18th physio + rehab

Improvement today... I hit 135 degree for bending & 0 for straightening... Another 15 more degree before I can have full range.

Good news : Will be practicing shooting next week.

Bad news : There goes my free time...

Mentally unprepared to go back shooting at such a shorter time after ops.

Another good news : I'm getting stronger now...

Another bad news : *sobs* friend said I got big arms...

I must hit 140 degree for bending on friday.

*heehee* Mastered the art of juggling with 3 tennis balls. Soon I can join the circus in few months time.

So sleepy... after good sessions of rehab... I need massages badly...

17th physio + rehab

Straightening & bending is still the same as yesterday.

*pissed* Why every time like that?

*piss*
*piss*
*piss*
*piss*
*piss*

Pissed over personal reasons, nothing else.

Where's my happiness? Happiness is in the heart, if you think you are happy, you will be happy.

But I'm not.

16th physio + rehab

Moody day...

Morning session
Straightening: -3, 0 after massaging, Bending: 125.

Afternoon session
Straightening: 0, Bending: 130.

More people doing rehab today & it felt so good to train. They laughed at me when I'm doing fitness training but it just cheered me up as I laughed back at them when they were doing it too.

Taking a long journey back home on the bus alone. Guess I wouldn't mind about the duration it took from Kallang to reach back home, as I'm really moody today.

Well well... becoming a psychic in horoscope. The daily forecast is so damn accurate. I can't stand it.

15th physio + rehab

Painful day for me as I got to flex 125 degree. Tried bending by my own & good results.

Extension: -2, 0 after massaging. Bending: 120, 125.

Went down to give my attendance & moral support to Vipers.

Good news: They won Arrowanas.

Bad news: Didn't really have a good game.

Got the urge to go down on court to play but nope...

14th physio + rehab

Went to do Hydro session in the morning & physio after that.

Straightening: 5 degree, 0 after massaging. Bending: 110, 113, 120 after massaging. *clap*

I was trained like a mad cow in the afternoon. I told the instructor I hated him.

Hands pedaling: 4 sets of 2 forwards & 2 backwards pedaling. Each pedaling is 1 min & 30 secs rest & got to maintain a power of 115. (Crazy!!! I can't feel my hands once I finished)

Elliptical machine using hands only: 10 sets of 30 secs with 240 strides per min. (Madness!!! I almost cried out while doing it!!)

Made me choose 4 numbers so I gave 1,2,3,4 & ended up giving me 1kg, 2kg, 3kg, 4kg dumbbells.

Made me do shoulder press, chest press, biceps.

And abs...

Hated him.

Today is the special day again... Been together for so long...

Happy birthday to Elna.

13th physio + rehab

For Grace's sake, let me explain all those bending & straightening. These are called range of motions. After operation, the injured leg will be very stiff so therefore got to bend & straighten. If not, the leg cannot be bended while u sitting/straighten. It will be damn painful.

Yesterday: Straightening: 0 degree (after massaging & using all my energy to squeeze it down), Bending: 105 degree & 110 degree (after massaging)

Good improvements. Today's target will be 120 degree. Oh no!! Can I?

Went to watch A div finals between RJC & HCJC at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. It's not a 1-sided game but RJC had a smooth game throughout the 4 quarters. How I wish I can be tall...

Watched Pirates of Carribean : The World's End with the Open Team + husbands. Wow... 1st time watching together as a team + few husbands. Maybe it's due to my injured leg, I don't really enjoyed the movie as I kept moving here & there. I preferred Part 1 & 2 more than the 3.

Ok... It's time for game before I leave for rehab.

12th physio + rehab

Straightening: o degree (After massaging), Bending: 103 degree

Well done... 17 more degree to hit for this week's target. I'm off my knee brace which I kinda missed it now as it had been with me after operation & rehab. Bye bye knee brace... We shall see who will borrow you in future.

*haha* now I got more friends in SSC. Those who had ACL ops too!!! The Soccer & Rugby Boys!

11th physio + rehab

Today straightening: -5 degree, bending: 90 degree.

Sigh~~ no signs of improvements for straightening...
Taken out the stitches today, it was so painful but still bearable.

Tomorrow has an appointment with Humpty Dumpty at SGH. Wondering what kind of questions shall I ask.

Took MRT after so long

Took MRT after rehab yesterday & a kind girl gave her seat to me. Thanks! Went to Bee's house for steamboat dinner at night, took MRT with Fernie & I purposely stood in front of a mid 30s couple, testing if they would give up their seats. Gosh! Nope. Please! Looking at the couple's face, I felt like puking. Ugly + heartless = lousy poks!

