Hi all. Have you been in a near-death situation? Well, I have. Once was in December last year. The other was just last week. Last year, we went to China for holiday. The holiday destination was in winter, sub-zero degrees Celsius. I had altitude sickness. Was coughing (actually gasping for breath) and feeling clammy. My heart was pounding away. I felt like both vomitting as well as having diarrhoea. I thought if I go any faster, I may have a heart attack. The tour guide just said to continue walking slowly. On the way back, I got wiser. I hired one of the sedan-chairs. As for last week, again it was the holiday season. I was all packed for a short trip. That morning of departure ... I had fever. So I went to the nearest clinic. The doctor said I looked pale. He insisted on a blood test. So I went to my company doctor for the blood test. In the later part of the afternoon, the company doctor telephoned to urge me to admit myself to the nearest hospital. So I went to the nearest hospital Accident & Emergency department. I was under observation for about 4 hours. (Most of the time, the doctors were too busy attending to 'sicker patients' to bother about me). I was later transferred via ambulance to another hospital as 'we don't have a gynae in this hospital'. I was finally warded at about 10pm that day (Thursday). That night, they immediately gave me a packet of blood for transfusion. The next day (Friday), I received a second packet. I was also sent for an ultra-sound scan. Early the next day (Saturday), I received the third packet of blood. By Sunday afternoon 1pm, I was discharged. Both the doctors who attended to me urged me to undergo a surgery to remove my uterus. They prescribed some medicine to tide me till the next appointment date.
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