the road to recovery

tonight after a super gao dinner at vivo marche, leo brought qh and i to the nice work place to see see look look. i remember last last week, just a few days before my operation and they wanted to head there after dinner but we din go in the end cos i could barely walk. im really glad i manage to go today, being able to walk from vivo all the way the keppel bay area - its abt a ten to fifteen mins walk.

the place is really really pretty and clean. and not polluted because i believe many people do not know of the existence of the place yet. i hope it will not become like the marina barrage - so full of people. i wanna go back there one day in the evening! its amazing what yuou see there, those really expensive and exclusive condominiums and the yatch that people own, plus the sea water and the islands nearby. words really cannot describe the traquility of the area!

we sat under a pavillion and chilled the night away, and all the time i though about the past few months. from the time school was coming to an end, when walking brought about a bit of pain to the days before my operation when i was hardly walk more then 20 steps and the pain was really bad. its been a long few months and i've endured quite abit.

this whole incident also changed me in quite alot of ways: now i treasure being able to walk. even the simple walk to the market to change my dressing is something im really glad that i can do. im glad that i can go shopping without any throbbing pain in my legs and having to sit down after every 2/3 shops i visited. i am very thankful for that, because in my greatest pains i often wondered if i could ever walk without pain again, if i could ever stand without hunching again.

i am recovering very well, there is no more pain in my leg and i have been watching what i eat, taking alot of rest and doing all the stretching exercises religiously. changing of dressing is a bitch though cos its twenty each time i change my dressing. but im keeping my fingers crossed that all ineer stiches are well and intact and there is no infection at the wound site.

and im thankful to the people who stood by me all along- to my family for enduring my absense from housework the past few weeks, to my parents who took turns at taking leave to accompany me to the doctor to the hospital to sign papers and for taking the most care of me, to my friends who never abandoned me when walking was impossible and even catered outings that dont require much walking/dancing, and for the messages they sent to comfort me and wishing me well up to the moments before my op to being the first people i see when i was wheeled back to my hospital bed; for all the feeing and flowers and books and sweet and sweet thoughts; and even to my external family members who've showered me with tonics and calls and alot of fish and prayers.
thank you you all for being such strong pillars during my hardest times :)