Thoughts after being injured (again)

• the Bear

  3 Oct 06, 18:12

  i dunno... never tried..
  
  the McCrap stuff is basically cardboard in between crappy buns
  
  

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  is it good?
  
  haven't had a burger for... i dunno how long!
  
  i dun consider burgers from mcdonalds as burgers.

• Kuali Baba

  3 Oct 06, 19:21

  Get well soon, Bear. You deserve something better than this, and I don't think I'm the only one who's mised your input/presence.
  
  Kopio, check out the report from my last visit. Lamb chops have returned, 'mini burgers' have appeared with a few other dishes, but still no sign of the Irish stew.
  
  *Drools*
• the Bear

  3 Oct 06, 19:27

  thanks
  
  i will try to get well.. resting and doing the exercises...
  
  during this time, i've been watching a lot of documentaries coz i'm out of books.. i thikn i'm getting addicted to watching them
• Manager433

  3 Oct 06, 19:33

  Take care. Get well soon.
• gasband

  3 Oct 06, 19:34

  The hospitals are like that one lah....my varicose veins burst 2 weeks ago and the best appt they can give me to see a surgeon is 30 October. And all these while I have to use a bandage or pressure socks to keep pressure on my legs.
  
  My grandma is in ICU rite now. Last week, she was admitted and the hospital did nothing but observe her. Until sunday nite then come tell us that hers is urgent case, must operate on her immediately or she will die. My question is, must will die then is called urgent? If she is operated on a few days earlier, maybe it would not have been so "URGENT"
• hisoka

  3 Oct 06, 19:45

  really makes us wonder what is wrong with the health sector here doesn't it?
  
  I really wonder if there are that many patients....
  
  on the other hand, we can't say lets just push back the minor cases already with appointments since we have major cases either.
• Rhonda

  4 Oct 06, 13:34

  Bear, sorry to hear that your backache has reappeared with a vengeance.
  
  You know, you really have to start listening to advice, especially when dished out by people like NURSES (ahem!!) or your sister!
  
  I've said this several times since you first picked it up but I'll say it again : Bowling is NOT GOOD for you! Stop bowling, PLEASE!!! Somebody, please break into bear's house and steal all his bowling balls, bowling shoes, bowling bag, bowling everything! Seriously! No more dismissing of Missy's advice by saying nonchalently, "I'm ok! / I'm alright! / I'll be fine!" etc.
  
  I nurse patients all the time with bad backaches, and I've had to comfort them when the pain gets really bad and they start crying and all that. Chronic severe pain is very hard to live with and when you're at the stage when most analgesics (painkillers) don't work and you need to be on high doses of opiods and opiates to numb the pain, you're not living much of a meaningful life and all daily activities get interfered with and usually, depression and moodiness sets in either as a side effect of the medication or as a result of the diminished quality of life.
  
  SOoooo... like I said to you since I've known you, and especially during your b'day, go to a good surgeon! I worked in Neuro and was in the Neuro ICU, I know which surgeons are brilliant, I'm ready to recommend them to you and if you're willing, I can help 'pull strings' to try and get you a much earlier appt too. Don't settle for a less-skilled surgeon who might botch things up or who might not be as effective. You want a final solution, not something that will creep back to haunt you again in a few years' time.
  
  In the meantime, you know what you have to do and what you have to avoid. When being nagged at, ask not that the nagging stop, but ask instead, if there IS a message you simply need to heed!
  
  And oh, when you know your proper diagnosis, can you PM me? And also, before you go for any surgery, PLEASE let me know! Don't do something that won't be of great benefit to you and how will you know?... By telling Missy who will then double check and triple check with experienced colleagues and even the neurosurgeons here who I come into daily contact with!
  
  Take care, Bear! And no more being stubborn this time!
• Rhonda

  4 Oct 06, 13:35

  Biangz... duplicate!
• Rhonda

  4 Oct 06, 13:35

  Double Biangz!!! ... Triplicate!!
  
  Sowwy... server here a bit cranky!
• viciouskitty74

  4 Oct 06, 13:42

  Lets see.....
  
  Times like this, Discovery Channel... will soon lose that discovery feeling.
  
  Books and radios are going to get really stale.
  
  Trips to the loo and even the bed are horrible experiences.
  
  Friends visiting with foods. Now....thats a godsend.
  
  Times later, when you realised that SG, no matter how they advertised it, are NOT disabled/Parents with babies friendly.
  
  Get well soon.
• Rhonda

  4 Oct 06, 13:45

  Originally posted by hisoka:

  really makes us wonder what is wrong with the health sector here doesn't it?
  
  I really wonder if there are that many patients....
  
  on the other hand, we can't say lets just push back the minor cases already with appointments since we have major cases either.

  What's wrong? Simple... not enough resources.
• choco B

  4 Oct 06, 14:55

  Awwww bear sorry to hear about this, it all sounds terribly painful.
  I hope the op or wadever treatment you went through makes it better once and for all. Take good care of yourself!
• DriftingGuy

  4 Oct 06, 20:11

  Hey Bear... take care man. Theres always traditional chinese medical care to consider if the conventional ones arent helping
• ShrodingersCat

  4 Oct 06, 20:15

  
  
  Ouchhhh.......
  
  ... and i dont think u can continue to do the pilates right? Gotta rest in bed more.....
  
  Get well sooonnnn~~!!!
  
  
• the Bear

  4 Oct 06, 20:24

  thanks for all the advice but i'll be fine.. see how it goes in the future..
  
  gotta get well first...
  
  just got back from IMM and i bought a electrocution machine thingy
  
  going to try it out soon... should help with the pain..
  
  nifty thing.. comes with a radio
  
  they even have an MP3 version but i got the cheapest thing because it does the same thing as the expensive versions
• viciouskitty74

  7 Oct 06, 23:53

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  just got back from IMM and i bought a electrocution machine thingy
  

  So how was your 'electrocution'?
• the Bear

  8 Oct 06, 00:02

  it's pretty okay.. but no dramatic change.. maybe i got ripped off?
  
  

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  So how was your 'electrocution'?

• viciouskitty74

  8 Oct 06, 00:05

  Its only meant to stimulate your muscles. But I still prefer massages and reflexology.
  
  Slipped disc is nasty. Has to do lots of stretching delicately.
  
  Thank heavens I havnt get it.
• hisoka

  8 Oct 06, 00:07

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  What's wrong? Simple... not enough resources.

  hmmz true haha althought hte prioritization is questionable.
  
  can I take up the offer to ask you when i have probs too?
  
  oh the other hand, yeah heyz bear!! hows the electriculation??
• the Bear

  8 Oct 06, 00:08

  oh.. how i'd wish i had a massage from a loving Mrs Bear
  
  
  
  and yah.. i'd not wish the kind if injury i have on my worst enemy...
  
  back later.. the football match is on
• hisoka

  8 Oct 06, 00:09

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  it's pretty okay.. but no dramatic change.. maybe i got ripped off?
  
  

  did you have spasms or random jerkings when you did it? i rememebr last time i did some electicity thingy and there was some some involuntary jerking
• the Bear

  8 Oct 06, 01:56

  why were you jerking involuntarily?
  
  
  
  
• viciouskitty74

  8 Oct 06, 06:48

  On another hand. Government resources are scarce.
  
  If you really can afford it. always better to go private for a timeslot that you need.
• viciouskitty74

  8 Oct 06, 06:59

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  oh.. how i'd wish i had a massage from a loving Mrs Bear
  

  let me guess, you didnt go out on Mid Autumn Festival Night to throw oranges into a river?
• LinYu

  8 Oct 06, 07:56

  Poor Bear, Get Well Soon