Extended medical leave

Was asked why have I not been updating my blog. Nope, I was not busy. It was all because I was lazy.

I slipped and fell from the staircase last Saturday, I thought I would be paralysed as I was in severe pain and could not move for the first 10 minutes. Guess my mind was too drama as I managed to stand up afterthat, but I was still in severe pain. Went to see Orthopedic on Monday and the xray shows that I have crack on my spinal cord(S5, whatever this is). The doctor gave me one week of medical leave to rest at home. One week! I've never taken one week of medical leave. You must be thinking it must be great to have a week off from work. That's what I thought too! but it turned out to be not as fun as I thought it would be. Due to this injury, I cannot sit, cannot drive properly, I can only lay down or stand and walk (slowly). So shopping, lunching, sing K, watch movie is not an option. I did not set my foot out of the gate this whole week. I was telling my friend today "It has been a week I did not touch the tar road." Guess what was the suggestion? "Oh, then you just walk out of your house, touch the tar road, then walk back in." (wow~how come I never thought of that?) Sometimes I just wonder how did I get to know such 'brilliant' friend....

So what have I been doing this week? Wake up in the morning, take my brunch and medication, lay down and watch TV, fall asleep at 3pm+, wake up at 5pm+, have my dinner, then sleep. In a nutshell, my life this week is to zzzz, eat, zzzz, eat, and zzzz. Ahh...life is so blissful...for the first few days, came the 4th day, I can feel mushrooms blooming from my head...

Follow up check is next Monday, hopefully doctor is happy with my recovery.

To all readers, please be extremely careful when you are walking down a wet staircase. The pain really stinks and it takes forever to heal. Doctor said for my case, it will usually takes 3~4 weeks to heal...sigh...cannot even sit comfortable...no clue how I will survive 8 hours of office works next week. Hopefully I will feel better next week. I have been diligently taking calcium supplements and milk daily (mooooo~), in hope that the crack will heal by tomorrow...Can't be more optimistic....