Hi everybody, I hope you're doing well.
I don't know why I'm laughing
I think I'm just like I feel super awkward starting this again. I haven't been making of it
I haven't made of well, I can't even talk anymore.
I haven't made a video for about two weeks some of you may have noticed. But yeah, I had a little run-in with bad health issues
You're probably here for my hospitalization. This is getting painful watching. This is more pain than I felt in the hospital
I was in the hospital for a while as most of you know
Because I made a bigger deal out of it and needs to be probably with the photos and stuff on Instagram
and whatnot and
It probably took a lot more time off than I needed to
and I'm now I'm here to explain
I could just tell you exactly what happened and how they fixed it really quickly because
I realized after tweeting about out looking for pity that a lot of people have had way worse surgeries and
continue to have way worse problems than me,
but no, I'm a youtuber and
I finally got my story time
about a hundred thousand of you are gonna hear about my problem and how I was sliced three times
I feel like I want to stand up for this Gabby Hannah style
it all started on July 24th, 2018
I woke up with this, woke up with this dull pain
That was sometimes sharp on my lower right side of my abdomen
And at first I thought it was just the Sichuan hotpot that I ate the night before
but after going through the my usual morning routine
It was not because it was still there
so I messaged Carly who's my sister and she's a nurse and
Usually she tells me I'm being dramatic about everything and nothing is wrong with me
I actually woke up and fainted. It was so weird.
Did you lose consciousness?
I could hear but all I saw was black
Does that count?
Okay, but no for the first time she was a little bit worried because she thought it could be my appendix
So that's how I knew what death was near and we rushed straight to the hospital
I saw the first doctor and he thought it could be
Something there could be something wrong with my gallbladder or liver because of the symptoms. I was describing
Things kind of get all foggy when doctors ask questions
You kind of start to believe you're maybe it's just me
But I start to believe that my problem was much bigger than it is
like he was like, oh is your it's your pee like a dark color like the color of tea and I was like, oh,
Yeah, come to think of it. It was really dark this morning
It must not be because I just woke up and was probably dehydrated and like your first pees you do a little darker
No, I definitely have something wrong with my gall bladder liver, and my appendix is about to burst at the same time. I I started
Then he sent me to a gastrointestinal specialist and that doctor thought it was probably my appendix so he did a few tests blood tests
Ultrasound and then the unexpected happened
They found a cyst
And I know what most of you females are thinking cysts are pretty common
A lot of people have them they come and go they don't really bother you
Then later that night I felt better and I don't know if it was the painkillers or if it was going away
But I convinced them to let me go home. They wanted me to stay overnight so that they can monitor me
But yeah, I was ready to go home. So they let me go. the following days, I felt completely fine
it had gone away or so I thought
Then on Saturday which was date day. I had done my hair up all nice. We had a nice dinner
thing were really well. We were heading home and then it came back.
On Sunday morning, I woke up in a lot of pain. It was it wasn't a dull pain anymore
It was just a constant sharp pain and we went back to the hospital and when we got there
all three of the doctors that I had seen weren't there, all the surgeons were off that day, so I decided to go back home
instead of explaining my whole story again, and I think I would have to wait to see the
Gynecologist anyways,
so I went back home then at four in the morning
So Monday morning?
