Many of you following me have kindly asked after my father's condition since I have posted about him. Thank you sincerely for your concerns. My father's liver cancer had ruptured and the cancer had spread all over his body. But until he was hospitalized recently, for some reason, perhaps because he has had Alzheimer’s disease, he couldn't feel pain and was able to live a normal life for the past two years. Even doctors were mystified, saying that he had been lucky that his dementia had prevented him from feeling pain. But when I went to visit him the other day (I am only allowed in twice a week, my mother three times. That's how dealing with coronavirus in Tokyo manifests in the inpatient ward 😭), he looked me in the eye and tried to tell me something, so I asked him if he was in pain, and he nodded. I asked him where, and he pointed to the area of his liver with his arm, which was no longer supposed to move. So I asked the doctor in charge to put him on an intravenous pain medication. Now, his stool is like tar, accompanied by heavy bleeding, and with only painkillers being administered, he is presumably headed straight to death. Yet his strong body, which he must have trained in the Self Defense Forces back in the day, is still alive, not giving up. My heart is in turmoil as I really just want him to rest in peace. As there is nothing much I can do, I have been working on new sketches at night when I am unable to sleep.

Goodbye chronic pain, for now . Over the years, the wall of my inner bladder had gotten very thin and eventually ruptured late last year. Causing me to suffer constant abdominal and pelvic discomfort, plus a hyperactive bladder that gives intense pain when urinating. I tear up every time just withstanding the pain. Reason? Unidentifiable. Specialist said it can be due to constant stress . More than half a year struggling with this chronic condition called Interstitial Cystitis / internal injury or bleeding in the bladder (many of whom in the world suffer throughout their lifetime)… My condition worsened so badly to the point of emotional distress and physical fatigue just enduring the pain especially when I’m on duty which requires me to maintain my composure. I don’t even know how to describe how tough it was . Until I met Datuk Dr Kalai. Saviour. After undergoing #cystoscopy, he managed to identify my exact problem. Advised non invasive treatments and avoided getting my bladder injected with stuff on a weekly basis like every other chronic patients. Such a champion! He’s kind, sympathetic and was more like a friend genuinely wanting to help you heal. Alhamdulilah for this miracle . I’m still on daily medication yes. And this condition may come back one day, who knows. But at least I now know that it’s manageable❤️ . #interstitialcystitis #interstitialcystitisawareness

【教練，我想打籃球─十字韌帶重建後何時可以回去運動？】 有在運動或看運動賽事的人，應該對於十字韌帶斷裂這樣的運動傷害不陌生。雖然現今的醫療可以將斷掉的十字韌帶做重建，但並不是每一位運動員都能在手術後順利重返運動賽事，或是恢復到和過去一樣的運動表現。根據統計，如果不計運動賽事等級的話，在十字韌帶重建後能回到運動場上的比例大約落在56%-100% (不同研究有不同結果)。但如果要恢復到受傷前的運動表現的話，則只有13%-69%的人有機會能做到。即使回去運動後，也有20%-25%的機會再一次受傷。在面對韌帶重建的個案時，我們是否有甚麼方法可以評估個案是否具備回到運動場上的能力，或是個案達到甚麼標準之後，未來受傷機率可以比較低呢？這次的影片將跟大家分享四個用來評估十字韌帶重建後，何時可以重返運動場上的測試動作。 People who like to play sports or watch sport events might be familiar with ACL rupture. Although we can reconstruct the ruptured ACL with modern medical technology, not every athlete can return to sports after the reconstruction, not to say regain his previous performance level. It has been indicated that the rate of return to sport at any level ranged from 56%-100% (Different research has different result.). However, only 13%-69% athletes can regain their pre-injury level of performance. After back to sport, up to 20%-25% athletes will experience contralateral tear or re-rupture. When faced with those ACL reconstruction clients, do we have any method to evaluate whether client is ready to return to sport? Is there any standard client can achieve, which indicate the risk of injury could be relatively low? Today’s video will show you 4 single-leg hop tests commonly used to assess functional performance and predict when to return to sport for ACL reconstruction clients. 參考資料： https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31272644/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31745732/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27215935/ #教練我想打球 #十字韌帶斷裂 #重建 #運動員 #受傷機率 #物理治療 #跳躍測試 #ACLrupture #reconstruction #athlete #physiotherapy #hoptest #backtosport #riskofinjury