For the past few weeks life hasn’t been good to me, other than being really busy, I also had some minor injury.
Was having fun walking by the mall with my mum after accompanying her watching Mama Mia (still enjoyed it even after twice watching it) two weeks ago. Some kid stepped on my toe. For a moment, I just thought okay someone stepped on me, it hurts a little but its nothing much, perhaps the kid didn’t knew she stepped on me. So I didn’t bother, turn around and continue walking. First step was pain. Second step was painful. Third step, unbearable!!
I turned around and saw the kid looking back at me, she might have known she hurt me when I yelled in pain while I walked. I look down and saw my bloody toe. Heavens! She ripped off my nail! I was walking to the carpark, thought I can still make it back home and clean up. God knows how big Mid Valley Megamall is and I parked at 5th Floor, The Gardens. I had to walk and stop for many times as the pain was killing me. Had to hold my tears as well.
At first I thought she just broke half of my nail, I could just go home and cut out the broken half and I should be fine. It’s not like it haven’t happen before. My nails are pretty soft so they are easily to be peeled. While I was driving home, I really couldn’t stand the pain anymore, and was having problem focusing on the road. That’s when I told myself I need to get to the clinic.
Was driving around my housing area to find one, sadly the ones that I prefer to go to were closed! Since it’s already past 10pm, except for one. They were shutting the grills, when my mum went in and told me it’s emergency.
When I got there, the doctor didn’t sound quite happy having to take me as his last patient as he already packed up wanting to leave. Went in to his room, he asked what happen so I explained the whole scenario to him. He took out a needle (meanwhile have time to joke with the nurse) poke into a little bottle of medication and ready to jap me, that’s when I stop him. I asked what medication were those and why is he japing me. A poor little kitten I were really terrified with needles and trying to stand the pain, I needed someone to explain to me before they stuff me with needles and medication. Clearly the doctor didn’t sense that at all, and his first word that came out from his mouth was “You want to die ar?”. Bloody hell! I was bit offended when he said that. I told him I just wanted to know what the doc is doing before he japs me or give me any pills. I might be allergic to what crap he was giving me!
He gave me a tetanus jap on my leg, which I find it completely weird, as people do not give injections at muscles, the medication will not flow properly compare to fatty tissues on arms and butt. Then, the scary part came. He actually took the same needle (which by now is filled with blood, because he jap the medication into my blood veins) poke it into another bottle of medication (supposing anesthesia) and jap my little toe. Shouldn’t a doc change needle especially after mine is filled with blood and he pokes into another bottle of solution and wouldn’t my blood flow into the solution? Isn’t that the main cause of transferring HIV?? I stop him again and asked what is that for, and could I not have that. He told me that I would be stupid not to have it, as he has not seen anyone can take the pain of removing a nail. I already saw my nail has came off, just need someone to pull it. Yes it definitely gonna hurt, but I just thought I can take the pain. In actual fact, I didn’t wanted to use back the same needle. ottle First jap I let out a tiny ‘Ah!’, second jap I had to scream, when the doc was ready for the third one I STOP HIM! I had to asked if 3 japs is necessary as I already saw there’s no medication left to jap into me in the needle. The doc said asked me to look at my mum so I wont feel the pain (?? What kind of logic is that?? I ain’t no two year old!). While he was giving me the third jap, my mum asked if so many injections were necessary, and there it goes the rude doctor said to my mum “Shut up! Get out of this room! And let us do our job!”. I was seriously pissed off at this point. You can be rude to me but never to my mum. I can’t say much at that time as I was already in pain screaming as he continue poking me with the 4th & 5th & 6th…… I lost count after that. I almost passed out of the pain. Doc keep saying that I shouldn’t be feeling any pain already as he had already given me the anesthesia. I wanted to scream at the doc and tell him to “F*****g pull out my nail and give me pain killers!”. Literally I can still feel the needles poking me and he moved the needle while it is in my toe! Perhaps he just jap for fun to see if I felt the pain after the anesthesia, but heck! Was it necessary?? Or perhaps he just does ‘payback’ for me questioning him…
My mum was pissed while I was damn furious when we left the clinic. He was entirely rude to me & my mum, wasn’t helpful at all when I question him certain things about medication or treatment. The whole treatment cost RM 100, which I felt it was way too expensive.
