Showing posts with label My Expecting Journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Expecting Journey. Show all posts

Book Review : "I am Sarahza"


Sebuah novel karya Hanum Salsabiela Rais yang tetiba dibawa pulang oleh bapak suami hasil pinjam dari teman, katanya. Dengan keukeuhnya dia bilang bahwa buku tersebut sangat direkomendasikan untuk dibaca. Aku sih iya aja, maksudnya ku terima dulu buku tersebut tapi perkara membacanya kapan kan terserah aku. hehe. Cukup lama ku biarkan buku itu menempati slot rak buku tanpa pernah ku sentuh.

Effortless Effort?

Rangkaian demi rangkaian usaha telah ku jalani.
Dimulai dari Laparoskopi yang dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2017.
Setelahnya rangkaian terapi pun ku jalani,
satu bulan,
dua bulan,
hingga bulan ketiga.
Tiga suntikan ku terima demi menjaga agar Endometriosis-nya tidak tumbuh lagi.
Puluhan butir obat,
kapsul, tablet, telah ku habiskan.
Pengharapan, doa, pun tak lupa selalu ku panjatkan.
Peluh, serta tangis tak luput dari diri ini.
Tapi ku selalu yakin, bahwa saat itu akan datang padaku.

Di bulan ke-5 di tahun 2018, kami mulai rangkaian program kehamilan.
Hari pertama di masa menstrual ku.
Pertama, diresepkan obat hormon bernama Profertil untuk ku minum sekali dua dalam sehari selama 5 hari dimulai pada hari ke-3 masa menstrualku. Suamiku diresepkan vitamin Imbumin.
Kedua, di hari ke-10, aku dijadwalkan untuk melakukan Hydro-tubasi (proses memasukan cairan antibiotik kedalam vagina untuk mengobati sekaligus mengecek apakah ada sumbatan dalam saluran tuba). Rasa perih dan "kemeng" ku tahan, ku hirup nafas dalam-dalam karena ya begitu adanya.. perih tak tertahankan! Dokter sesekali bertanya bagian mana yang dirasa lebih perih karena menurut penjelasannya bagian sakit itu merupakan titik penyumbatan.
Ku deskripsikan bahwa rasa perih itu hanya kurasai di tengah saja, dan itu menandakan bahwa tidak ada sumbatan di saluran kanan dan kiri.
Setelahnya, dua jam harus ku tunggu untuk melihat reaksi tubuhku atas antibiotik yang tadi dimasukkan.
Ternyata benar, seketika muncul bentol-bentol kecil yang berubah menjadi bentol besar.
Alergi! Obat anti alergi pun lalu disuntikan lewat bokongku.
Ketiga, di hari ke-13 waktunya mengecek sel telurku. USG Transvaginal.
Kala itu ada 3 sel telur yang menurut dokter sudah dalam keadaan sangat baik di saluran indung telur kananku (ukurannya 3.7cm), namun masih PCO bagian kiriku. Setelahnya ku terima suntikan Ovidrel (pemecah telur) di perut.
Keempat, hari ke-14 dan ke-16, aku dan suami dijadwalkan untuk bersenggama.
Semua rangkaian tersebut sudah selesaikan dengan baik.
Aku menunggu, semua gejala kurasai.
Sakit payudara,
Kram perut,
Sakit kepala,
Sensitif terhadap bau-bauan,
kesemuanya menunjukan gejala-gejala yang aku maui.
Namun ternyata hasil berkata lain.
Di bulan ke-6, tamu bulananku masih datang..
Sedih?
Bukan main.
Aku coba menghubungi dokter via whatsapp namun tak ada jawaban, akhirnya ku putuskan untuk booking jadwal konsultasi.

Bulan ke-6.
Tepat di hari ke-3 masaa menstrualku, rangkaian pun ku mulai lagi dari awal.
Profertil masih diresepkan untuk ku minum lagi selama 5 hari di waktu menstrualku, juga Glucophage dan Asam Folat yang menjadi pendamping setia.
Hari ke-5 dan ke-6, dua suntikan Gonal-F ku terima di bagian perutku, juga proses Irigation (proses pembersihan vagina untuk membuka jalan sperma menuju rahim), tidak ada rasa sakit, hanya sensasi dingin dalam vagina.
Hari ke-13, proses pengecekan sel telur, seperti biasanya, USG Tranvaginal.
Seperti sebelumnya, sudah ada tiga buah sel telur dalam kondisi sangat baik di sisi kiriku (dengan ukuran 3.17 cm), namun dokter sedikit merasa kecewa karena tidak ada sel telur di sisi kananku. Namun, alhamdulilah masih ada sel telur yang menunjukan bahwa kondisiku tidak ada masalah, subur jelasnya. Suntikan Ovidrel pun tidak lupa ku terima di perutku.
Dan seperti sebelumnya lagi, di hari ke-14 dan ke-16 adalah jadwal bersenggama.
Oya, saat sesi terakhir aku menerangkan bahwa aku mengalami keputihan dan gatal di bagian vagina, lalu dokter melakukan proses irigasi kembali dan menambahkan injeksi cairan NaCl untuk membunuh bakteri yang menyebabkan keputihan tersebut.
Semua rangkaian telah kulakukan dengan baik lagi kali ini.
Dokter dengan sangat santai menerangkan bahwa tugasku dan suami juga dirinya hanya berusaha, Tuhan lah yang punya KUASA.
Berdoalah dengan sungguh-sungguh, pintanya.

