SIN (Lecturer Dear)
Chapter 109: Hope Healed
On a clear morning, Oma Belle sat contemplating in front of a clean, square-shaped canvas. Aswono's grandfather who noticed his wife's turmoil earlier, could not help but ask.
"Why you?"
"I'm thinking about the future of our generation. I can't make Karen get pregnant quickly, or Chalvin should get married soon. He wants to, too, you know!" Oma Belle certainly still remembers when Chalvin asked the next woman he would introduce. Though the question of pleasantries was thrown to shift his focus.
Coinciding with that, Chalvin who had just arrived then immediately turned around quickly upon hearing the talk about his marriage. Unfortunately, the image of himself had already caught the sharp eyes of Oma Belle.
"Thank you!" call Oma Belle.
Chalvin gasps. Hearing the call is like hearing the sound of a midnight electric token. Of course it makes it too bad!
"Yes, Oma ...."
"Here, someone wants Oma bullshit. Next week Oma has an invitation to a granddaughter's wedding. You accompany oma, huh? There's a girl that Oma will know you."
Chalvin scratched his head with a sour face look. "Don't kayak yesterday, Oma. In Barbie's kayak photo, fit came instead like Suzanna."
"Then we'll see it firsthand. No. Photos because photos can be deceiving!" reply Oma Belle.
Chalvin could only exhale violently while muttering in his heart, "Gini really has Oma as a councilor, marriage should be arranged with him."
After several days in the hospital, Karen was allowed to return home. In the next few days, he and Darren will fly to Malaysia for treatment using the HIFU method. Upon arriving at their residence, Karen was stunned to see the atmosphere of the house that remained neat despite being left for several days. Looks like a medium-sized suitcase Darren has prepared for their departure.
Before flying to Malaysia to carry out HIFU procedures, the couple consulted online first. In front of the laptop Karen spoke directly to the doctor who will handle her in the hospital there.
(Ket. The conversation below uses Malay)
"HIFU is very able to kill harmful cells in the body such as myoma and adenomyosis. If it becomes a cancer cell, we will kill the spread. To run HIFU, I recommend that patients run MRI¹. Can be done in Indonesia. After the MRI, we told the patient to send me. We'll see if we can help this disease with HIFU" explains the doctor with a distinctive Malay accent.
"Are you able to get pregnant after this treatment, Doc?" asked Karen enthusiastically.
"Yes, yes, the HIFU technique for adenomyosis is so that the disease will decrease and the patient can become pregnant. That's our purpose. And before there is HIFU, we usually still try to help a woman who has this disease by making fertile drugs, insemination or baby tubes. But with HIFU, we have one more way to repair the uterus to help pregnant women."
"How long does my wife have to stay in this hospital after performing the HIFU procedure, doc?" ask Darren.
"Actually, there is no need to sit in the hospital. If we make HIFU in the morning, afternoon can be out. But, usually we'll put it in for one night. At most two nights because it is not surgery and there are no injuries in the abdomen because we use ultrasound waves. After running this HIFU, a woman can eat, drink and walk. There is no pain."
"Is this HIFU treatment any side effects, doc?" Darren continued to ask.
"If we do surgery there must be side effects. The side effect that we are very worried about is injury to other organs. For HIFU, the side effects are very small. There may be a little pain in the uterus, sometimes there is bleeding, there is vaginal discharge, but what we fear most is intestinal wounds. But the chances of that happening are very slim, only two in ten thousand patients" the doctor explained.
Karen and Darren exchanged glances with interlocking hands. The explanation of the doctor is so optimistic, making them more confident with the choices that have been taken.
As the doctor has explained, the process of handling tumors with HIFU techniques only takes one to four hours, depending on how big and how many tumors are in the uterus. The doctor also tells the types of foods that are abstinent to consume for four days before performing the procedure.
The time to go to Malaysia has arrived. Mami Vallen and her husband deliver Karen and Darren at the airport.
"Don't be afraid! Let's just say you're going on your honeymoon" Valen said, sidling Karen's hair behind her ear.
Karen nodded with a light-expressed smile. Speaking of the honeymoon, he and Darren did not do it until now. The day after marriage, they went straight to campus and did their usual activities.
"Karen! Darren!"
Karen and Darren compactly turned around as their names were called by familiar voices. They smiled broadly at Oma Belle and Chalvin, who were in a hurry to see their departure.
