Warded in TTSH: Day 13 and 14

For Day 13, it is a post-dated entry as I was too sedated to be able to put in any entry.

My duodenum stenting went ahead and I was wheeled into the Endoscopy Procedure Room at about 5:00 pm. I was experiencing some pain from my bile duct drainage and this complicated the procedure a little due to the position I have to adopt.

This morning (Day 14) when the Senior Consultant came around he explained that there was some other complication with my stenting because of where the occlusion was and a different scope had to be used and even then, the initial position of the stent wasn't ideal and it had to be reposition. Overall it was a success. The stent will progressively open up and this may take another 3 to 4 days before the stent is fully deployed. As the drained bile juice is getting clearer, the Senior Consultant will check with Radiologist to find out when I can have the stent for the bile duct inserted.

I woke up once in the morning due to an excruciating pain running around my stomach region. I had never experienced such pain before and I was practically begging for pain killers. Wasn't given any as the doctor had not prescribed any and I had to tolerate the pain for about an hour it subsided to a more tolerable level. I am still experiencing some pain now but not as bad. However, it can be quite debilitating when it suddenly hit.

I can start going for liquid diet and so far in the morning I had 3 glasses of water over a 3 hour period and I am still feeling fine. Hope it continues to be so.

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Hebrew 11:1