[F-Diary] #48 MON 12 OCT - Morning Walk

Having rested for close to 2 months, had my morning walk for the first time since the injury. The feel and smell of sweat is a welcoming one 😅

No longer worry about the sweaty arms as I'm already free from the cast. The brace is removal... 

The northern sky is a bit hazy...

 

[F-Diary] #43b MON 7 OCT - My 2nd Physiotherapy session

Arrived at the dot: 4pm... and ended up to be the last patient to leave, at close to 5.30pm. 

Spoke to Karen, the occupational therapist. Hm... I felt like I'm more eager to report back on what I did over the past one week, hoping to hear some affirmation of the efforts made to stretch and loosen the stiffness a bit. 

I was quite proud to show that my thumb can now touch the 4th finger, but still struggle to touch the little finger or the pinkie. Also clarified a couple of the exercises that I was a bit reserved to exert hand/ wrist.

Some angles were measured... slight improvement... strength test was the one that's not quite ideal - the grip with left hand at 10 while right hand only 2. A lot more to do.....

Learnt a series of new exercises

The survey before the therapy session... 

Here's the therapy treatments assigned for the next close to 45 min

palm up

Palm facing out... did not fare as good as the previous

The hammer stretch... that applies the physics principles of level to manage weight  by shifting the weight along the handle.

 

The last one is the playdoh - to press the various parts of the fingers against it to strengthen them with resistance. 

[F-Diary] #43a MON 7 OCT - Officially, I'm back....

Officially, today, I'm back in school. 

I had collected 2 sets of exam papers home last Friday but only marked 2 out of 3 questions. Slower than I thought I could...

Today is marking day... so, it's quite peaceful, though started gearing up with more interaction, and following-up of work... 😬 that takes no time to adjust... but immediate!

[F-Diary] #38 WED 2 OCT - Out for errands...

At last, getting my haircut after more than 1.5 months. It's time to trim and get refreshed. Rested at the hair spa segment. Felt good. 

Next is to go see the doctor. I was down to the last flu tablet, but the nose was still congested - Decold did not work for me. Thought of asking the doctor to strike it off my prescription list, But Dr Ng was patient enough to tell me more about the medicine. I was a bit surprised when he said "it's a potent medicine". It's a strong one, which implied the flu was serious to warrant one? but it seemed that my body was immune to it, I told him. Interesting, he told me ... be patient. It would take a week to 10 days to recover.

It concludes with a trip to the bank... oh... to update my bank book... the last time it was updated was more than a decade ago! Time flies!