Day 4

Today my calf feels much better. Still some pain when i walk but the pain is lessened definitely. I really hope i can walk by tmr. Anyway plan to go to the hospital for a scan to determine how bad the tear is.. 

Do you know a calf sprain feels like someone has hit you on the calf with something hard, like a rock or golf ball? That was what i thought at first. I looked around to see who had hit me but no one was around and then next thing i knew I was down on the ground, like those injured footballers, groaning and wincing in pain..

Well for now, exercise will have to be done like a paraplegic on wheelchair. I've always admired those ppl on wheelchairs who work out and participate in Paralympics.. 

Day 3

Been going to the chinese medicine centre everyday for change of dressing and today i had acupuncture and heat treatment. First experience with acupuncture and I must say it's painful but tolerable. The doc said my calf is much better and i can also feel less pain. But for the moment i can only walk on tiptoes using my left foot and tats very tiring so i use high heels instead! Takes the pressure off the toes and the whole foot can rest on the shoe. Its VERY tiring walking tiptoe on one foot and flat on the other. Like a limping animal... Now wif the high heels I can walk with more dignity n class:)

Another weird thing i must do is wrap my calf wif cling wrap b4 i shower each time.. But still the bandage gets wet..

Today i did some upper body exercises wif dumbells while sitting on a chair. Feels good. Also played boxing Wii till my arms ached! Went online and read up about calf injuries...discovered that I can swim still! Hooray... maybe I'd bump again into that ang mo guy who spoke to me last friday at the pool.. altho he din look superfit, he sure can swim FAST cos he swam faster than me! I had a hard time catching up with him. He told me he had already swam 20 laps b4 i came along. Wow...and then he sat on the edge and watched me swim...and asked me if i compete.. I was panting away as I answered, "Oh no that was a long time ago.." Then later I thought about his question again ..could he be complimenting me? I mean u dun ask someone if they compete if u dun think they swim fast rite? Oh well...anyway he looks like michael j fox .. and even waved goodbye to me as he left the complex..Well i think he's waving to me cos i din see anyone else wave back except me, hahaha... 

So I can still work out ... i will do more upper body exercises tmr - like inclined knee push-ups, bent arm rows, triceps kickbacks, lateral arm raises, hammer curls...and some lying down/sitting yoga poses. Yoga a bit hard i think cos it involves the whole body but nvm i'd try and see....

No way I'd let an injury stop me! Oh yeah another good thing is ...i took up this accident insurance last year and now i can claim ...hopefully :)

Blessed New Year

As I was hobbling to the car, it suddenly dawned on me that I'm so fortunate  - it's just a temporal injury and I have a car to drive to the physician, instead of having to try to flag a taxi down. I was even more blessed - the physician is just 5 mins drive away at AMK and i managed to find a parking lot near the shop, even though there were many cars circling around looking for a lot (there's a church nearby). I forgot to call for an appt but they attended to me after a short wait of ten mins. The physician said mine's not as serious as I thought, just a small tear in the ligament. Now ain't I lucky? After a towel-biting massage, she put on some medicine and told me I could come back tmr for a fresh application of medicine and more massage. She's quite hopeful I can walk by Wed! Hooray!  I really think this injury is a blessing - As i hobble around the house doing housework, I realise how much I've taken for granted my two legs. After I recover, I'd make sure I warm up much more and try not to overstrain any particular muscle too much. My mistake yesterday was to play badminton after 40 min on the cycling and elliptical machine. That was definitely overkill...

Anyway no matter how bad the circumstances, there's always blessings that will come out of it. I even managed to wash clothes on my knees. Now that's something new. I'm really thankful that I can even wash my clothes :) If not for this injury, I'd take for granted something so mundane as washing clothes. 

Have a blessed Lunar New Year everyone!  

