Rehab day 10

Single leg squats, hamstring & quads weights lift 12 x 3 sets, standing broad jump, high knee run x10 sets (nearly died while doing this!), staircase drill, 10 min run.

The(two)Rapists who make my rehab as deep as hell can bring me but amazingly fun!

Pretty meiyi with ugly me!

Karen in the uniform! this is going on my Polaroid wall! Pretty!

Rehab day 9

Zomg I'm actually penning this entry in the mrt on the way home. Rehab just ended, time check: 5.01pm.

I love weeks when I have rehab, at least I have something to look forward to during the week! :) Rehab was so so so tiring today I nearly died.

Started the session with 10 mins of cycling, followed by 10x single leg hop and squats.

Oh shit old age is catching up on me. I actually forgot what I did zzzzz.

Did hamstring and quads weight lift and I sucked at that terribly. I think I had no improvement.. And yaaaa I think I did 4 sets skipping, both forward and backwards. Then 4 sets of side steps also there and back.

Then I did leg lift (up to the hand, shoulder height), both straight and sidewards. Omgomgomg and I was literally dead after that.

Meiyi put me through the phone to Karen after rehab! Yay. She's coming back :)

Note to self: no running if knees hurt/ add in the leg lift (front and side) to daily exercises/ ice every day if possible

Love love rehab.

Rehab day 8

My knee's having a fever.
So apparently it's rather inflamed right now :(

Knee's been hurting so no weight bearing exercises for today!
Did weights for quads and hamstring, and my strength improved!
Didn't take note of the weights though..

Was talking about jobs and was asked by meiyi to do pt.
But there's no way I can do pt unless I go overseas :(
So meiyi suggested for me to do music therapy! :)
But I just checked it out... No school's offering art/music therapy for bachelor's degree.
Sigh..

Balanced on the air space thingy, then switched over to the foam board.
Threw balls while balancing on that, but I sucked at it cos I couldn't multitask.
Went up and down the steps for a while.
Then did 90 deg leg lift!
Then 10 minutes cycle which nearly killed me.

Was fun!
I love physio.
So much laughter and joy.

Rehab day 7

BY FAR THE MOST TORTUROUS REHAB SESSION IN HISTORY, MEIYI WAS INSANE TODAY I SWEAR.

Hahaha, it was tiring but still fun! So apparently I haven't been doing my squats properly so I had to change my posture.

24 dynamic lunges X 3 sets
Hamstring lift (L/R) 12 each X 3 sets
Quads lift (L/R) 12 each X 3 sets
Back leg lift 12 each X 3 sets
Single leg squats (L) 12 each X 3 sets

So far my leg strength is crazily weak, so I really really got to work on that. 60 pounds / 7 pounds (Quads x Hamstring) for left leg,
30 pounds / 1 pound for right leg.

The whole rehab center knows that I had hell rehab today, haha. But I'm so glad for all of these. So glad to be in paeds because my therapists wants me to get well more than I want myself. :) :) :) I'm thankful.

Rehab day 6

138 degree bend. Granted permission to run. Played hop skotch with meiyi. Jumped on the trampoline. Did squats and lunges. Muscles aching like mad but am absolutely loving the aches.

Piano lesson at parkway parade today. The journey there and back home wad crazy, at least 4 hours traveling time in total. Super exhausted right now but it's all really worth it.

The piano at parkway was hollow and super loud as compared to the musky ones I use in my classroom in paragon. Screwed up today's lesson slightly but I cannot blame the piano, I just got to get used to the different kind of pianos. Need to work on it. I am really blessed for my piano teacher. Appreciate and really enjoy every single lesson I have with her. Shopping after lesson + htht in the cab on the way back. Am reallyy thankful for her. She's like the only teacher who has never given up on me. I need to work really hard. I don't want to disappoint.

Rehab day 5

120 degree bend.
Learnt to jump.
Learnt to squat.

"hold my hand, trust me"
Thank you Meiyi for being there. For just being there.

Next session of rehab: running time!

6 months to liberation. Can't wait!!

Really want to play competitive Netball after recovery. But I have no team to play for and I don't want history to repeat itself all over again.. Oh well that's 6 months later..

Rehab day 4

Was crazzzzzyyy. Did leg strengthening exercises, squats, wobble board balance, rode on the stationary bicycle and played Wii. Sounds little but was enough to tire me through the whole day.

Piano mini mock exam with the piano teacher and I think I did not bad, at least I didn't get a zero for my ear test. No piano lesson for the next two weeks till my official mock exam and I'm freaking out. The piano teacher told me, "I'm not worried about you!" --Is that something to be happy about?

Rehab day 3

Pretty Karen: The person behind my awesome+fun+tiring rehab sessions.

Knee has 113 degree bend, and Karen said my knee is still slightly screwed...because it still cannot straighten fully. Le sigh. Need more improvements. Need to do my exercises even more. Gonna miss Karen for the next 3 months :(

School starts tomorrow, and I'm not ready for it. Because 1) I still cannot walk very well and SEG is so bloody far from the mrt. 2) We're all split into different classes. 3) I have no friends that's in the same class as me. 4) Tanliting has officially quit school and left me alone, hence I'm #foreveralone.

3 words can sum up about school: I.HATE.SCHOOL.

Rehab day one

Back from rehab, I don't know why I'm so tired. On a happy note, my knee has a 80 degree bend already! And my brace has been changed from 0 to 30 degrees! Totally can't wait for the day where I'll be able to walk without any assistance.

Fell down so many times today but so glad Karen was there to support me, she was holding my pants and supporting my hips as I was 'learning' to walk. Ah I'm so tired... But I'm so glad my knee is getting better! :)

Am always pretty hyped up when I talk about the things I love! I've been loving my new knee and I love rehab so I've been talking about this for the past few days! :) Okay I'm off to supre to do some retail therapy! :)

Happy girl!

My parcel from Supre has arrived! So satisfied with their service, it's so efficient! It's only been three days since I sent in my order! I love it when my parcels arrive and I'm going to get *ahem* more *ahem* clothes ;p

And on a happy note, Karen and Mae called me to tell me they're seeing me for rehab! I was complaining my ass off to Karen about how unhappy I was because they removed me from peads and placed in sports rehab instead and she called me this morning saying, "You're seeing me for rehab tomorrow!" Hahaha omg words cannot express how happy I was till I cannot sleep anymore omg. I really don't know what I'd do without them both :')

Bad sorcery

So many times I've broken down in room 8, so many times. So many times I questioned myself whether this injury was worth it, or not. So many times, so many times, Karen was there.

And yet this kind of a bad sorcery is happening. I wish I didn't get attached to people so easily..