Mild Gastritis

I did an Endoscope and discover that I have mild gastritis. Luckily no ulcer cuz actually the doc did the scope to check if there is any ulcer.

The past 1 month is a total torture for me.

Some info about gastritis:

Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach. There are many causes of gastritis:

• eating too much or too quickly
• eating high fat foods
• during a period of high stress, or ongoing stress
• being tired
• exercising right after eating
• smoking
• drinking alcohol
• infections, such as the helicobacter pylori and
• reactions to medicines like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or ibuprofen

The symptoms of gastritis may include the following:

• upper abdominal pain often made better OR worse by eating
• loss of appetite
• nausea with or without vomiting
• hiccups
• belching of gas
• feeling of fullness or burning in the stomach

So, as you see above… the symptoms… I EXPERIENCED IT FOR ONE WHOLE BLOODY MONTH!

Very irritating and it’s killing me you know… I totally have no appetite and can whole day never eat… only drink plain water… I nearly wanted to commit suicide, i’m not exaggerating, really felt that I would rather die than everyday feeling so ill…

I spent almost 1k on medical treatment… including consultations, medicines and the endoscopy. The endoscopy alone cost S$750+… and it was just putting a scope inside my gastric to see what’s inside and also the testing for H.pylori. Heng it’s negative… (H.pylori is a type of bacteria, researchers believe that H. pylori is responsible for the majority of peptic ulcers).

Although heart pain lar… spent my savings (that i xing ku saved de) on this illness… But bo bian also… health is more impt than anything else…

I finally understand the real meaning of happiness… A millionaire with health problems would not lead his life happily but a poor man with a clean bill of health would be enjoying his life everyday.

I reflected and realised that I was wrong in the past… LOL… Health is above anything. So what you’re pretty? So what you carry LV? So what you have bird nest and abalone everyday? So what you earn big bucks and live in private property? Without a good health, you’re nothing but a miserable person!

I am recovering… and i hope it won’t come back after it’s gone cuz ppl say gastritis do recur…

okay… I WISH EVERYONE GOOD HEALTH~ =)

Creative Software

I really did enjoyed my attachment at Creative Software Pte Ltd, the colleagues are very nice and polite people. I learnt a lot from them, really, they don’t treat you badly just because you are an attachment student. Instead, they appreciated and respect you.

Initially, I thought I was placed to the Creative that was doing MP3… then i knew i was wrong cuz that was Creative Technology and not Creative Software.

Creative Software is a company doing on HR and payroll… I admit that i was actually hoping my attachment to end as quickly as possible but now that I had started my semester with just 2 elective modules + FYP… I wish i could go back to work cuz I’m so damn free everyday… really is meaningless man!

Ha… I’m very happy that I actually gotten Mingli a job as Accounts Assistant at Creative Software and becuz of this, I strongly strongly believe that CONNECTIONS are very IMPORTANT!

Really lor… I mean, you can have whatever big shot certificate from whatever big shot university, be it from local or overseas, but as long as you don’t have the right connection, you’ll have a hard time getting into the company you desire and eventually the position. Of cuz, unless you’re lucky. =)

On the other hand, you can be just a normal graduate and if you have the connection, you get that position! Seriously, hard to believe, but this is the society…

Alright, that’s all… =P

I HATE Gastric!

I very long never blog already…

Why?… Cuz I had this gastric problem… Now still have, though alot better… It was killing me when the pain was here.

At first, I felt pain at the area below chest and above stomach… somewhere at the rib bone area (pained for like 3 days)… Then, I kept feeling bloated and “compressed” at the chest and gastric area… so went to see doctor… he said is gastric got “wind”… but his meds doesn’t really work well on me…

After like one week plus, kevin’s grandma gave me some chinese meds… IT WAS GOOD!

it improved my situation and making me burp… ppl who know me shld know that i don’t burp (i dunno how to)… but now i feel much better letting the “air” out… i dunno how long had it stayed in my gastric… lols… now once in awhile i’ll feel difficulty in breathing… like something stucked at the chest like that…

i was thinkin… why am i so suay… but i really have no one to blame except myself… cuz from young i have this problem of “wind” inside my stomach… den i always never eat on time… skipping meals… sometimes i didn’t eat for the whole day then suddenly very hungry and ate A LOT like can make my stomach explode!

Then, one more problem… I dunno is indigestion or what… i sometimes will vomit out sour-ish fluid (like acidic)… It gets sour-er and sour-er each time… some ppl told me it’s 胃酸… it’s scary…

I also can nv “poot-poot” for like 2-3 days… then when it finally comes… it’s either damn solid with “dots” on it or i’ll experience diarrhoea…

My body really didn’t function well lar… Mingli told me to drink LOADS of water, she believes that I’m lack of water and fruits… and i’m trying to intake as much water as i can now…

I’ll blog about an horrifying nightmare i had before my gastric in the next entry…. wonder if it links to my sickness… quite eerie…