Doc vs. Sinseh

And so I woke up in the middle of the night with some mild pain, so I decided to ice the ankle.

When I again woke up at 6am, I concluded that I'm injured. The ankle looked swollen and obviously I couldn't walk without limping.

So made the necessary smses and emails to inform The Boss and fellow colleagues about my absence at work.

First stop was to visit the GP to ensure there are no serious injuries (i'm quite worried about the cracking sound when I twisted the ankle), or whether I need an X-Ray. Doc made me do some simple tests like stand on my left foot (I can handle balance), tip-toe and also stand onboth feet (I find that difficult as I will tend to lean completely on my right). Since I was able to do the above without serious pain, the GP surmised that there shouldn't be any bone fractures. He recounted his own experience (which sounded similar to mine, just that he ended up with a minor surgery! *shiver*), advised me to rest and that i should feel better in the next few days, failing which, I will need to go for an X-Ray. He dispensed some painkillers and cream for the ankle and sent me home.

Next stop was to the sinseh. I actually do not have any trusted ones but decided to give the one at Chinatown another try since I was thinking of heading back to office after the visit. This clinic was run by a family with the entire family (parents and son) being sinsehs. I was treated by the mother in the last visit and I wasn't impressed at all. Her bandage was so shabby a colleague commented that it was so badly done she thought I bandaged it myself. -____-"

Today I was lucky, the mom was painting the grills and hence the father was the one who treated me. He compared both my feet, observed both legs and concluded that my left foot's bone alignment was out. Wah, sounded serious. He said that the mis-alignment had caused some issues up to my knee and all the way up to my waist and back. Due to that, I was over-compensating with my right leg and hence my right leg also need to be treated. I have to say the whole treatment took less than 5 mins, and it was only the last 10 secs that hurt the most. Thankfully my mom was around to keep me company.

I guess my mom was impressed enough to let him treat her ailments too. He fixed her left arm today, but said to me that my mom has too many issues and will take time to fix one at a time. Anyway, i will have to go back tomorrow to treat my right leg. Let's hope I'm feeling better tomorrow. In fact I can walk a bit better now ...

Wishing myself and my mom speedy recoveries!