That night itself, I couldn’t sleep. The pain was still killing me and my injured leg muscle felt like cramp all the night I couldn’t move it much. The pain killers didn’t help at all after I popped a few in. Next day I went to work (as I have event going on the day after, have to go in for rehearsal to make sure everything is well), suffered the whole day exhausted and pain. The following night I still couldn’t sleep and was on high fever. Finally the next day, I got really frustrated, went to the pharmacy and got another stronger pain killer. According to the pharmacist, the pain killer given to me wasn’t strong enough to stand such endure pains. Darn that doc again!
I was having difficulty walking for not the pain on my toe but the pain on my leg where that doc gave me the tetanus jap. I noticed it was swollen as well. On the 3rd day, I felt heat and itchiness on the leg near where the medication was. It shows no good sign to me. By the 4th day, my mum is very concern about my leg, as it is red and swollen, I was still limping and itchy, when I scratch I felt short sharp pain. A friend of mine came to visit me at work, straight away she saw something not right on my leg even way before I told her about in toe nail thingy, she advice me to go seek other doctors.
Went to my office panel clinic, the doctor there was really surprise to see what happened to me. I told him the whole incident with the doctor and not surprise that My leg was infected! Well he said a little. The medication was stuck in my veins not going anywhere, that’s what causes the swell, red heat and itchiness. The doc couldn’t do anything about it except to wait for a week to see what it turns out. He advice me to massage my leg and have hot pack cover my leg to help blood flow, hopefully it would wash the medication out than to clog it there. If not he will need to do something to get the medication out. My thoughts were right. The stupid doc jap it at the wrong place. According to the panel doc, normal (note: NORMAL) doctors wouldn’t give injection at legs, thigh might be a possibility but never to places where muscles are, as the medication hard to flow into our blood. Soft tissues are always the best spot.
Then I asked him to have a look at my toe, as after days it is still not healing. Doc opens up the bandage and again it is infected! He request for immediate dressing with proper tools and medicine. He scolded me for not going to his place for dressing. I didn’t know that I suppose to re-visit the horror clinic for dressing! The stupid doctor and nurse didn’t told me to! So I did it myself at home. My toe was slightly swollen and light purple colour. Doc said there wasn’t any blood flowing to my toe (might cause the nail not growing back), and a lot of foreign substance on the wound (from the cotton bud and bandage that was sticking to my skin everytime I try to dress it), he had to pull out strains of thread and clean it up for me. Was little painful, but it was something I could take it (and didn’t need any anesthesia!). After he cleaned up, he was shock to see the injection holes on my toe. He thought I was joking about the doc giving me more than 6 jap on that tiny little toe. He was laughing at first thinking I was just exaggerating, telling him a horror story, but now he gets to see the tiny holes and he could count them! The only words that came out from the panel doc was “That doctor is psycho! Crazy! Insane! Better not see that doctor again! Are you planning to sue him?”
I did thought of sue-ing the doctor, but who should I go to?? This clinic is private clinic, I can go complain to the doctor who owns the clinic, which I did that before complaining the rudeness and un-professionalism of another doctor. Now looks like I have encounter two rude doctors from the same clinic and now this doctor has cause my toe might not able to grow back the nail (I am praying hard for it to grow back!).
After a few proper dressing, my toe are now better. Still no nail yet, friends told me it need months… right.. so I wait… Every day & night I massage my leg with hot pack laying on it. It took few days the swell to go down and slowly the itchiness fade, which is good news, that shows it is not infected.
Thought of posting up the pictures of my injured toe but hahaha think it would be too gross la to be up in the blog.. so gonna keep it to myself :P
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