On June 17th, 2020 I went to a clinic to check on a constant pain that I felt on my stomach. I had a mixed feeling for the whole journey. Scared, not really sure how the system works, fear that I had serious illness and other worst possibilities. Luckily, when I contacted my friend asking how to deal with the health system in Singapore, she offered to accompany me, so one less problem to deal with. The whole process went quite fast, from diagnose until the decision to do surgery. The next day, the doctors came to check on me and she said that the surgery went well and if my body could function after total anesthesia, I could go home.
Having an operation creates a strange relationship between me and my body. There are part of me that I have no control on. It still feels strange to touch the scar and there are still some moves that I can not do without creating pain. I am healing, physically and mentally. I think mentally, this whole experience makes me reflect on the presence of important people in my life and moreover, what I considered as important.
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