March 10, 2012

Removing a Cyst

Two weeks ago, at exactly this time, I underwent surgery under general anesthesia to remove a cyst. It was performed by an oral surgeon, Dr. Tay.

Day 1
6.00am - Breakfast: two oat crackers and plain water.
8.50am - Checked in; horrible wait.
2pm - Wheeled to the operating theater. In the waiting hall, they inserted an IV drip into my left hand and put some liquid into my right nostril.
2.30pm - Moved to Operating Theater No. 3. Inhaled some gas and felt a sharp pain in my left hand. Then, I went down.
4pm - Woke up. I asked, "Dah kah?" ("Is it done?") a few times.
4.15pm - Woke up in my own room.
4.30pm - Started feeling pain in my facial area.
6pm - Took a painkiller, drank plain water, felt much better.
7.30pm - Dr. Tay came by. Felt bad for him as he had just experienced a minor accident.
8.00pm - ate porridge

Day 2
10.30am - Dr. Tay came by. My face started to swell.
12.30pm - checked out

Day 3
Worst swelling so far.

Day 4
Drove Eugene to school.

Day 6
Went to the bank and the salon.

Day 8
Back to hometown, no more swollen face :)

Day 9
Church
Finished my antibiotics

Day 10
Back to work

Day 11
The first stitch fell off.

Day 12
Lab report:
A dark dental cyst measuring 3cm by 2cm by 1cm received. The surface has smooth lining and contains soft brownish material. The tissue is sectioned and submitted in two blocks.

Sections of the cyst show collagenous wall lined by stratified squamous epithelium. In some areas, the cyst wall is hyanlinised. there are also acute and chronic inflammatory cells in the cyst lining. the is area of epithelial erosion. Some cholesterol clefts are seen in the inflamed stroma. Dilated capillaries are also included. Inflamed granulation tissue is seen in the the cyst lining. There is no malignancy.

- Dr. Mapphy Duncan


LinkDay 14
8.20am - had a 10 minutes follow up check, everything is fine.

Example of my cyst situation here.
Thank you, Lord, all is fine now.

7 comments:

Ms Tikot said...

X lamak operation ya kah? Kmk lalu x ada check agik... x maok operation..

Coffee Girl said...

Thank God youre ok dayung. psst... Dr Maphhy Duncan is my uncle. ;)

lvynana said...

Ms Tikot: operation about 1 1/2 hour jak, operation ya ok jak, cuma masa tunggu ya nang boleh sakit jantung dipolah nya :)

Kitak ada csyt juak? sine? In my case, nasib juak buang cepat sebab mun dah 'buruk/bertambah besar' lain gik cerita. As a doctor once told my friend 'Today it's a cyst, tomorrow we don't know.' Try clarify with your doc, auk.

Willie a.k.a Reptoz said...

Sorry to hear this. Have a speedy recovery ok?

lvynana said...

Coffee girl: wah..you uncle..salam dek yoh, and say thanks.

Rose n willie: thank you, I'm quite well now, although the other after effect is not in our hands. *finger crossed*

Tia said...

glad to hear that you are okay...

Timothy said...

have a speedy recovery...MGBU