Tulang oh tulang...



Ini ialah tulang kaki kanan

Here's an x-ray of my right toes...I think they looked quite scary...Allah's creation is beautiful, but I was careless and clumsy to have walked or rather bumped against my Mak's heavy furniture during the hari raya break. It has now been 40 days since the 'accident'. Kalau orang beranak memang dah habis pantang...but alas it's not the case here.

The first few days after the incident, the whole right leg was swollen..I had my feet up the the whole trip back to KL from JB. And for the next few weeks, i was an official limper. I wore sandals and clogs to work, and had to duck everytime I see senior management to avoid them seeing me in sandals. For the first week, I had to resort to wearing baju kurung to work everyday, coz they are the only baju that at least didn't look weird with the sandal.

And it was R.I.C.E all the way..(almost..). Rest, ice, compress & elevate..and expensive Phiten Titanium plaster and conditioning gel. I tried to look for info on these products at the Malaysian website but they're not that helpful. From the New Zealand website this is what I got

"The Phiten Relax Gel contains 'Phild' processed gold and Menthol, which work to increase circulation and flexibility by relaxing the muscles. Effective for anyone who suffers from muscle aches or joint pain. Helps those with arthritis to increase flexibility and strength in fingers . When used after vigorous exercise, this gel will improve recovery time"

while the

"Phiten Titanium tapes and discs help release tension and relax muscles. They provide relief from pain and discomfort in the back, neck, muscles and joints (knees, elbow, shoulder etc). Apply before exercise to help prevent cramping, muscle strain or tendon damage. Use after exercise or injury to assist recovery"

So is it any wonder that after 20 days, I still feel the pain and I was still limping?Thinking that it was just a bad sprain, I didn't go to the doctor. But one Sunday, after about 19 days, my feet was very 'itchy' and I cannot stand it anymore and I went for a run that turned into a 9km walk that turned painful the last 3km. Degil punya pasal. The next day, I went to the nearest GP near the office. Perluke nak kena geleng kepala doc tengok kaki saya!!!!??? She immediately refered me to SDMC and I met Dr Anuar, the orthopaedic there, who I argued with debating that it's just a sprain and he kept insisting it's a broken bone...Who am I kidding?? He didn't go to med school for nothing...right?

I have missed running in a few runs that I registered for. Taiping Heritage Run which I almost cried after seeing the beautiful route that hubs ran at, Siemens Run which was deferred because of a certain Yellow demonstration,  to September (which I still have to miss) and the 16.8km Adidas King Of The Road which looked so interesting and the weather was so beautiful to run in. Imran ran for hubs who couldn't make it as he had to work while I gave mine to a friend (an above 5km officialwalker virgin). And last week, we 'pirated' the PIKOM Charity run, another nice route in the middle of the Golden Triangle. The 3 of us friends, each with his/her own recovering leg injury walked the 6km (well, 5km actually coz we skipped going up the KL Tower hills.....we injured mah...)

So there it was in glorious xray color, my broken 2nd toe..can u see it, can u see it, can u, can u??? My follow up check was supposed to be last weekend which I had to miss coz it clashes with Aisyah's orthodontic appointment and on Sunday I went for a 5km walk and felt quite ok lah...ok lah...ok lah will try to see Dr Anuar this weekend, just to be sure, just to be sure. He better not tell me I can't run for another 3 months....