your experiences and learn from others.  With international networking, I’m sure you can benefit greatly from the exposure, plus you get to improve your own health & physique doing the things you like most.

Was at the doctor’s a few weeks ago.. because the wound didn’t seems like healing properly.  Although it wasn’t oozing .. or having some foul smell.. i thought it would be best to go see him.. since i was developing a rash..which Mr Moo thinks it was from the anti-biotics.

Anyhow.. i started on another type of anti-biotic.. because the family doctor had taken a swap sample of the wound..the very first time i saw him.. and the culture results had come back.. so he was giving me the “right” type of anti-biotic again.  No sticker shock this time for the medication.. but he said something about us making “lots” of money.. so shouldn’t mind spending money on medication.. *slap forehead*.

Yes.. we do make quite abit of money.. but i want my money to go to Missy Moo’s future and education.. and her traveling around the world.. and of course our future.. and not spend .. 100s of dollars just on medication right..?? *shrug* .. but how lah.. to explain to the doctor.. when he would only see his patient.. one case at a time..??  C’est la vie… ??

I had been going in and out of the hospital for the last 3 months, either for surgeries or follow up or just dressing to be taken care of.  Unfortunately, i also noticed that the hospital does not have a special department to help those who needs drug rehabilitation.  It is in my opinion that a drug rehab is a must in this town, instead of building a whole new municipality building to house 8 old farts.