"Karen, Oma bring you a good rubbing oil to use to warm your body if you are cold on the plane. Then there's also sour sugar candy, who knows if you're nauseous." Oma Belle delivers a pungent, spice-scented rubbing oil as well as old-fashioned candy setoples wrapped in colorful oil paper.
"Thank you, Oma!" Karen received Oma Belle's gift with a smile.
"Thanks, yeah!"
While on the plane, Karen keeps her head resting on Darren's shoulders. Their hands are still tightly connected. Although their trip was intended for treatment, somehow he was very happy and enjoyed it.
The air journey, which took approximately two hours, took them to the neighboring country. Upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, they immediately rest in a hotel that has been reserved. Every corner of the metropolitan city, quite controlled by Darren because he had taught at one of the prestigious universities.
"We go for a walk, yuk," Karen took with her while looking at the beauty of the capital from their bedroom window.
"You need to get plenty of rest before you go through treatment," Darren said as he arranged for their luggage.
Karen's face was grunting. He jumped on Darren's back. Fortunately, the man swiftly restrained his body.
"Say you are lazy take sick people for a walk. Aye, right?"
The movements that Karen made above her back, made Darren's body lose its balance. He slammed his body into the bed in a sideways position so as to make Karen lie down. Darren turned quickly to face each other, then briefly kissed his wife's soft lips.
"We focus on your treatment first, yes. When it is finished, I will definitely take a walk," said the man.
Karen placed her palm on her husband's firm jaw. "You know, you're my elixir."
The next day, they went to the destination hospital in Malacca. They need to take a road trip of about an hour from the hotel where they are staying. Upon arriving at the hospital, Karen's body was laid on top of a HIFU machine, to run the simulation first. After that, he was given a special intestinal cleansing drug. As the treatment process was about to begin, Darren's fingers stretched out touching his wife's cold, trembling hands, then grasped them tightly.
"All will be well." Darren whispered his mainstay sentence in Karen's ear. The sentence that became a spell as well as a reinforcement for Karen.
Their hands should be removed when the nurse starts pushing the gurney into the room where the real HIFU procedure is.
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Footprint 🦶🦶
MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging): examination of organs using magnetic technology and body waves.
Author notes ⁇ ️️
An explanation of HIFU, quoted from the crown doctor medical center who handles this procedure. I watched the explanation on YouTube for an hour, and then I summarized the explanation as above. And after watching, I also just found out that HIFU can treat breast cancer, bone and pancreatic cancer also gays.
Why did I choose to save Karen with this method? Because this method is still many who do not know, gays. Including nakes here. Naturally, yes, in Indonesia there is no. In Malaysia it is still new and only in one hospital. And so, I'm an admirer of great technology. You can see my previous novels also always introduce technology and applications even though there are only fictitious. Although, if Karen had undergone a uterine lift procedure, the story would have been more dramatic, wkwk.
I told you a little, actually I don't really know about the female reproductive organs. While reading the brainstorming that the editor loved, I was confused about what disease would be suitable for Karen. Certainly related to uterine problems. That's why, there are some early chapters of this conflict I haven't spill the disease.
Then, I fad to my brother-in-law about uterine tumors, because my brother-in-law nakes and happens to be his place in the field of tumor diseases and cancer. As I nanya, he immediately called with a worried tone, who is sick? Keep fitting I answer, the character character of my novel, he kek gubrak 😂.
So, my brother-in-law helped me a lot. He sent the results of his research on cases of female uterine disease in the form of pdf. That's what I read and finally got a little.
From the medical side, I'm starting to understand. But from the patient side, I was curious. Then, I found out about women suffering from reproductive diseases in a forum. The fear Karen felt represented the feelings of the forum members. Fear of not being able to get pregnant again, fear of early menopause, until fear after surgery later their arousal decreases. There are also those who are afraid of their partner changing, because there is a myth that says if you have no uterus, having sex is not good anymore. So, the fear that Karen experienced was very human.
Btw, I agree with the commentator who said that when we are sick, it is actually a test for our partner. Good Komeng! Right, yes, because from there can be seen the sincerity and loyalty of our partner.
Okay, so many rinses from me. Btw, I have been busy for a few days and have to work overtime. It can be seen from the hours of the midnight release of the novel and I did not leave footnotes for several chapters. So I write tuh dicicil, for example today 500s, tomorrow connect again until the 1000s. Can be updated every day with a record of only 500 words/chapters. But it feels strange, my novel is always above a thousand words. I try that each chapter has a core story and the value of the story itself. What about you guys?