Dengan harapan baru, semangat baru.
Berdoa.
Berharap.
Berbaik sangka.
Kesemuanya telah kulakukan.

Namun hari ini,
semua gugur lagi,
hati ini hancur,
ku ingin marah.
ku kecewa.
pilu!

Sabar?
ku sudah menabung itu sejak lama..
rasa-rasanya sudah menggunung.
Apalagi yang harus ku lakukan?
Pintaku sudah dengan sungguh-sungguh.
Pintaku dengan sangat.

Pintamu untuk ku tetap tegar.
Pintamu untuk ku tetap sabar.
Pintamu untuk tetap bertahan,
agar jangan runtuh pengharapanku,
agar jangan runtuh keyakinanku.
Jika itu maumu,
baiklah.
Kita lakukan sama-sama.








decide a decision

Saturdate with the doctor, again.
It was quite different this time because I got my friend accompanied me because my husband had to do stock-opname in his office. 
I arrived at the hospital around 9, and my booking number was 36. 
I asked the nurse to check how many number was called in, and it was only 5 numbers. So I decided to look for some food nearby because it'd took hours for my turn. 

just buying some time..

tik.. tok..tik..tok.. 

5 hours waiting, finally my name was called out. I was directed to go in and sit. 
As always, the doctor smiled and asked my condition.
He got confused at first and tried to reckon our last appointment's memories. 
he took a look on his last notes, and asked me why he didnt make any notes for dr. Bambang's result. I didnt know what I was supposed to answer for being asked like that. I said nothing, just smirked. 
Then, he chose to rewrite dr. Bambang's result on the book while murmuring something I didnt understand. 
To break that awkward moment, I passed him my medical test result. He accepted it and examined the results one by one. While taking some notes, he explained that I'm in proper condition to get the surgery and checked his agenda to find the suitable date for it. He let me see the date on calendar as he pointed out for me to consider. I couldnt negotiate but just agree with it. 
Soon after, he made a book for the surgery. He briefed me the detail.
The surgery will be held on 11th, at 04.30 am, assisted by dr. Cepi. 
He asked me to prepare one day before the surgery which meant to me that I had to make a room booked. 
I asked him if I need another preparation for the surgery. He once more convinced me that everything would be alright and I should just be ready for it.

Eat well. 
Drink vitamins.
Stay healthy. 

well, well. 
I have made a big desicion in my life. 
the word I'd never expected not even close in my imagination.
yes, 
the Laparascopy. 
I have convinced myself that everything would be alrite though it freaked me out for sure. 
I know,  it's for goodness sake. 
I have to be sure for it. 
Bismilllaaaaah.. 
Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billah..









Unexpected Recommendation!

Hi. its me again!

continuing my last appointment with the legendary doctor.
here we go again. 

Nov 2nd,
I met dr. Bambang as he is pointed out by Prof. Wahyu to give second opinion about my PCO and Cyst.
As I arrived at Klinik Moegni, the receiptionist said that the doctor would come at 4 pm. So i decided to wait for him, but not that I expected that he just showed up 2,5 hours later. Fineeeee.
Finally my name was called, so I was directed to come into the doctor's room. He commonly asked how many years our marriage is. It's been 4 years, and still counting~ i said. Afterthat, he ordered me to lay in bed and started the transvaginal usg-analyzing. He firstly check my left-ovarium which was indicated of PCO, and he said that there was no sign of PCO. It's clean he said. And turn to my Right one, then he saw cyst, 1.8 cm-sized as he explained. He told us that it's nothing to worry about yet he added to try the program if we want to get expecting soon. 
IVF, he mentioned.


In the next two days, Nov 4th.
As the appointment scheduled on , I saw Prof. Wahyu to give him dr. Bambang's result and le husband's medical test result. 
As usual, he started the session with smile and asking our condition dat time. 
We were good, in spite of our bad-mood of too-long-waiting.
I gave him all the result and he started checking le husband's result, and slowly gave us some explanation of each test (which are Blood test, Urine test, and Sperm Test). The result shows that my husband only needs to take some medicine and vitamin to let the sperm go faster. run.. faster run!....
Again, he thought that it's nothing to worry about. 

