Tens

Just came back from Gleneagles. I had a very good, painful session.

Started with the usual hot pack, then since I hurt my back, had to lie face-down for the ultrasound session.. It feels so good. The muscle were stiffs, due to stress. Well, it’s been a stressful week.

Next, this TENS – Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.

From Wiki: TENS is a non-invasive, very safe method to reduce pain, both acute and chronic. While controversy exists as to its effectiveness in the treatment of chronic pain, a number of systematic reviews or meta-analyses have confirmed its effectiveness for postoperative pain, osteoarthritis, and chronic musculoskeletal pain.

In layman’s term, they electrocuted me.

Feels like I have something heavy creeping up my back + shoulder, dia adjust  the level, tengok how far I can cope with the pain..til the level yg I’m comfy with.  10 minutes feels like 30 minutes..

I had to ’shout’ “that hurts” once or twice..

Feels much better now..My physio pun cheerful je, ajak borak-borak.

The ultrasound pun kinda hurt, because my muscle was stiff. Agaknya mesin tu bape RM? Boleh beli letak kat umah.

Bila agaknya all this will end?

Wanna go to KLCC, suddenly takde mood dah.

Happy Things

Jeffrey Archer’s Paths of Glory.

New Sudoku puzzles.

New hot/cold pack for the shoulder.

A good physio session @ Gleneagles.

I’m satisfied.

Wet Wednesday

Morning – was raining. Cooling effect, light drizzles je. Breakfast @ 29th today. Hardly eats much lately, dunno why. Pepagi jumpa MH yang baru dtg and we chatted kat tepi tu, about my pain, the treatment etc.  Lama x gi lawat dia and bergossip. Haha. Then dia keluarkan ayat “makan semua ubat and vitamins tak ni dzu?”. Aikk. Ada tukang ngadu yang I don’t take my meds ke nih? I heard that before. Then, he asked me to get some traditional treatment, nak carikkan tukang urut etc. Okie dokie. Macam doctor gaks boss ni kan.

The whole morning, the mood just wasn’t there. Throbbing pain irritates me. Lowered the window blinds, and settled down and tried to finish the POC.

I’m on half-day today. Went home at 1 and ada orang hantar text messages, suruh takyah half day, nanti dia amikkan food for me. Op Risk tak ajak org floor lain, heh. Told her no, and enjoy her function.

Reached Gleneagles about 1.30 pm. It’s still early so I opted for light snacks @ Dome Cafe. Lama tak gi Dome. Duk makan sorang-sorang, ordered Iced Peach Tea and some pastries. Ramai orang makan sorang-sorang kat situ.. Services there lagi best sket from Dome KLCC. Tak ramai kot. Siap tarikkan kerusi suruh duduk. Pelik plak.

My text messaging history:

Kak, I makan sorang-sorang kat Dome ni.

Next time lah kita teman. Enjoy your food.

Skang gak teman. *memang suka antar mcm ni..mengada btul kannn. walau tau x boleh*

Macam mana? Mesti dah nak habis makan kan. Sok2 lah.

Baru order food lah. Esok-esok means Friday lah kan.

Esok you ada makan-makan. Friday I ada appointment. Next week lah.

Duit raya I tengah banyak. Next week Shangri-La?

Tau lah duit raya awak tu berlebih. Tapi x yah le Shang. Tak ler best sangat. Tempat lain blh?

=( Tak pernah gi Shangri-La. Mama hardly had time to bring me there. Ni yang stress ni..

Ok Ok lah kita gi Shang. Tak yah ler stress pasal makan.

* I wanted to go to Shangri-La banyak kali.. tak pernah gi sana for lunch or hi-tea etc.  Hehe. Let see whether I’ll get what I want for real this time*

Physio was ok. Kinda painful sket tapi feels much better afterwards. After physio ended, went home, had a proper lunch and a 2-hour nap. Bangun tdo, no headache. Yay.

Tough Week

Tough week sebab byk sangat menda. Rasa takde rest. Monday, still on MC. Tuesday, back to work. Wednesday, cuti. Thursday, keje. Friday, keje and doctor’s appointment. Saturday, course @ Bangi. Sunday, feeling feverish. Duk umah dendiam.

