haven been posting for half a mth le.. haha.. since my field camp, i've had a back that hurts when i stand/sit too long and a right hand with numb fingertips. wah lao eh. din know that field camp can give so much problems..
i've seen the doc at changi hospital twice le and i have an appointment for the specialist on 6th march. in the meantime, i've been excused upper limb activities by my camp MO (medical officer) for 35 days!! this also means that there's a high potential for me to OOT (out of training) since i cannot do anything that involves the hands (which is basically everything).
only when my right hand started feeling numb and hurting that i realised how reliant i am on that hand. everything have to use my right hand. cleaning rifle, packing my bag, eating etc. all the fine motor movements that my right hand can do i must now train my left hand to do. now, i sms with my left hand.
anyway, my right hand has been diagnosed with the carpal tunnel syndrome. it occurs when the nerve controlling the index, middle and forth finger is compressed my some of the ligaments. so i feel numbness and pain in the 3 fingers only.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm
sometimes it hurts like fuck. most of the time it still hurts, but i try to ignore the pain.. hope that my left hand will be ok as i have been relying on it for most of the time these period. if my left hand also pain den i also dunno wad to do le..
stayed at the hospital from last tue to thur so that the docs could diagnose my back as well as hand pain. back pain they say there's nothing wrong with the back, so its only the muscles. but still very pain leh..
got discharged on thur afternoon and went back to endorse my mc on fri since its more than 3 days. had quite a good rest these few days and my back is better though its still painful.
will be booking in later and booking out tmw for the long chinese new year weekend.
will post some of my field camp experiences at a later time when my hand does not hurt as bad. as it is, i'm only using the index finger of my right hand to type and its damn slow la..
i've seen the doc at changi hospital twice le and i have an appointment for the specialist on 6th march. in the meantime, i've been excused upper limb activities by my camp MO (medical officer) for 35 days!! this also means that there's a high potential for me to OOT (out of training) since i cannot do anything that involves the hands (which is basically everything).
only when my right hand started feeling numb and hurting that i realised how reliant i am on that hand. everything have to use my right hand. cleaning rifle, packing my bag, eating etc. all the fine motor movements that my right hand can do i must now train my left hand to do. now, i sms with my left hand.
anyway, my right hand has been diagnosed with the carpal tunnel syndrome. it occurs when the nerve controlling the index, middle and forth finger is compressed my some of the ligaments. so i feel numbness and pain in the 3 fingers only.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm
sometimes it hurts like fuck. most of the time it still hurts, but i try to ignore the pain.. hope that my left hand will be ok as i have been relying on it for most of the time these period. if my left hand also pain den i also dunno wad to do le..
stayed at the hospital from last tue to thur so that the docs could diagnose my back as well as hand pain. back pain they say there's nothing wrong with the back, so its only the muscles. but still very pain leh..
got discharged on thur afternoon and went back to endorse my mc on fri since its more than 3 days. had quite a good rest these few days and my back is better though its still painful.
will be booking in later and booking out tmw for the long chinese new year weekend.
will post some of my field camp experiences at a later time when my hand does not hurt as bad. as it is, i'm only using the index finger of my right hand to type and its damn slow la..
