Radiology Dept.

haha~ today with the company of Hui Ting (member masa kat INTI dulu, now she's a 2nd year medical student studying in Monash Sunway), i went to the radiology department in Lam Wah Ee. (thanx dad)

So, when i entered in there, it was quite hectic with all the crowded (not that crowded la) patients everywhere (well not really..haha).

We went straight to the MRI room. so there i met Kak Fizah who has been working there for 4 years and she taught me and Ting about MRI. and so when she brought us inside the MRI room where they have this big circley magnet thingy (thats why they call it MRI, it stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) so when i got close to it, i noticed that (eventho tengah pakai tudung) my hair pin was pulled.. haha! so thats why you are not allowed to wear any metal things like earrings, necklace, handphone and watch also not allowed.

The MRI scanner

the computer that processes the images

And so she showed us the MRI of the Circle of Willis, a CDP (cervical disc prolapse), LDP (i think you can guess what this stands for).

sila diagnose sendiri . haha!

In the next room, they have the CT scan room. So we asked them, how do you determine whether you want a CT or an MRI? they said 1st CT scan cepat sikit (in case of emergency like stroke la) then 2nd MRI is usually used to scan the brain, and then MRI safer cuz CT use radiation one.. like that lor..

CT scan

aha after that, me and Ting went to the mammo room where this kakak showed us how the mammogram works. Ok compared to CT and MRI, mammo is the one which is painful. cuz the machine kinda compresses the breast but the procedure is like sekejap only. And after the mammo, the kakak brought us into the ultrasound room where one of the doctors showed us the breast lump from the lady who had the mammo before.. cool!

this is where the breasts are pressed. ouch.

and Ting taught me how to say "you have a tumor" in chinese!!

"lu uu liu.." haha!
something like that la. haha

So tomorrow we're off to my oh-so-cool-i-rindu-so-much 'playground'.. the OT~~~~ yay!!!