Plaqued by D.E.N.G.U.E

I always thought Dengue is something far far away...that it will never strike on me. I was wrong! I had been plaqued by Dengue since Oct 3.


It all started that afternoon in office on Oct 3 where i felt exceptionally cold, and then I had a headache that got worse. By evening when I met my ex-colleagues for dinner, I felt feverish and had to rush home. I was queueing for a cab and could feel shivers down my body. My legs grew wobbly and I couldn't even stood up.


The minute i got home, i was in bed, I felt so sick I couldn't even take off my contact lenses! I beared with the fever till the next morning before I visited the doctor's. Temp was 39.4 degree celsius. In fact, it was hovering around there for the next 1 week.


The fever did not subside by Saturday so my parents brought me to A&E at Tan Tock Seng. I was on drip for 2 hours. Was a little better by that afternoon. But, that was short-lived. The fever came back.

I had no appetite and kept feeling nauseous. In fact, i threw up a few times. Other symptoms included rashes, feeling dizzy and bloodstain in my urine.

I had to go to CDC at TTSH for 3 days in a row thereafter to take my blood tests, just to make sure my platelet count doesn't fall below 50, else i got to be hospitalised. It fell to 81 before rising again. Thank God, i need not be hospitalised.

I'm almost well now, save for the rashes on my legs and ocassional dizzy spells. The entire experience was horrible. I was practically bed-ridden for about 8 days and I took so many blood tests till my hands were all filled with blue-black marks.

Really thank God i have my family members and Shian who took turns to take care of me...else I wouldn't recover so soon!

I'm now a little phobic of mosquitos already ...