Taking the train towards boon lay side & no one gave up their seats. Well... no sympathetic at all. Forget it. Someone stood up from the seat & alighted at next stop & this bloody young girl wearing tube just sit on it & her boyfriend trying to stand in front of her blocking her view. Guilty is it... It's ok. I hope she gets the same treatment next time. Kambateh!

Celebrating Ling's birthday today with lots of other friends at Taka Crystal Jade. Wow... It's been ages since I stepped to Orchard Road...

Wondering what's the degree will be for straightening... It's so scary...

8th & 9th physio + rehab

Yesterday : Straightening: -4 degree, bending: 94 degree

Today : Straightening: -4 degree, bending: 90 degree

Die... Straightening didn't make any improvement. I got to force myself to do more straightening at home over the weekend.

Open team is coming back today, I will be going over to wait for their arrival. Yeah!! Missed their voices & laughters so much....

6th & 7th physio + rehab

Was too tired to blog yesterday. Let me summarized up.

Yesterday straightening: -4 degree, Bending: 90 degree.
Today straightening: -4 degree, Bending: 98 degree.

I think I set too much on the flexion on my knee brace. I set to 100 degree instead of 90 degree. Ohhh... No wonder I can bend to 98 degree. Haha...

Rachel & Liana came to "visit" me with a surprise lollipop & bubble tea. Sigh~~ Today is fitness training & working on my heart rate, wanted to give up at a point of time but to gain my fitness back, I got to do it!

Met my "Captain planets" for dinner today & they updated me with quite a lot of stuffs. My friend got bullied by the "kuku" black-faced HR. Never mind, I will help her... *heehee*

Another gift : Bird nests!!! From the "Captain planets"

5th day of physio + rehab

Updates again... Knee was too stiff in the morning. Flex : 88 degree, Straightening : 2 or -2 degree (I can't remember).

In the afternoon session, I did upper body strength for my rehab & was so tiring. Using my arms to cycle the "kuku" machine for 20 mins, my whole limbs were aching like madness. Well... that's the price I got to pay for...

Jia you!!! I'm so tired now, couldn't think of what to write...

4th day of physio + rehab

Today my leg was so stiff that I could only straightened to -8 degree & bend into 85 degree. Like what the physio said, "It will fluctuate like shares." After the massaging, I could straightened it to 0 degree & 90 degree.

Good news : 1 side of the clutch is returned to SSC.

So by next week, I should be walking without the use of clutch.

A 17 yr old girl tore her ACL & 1 of the physio brought her to see me. Seems like she's not keen in doing the ops.

Fernie got the player of the match over at Samoa. Well done!!!

3rd day of physio + rehab

Couldn't sleep well yesterday due to the aching/pain on my knee, makes me wondering if I should get up to get my painkillers. After few minutes, I gave up & went to take the painkillers. Effect only took place for few minutes & the aching/pain came back again. *sigh*

Good news... my knee could bend to 95 degree, straightening to -2 degree with the help of the physio. Compared to yesterday's physio, the pain is more bearable. *yeah*

Went to NYDC at Suntec city with Dr Cormac & Kailing as today's Kailing's birthday. *haha* I guessed Fernie's eyes will turn green.

Open team lost by 1 goal to Samoa today. Well done gals!!! Fernie said she missed the last goal but well... it's alright. No one will blame her last shot but anyway, I don't think she will bother by anyone's words. Hope that J9 will get down to play the 2nd game, Jia you!

*heehee* They used my 2005 face ad quote as their pre-game quote, "The 1st & best victory is to conquer self". *Wah seh...* Wondering if I picked up from somewhere or came from my thoughts...

Ok... I'm falling sick soon... Sayonara...

2nd day of physio + rehab

If there's no pain, I would be lying to you. Went for physio this morning & my knee was so stiff that I couldn't bend it easily. But there's improvement to it, from 60 degree on wed to today's 85 degree, but the straightening wasn't that good. Did the same stuffs again but did rehab today, did half cycle but lost control halfway that caused my injured knee pedaled more degree. Ooh... Pain but shiok... I'm a psychic... *haha*

Wanting to cry out in pain when physio is doing the straightening of my leg. It's so painful!!!

Thanks to Kailing who stayed with me til the time she went for Sentosa. She's a great help to me, without her, I guess everything I did will be slowed down. Now my knee is bit swollen therefore I must iced it! Ice Ice Ice...

I'm back...

On monday, my operation is delayed til 8+pm. Am so touched to see so many friends who came to visit me. Ms Heng & Bee Ling who were with me since 2+pm & I can see that they were tired & hungry. Xinxin came along too at 3+pm. Next is Zhenzhen, Vincent & May & Yingqi. Was joking with them & felt so warmth with them around. At 8+pm, the nurse came in & told me to get ready, went to change & prepared to go.