Lunatic new year

I'm finally blogging now after a whole month cos i'm forced to take a rest from hopping and limping.. tore my left calf ligaments yesterday while playing badminton with my son, after an hour of cardio in the gym. So much for trying to get that killer bod. It's killing ME! I was supposed to rush back home after the badminton to get ready for a reunion dinner at my home but it was so bad that I could not even walk properly. Every step on my left foot was agony. So I had to resort to hopping on my right foot instead... Good thing that it happened yesterday cos my sis-in-law  brought me to a registered chinese physician at AMK right before the dinner started cos the clinic would close at 9 pm. Lucky I invited my aunty Ruth to come for the dinner. She's a REAL angel in human form. She helped clean up the dishes and everything. If not for her, I really don't know how i'd cope. After that, my son Mark, another angel, helped me to bed and got everything I needed like drinks, etc. He actually attended to me like a nurse for half an hour!! When i thanked him, he said, "Nah, you took care of me when I was having my operation remember? I'm just returning a favour. " So sweeet ....

Well it was rather hard sleeping with the pain on my calf and i just drifted in and out of sleep. Woke up at 9 and had to get ready breakfast and lunch as well as hang up the laundry from the washing machine. I managed to cook lunch hopping around the kitchen and hang out the laundry as well. That's why I'm taking a break now - it's soo tiring! Going to hop to the carpark after this to drive to the chinese physician for my massage...geesh i really ain't looking forward to the pain :( 

School , booty calls and CNY

I'm ACTUALLY looking forward to school tomorrow. This class of mine is really cute. I enjoy teaching them, seeing their smiling enthusiastic faces. It's SUCH a change from the kids I taught last year.  can't believe my new class blog has got over 200 hits in just 2 weeks! Sure feels good :) Guess I'm really on my way to being a real writer! 

Just read some forums on women lamenting that their boyfriends don't spend enough time with them .. but when they do, they just want sex. No more shopping and movie dates, or chilling out together on beach, etc. Just a quick dinner and even quicker sex in the car/bedroom and he's either off or fallen asleep. Then the poor gal doesn't see or hear much from him for days or even weeks..before the next booty call again.. Does he love her or not? Well this smart guys know how to keep the booty in the groove by giving excuses like "Oh baby, you just don't know how much I miss you but im so busy here!" or "Honey, even though I'm so busy, I can't stop thinking of how sweet you are..hang in there for me". So the poor gal hangs in there...lonely night after lonely night.. the doubts start sinking in and she's driven to post in forums - "Does my boyfriend really love me or is he just using me?"

Well let's all agree on something - when a man really loves a woman, he'd want to spend as much time as he can with her. But.. ONCE in a week or even ONCE in two weeks is really a mockery. If he's that busy, then obviously whatever he's busy with is what he's IN LOVE with, not her. Right? So he's in love with his work, his sports, his buddies, his computer games.. sure he loves having sex with his gal but NOT as much as those. So that explains why he only has time for her ONCE in a while...and not as often as she wants to.

Anyway if it happens to me, I won't sweat over it. I'd never give my booty to anyone who isn't putting in effort to spend time with me. Cos the way i look at it - if my booty is that good, why on earth am I SOOO dumb to reserve it for a JERK who puts me on the bottom of his priorities and treats me as a booty call? There are plenty of guys out there who are sincere and will spend time with a woman they love, not treat her so bad. So gals, take my advice, cut the guy out of your list and start looking for REAL love, not booty love. You deserve love, not pining at home and missing the times you spent together. Nah, don't go and talk to him about it. Of coz he'd promise you he'd change and start spending more time with you but it won't last, I can bet my last dollar. After he realises you still need him, he'd just slip back to his lazy ways and lame excuses.. For all you know, he's romancing a new gal, that's why he's so unavailable and keeping you on the shelf for that once-in-a-week or once-in-a-fortnight booty call. What a jerk right? 

Ok enuf of jerks. I did some CNY shopping today - bought 4 pairs of shoes, four tops and some belts. Found this really cool belt with roses on it!! Cooool :)

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