Appt at KKH

Friday 15 April 2005

Was debating whether to go or not for this appointment after the horrendous polyclinic wait and feedback from posters in TTC that nothing much will be done as referred patients will be seen by a MO (medical officer).

in the end, i've still decided to go - my rationale was perhaps the diagnosis would be different (better?) - illogical. or perhaps the other doctor will confirm on what LA said and give the go ahead for treatment which will reassure us that LA knows what he's doing. anyways it's kinda convoulted.

been cranky and moody for the past few days, not sure if it's the medicine or just the waiting.Oh well, in the end did see the doctor at KKH. Lucky me, despite being a subsidised case, the doc on duty that day was the senior consultant. and he's really efficient and straight to the point. the type of doc i like.

despite waiting for over an hour to be registered, i reach there at 8.45am for a 9.10am appt, i didn't get to see the doctor till about 11am. by the time he's through with me and i got to collect prescription and stuff, i left the hospital close to 1pm. a looong looong day. i was totally exhausted by then.

how did the appt go?well, after being registered, you are suppose to go to another station where they take yr ht/wt and blood pressure. so you queue for that. 20 min or so.and after they done that, you go and wait for the doctor. eh this one is like an hour or so, judging that i got the first appt of the day.and then consultation is like 20 min (which is long, considering that other doctors are going thru their patients like 2 every 15 min)consultationThe doc is a nice guy, straight to the point and efficient. i don;t know why, but i wasn;t expecting efficient. maybe the concept of public hospital. therfore i wasn't expecting to be examined physically, expecting the first visit to be basically 'taking of medical history etc etc'The gynae said he will do a scan to confirm diagnosis. and his nurse appeared to tell me what to do. i was expecting a abdominal scan until the nurse told me to strip and put underwear 'in that drawer' - whoops.

I wasn't expecting a internal scan and frankly was rather embarassed. and certainly not mentally prepared for it. while being in that vulnerable position, he asked if i had a pap smear done before and i said no. He asked me why not? the gynae i'm seeing now says it's low risk hence not necessarily. He wanted to do one and called the nurse, and then asked me if i wanted one now?

in that position, the last thing i wanted is a pap smear. and i told him i will go back to my gynae for that. He nodded and inserted the probe in. He mentioned that the uterine lining is a little thick (which is normal as i'm taking medication to induce AF).he showed me the left polycyctic ovary and said that he can;t see the right one clearly. He ended up manipulating the probe about, trying to see the right ovary and was casuing me some pain. to his credit he did asked, if he was causing me pain. and i said yes, he gave up saying that my right ovary was too far away, and then printed some ultraounds.He then took the probe out. finally. The total scan didn;t take that long, maybe 5-10 min max but it felt like aeons to me and i ended up feeling brusied for the next couple of days.

the nurse came in and helped me off the table. got dressed and got his diagnosis. well he confirmed that i have PCOS (great surprise).he suggested that i see my currnet gynae for the clomiphene treatment for 3 months, and if that doesn't work to come back and see him for other alternative methods.

He then prescibed some vitamins for hubby, clomiphene for 3 months at 1 tab per day. and oh yes, a sperm analysis for hubby. I;m sure hubby is jumping with joy at the prospects of doing the sperm sample.

the sperm sample appointment.so after the consult, i'm suppose to go get a appt for hubby to deposit his sperm. to KKH credit, i am allowed to choose an appt, i wanted to know the results as soon as possible and picked the earliest appt next friday 830am. got detailed instructions and a small plastic container.

to anyone who is reading, it's nothing gross. just awkward. Hubby's suppose to clear his stuff on the 18/04, no activity for the next 3 days and produce the sample on 22/04 am into the sample before bringing it in within an hour.

The drop off is suppose to take less than 10min, all you need is drop of the sample and go. results will be given to ya via the doc at the next appt.

remember these instructions. so well, so i thought.

as you can imagine, hubby's like...into that small container, oh well, got to do what a man got to do.