Reality

The atomic bomb has been dropped.

Cure For the Wrist 2

I'm baccck!

Same long wait. Same treatment. Advised to return for another 2 treatments.

Got medication again. Still have plaster leftover, so no need to get more. $81.50.

I think that will be all for me eh hehe. Not 100% cured, but it's kinda expensive.

The Hope Killer Bill

Received the bill for my stay at The Hope Killer. It's managed to arrive sooner than No Use Hospital!

Therapy Rants

New client sharing transport with me. A lady who looked to be in her 30s with a bad leg. Although the transport plays the English station sometimes, she die die must broadcast her own songs from her phone. Gosh. Really don't get these people.

Cure For the Wrist

5 months on, my left wrist is still hurting. Should get some help already.

I expected Western doctors to just prescribe painkillers, so I decided to try TCM instead.

Expensive Shit

The orthosis vendor guy and a lady assistant came during lunch time to take my measurements. He asked for a pail and started making some kind of plaster to take a mould of my calves and feet.

The thing is going to cost $6k.

$6k.

$6k!!!

I thought $700 for the TLSO was bad, but 一山还有一山高! Dr L really thinks my pocket is a bottomless pit huh! Making me get this without knowing the cost!

I paid a $3k deposit. If only he accepts credit cards. Assuming a transaction charge of 3%, I still have 2% savings even if he passes the cost to me.

This sum could have paid for a holiday, but now I'm not going anywhere.

Sigh.

Morning Disappointing Tidings

Ehh how come he's coming for therapy today? :(

He told the driver it was because he had a medical appointment.

Chey! Still say it's because of the bad service? So it's because you are not free lah? Want to act tough, but actually got some other underlying reason!

Morning Glad Tidings

He really didn't come today! Hope it's permanent! Keep it up!

Transport was on time today. Now I know why it's always late.

And I can go home promptly after the end of my session. YAY!

Offloading the Overpriced Ointment

Good thing I have a PT scheduled so close to the Ortho clinic. Can go back to exchange the ointment. The pharmacist said that they tried calling me. So the missed call was from them.

Got my exchange and refund. All's fine.

The PT saw my new powered wheelchair. She's happy coz it's more convenient for them too now.

More Braces To Come

Follow-up at Ortho clinic today. Since the appointment was after peak hours and I had time on my hands, I decided to try taking MRT there with my powered wheelchair. Went smoothly. I guessed it's better since Father didn't have to transfer me on and off a cab and push me around.

X-ray first as usual. This time, I took the X-ray sitting. So many ways to get the desired X-ray. Is this what diagnostic radiography students spend 3 years learning in school?

After taking the X-ray, I went back to the clinic. Still early today, got to wait. Can't lunch first.

25 Minutes Wasted

The noisy guy is not only noisy in the transport. Today, he even quarreled with the staff. Well, usually he acted chummy with the admin staff, but I guessed he disliked the therapists. No idea what he was so unhappy with, but there were staff crowded around him, listening attentively while he gave them a earful.

Diablo III

Bought the game I have been waiting for!!!

I actually thought I could play it while I was on leave. Sigh.

Unlicensed Driver On The Loose

Rode the powered wheelchair out for the first time. Started with a low speed. This thing 反应迟钝 ley, only starts to move 1 second after pushing the joystick.

And reversing is hard! Reverse and turn corner even harder! Should I turn left or right to order to face right?

No wonder driving lessons are necessary.

Pills @ No Use Hospital

Curiosity drove me to abuse work resources find out what the No Use Hospital has been feeding me besides food and how much they cost. Dates are to the best of my knowledge. Generally, injections are more expensive than their pill version.

The Powered Chair

There's a conspiracy between rehab centres and the mobility equipment industry. I have been asked by my PT, S, again whether I was getting a powered chair. This time, I could give a positive answer, because E the social worker from The Hope Killer, has just contacted me with good news. Remembered that I had applied for fund by HSBC? So HSBC was feeling rich and has kindly decided to sponsor the purchase of a powered chair!

Depressed

How could I not be, when I have to be back at work TOMORROW?

Don't Speak

It's been nearly a month sharing the transport with this noisy guy who yaks non-stop during the journey. All I wished for was peace and quiet so that I could nap. Having to wake up at 7.30am is very taxing you know? *siams the rotten eggs*

Today, my ordeal was extended. For some reason, the driver decided to use Upper Thomson Road, which has a jam every morning. Maybe there's somebody new to pickup?

The noisy guy was not one who keeps quiet. He questioned the driver and found out he decided to travel via Lornie Road due to a traffic jam along CTE.

Ouch. Bad move.

The noisy guy wouldn't take it lying down. He started saying that the driver should have consulted him since he was "very familiar with the roads in this area, having traveled to Bukit Timah area for year". And he went on to describe the route he should have taken.

Father and I could only roll our eyes. I alone have 9 continuous years - try beating me? Yet we have not spoken a word.

By the way, the route he described is NOT the best.

Progress Report

Putting on weight! I'm sporting a double chin before I knew it. There is always too much food. Enough about eating more for healing. How can I consume the same portion as the rest if I don't even walk? Have to cut down already.

My toes nails are terribly soft. I used to have to press the nail clipper with 4 fingers and trim my toes nails after bathing so that they are softer. Now they crack and keep going whenever they a bit long. And the trimming process might crack them too. Argh.

Still having problem with toileting and transfer.

The scars on my face are still obvious. Plus a new pit right in the middle of my forehead, no thanks to that mega pimple. Thankfully, my cheapo beauty regimen has cured most of the other blemishes. Shall start trying the Asiatic Centella ointment of my face too.

PT at No Use Hospital today. Outpatient rehab really does not seem to be part of their focus. At least for the neuro department. There is only 1 PT and 1 TA at any given time. Large gym, but quite under-utilized. Funny that the doctors in the same hospital don't seem to be aware. Everytime ask me why only come once a month.

The canteen at Some People Died is pretty unappetizing. The teh tastes thin although the color looks ok. For cooked food, there's mixed vegetable rice, but the dishes look quite sad. Only half of the display shelf is filled, mostly with deep fried stuff - sausages, hash brown and the likes. Some oily-looking vegetables... and not sure what else, because I have no incentive to stop and find out. Maybe it's because there are so many food choices nearby. Pity the staff if they have to eat in on rainy days.

Seeing Colleagues After a Long Time

If I could go out to meet a friend, there was no reason that I couldn't go out to meet my colleagues... XD More so when the meal was going to be paid for and the place reasonably close.

Meeting a Long-Lost Friend

When I was still in the corner of Singapore, I was pleasantly surprised that Z, a friend from my JC CCA initiated a meetup. She offered to visit after I told her what I was up to, but I was sure nobody would want to go all the way there.