The nail clipper set and the story behind it

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Few weeks ago, my dad has succesfully underwent an operation at my hospital. So he got few stiches on the lips & on the cheek. A week post-operation, he was advised to go to the nearest klinik kesihatan for suture removal. So off he went. They removed the suture on my dad's skin except on the lips. This is because, the suture on his lips is the absorbable type. In which, it will be 'absorbed' into the tissue after a period of time. 

However, for the past few days, my dad complained to me that he feel uncomfortable with the suture. Since the suture is located in the innerlips, somehow when he is eating, he constantly feel this foreign body sensation. I immediately whatsapp the surgeon who operated my dad and he adviced me to 'trim' the suture.

I just love PPUKM you see. Rileks je boleh whatsapp2 boss hehe :)

GOOGLE IMAGE. Sorry for the picture. Im trying to get you guys to visualize the suture on my dad's lips hehe. Well the suture looks something similar like this. Only my dad's one is longer and smaller. Nampak tak suture yang terkeluar-keluar tu? Itulah yang my dad dok complain tuuuuu!

Usually for suture removal in hospital, I need instruments like sterile blades, forceps and scissors. Kalau dekat rumah ko rasa apa je instrument yang ada??

Ahaks! yes please believe me I used this 'nail clipper set' to trim the suture!! dan yang paling best ini adalah hantaran masa bertunang aku haritu wahaha. Jangan main main ayah, gunting Anna Sui adik pakai tau. Surprisingly, senang gile aku trim suture tu guna gunting kecik ni haha. Aku suruh mak aku pegang torchlight (guna phone jer) pastu aku adjust suture tu sampai ayah rasa selesa. Settle!

My dad is a rock star. haha. I love you ayah.

A warm thanks to PPUKM Plastic team Ms Farrah Hani, Mr Ali, Dr Guhan, Dr Khoo, Dr Mukhsin & Dr Vicky for the excellent job. Not to forget, the fellow nurses in Wad Warga for taking a good care of my father during his hospital stay. We are more than grateful to receive such a great care and kindness from your team. I hope you guys will continue to benefit more patients in future. Thank you very much Plastic team and the nurses!

Dr Nephro yang friendly

Assalamualaikum

Sekarang aku kerja di posting Surgeri di bawah team Vascular. Hospital kitorang ni besar dan kitorang ada 8 wad Surgeri. So kat mana mana je wad yang ada patient vascular aku kena pergi. Penat gila bila buat round and carry out plan. Jauh gila menapak. Baru aku paham kenapa doktor tak pakai high heels dan memilih untuk membeli kasut oldschool seperti Hush Puppies, Scholl serta Clarks :')

Lepas tu pulak, telefon aku kene sentiasa ada coverage dan battery supaya readily contactable. Stress gila bila tengah insert branula atau tengah buat bedside desloughing pastu tepon tak berenti-renti berbunyi. Tak kira lagi bila aku tengah solat atau dalam toilet. Gahhh.

Dr...tolong indent ubat

Dr...jangan lupa ambik consent...

Dr...family member nak jumpa

Dr...branula required

Dr...cantik sangat

Obviously yang bawah sekali tu tipu haha!

So bila tepon bunyi and number yang appear adalah 'PPUKM' haaa aku dah start jadi iritable dah. Suara tetiba jadi garau dan tidak friendly apabila mengangkat telefon. Wakaka dengan harapan staff nurse takkan call aku lagi (but we all knowwwww thats not going to happen). Kesian staff nurse tak pepasal terlibat dalm kancah konflik diri ini padahal dorang buat kerja dorang je.

But sekarang aku tengah melatih diri untuk mengangkat telefon dengan nada ceria selepas mengkagumi seorang doktor medical ni. Doktor ni doktor nephro (buah pinggang). Kitorang team vascular memang banyak sangat refer Nephro for hemodialysis support. Patient kitorang banyak end stage renal failure. Memang hari-hari aku akan buat referal dekat nephro. Kadang-kadang tu sampai 2-3 kali sehari. Tapi setakat ni, Dr tu tak pernahhh sekali pon suara dia bertukar jadi garau atau tak friendly bila aku telefon. Panggilan aku disambut dengan baik dan mesra walaupun masa tu dia bz gila. Respect.