the pain was so bad that I had to go back to the hospital and I just waited until the
Gynecologist arrived at 10 a.m. She decided to do more tests and she found that the cysts had grew a little bit and oh
And before they also found fluid in my stomach, so she said that the fluid would be absorbed by my abdomen too
But when she did test again, there was more fluid not only did it not get absorbed
But more was added to it and my blood hemoglobin had gone down. So things were getting worse
The surgery is called Laparoscopy
laparoscopy
And basically they just make three
Incisions in your stomach one is through the belly button through for the camera and two on the sides for the tools
So she was going to do that
but then she told me if they couldn't get through or something with walking it that would make a big cut
and if
It was bleeding too much the SIS when they tried to remove it. They might have to
like cut off one of my ovaries so I may have fertility issues and
It could be cancerous like a lot of things were scaring me
So I decided to just wait it out and hope that it went away on its own and that I wouldn't have to do surgery
We thought I was gonna have surgery this afternoon
Turns out we're like, okay. We want to wait it out do some more tests to be sure
And the pain has gone down a little bit. So we're gonna see tomorrow if it's better than I don't need to do surgery
I can just keep monitoring it what I'm most happy about is I finally get to eat I've eaten since 8 p.m
last night and it's currently 8
P.m. Now, and I've got a whole bag of trears
I am just down 2 bag of candy and 1 bag of chips
And we've ordered dinner. I'm so excited because the menu is amazing
Tom got the signature clay pot rice. I can't wait to try a bit of that
Yeah, just gonna have a feast have a good sleep here tonight hopefully, then tomorrow they're gonna do more tests
Make sure everything's still good. Hopefully the pain goes away and then I can go home
I then decided to do a CT scan to
Sort of rule out anything else that could possibly be and just narrow down exactly. What's gonna go and go on in the surgery
It's an amazing thing. It saves lives. It's I'm grateful that I was able to be able to do it
able to do it but uh
with that being said it was
The most uncomfortable thing I've had to do. I think that a CT scan just to double check my other organs of my appendix and
Yeah
That was not fun
they have to you have to drink this gross drink like four big cups of it and
then they pump died in your body and it has this like
hot feeling and but you feel like this bitter taste and your mouth you almost wanna vomit and
Not only do you have to pump it through like my veins
but I didn't know this they had to shove like a rod up my butt and
Then they'd like pump the fluid into my butthole
they didn't know this but I had been constipated for three days before that like before I got into the hospital
I had been there two days and just lying around and like maybe the painkillers
I was so constipated and then they were
Stimulating my bumhole and telling me to squeeze and keep the fluid in and I was trying so hard
And it becomes that fluid becomes hot there, too
Anyways, it's done
And I can't wait to just like go home and not be poked
I'm like, I have a stick up my butt
It was my first time feeling something on my butt
My first anal experience was by a nurse here
This is our dinner, Tom got the clay pot rice
It has abalone, mushroom, chicken and they cook it in this clay pot and it's their signature dish
I got some vegetables. This is bamboo, mushroom and bak choy, and then I just got some congee -
Good morning guys, I'm drinking coffee
cuz
TMI, but I can't poo I can't poo and they told me to walk around to relieve the gas but when I walk around
it hurts
So I'm drinking this. I'm lucky I get this because I need to go back on that and fast
So this will be my only drink of the day
are you nervous about the surgery?
Yeah
because I have to be put to sleep and
There's a little bit there
Could be some complications like maybe they will need to do that big c-section cut which will leave a big scar which is fine
But I know you can only cut there so many times. I think it's four so that limits the amount of babies that we can have
And there's some other risk like it puncturing and releasing more blood or if it's cancerous
spreading cancer
They won't know what that is
Its a spit, you have say something, its like knocking on wood in Chinese superstitious.
I hope that it goes well, and then the pain goes away then we know for sure. It's that
Yeah
They prepare me for the surgery and then I was sent down to the operation room
All I remember is being wheeled in on my bed, and then the anesthesia was injected into my arm, and I fell asleep
I woke up in a totally other room and then they will me back up to my hospital bed area and
All I remember hearing I was half-asleep still and I just heard my fiance saying, babe your are so strong. Nah, I was just
He started filming me I think in hopes of getting one of those really funny videos when people are like on
Those painkillers or anesthesia or whatever and they say something funny
But that didn't really happen all I remember was feeling really really sleepy and he was talking so much
how do you feel now
Babe, I've never seen you this talkative
Tom barely talks, but he hasn't shut up. I'm sleeping and he's still talking
I can't laugh it hurts, huh?
