its been nearly 3 weeks after the injury and has shown much improvement ever since!
(like how i can type this post with both hands...)
have to wake up super early.... its been soo sooooo long ever since i had to wake up at 6.30am....
reminded me of school..... wake up, breakfast, too late to catch the bus, bath, go school by bike.....
that was my school-life daily routine....
we went to the hospital at about 7.30am....
normal procedure..... go get an x-ray.... then waited for so long only to realise that my x-ray was already at the counter but noone to collect.... we waited at the wrong place..... anyway, at the end got the film.... was happy with wat i see.... from my amateurish skill on reading x-rays, i can tell that its connected juz alright..... happily i went to give the films to the doctor-in-charge then he did some test (eg: can u lift ur arm like this? can u reach ur back?...... etc)
later on, my mum came out with this question.......
"Can he drive?"
in my head, i was recalling the time when i told my mum that i wanna drive and she gave me a long lecture... u noe la... mums.... i dun blame her.... it went roughly like this....
"u will sure lose control of the car wan la.... ur right hand so weak now.... u noe ah, when ur auntie dislocated her shoulder, the doctor say she needs to wait about 6 months untill she can drive again..."
n the nxt thought that went thru my head was... doctors... they will try to take as minimal risk as possible.... so i was actually expecting to wait about a month or so before i can drive again.... but he changed my point of view....
he said(roughly):
"its been about 3 weeks right? so basically most of the tissues have already been repalced by new ones.... driving shouldn't be a problem..... more over, the cars now have power steering, right? so it should be ok.... u dun reali use much of the shoulder to drive.... as for now, he is physically capable of driving a car. "
that last sentence totally change my perception of this doctor..... wah! thank you!
after everything was over, i was dismiss and i dont need a second visit.... the last time i had about 3 visits if i'm not mistaken.... now, only 1 to check up.... i guess the more times u displocate it the faster it heals n the less it will hurt... until to the point where...
"[piak!] oh, my arm come out d ah?.... [crack-kiak!] ok... back to normal..."
i wouldn't want to go to that stage.... i know i fella like that.... n its scary....
before i left the room, the doctor tapped my shoulder.....
"u do realise that by simply lifting ur arm u're actually USING ur shoulder right... how about driving? but it looks like u could handle it.... but u be careful ya"
wat a nice doctor, i'll never forget u, Dr. Wong!
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