So yeah itu hari aku buat experiment. Angkat tepon dengan nada ceria, staff nurse mintak buat apa semua boleh. Kata nak jadi macam Dr Nephro tu kan. Hahaha pastu sampailah aku terima phone call ini

SN : Hello Dr Fatin, ni staff nurse XX dari wad Surgery X ni. Dr, nak mintak tolong bagi IV pethidine dekat patient boleh..

Me : Hello hi *suara ceria* Tapi saya rasa patient saya takda yang nak IV pethidine

SN : Aah memang bukan patient dr pon...tapi dr boleh tolong tak hehe

Gituuuu. Sampai patient orang lain pon aku kena settle gak. Acane tu? Kata inspired dengan Dr Nephro tuuu haha. Innama a'malu binniyat....maka dengan langkah yang lemah aku menuju ke wad Surgeri X :')

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HOneykoyuki's life update

Assalamualaikum

Ever since I started working, I dont really spend time with friends. The leisure time I have will be spent either on the bed or writing. Housemanship is tiring. But still, I have time for myself. I can still write on daily basis, eat good food and go home to visit my parents.

When I decided to get married, it was an abrupt decision. I never ever expect things will happen this soon. But I'm glad that I will finally settle down with the love of my life :) Inshaallah. May Allah ease our journey.

On my off day, I will go back to Seremban and spend most of the time with my parents. Being the only daughter, I am quite close to my parents. We both know that soon I'll become someone else's wife. Things will be different then. Aku tak boleh balik rumah parents bila-bila yang aku nak. Aku tak boleh buat benda sesuka hati. Aku tak boleh carefree macam sekarang. Semua benda kena discuss dan minta izin husband. But Im lucky he's a doctor. He always understand when it comes to family matters :)

If I dont go back to Seremban, I will stay in my room and write. I have so many plans in my mind, everything is just so overwhelming. I cant wait to release em to you guys! Maybe one day :p. Anyway, I made some good friends at work. But our relationship stays within the four-walls. I just like it that way.

Oh...today is a good day. I got to spend my evening with my girlfriends from the medical school. I havent seen them for ages! They all look so pretty and thin!! (we lost almost average of 5kg since working). I dont remember when was the last time I went out with them. We had a good conversation and a good laugh too. Once in while, it feels great to be around these familiar faces :)

Doctors in ze house yo. Me with Kema, Fadz & Farah. Yana is not in the picture. 

This clock is given by my fiance's mom to me masa I mula-mula start housemanship :)

I never had any clock before because Im a firm Iphone believer LOL. But still, everyday before I go to bed, I will get restless thinking of 'what if my phone dies' 'what if i dont wake up' 'what if i wake up late' and stuff. My fiance's mom being nice as she always do, she bought me the clock. This is not an ordinary clock, skali dia bunyi pehhhh bilik sebelah pon boleh bangun tau hehe. Jam ni banyak berbakti. Kejut subuh, kejut tahajud, kejut bangun time oncall. Banyak pahala ibu Z :)

At this point of time, I am thankful to Allah for the nikmat He showered me with. Housemanship is hard, but im glad I secure a job for myself. I dont have many friends, but im glad i have few friends who always there for me through thick and thin. My ibu selalu pesan supaya bersyukur so that we will always feel adequate. All the rough memories are meant to teach us some good lessons in life.

You cant be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes. So just roll with it!

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Do you know how to draw a stomach?

Assalamualaikum

I came to work as usual yesterday. I was quite late as I glanced at my watch it was already 6.35 am. In Surgery posting, our working hours is stretch from 6am to 6pm. And I didnt have a quality sleep the night before, hence I wasnt in a good shape when I came to work.

So as I was reviewing my patient, my colleague Aen came up to me to check me out. Aen is a very nice friend. I love working with her! I always tell her that she's like a princess. Soft spoken and kind hearted, she likes to read and watch romantic movies. On top of that, she always buy waffles during our lunch break. Me on the other hand, makan nasi setinggi gunung, ambik ayam ambik tempe lagi, sebab rasa bersalah tempe is not consider a vegetable, so pergi ambil sayur lagi. Haha :)

Back to my story, when Aen came up to me she was checking on her phone. Guess she was checking on our work schedule. Basicly we dont have any public holiday but we are entitled to get an off day in a week. The off day can be either during weekends or weekdays.