Was waiting for my turn to go into the OT & the nurse kept chatting with me, asking how did I get injure. Came the Anesthetist who told me it would not be painful to give me the jab & inserting the needle. I kept "Woo..AH" as it was so painful.

Woke up in pain at 12am & I waved to the nurse signalling I'm awake. After waiting so long, finally they trolleyed me back to the ward. I saw Ms Heng, Bee Ling, Grace, Imelda & Kailing. Aiyo... so paiseh... I was throwing up in front of them because of the effect of anesthetic. Was joking with them til I knocked out again. In the morning, I threw up again... Tried to take a sip of water &I threw up immediately. Gosh.... Went to take X ray & was throwing up again... Just kept throwing up when I'm lying up or being trolleyed out for physio. The worst is, when I smell the food of other patients', I threw up too. Sigh~~

Ms Heng & Bee Ling came to fetched me back & I threw up again in her car. Yucks. At home, when I tried to eat dinner, I threw up again. Gosh~~~

This morning when I woke up to go to toilet, I blacked out. Luckily pa is around, he gave me the medicated oil to use. Must be the past 2 days without food that caused me to black out.

No worries, now I'm eating well... Hopefully I can walk normally asap.

Famished since 10am

I'm so hungry now but I have no choice, as I have to do fasting before the ops. Only had a slice of bread & my kopi o... *cry* after that... only a cup of 200ml plain water. This 200ml water is so precious to me that I got to sip bit by bit til 3pm.

Jia you... In another few hours time, I'll have a new knee!!! It's so exciting now as I will be entering the operating theatre... How I wish I could take a picture in there... *haha*

Perhaps in the next few days, my blog will be all about my pain... Sayonara!!

Mentally & Physically Prepared

Alright... I'm ready for the ops. Went to send the National Team just now & they gave me gifts... So touched... Got a toy named as "Kukupok", a diary with small, warm loving cards inside to keep me going during my rehab.

Jia you!!!

Wishing I could play

I could feel everyone's frustration on court when the the game is still on. How I wish I could play with them yesterday. How I wish I can shoot for the team. It's hard on my other shooters & I guessed they must had a lot of stress & pressure. But I'm not upset about it, I will just say this again "Sigh... if I'm not injured... Sigh... If the stupid ligament is not torn..." But I'm alright... Heehee

Seeing the unit defended so hard & bringing down the balls, I just hoped that shooters will just put in the shots to boost everyone's morale up.

Add oil add oil!!!

The date is fixed

After spending half of my morning at SGH, the date for my ops is fixed. I'm going for it on next monday evening. No time for slacking after the ops as I will be undergo the toughest times in my life (i guess). Shall prayed that my boss will allow me to go on 3 months leave, if not, worst scenario, resign?

Yeah! Going back to work tomorrow again...Missed my colleagues...

Millions of thanks to Bee Ling & Ms Heng, both of them sent me to SGH today. *hugs*

Thank you Blaze

Blaze sent a bouquet of flowers to me. Thank you Blaze, shouldn't have spent the $$ on that. But it did brighten up my day.

Today Cormac did aspiration on my knee, hurts a little when he injected local anesthetic into my knee & I was making Woo~~ Ha~~~ over it. Phew~~~ finally can straightened my leg & walked normally again! Yesh~~ Back now... It's back to normal again...

Got to see the surgeon tomorrow morning to fix a date for my ops. And I asked Cormac, "Did you already know that I had ACL tear when you examined my leg?" He said "Yes. 95% confirmed." Heehee... That's what I told Fernie yesterday, saying Cormac should have known that I'd tore my ACL.

Saw Mr Goh at netball courts & he's joking with me again & I told him I had tore my ACL. He's encouraging... telling me to stay cheerful & positive about it as it helps in the recovery. Yeah man... I will do it.

Saw Vivian & Auntie Judy too. Auntie Judy told me not to rush things & don't come back when I'm not ready. Yes Madam! Vivian looked upset when she heard about it. Heehee!!! I'll be back in action!!!

Going mad soon

Alamak... Going crazy soon... I know that she's concerned about my condition but already set my mind to do ops for my ACL. I know she doesn't want me to do ops & tried all sorts of methods to get my knee well... I do believe in gods but they can't really do many things for my ACL.

Sigh~~ Going bonkers soon... How I wish I could walk properly in front of her now...

Hundreds of thank yous

Receiving lots of sms from many people, including the ones when I didn't really expected. Thanks for all the care & concern & I'm sure I will fight hard towards my next step.

Just receive info from Ling that I'll going doing my ops next week. Yesh! Get it over & done with as I wanna start the rehab as soon as possible...

Right now... I know everyone is emotionally unstable, including me, so I hope everyone will take care of themselves during games.