Tapi I wanna blog about Wednesday. Mama and Ayah held the ‘class mengaji’ at our home, and like the previous year, ada jamuan Raya too. Ramai this year. I took leave, tolong kemas umah (keje vacuum umah je). Woke up 7.30 am, stretch mcm hamster. Then gi turun bawah. Furniture dah remove kat luar, to make space utk org duduk nanti. PA system semua siap set-up. Friends from work, came over. Thanks for coming.

Kak Eda, Na, Fazila, Kak Lijah, Farah, Kak Ton, Kak Kelah, Ema, Jen Min, Zana, En Anoar, Lee, Ramzi, Azam and Nasrul.

Menu ada grilled lamb, not mutton k. People slalu confuse lamb and kambing. Satay, nasi tomato etc and ada ABC stall.

Then petang went for my physio. Tough one.  Physiotherapist siap print out for me the stretching exercise yang I need to do. Heh.  Ada ramai lagi org dtg petang til Maghrib. Then, gi Kg Baru malam tu.

Thursday – keje macam biasa. Gi umah Kak Lijah malam tu with my mom and 2 heroes. Takmo bawak tapi dia suruh. Org nak hantar mangkuk je..  Tapi dia suh dtg, dia dah masak. Org nak makan nasik, takmo wat. Demand plak. Hardly eat much pun. Nak bawak Efan je tapi Efan buat dialog ni kat Afiq: Afiq, Efan dah pakai baju cantik,nak ikut Yin. Afiq pegi tdo..

Sengal la Efan. Mesti Afiq nak ikut gaks.

Macam biasa, dedua pakai t-shirt merah ‘Thing 1 (Afiq)’ and ‘Thing 2 (Efan)’. Bila pakai baju ni, memang ‘mengganas ‘ lah kan. Efan  jenis friendly, suka pegang-pegang anak Kak Lijah, the youngest tu. Tapi dia mcm takut je, diam je. Efan and Afiq dah wat cam umah sendiri, naik atas, tengok Disney channel ke apa tah. Went home at about 10.30 pm.  I didn’t talk much. Tah apa dia borak with Mama. My friend or kawan Mama ni? Confuse lah. Topic mcm bosan jer. Bahaya btul ni, pecah rahsia aku semua nanti ni. Heh. Ngantuk dah. Feeling feverish time ni.

Friday – Went for my check-up @ Gleneagles, doctor said I’m much better now. Still have to take 1 pill saje. Only 1.

Saturday – Course @ Bangi. Sepanjang hari. I drove there. Yay, saya dah pandai. Lepas ni leh drive saje. Beli few bottles of 100+ and air cooling water (ada gambar badak tuh), to help me get through the day. Course amat boring lah kot.. Leceh aa.. On a Saturday. Sengal. Kul 5 lebih baru habis. Balik ngan Fazila, gi Alpha Angle japs. Nak balik umah jam. Reached home almost 8.

Sunday – Not feeling so good. Duk umah je. Patut gi umah Kak Ton kan… Haihh. Sorry Kak Ton, next week boleh Kak Ton? Hehe.

Esok kerja. Oh no. I need a vacation.

Nota kaki hamster:

Terasa nak download Lady Gaga’s album. Time tension jam dalam kete, leh pasang. Lama x wat keje download ni.

Suka Hati Nak Cakap Apa

Baca blog Na, citer perfume. Nak citer bout my perfume collection gaks, malas. Hehe. Not an avid perfume collector. I collect books. Hugo Boss dat day, still dalam kotak.

Nak citer about Facebook. Dah boring. Counting the days mcm nak delete the account. It no  longer serve as my distraction. Tu pun I wanna remove few more albums. Kekadang feels, the privacy is not secure. I wonder how long this blog will last.

Another thing, tah sape sape lah yang send request to be my friend. I don’t simply add people. Ada gak ke orang mcm ni, nak beratus kawan or perhaps beribu kawan kat FB? Request decline as usual.

I need to shop. I need a new book.. And maybe few work attire. Work lagi kan.. Hehe.

Dah makan ubat, had light dinner and nak perform Isyak prayers and sleep. Esok kerja. Ada orang nak belikan pisang goreng.. Betul ke?

My right shoulder is killing me. Left one amat baik today, dia tau esok kerja. So behave lah kot. Right one ni nak kena belasah nih.

