Last night I went to bed at 11.30pm, but couldn’t sleep till 2am because my foot was hurting so badly. I woke at 8 am this morning and I couldn’t even walk 1 step. The swelling got worse, despite me RICE-ing (rest, ice, compress, elevate) it. I really couldn’t take it so we called an ambulance and I was sent to the hospital.
I took an X-ray and … well, the doctor couldn’t conclude if it was a hairline crack or if my bone hasn’t developed fully to fuse. So there. But either way, I will be, and have been put in a cast.
It technically a half-cast, with Plaster of Paris only forming the L-shape brace with the bottom of my foot up to my calf. The rest is bandage and cotton. And so now I’m on crutches. And now I realized just how weak my left leg is because when I was learning to use the crutches in the hospital, I fell and couldn’t get up because my left leg just couldn’t make up. And it doesn’t help that the arch on my left foot is non-existent (i.e. flat-footed) – my balance is similarly non-existent.
Anyway, I would have to be a saint to not think about “what if we weren’t at Tampines yesterday”. But I guess there is no point thinking about such things and leading people into guilt trips when all I should do is rest and hope for a quick recovery now.
omg i’m so sorry ‘cos because of me you all had to go tampines..
So effectively you typing that paragraph has already made me super guilty already. :/
But then again, if we all met at Chinatown while it was raining and all, i would have went, ‘omg who suggested chinatown?!! what if i never went to chinatown yesterday?!!’ :S so yeah works both ways.
Sigh take care ok, from one bai kah to another.
Ya loh, so maybe we shouldn’t have gone out yesterday at all. :( Don’t be guilty la.
wah liow! take care and get well soon. :(
Yuh, thanks for the concern and the e-card!
take care and have plenty of rest! hopefully it will recover soon and stop hurting so much! ->
Thanks qin! I will!
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