I just feel sleepy and I can feel the wounds
That's it
I don't have any fun high thing like no JC in the house
So the surgery went well I was able to have the laparoscopy
the three cuts the three small cuts in my stomach and
They went in they were able to remove the cyst which turns out now that I found my follow-up appointment
It was a corpus luteum. So it wasn't one of those it was nothing bad. It's like a normal
Friendly one
what was actually causing me the most pain which they didn't see in the test was my ovary was twisted around
one and a half times
They think that maybe because the cyst was growing bigger and bigger it got heavy and it caused my ovary to twist
but they don't know for sure so they were able to go in and remove the cyst and untwist my ovary and
That pain went away pretty much, I didn't feel it after
What's the worst part which they don't tell you about The surgery
is the co2 the gas trapped inside you when they cut you open
they insert co2 gas inside of you to be able to make a
Separation so they can see your organs clearly and be able to work
so all of that gets trapped inside and because you're laying there it's literally like
I felt it in my shoulder because it hits this nerve on your diaphragm I read and it connects your shoulder
so just your whole body is is it's
A lot of pain from the co2 and it feels like nothing can come out like it was literally nothing came out
So not only did I have about with ten thousand farts trapped in me
but I was constipated for like four days now at this point and
yeah, I think that was the worst pain of all but then I was talking to my mom and she was like, oh
Yeah, after a c-section you get this huge cut in your stomach
they basically
Make you get up and walk around right away and get out of the hospital and then you gotta take care of this baby you
I was thinking how the heck did she do this and do this four times and then suddenly I realized that
my surgery really wasn't that big of a deal just some discomfort discomfort with the gas and
Discomfort with the fact that I wasn't able to get out of bed for a little while
So I had to pee in front of nurses.
I know also nurses are literal angels
They have to deal with so much stuff because people are not in the best mood. They're sick and
They're upset so they don't always treat them the best but they are like constantly being so kind
so helpful, so caring doing everything they can it's busy they have to deal with a lot and they don't get enough appreciation
So I just want to say thank you nurses
So every time I had to pee out to push a button and then a nurse would come in with a pail
take off my pants put the pail under me and watch me pee basically and
Yeah, I just had to let go and pray that I did a lot about a ball during that pee and I also feel super emotional
during this whole experience. I almost got married on the spot if I didn't smell so bad
and
Wasn't able to walk. I probably would've. Because my fiancee sat next to me in the hospital day in and day out
Working from beside my bed and just being there for me, even if I was sleeping
up one day he brought in cloths from home like face cloths and offered to wash me and
My heart was so full. I was literally talking to my mom and I was like, I could go and marry him right now
I am like
Yeah
Two days after the surgery I was able to walk and I finally went to the bathroom and
I kid you not it was the best poo of my life. It just it wouldn't stop. Everything just came out
It was so bad that with my fiance walked into the hospital room. He was begging for our mercy flush
I'm so sorry to the six other people I shared the room with but that
Yeah
It felt so good. And then on that note I was able to leave the hospital and go home and recover from now
I'm pretty much completely recovered only some of that gas is left and my stomach is a bit bloated
So not a lot of my clothes fit
I started out the morning working about three to four months pregnant and then by nighttime
I'm probably 6 months pregnant. Yeah, nothing really fits me
I've been living in pajamas or my boyfriend's biggest sweatpants and it's crazy because I tweeted this. Um,
At the beginning of the year. I said my goal for this year was to get a six pack and
now
Laying there in the hospital. I was told I'm not able to work out for two months, basically
so I've lost kind of any progress I've had with building a bum, abs and stuff and
At this point, I'm just happy to have a healthy working stomach. That's all that matters
That doesn't cause me any pain and I can still go for that goal later
It's just not as important to me, but I can get abs I'll just have abs and three stabs
so that's the whole story in the long form and I took some time to recover and then
I filmed a video but in the end I didn't like it and I had a really tough time of just getting back into it
I just felt super uninspired and not sure where to pick back up again
And I did no if I want to like make this the video, but then at the same time
I feel felt like I should explain to you guys What happened
I don't know I just
Sorry it took me so long to tell you this story
I just wanted I had my follow-up appointment a week ago and I want to make sure everything was good with that and it was
Because they had found some other things wrong with me during those tests. So I was a little bit worried about that
I was scared. I would have to go back into surgery
I tried to keep you guys updated on Instagram stories and Twitter, but honestly, I wasn't even that good at that
I just wanted to like be alone and like shut out. I don't know
I was going through some stuff
and this video here because I feel like I've been talking way too long now
Yeah, thank you for being so patient with me. I'm back. I'm gonna be uploading regularly now and
Everything is fine. I will see you guys very very soon
thank you for all your kind comments on my Instagram or Twitter or Facebook it really
Uplifted me when I was in the hospital. I'm feeling a bit down. So yeah, thank you guys so so so much alright