4D/3N at Gleneagles Hospital

Tak larat nak citer about the whole ordeal.

Memula, thanks Fazila, Kak Eda & Kak Ton sebab bawak gi Gleneagles. Nasib baik bukan naik bomba, ehe. Sampai skang teringat Kak Ton wat bunyi bomba dalam IM. Orang serious time tu. Text Kak Lijah suh bawa gi hospital pun dia ingat memain. Haihh. Korang ni..

I received so many text messages, kekadang tak reply just baca because pening tengok the screen tapi most of the time duk main FB through my mobile. Hantar SMS gaks bila boring tapi pening sket. I hardly watched the TV. Lagi sakit leher.

30th September 09

Pagi sihat. Before lunch gi clinic amik injection. Lunch – makan 2.5 keping pizza and 1 chicken wing and 2-3 cups of Coke.  Baring kat port biasa at 27th. Lepas lunch, lembik semacam. Tapi sempat main IM tuh. Time tu la Kak Ton wat lawak, bunyi bomba. Gi Gleaneagles, A&E. Brain scan. Clear. Scary gaks duk dalam mesin tuh. Admitted-sebab kawan-kawan suruh. IV in. Neurologist dtg lebih kurang 7 pm, dia tekan neck/shoulder pain points, dah tau sakit apa. Tah apa dia ckp, lupa. Her name is Dr Brenda Ling. Very pleasant, memula je mcm garang sket. Hmm.

2-bedded room. No single room available. Ptg tuh, Kak Lijah dtg kena ceramah la plak, depan Mama. Pecah rahsia semua. Haihh. Patut wat tdo time tuh. Malam, parents dtg again with Ella. Susah payah salin baju. If not pakai baju kerja tu gaks la. Takleh tdo mlm tu. Called nurse, mintak sleeping pills. Dia bagi injection gaks, tapi tak ingat. 5.30 pagi nurse amik another tube of blood. Haihh. Enough. Oh yeah, Mar and Kak Bitah dtg gak mlm tuh.

Makcik sebelah tu sakit apa I dunno. Sian gak makcik tuh. Org tua kan. Dia takde bising sgt tapi org yg jaga dia bising mlm tu. Cawan jatuh la, mangkuk jatuh la. Main game kat laptop lah. Borak til 3 am. Imagine lah, orang yg migraine ni camne. But I didn’t complain diorg bising pun. Complained takleh tdo and pain je.

1st October 09

Doctor dtg again pagi, tekan sana sini. Sakit lah. Parents came with Ella, Ibu pun datang from the office. Physio. Sakit. Memula geli wat ultrasound, gel tu kan.  Then, some massage and hot towel. Soothing. Doctor dtg again, tekan sana sini. Sakit lah. Balik physio kinda flat actually.

Then, office mates dtg time lunch.

Kak Eda, Kak Ton, Kak Lijah, Kak Rab, Boss, Baida, Fazila, Kak Sherry, Ema, Cik Yasmin, Jessie, Zana, Dayah.  Ramai kan. Thanks for the visit. Short but it meant everything to me. Na je takde. Dia sibuk jual tudung. Tapi dia doa dari jauh.

Farah dtg with Faiz petang..

Anyway, dapat fruit baskets, balloons and cookie monster. Yay.

Petang, at about 2 pm, transfer to single room. Fisio again. Malam leh tdo, sebab dia bagi mcm mild sedative and sleeping pills kot. Kak Lijah dtg lagi, because I texted her asking her to come.

2nd October 2009

Pagi, the usual doctor visit. Tekan lagi, sakitttt. Mama dtg japs je. Physio. Lunch time, Kak Eda, Kak Ton & Fazila datang picnic kat my room. Tergelak dengar citer diorg.. Thanks. Gossip tu tetap ada kan, walau aku sakit. Haha.

IV dah cabut masa ni.. Swollen gaks.

Petang, my brother came over. Macam tak caya. Kak Lijah pun dtg lagi., bagi makan  buah persimmon tuh. Mama dtg malam dengan little monsters. Mar and Kak Bitah pun dtg again. Mar bagi kek batik yang dia wat. Thanks Mar.Masa tu dah tdo, tapi bangun gaks. Sian org dtg lawat, takkan nak tdo kan.

