there is pain and THERE IS PAIN

you cant believe the excrutiating pain that 2 tiny pills can cause.

i took the pills at 8.30pm and the cramps started coming in at almost 11pm. tried hot pack, tried painkillers, nothing worked. then started vomitting everything out over a period of an hour, everything that ive eaten yesterday went out into the toilet bowl.

even water and the ponstan that i took. well, the painkillers never got a chance to work.

started to panick, and got hubby to call LA. The doc response - it will get worse before it gets better. after vomitting for the 4th time, and 2 hours later. hubby got worried and called LA again, LA then said theres still another day of this to go as i have to take another dose tomorrow night.

two days and nights of this?? there is no way i am going to survive the pain and the vomitting. my throat is rubbed dry already and i feel as if someone caught my inwards in a vise and twisting it.

LA then say theres always D & C, which will clear up the cramps and the bleeding. he said that the medicine i took, is the same one which D & C patients take anyways, so if i want to , i can go for D & C and end all this pain.

it wasnt until the third time when LA said that whether i had taken the pills or not (let it come naturally) the pain will still be the same, it is either tolerating it for 2 days with the pills, or 2 weeks + dun know how many days letting it come on its own, or a D & C which means the pain goes away in 2 hours. i wish i had known this earlier, nothing he said could have prepared me for tis pain i am experiencing now.

given a choice when one is doubling over the toilet bowl, well, it wasnt too much of a difficulty.

the D & C is arranged at 8am today. i am supposed to be at the hospital by 7am. it is 6.20 am and i am here typing this down while waiting for hubby to change and get ready to drive me down.

the D & C is surprisingly painless, the joys of GA. Its the waiting part thats pretty terrifying. alone on the hospital gurney, placed at the side of a busy passageway, with no spectacles, and blurred images of people in green rushing to and fro, some pushing carts that clang with metal instruments, the alternative was staring at the ceiling boards and the bright overhead lights.

it was all over in 2hrs, the d & C was scheduled at 9.15am and by 11, i was already back at the ward and getting over the GA. the first thing i felt was no pain, thats a huge relief. the pain didnt come back either, even better.

i got two weeks MC, and a follow up next week to make sure everything is ok.

actually physically, one only need 2 days of recovery time, but the womb will take time to contract as well as the emotional and psychological aspects of getting over a miscarriage.

going for a D & C after a miscarriage is the same physically as going for an abortion. The only difference is the pschological effect, the former doesnt give you a choice, the latter is YOUR own choice.

the physical risks are the same
A perforation of the uterine wall caused by the tip of the surgical instrument. This injury rarely requires treatment (additional surgery) and heals on its own.
Excessive bleeding is always a risk during surgery.
Another rare complication is infection with pain and fever.

as to psychological fears of a D & C affecting fertility...that one i need to ask the doc abt it.


cost tracking
D & C - $798.15
of which should be able to claim from insurance - or otherwise will be paid via medisave.

there was a hiccup during initial registration whereby we found out that we had to place a 400 deposit. thk goodness, i brought along credit card. never leave home without it, even if you are doubling over in pain at 6am in the morning.

we were told there is no cash required, everything shd be done via medisave. the woman at the counter said we got our information wrong, being in pain, i couldnt be bothered to find out more. you need 400, heres the card and get it over with.

it was only after the D & C, during discharge, that another lady realised the mistake made that a rebill was printed, so all that hassle this morning was just a hassle.