Twenty-Ninth Day -- Doctor David Choy

My wife was more excited to see the doctor than me. The doctor wanted to see my screw points to ensure that they were healing well. The front healed much better than the back. The back still had some visible scars and very minor sore when I rubbed hard on them. His room was hanged with quite a few Chinese Calligraphy work. We were glad that he shared the same interest. When asked how would the outcome be of the GAMA treatment. He was candid, as all things in the world, three outcomes, cured, remained the same, or it got worst. His advice was to be patient get on with life, try to do the normal things, or those things I had been doing. However, sometimes the body is also telling us to make some changes too. So that part we need to figure it out. 

My wife was so happy when the doctor suggested that I should eat food that promote nerve heath which were fishes such as cod and salmon. They are usually fishes that have oil. I could see that she was going to buy lots of fishes. I have been keeping to a lacto-ovo-vegetarian with occasional beef intake for two years since the first syncope on that faithful 6th of July 2019. 

Dr. David Choy also suggested that I could slowly reduce the intake of Lirica to one 25mg in the night and 25mg in the morning, or I could have 50mg in the night and do away with the 25mg in the morning. 

Exercise

In the morning, the first thing I did was to sit on the massage chair for a 45-minute massage. I was seeing stars when I woke up. Having the experience earlier, I started to massage the back of my neck, the massage chair was a natural choice. It had not been used for a long time. Luckily it is still working. After the stars were gone. I got up to do my morning routine. Gargled with saltwater, drink a glass of room temperature water then started the exercise. There was not enough time to get to the garden so I did it in the living room.

I did a quick 2500 steps with my heart rate hitting as high as 100 bpm. The Nike Rub Club apps reported that I had done about 2.4 km with a pace of 9 min per kilometre. Well in the army I could run about 2.4 km for 9-10 minutes. I wrapped up the exercise in 45 minutes, again wind-down with the BaDuanJin. While resting, I prepared the potatoes mushroom soup. After it was done I took a bath, ate my breakfast then head towards the hospital. 

Anatomy

I spend sometimes researching into the anatomy of the head and the throat, thinking that it might provide some clues to my condition. Yes I found one detail anatomy showing the Glossopharyngeal nerve just behind the jawline rising to the cranial area. 


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