Discharged! My physiotherapist discharged me! So it appears that I can close this blog.
However, two days later, my foot started to swell.... so maybe not, so stay tuned....
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Latest Updates (Week 13)
My Hospitalisation Leave ends soon, next week. That's why the entries in this blog has dwindled, and hopefully I'll have not much news on my broken ankle anymore since it's NOT. broken, anymore.
The physiotherapist (Yu Chan) seems happy at my progress, but she is right, I need to stretch the muscles more. The muscles around the ankle itself have been really tight and it hurts like the dickens when I try to sit Japanese style (on the bed). I can maybe sit for 3 minutes, then it'll start to hurt.
She is also making me stand on the left foot and balance myself. She wants me to do it with eyes closed, but I am still trying to accomplish that feat with eyes wide opened.
The last visit, it was a rainy day, so she said we have to do something fun. Jump on the trampoline. Then stand on tiptoe on the injured foot.
Whilst I was doing the routine, this malay lady came in to the room to do exercises too and she asked about my injury. She was quite friendly, either that or really inquisitive. I told her I fell down. She asked if I had an operation, and I said no. She was surprised. She told me that she had a shoulder surgery, she had a lock shoulder, and had igmored it til the ligaments tore. So they had to operate and sew it back together. At first she could not lift her arm and she said it was terrible not to be able to brush her teeth, or lift a spoon to eat. It was her right shoulder, but she could fend for herself with her left hand. She said that she's able to lift her hand slightly now, and with that, she could start cooking again and she's a happy woman and extremely pleased with this progress.
I can emphathise. I was really glad when I started standing on my two feet that I started to potter around the kitchen and had baked up quite a storm in the past weeks. I had baked two brownies, quiches, apple crumbles, cakes, cookies, beef and chicken pies. I also cooked seafood risotto. Being able to cook again is truly one of the milestones, other than having removed the cast and being able to stand and subsequently walk on my two feet. :)
The physiotherapist (Yu Chan) seems happy at my progress, but she is right, I need to stretch the muscles more. The muscles around the ankle itself have been really tight and it hurts like the dickens when I try to sit Japanese style (on the bed). I can maybe sit for 3 minutes, then it'll start to hurt.
She is also making me stand on the left foot and balance myself. She wants me to do it with eyes closed, but I am still trying to accomplish that feat with eyes wide opened.
The last visit, it was a rainy day, so she said we have to do something fun. Jump on the trampoline. Then stand on tiptoe on the injured foot.
Whilst I was doing the routine, this malay lady came in to the room to do exercises too and she asked about my injury. She was quite friendly, either that or really inquisitive. I told her I fell down. She asked if I had an operation, and I said no. She was surprised. She told me that she had a shoulder surgery, she had a lock shoulder, and had igmored it til the ligaments tore. So they had to operate and sew it back together. At first she could not lift her arm and she said it was terrible not to be able to brush her teeth, or lift a spoon to eat. It was her right shoulder, but she could fend for herself with her left hand. She said that she's able to lift her hand slightly now, and with that, she could start cooking again and she's a happy woman and extremely pleased with this progress.
I can emphathise. I was really glad when I started standing on my two feet that I started to potter around the kitchen and had baked up quite a storm in the past weeks. I had baked two brownies, quiches, apple crumbles, cakes, cookies, beef and chicken pies. I also cooked seafood risotto. Being able to cook again is truly one of the milestones, other than having removed the cast and being able to stand and subsequently walk on my two feet. :)
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