Fatin oncall today right?

Nope. I oncall tomorrow

Tapi Aen rasa Fatin oncall today..


Terus panik. Oh no. aku salah tengok jadual. Please no. God no Im not ready. I clumsily check on my phone to make sure ini semua permainan dunia semata.

Cisss....macam mana aku boleh salah tengok jadual. Sedihnya...

Haaaa tak ready, tak cukup tidur. Oncall means you have to work from 6am today until 6am the next morning. Well I dont mind doing my call but its just that I wasnt in a good shape at that time. My body was like rejecting and rebeling towards anything. I just wanna go back and have my beautiful sleep....

and we know that didnt happen :")

So I started doing my 'own' oncall rounds after I finished my primary team's plan.. Hmm ward full house kot.. Lemah semangat den. I was flipping through my patient's files, trying hard to comprehend the history so that I could get a rough idea about the patient's condition. Couldnt remember how many times aku menguap. Sampai nak tercabut brooch ni ha. Stress betul hahah. Then the oncall team came to do the round..registrars, medical officers (mo) and medical students.

Im still new in Surgery, I dont really recognize my boss. Especially from different teams. I always peep on their nametags and act like I knew them before. Tapi aku sakit hati betul sebab nametag dorang guna font 8 haha naik juling mata aku ni..selalunya aku bantai je spelling nama dorang asalkan ada bunyi.Semalam tuhan memang nak uji aku, dalam aku tengah penat takde mood, lembik longlai, registrar buat round + teaching. Satu patient almost 20 minutes! Ha dari sebasic-basic soalan Reg tanya aku...

I never work with that Reg before..So I didnt know his style. He bombarded me with thousand of questionssss. Me being me, aku main bantai jela jawab asalkan ada jawapan. Kadang aku sendiri tak boleh brain jawapan yang aku bagi. Semalam aku goreng garing sehingga terlebih hangus plak haha. Segan gak dekat medical student kakpatin kau jawab merapu-rapu. Tak tunjukkan contoh yang baik sebagai MD UKM lol.

Some of the question he asked " What is platelet? Draw me a diagram of Bilroth 1. How does paracetamol works? How many percent of oxygen does a NP supply? Why do we use PPI instead of Ranitidine during UGIB? Metabolism of calcium. "

Weh...all my memory gone already. I left it during my medical student years haha. But I couldnt care less. I just wanna finish the round early hehe.  So everytime he asked me question, I just came out with an answer...until at certain point of time, he actually gave up on me and burst out laughing. I felt like I was a medical student again. When your doctor asked you questions  to trigger your brain to think, then you got palpitation just to make sure you dont blurt out some silly answers. Good times man! Surely it was a good practice for a zombie-brained houseman like me. How I miss my medical student years :')

Oh ya then, the Reg asked me another question


Draw me a diagram on how PPI works in the stomach. Draw it now! *shoving a piece of paper in front of me*

Err...doctor, to be honest. I dont know. I just know how to draw a stomach

You what ?? *burst out laughing* Ok then draw me a stomach.


Then actually I realised that i dont know how to draw a stomach!!! All I had in mind was karipap!!


Dr I even forgot how to draw a stomach cuz Im having palpitation now. I forgot how stomach looks like!

I couldnt believe that I had the courage to say that right in front of his face hahahaha. Sorry Dr, told ya I wasnt in a good shape to do my call :P Do you agree with me when I say, kita rasa kita tau semua benda sampailah kita kena buat benda tu sendiri? Its true right? Like how I used to think that baking is easy until my cake burnt!


 Anyway do you know how our stomach looks like?

More or less like a karipap right? 

Me with medical students! I call them little minions because they always help me looking for patients' files all over the ward :)

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Urbanisasi

Hi assalamualaikum

Semenjak bekerja, aku kehilangan berat badan. Thing is, it was unintentional. Kenal sangat dengan metabolisma badan sendiri. Badan aku ni jenis bangsa yang akan kurus bila jalan banyak. Sebab tu setiap kali pergi travel, aku akan pulang ke tanah air dengan senyuman yang paling manis. Ahaks!

