Farah and IBS

hello there everyone! fuuhh. it had been a very hectic day since i had been here in my second semester in my third year studying medical studies. actually, this will be the first post in my new blog! well, hello hello there~

anyway, i just wanted to share a story about me with my health. i had bad gastric stomach last two months and i didn't know that i was diagnosed to have an irritant bowel syndrome that most probably the first time that i have ever heard.

lies. that wasn't the first time that i'd ever heard it about.

IT WAS LAST YEAR, when i was in my second year. My friend, a good friend of mine had been in the same shoes of mine, she had IBS too. but in her case, she fainted in the toilet, hit her head at  the sink and past out! i was sleeping back then without knowing what happened. i heard someone talking and they woke me up.

"uuh, what time is it? did i woke up late? is it 10 am already?"

"wake up nawar. its only 2 am."

"seriously, why would anyone wake up this early?" i asked.

"farah fainted in the toilet."

my eyes was now wide opened! "whaaattt?!" ....i continued, "why? why? what happened?" i stared farah who was already half conscious and saw Amira and Izzati at the side of  farah's bed.

Farah Romaina, a beautiful young girl was my roommate since i was in my Preparation Class before i went to Egypt. before anything happened, i started thinking, how can this be happening?

fainted.

dehydrated.

now i had been remembered. she had diarrhea for the past few days. a disease that can completely make someone dehydrated and sicked. i knew that two days before she went to the Hospital and was diagnosed to have a diarrhea. she had been severely sicked with several times going  to the toilet to POOP *opps* and sometimes, she vomitted. everything was not right. whenever she took any food, she felt severe in her stomach and her colon.

wait.colon?

i was so stupid that i didn't know where my colon was. everything was messed up!

"stomach? colon? erk- then what is this thing?" stupid me.

but now i know, where shall i find pain,  if i have IBS irritant bowel syndrome.

ok, this is your colon. you will find pain at the upper part of your abdominal.

(i was scolded by a doctor-immediately went back home and study more-pity me >.<")

Irritable bowel syndrome is not a disease, but is a condition, and it cannot be passed on to others. It is not contagious or cancerous. The condition is extremely common, with up to 20% of all adults in the United States suffering from it. The condition is not gender specific, but is more likely to develop in women. In most sufferers, the condition usually surfaces before the age of 35.

WHAT IS IRRITANT BOWEL SYNDROME?

Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is a chronic disorder that afflicts the large intestine. This condition causes food to pass too slowly or quickly through the large intestines, resulting in painful and distressing symptoms like abdominal cramping, gas, bloating and diarrhea or constipation. The condition is also referred to as functional bowel syndrome or irritable colon and spastic bowel or colon.

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IRRINTANT BOWEL SYNDROME

anyways, lets recalled the story again.

we were so panicked that who would wake up in this hour. two am, well who would? with our super gadget and electronics, we tried to ask around anyone who had been wide awake. it would be a lie if i say that we, the medical students didn't stay up to study. there were some who study at late midnight. but not me. :P

i called some of my friends and we actually tried to find a male guy, anyone, same age or older. (who cares-as long as they can help us). we also tried to call an ambulance, but suddenly thought that naaaah, we could just call a cab or stop any cab around here. then, someone replied that yeah, he was available on that time and he asked his friend for help. they came, and we took two taxes.

(as salama hospital)

as soon as we arrived to the hospital, i saw some of the doctors were checking on their patients and syringes, pills, medications, bedridden patients, and i was so not lucky that there weren't any bad cases at that hour. it would be more interesting to see blood splashing here and there! wohoo~. hehehe. :P

anyway, i came there and waited for farah. she was in the X-ray room to see whether was there any internal bleeding in her head or whats so ever. you know, once you got an internal bleeding, you would be suspected a clot of blood in your head. some problems would occur like you know, when it starts clotting, then, it would block your veins, no blood to your head and your eyes, your brain, and who knows that you may end up died.

Hospital Salama was one of the greatest hospital in Alexandria and some of my seniors had been doing their rounds in the hospital. we waited for further information and suddenly the doctors said the bills might reach thousands. i was like, seriously, seriously?!

i wondered what happened if someone who doesn't have enough money and so poor, how could they pay the bills? and what happened if i were the doctor who was in charge of saying, "the amount of the bills are three thousand and you have to pay before we start the surgery."

damn it. it must be so hard to say that. what if they can't pay the bills? and all the money is for the patient's two months expenses? i know i may have cried with them. but doctors should be the toughest person in the world. even if anyone came to me one day and he was crying, i was the one who should encourage them and say that even if the world will end tomorrow, we will still go through this together.

yup, i wish i could say that to my future patient.

i called her mum because we just afraid that farah's bill for the xray and other medications might reach thousand egyptians pound.

"Assalamualaikum aunty. ni nawar ni. farah masuk hospital sekarang ni....(assalamualaikum auny, this is nawar. farah is in the hospital right now)......." i paused. i couldn't continue the conversation, i heard aunty's voice was so panicked and was about to cry.

seriously, do i have to tell her, that was what i had been thinking all along.

"nak aunty datang mesir sekarang ke? aunty tempah flight malam ni jugak(should i go to egypt now? i will book a ticket tonight)."

the phone was passed to her husband and he asked me whether farah was ok or not. i told them about the expenses and everything is going to be fine. and i knew, who would be so cool when your daughter was in the hospital? no one.

then, farah was out and the doctor said that she fainted because of she was dehydrated due to diarrhea. the doctor said that she was having irritant bowel syndrome that making her feel uneasy every time.

alhamdulillah, the expense was not so expensive and we went back home safely.

i knew it was so hard for Farah to be having that moment since our exam was two days before the incident happened. but she luckily manage to pass the paper with flying colours.

the moral story here is, you may not know what comes to you. but you should always prepare for every circumstance that might happen. to all future doctors, keep on believing yourself and be a good doctor. and just a reminder, even if i will be a doctor one day, i always hoping that i will be treated as a patient, not as a doctor.

thank you, sincerely, by

NAWAR WAHID
(i want to study hard)