Not such a fantastic half year of 2015

Just right after CNY, i fell and injured my foot; Lisfranc Injury. The swell and pain is wordless.. lack of vocab library to describe. I can only say that I am in so much pain that I cannot walk at all, at least for the 1st 2-3 weeks. Yes, I am not kidding. I am really disabled for the 1st 2-3 weeks after the fall. I was referred to the Orthopaedic specialist in KTPH by Polyclinic.

Initially I wanted to ignore the appointment as it clashed with my Coy's Annual Dinner. I did not want to miss the Annual Dinner though I have to say its nothing fantastic (my colleagues did a good job in organizing but the whole event itself is not so attractive) but its the gather-together-and-have-fun-with-colleagues type of mentalilty that makes me want to attend instead of giving it a miss. Anyway, it happened that our national father, Old Lee (RIP), passed away that same week and we have to postpone the event to further notice that i decided to go for the appt.

Boi!!! If i really missed the appointment, I would really regret it in my life later. I did not know that my injury is so serious. I did google "Lisfranc Injury" and it came up with several links to be referred to. One of the link (http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00162) explained in details from how small the injury is to how serious in some cases. I thought mine belongs to the small injury type but turned out i was damned wrong and I was immediately scheduled to go for corrective surgery the following Tuesday (my appointment was on Thursday). Within that few days, I have to settle my work on hand and hand over to my coll (poor gers and I really appreciate their help).

To add fuel to the fire, after the surgery, I was told that i am diabetes. My fight against diabetes starts! I see it coming (the medical condition) but I did not foresee it to be so early in my life. I was told I'm borderline but was given medication to control. After discharged, I took the medication but stopped after 1-1.5 weeks and start my fight without the medication.

It worked during my Hospitalization Leave at home. The marks disappeared (although not completely) but it worked. After I got back to work, i began to care less about my eating habit. I did try to stop taking carbonated drink but succumbed to the craving a few times. The marks came back and become darker as time goes. I brought food from home so i no longer eat lunch outside. The only difference is that I drink coffee in the morning. Every morning!! But I don't think coffee is the cause of the marks coming back right? I tried to google but it doesnt says anything about coffee being one of the cause of the marks and diabetics. BTW, my coffee is not sweet. I prefer my coffee to be abit bitter.

Also, I have been trying to slim down. I guess so far i have been correct in what i did cos i did slim down. My family, colls and friends notice and that is a good sign. Recently, I became lazy again and i have to pick up my momentum again. I have to start the slimming down process again and contd with motivation.

XOXO

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