Went to Changi hospital on Tuesday for my checkup. My appointment was at 3pm but I reached earlier by 15 mins. Waited for like 45 mins before it finally reaches my turn. The doctor was quite intimidating at first, she shoot a lot of questions at me, like questioning a crime suspect. But later on she loosen up as she was doing the ultrasound scan, explaining to me the procedures and assuring me that it is harmless.

She found 3 cysts in total, one on the right and another two on the left. I didn't even notice that there were 2 on my left. But the doctor told me that they are small, so unlikely to be detected. She gave me 2 options, one is to do a mini day surgery and get the cysts removed. Another is to do a needle test and continue to monitor. I chose option 2, don't really like the idea of surgery since she also mentioned that they may grow back after removing all 3.

The needle test was quite painful. She used a syringe to extract some sample to be sent to the lab for tests. She kept assuring me that it is very common among young women. I gather that the purpose of her doing the test is due to my family history. She asked me to do a more detailed xray ultrasound to check if there are more which she did not detect.

I've fixed the appointment on next Wednesday and my next follow-up is in January. The first consultation with the needle test and all already costs close to $80 and it is heavily subsidized by the government. Without referral, the full rate is over $200! I'll still have to fork out another $40 for the xray ultrasound. Hopefully all goes well, I just want to get it over and done with quickly.