Aku bakal konvo next week. Jadi semasa off day tempoh hari, aku pulang sebentar ke Seremban untuk mengambil baju yang bersesuaian. Gile weh. Semua baju longgar! Tak boleh blah baju peplum nampak seperti baju kelawar emak emak. Emak mertua pon tidak approve kalau begini punya longgar ang tau dak?

Ingat tak jeans Guess yang aku dapat free hari tu? Itupon sudah tak boleh pakai ye. Aku dah beli jeans baru anyway. Tapi brand chokia jelah (nasib baik memakai baju labuh jadi tak nampak brand seluar hikhik). Ini pon perlu cerita ke??

Kehidupan aku sekarang tidak semashyur dulu (mashyur la sangat haha). Tidur malam pon jantung berdebar-debar sebab takut terbangun lambat. Kejap2 terjaga. Walhal sudah habis semua gadjet electronik aku setkan alarmnya. Aku tak boleh jatuh sakit, wad aku kekurangan ho. Nanti bebanan kerja melampaui batas. Setiap hari aku minum kopi, pergi kerja, pulang kerja dan tidur. Tiada kawan, tiada family dan tiada makanan enak. Tau tau sudah dapat gaji. 

Adakah ini dipanggil kehidupan urban? 

Zaman masyhur...rasa macam nak book ticket dan randomly going places. (Pic taken in Melbourne June 2014)

Footnote : memerlukan photographer sempena majlis konvo next week. Any sugggestion? Please email honeykoyuki@gmail.com 

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Ubat

Assalamualaikum

Di suatu pagi yang hening, sedang aku mengemas katilku yang tahap empuknya bukan main luar biasa, terdengar pula suara hamba Allah bersin sahut menyahut. Kalau diamati betul-betul, ada juga dalam 6 harkat panjangnya setiap kali bersinan itu.


' Haih, cuaca sekarang tak menentu. Jangkitan viruslah tu....' 


Getus hati kecilku sambil aku menegangkan cadar warna putih yang aku beli dekat IKEA tidak lama dulu. Aku tak suka cadar warna lain, serabut. Putih itu suci dan murni. Sekejap ke kiri, sekejap ke kanan, aku menarik comforter tersebut supaya simetri. Kadang-kadang nak baran pon ada bila comforter ni tak sama panjang. Dugaan kecil-kecilan kata orang. Aku harus tenang dan sabar.


' Hacccccummm, stroot !! '


Makin lama bunyi bersin itu makin mendekatiku. Aku dengan hal cadar ni masih tak selesai-selesai. Pintu bilikku dikuak oleh satu lembaga. Lembaga displin hal ehwal rumah. Hanya ada satu sahaja ahli dalam lembaga tersebut. Iaitu. Ibu.


' Selsema teruk ni bonda, minum air kosong banyak-banyak dan makan ubat. Mari anakanda suapkan ubat..'


Dengan ayu aku menyapa ibu. Sambil ku urut-urut bahunya. Kalau aku jadi ibu, pasti aku menangis terharu kerana telah berjaya mendidik anak yang sungguh molek perangainya. Masalahnya semua itu tidak benar. Aku bertanya dalam nada monotonous kerana masih baran dengan cadar yang tidak simetri tadi.


' Taknaklah makan ubat, ibu nak pergi kerja, nanti mengantuk, langsung tak boleh function !! '


Nampak tak? Itulah silapnya masyarakat kita sekarang kerana tidak husnuzon terhadap ubat-ubatan. Ketahuilah bahawa ubat selesama ada dua jenis ya. Satu yang mengantuk dan satu yang tidak mengantuk. Jikalau kau orang pergi ke klinik, selamba saja mintak doktor


'Saya mahu ubat yang tidak mengantuk ya doctor sebab saya mahu bergiat cergas dalam aktiviti harian'


Nahh pasti dikasinya kau Loratadine, sejenis ubat selsema yang tidak akan menyebabkan mengantuk langsung. Gerenti.


......... Maka ibu telah pergi bekerja dengan harapan baru.

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