3rd October 2009:

Discharged. Yay. Amat gembira. Tapi sempat lagi Fazila dtg lawat. All in all, I had a very pleasant stay at the hospital. Macam hotel kan.. Food pun not so bad. Semua friendly and they took good care of me. My friends yang dtg and yg doa dari jauh pun really makes me happy. Tu yang cepat je sihat ni kan..

Cookie monster ni pun happy je nak balik. Dah duk dalam paper bag.

What I have is a Myofascial Syndrome yang trigger the migraine attack. Neck /shoulder muscle ni dah kelam kabut, affect kat kepala. Sakit sangat tuh. Need to have 2-3 months of therapy.  The neck / shoulder muscle very stiff. Skang pun sore and stiff lagi and I have muscle relaxant pills. Doctor suruh wat stretching exercise, letak pillow kat kerusi kat office etc. Don’t sit too long. Tu pasal lah kena berjalan selalu kat office, melawat kawasan kat 27th, 29th, kekadang 43rd. YB = Yang Berjalan.

Anyway, to everyone who prayed for my speedy recovery, thank you for the warm wishes and kind thoughts.

Discharged

Discharged semalam from Gleneagles Hospital, at about 2 pm. Sempat lagi Fazila dtg lawat dengan Naim and nephew dia. Hehe. Had a pleasant stay at Gleneagles.

Raya and Kisses

Sakit sakit pun gi beraya. Gi satu umah ni. Masa 2nd day raya, dia takde. Dia balik kampung. So gi japs tadi. Ada je orang ni kat umah.

Ring the bell..takde bunyik. Bell jahanam kot. Takde org.

Then, bagi salam. Tersengih dia bukak pintu. Berseluar pendek and t-shirt je. Nasib baik handsome. Dah gemuk lah. Aiseyy.

Salam ngan dia, sorang je dia.

Tengok umah dia yang sempit tu. Tengok dapur, kosong je. Seb baik bumbung color biru, I like.

Tanya dia, takde kuih raya ke? Takde dia jawab. Kesian. Lupa bawak utk dia.

Borak-borak kejap je. Tengok dia pegang penyapu. Told him, dah bersih dah rumah tu. Takyah lah main habuk tu. Kan batuk. Degil.

Then, boring. Amik gambar ngan dia japs. Walau baju dia amat selekeh nasib baik dia cute. Balik, salam n kiss pipi. I love you so much.

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Pantang sihat sket, mengadap laptop. Baru makan ubat 1 kali. Another round jap lagi. Feels dizzy lagi. Nauseous.

Can’t read anything though. Lagi pening if baca buku or do the Sudoku puzzles. Dengar iPod and main guling atas katil with Efan. Watch tv lagi takmo.

I’m hungry. I gained my appetite tapi not all food leh masuk dalam perut ni for the time being.

It’s 7.28 pm.

Baru lepas makan 2 burgers (the helper masak yg frozen je) with 4 pieces of bread and lots of salad + mayo + sauce. I’m stuffed. Minum warm water.

Ubat jap lagi at 9pm.

Signing off for tonight, rasanya should stop looking at the laptop for a while..

Sunday

Still unwell. Cold, headaches. I only got 1 synflex left.

Hari ni open house @ Shah Alam, rumah Aunty Fari. Enjoyed the food, 3 rounds of grilled lamb, char kuay teow, tauhu bakar etc. I’m stuffed. Tak sihat tapi belasah makan.

The kids enjoyed themselved, asal rumah ada swimming pool je, wajib je la baju mesti basah. There you go, Afiq, Efan n Mira. Hujan today, we’ve been experiencing hot spells throughout KL since Syawal, so it was a big relief. I love the rain.

Then, off to my uncle’s house in Section 11. Uncle Robert takde plak, gi Umrah and belum balik. Tapi anak dia ada, so stayed for about 45 mins and left for home. Balik rumah, took another round of meds and sleep. Nauseous but managed to keep most of the food inside of me. Woke up with a terrible pounding headache. Nak gi clinic rasanya today but my usual doctor on duty esok. I’m not sure mlm ni which doctor yang on duty.

Dunno why Efan dah syok with the Baby Gap t-shirt. Baju lain takde ke???

Kids pretty much busy kat sini

Berlari kat garden