Now, there was my turn.
He checked dr. Bambang's notes of usg result saying that there's no indication of PCO in my right-sided ovary (alhamdulillaaah), still there's 1.8 cm-long indicated as endometriosis cyst. 
aaaandd, he recommended me to get surgery (called laparascopy) as soon as I'm ready to get expecting.
He let us think about it first because he thought that it's not a life-saving. It would only help me to get expecting real soon.
So, it depends on my decision. 


I would,
never,
expected those words! 
laparascopy?? 
whaaat??
oh . my. god. 



PCOS?

What is PCO? 

PCO or PCOs (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a condition where woman's hormones are out of balance. Normally, the ovaries make a tiny amount of Androgen (male hormone) but in PCOs they make slightly more. This condition cause the ovaries stop ovulating. That is why women with PCOs (me) have trouble in getting pregnant.

Three main features of symptom in PCOS are:
🔹cysts in the ovaries (which to me cysts are indicated in my right-sided ovary)
🔹high levels of male hormones
🔹irregular and skipped periods

In PCO, many small, fluid-filled sacs grow inside the ovaries. The word "polycystics" means "many cysts." These sacs are actually follicles, each one containing an immature egg. The eggs never mature enough to trigger ovulation.


How to treat PCO? 

Besides medical treatment, which common use of Metformin (Glucophage, Fortamet), a drug to treat type 2 diabetes which also treat PCOS by improving insulin levels. Regular exercise, healthy foods, and weight control, are the key treatments for PCOS. Treatment can reduce unpleasant symptoms and help prevent long-term health problems.

Well, well...
I never thougt that something really serious happened to me. 
Not until I found and saw the Doctor. 
He prescribed me Metformin for 34 days-use until the next appointment which was scheduled on November 4th. 
He also gave a reference of Dr. Bambang (who is the Gynecologist at YPK Hospital) for PCO second-analyzing. 

Thank God for saving me, that I could have known it earlier. Again, I know that God must have a better plan for me and husband. This is the path we have to be through. 
Nooowww, its time for me to change my daily menu (with no junkfood on the list). 
And I know it would be sooooo hard to follow, but this is for the GOODNESS sake.


Bismillah.. bismillah.. Bismillaah.. 








The Expecting Journey

Long story short, 
we were in the 8th month of marriage when we firstly decided to see a doctor to start the program. 
But the doctor said that we were too young and too early to start it. 
"Go get another honeymoon!," she said. 
Then, she just prescribed us some vitamins. 
Dissapointed of what we expect earlier, we made an appointment with a different doctor in the same hospital in the 1st anniv of our marriage. 
The doctor gave us positive response of our plan to start the program. 
My ovaries were checked. 
Everything was okay. 
Same with the first doctor, she prescribed us some vitamins and briefed us about the sex cycle we need to concern. 
Again, we found ourselves dissapointed because the result did not meet our expectation.
Started over the program within another year, moved to Bandung. We met an unusual doctor. 
Why is it unusual? 
Because he did not prescribed us any vitamins or medicine like others do. 
He just preached us that child come within the right time.
This doctor was the one who firstly found out a small cyst in my ovary and he blamed out of the fertility vitamin I consumed during the day. 
He calmed me down and told me that it was not a thing to worry about. 
Moreover, he gave us a handwriting note containing a bucket-list of food, me and husband to avoid. 
And yknow whaat! moooosstt of them are my favorites. #deepsigh. 
Following the rules and avoiding all the food for almost 3 months, I lost some weight. 
Noticed about me getting skinnier, he asked me to stop the diet and just go with the flow. 

After long idle.

In the on-going 4th year of our marriage.

On Saturday, September 30th 2017.
I made a book to get a chance seeing The Gynecologist Expert, 
in one of Woman & Children Hospitals in Jakarta, named Bunda Hospital. 
We're starting the program all over again.. 
Prof. DR. dr. Wahyu Hadisaputra, SpOG (K)
is recommended by a friend of a friend of mine. 
Smiling, he started the observation by asking some initial question such as any attempts we have experienced with some doctors, and how long we have been married. 
Just straight to the point. 
He also asked me whether I have experience of any surgery or medical treatment 
and I answered it one by one. 
Then he directed me to get usg analyzed and gave us some explanation during the session.
In short, there is a 2.1 cm long cyst on my left-sided ovary, and small cysts on the other side which are indicated as PCO. 

At last, he prescribed us two different medicine for morning and day.
30 days straight-no excuses. 
aaaannd the next appointment will be in the next month. 

Bismillah... 

All is well.
All is well.
kinda mantra for myself.