Nose Biopsy Thrill

Everyone do hav their ups n down..Yes, it’s a universal understood statement. I need to go for nose biopsy today. Due to episodes of nose bleeding for a week since last week n I had these episodes since 2 years ago. I referred to my senior doc last week n he was so kind enough to refer me to specialist in my clinical hospital. Wen for last week for the 1st appointment n upon reaching there, I was scoped by the doc. Wat a terrible experienced it was! I really mean it! Uh, supposingly I hav to do the biopsy tat time itself but due to my hyperallergy nose condition so I hav to do it today..
So as usual today I wen to the hospital as early as possible hoping tat I can get the earliest number. I reached there at 8 something n I was the 2nd earliest person to reach there aiyo, due to some technical or system prob I dunno, but my turn happen to come only at 10.30 which supposingly my appointmentwas at 9am..Anyway, came to the thrilling moments when my biopsy process tat suppose to takes maybe 15 min the most, but ended up from 10.30 til around 2pm…Haiyo..wat a morning n torture tat I underwent for tat 4 hours. My nose’s hyperallergic n my turbinates were swollen covering bout 80 % of the nostril as usual. So the doc hav to use the olden type of scope which is rigid as big as a 2B pencil poking in til into my pharynx through the nose n I actually could feel it behind my soft palate. Pain n discomfort are jus the words I can describe. I teared upon tat scope inserted into my nose. Since my turbinates are too big so the doc hav to ‘packing’ which is basically stuffing the gauze all into my pharnx which is already soaked wit this cocaine solution which helps to shrink off my turbinates n also act as a local anesthetic before the biopsy takes place. I keep on running nose for the whole process. So I hav to bear wit it for few mintues before it takes place. Uh.. then comes the doc again to ‘unpack’ it n hav the biopsy to be done. My nose was too allergy for the solution n wat happen is tat there’s too much mucous inside my pharynx n the doc hav to use this sucker to suck the liquid out. I hate this process as its really painful n uncomfortable coz if a careless motion of the hand the sucker wil suck on my nasopharnyx flesh instead liquid, works something like the home vacuum la..haiyo..each time this happen I teared n hav to breath through my mouth. My lips were numb all the while too as the solution dripped from my nose to my lips..find difficulty in talking la..
I hav to undergo for the 2nd time of anesthetic packing again because its too allergic n the doc hav to change the the solution. A stronger one. Then again the whole process of scoping n sucking process takes place again. This time again the doc tried to do the biopsy, Initially she tried to poke in the scope together wit a scraper( which is the biopsy tool la) in the same nostril. Already my nostril so small plus wit the swollen turbinates its basically like inserting two 2B pencils into the same nostril. Wa..cannot describe the pain n uncomfort. I crumbled in pain n tears were jus draining down..Then the doc tried to use the other nostril for inserting the scraper while the other one the scope, so u all can imagine how torturing it was. At times the process hav to stop to suck all my mucous which jus filled into my nasopharnyx in few seconds only. My nose was too allergy. It was really pain tat moments as the doc hav to scope inside my nasopharnyx motioning in n find the site for the biopsy to take place in my nasopharynx wall. At last the doc showed some mercy n stopped n again I hav to undergo another time of anesthetic n this time instead of packing, she spray the other type of anesthetic into my nasopharynx. Wow..wat a thrill..Tat moment I can’t even talk or even swallow coz its too kuat ady..But still I keep on running nose. In the end after the 3rd anesthetic the doc managed to do the biopsy successfully after many attempts. Doc praised me for being a very cooperative n good boy…aiyo…boy…?anyway…I’m more than relieved tat the whole process had finished. Result wil be out 1-2 weeks later.
Actually after the first scope tat day, they had noticed tat there’s this ‘fullness’ or in other word is hypertrophy at the wall of my nasopharynx..Doc was sheepishly answering me when I asked her actually wat’s her worry..She answered me NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma..meanwhile, I keep my fingers cross ler…

PS: hey jie.. I jus read ur blog tat day. Yea me too. Miss you here. Missed those moments in tkd n also those lepaks, sing k n more for tat 2 years I knoe u. Everything’s fine here til this thing takes place lo…always take care ya. Will see ya soon again!god bless =)