Friday, December 15, 2006
i feel like screaming aloud.... the one thing i hoped wouldnt happen, happened. i have to wear back brace. AHHHHH!!!! it's gonna be super uncomfortable lor. having to adjust to rgs uniform (apparently it's much hotter cos it's double layer) is bad enough without having to adjust to that brace around my body practically 24/7. it all started (now it sounds like i'm telling a tragic tale.. =P) with me going to the spinal clinic. so i went thinking maybe increase by a few degrees only lah, nothing dangerous yet. went in and did all the measurement stuff, then went to take an x-ray. went up to the doctor's and had to take my top off so he could measure my back degree thing. and i thought that was bad. turns out that my back curved 10 degrees in 6months. which is actually average apparently. when i first checked in school this year, it was 7 degrees. i went to the hospital dunno how many months later and it was 24 degrees (big jump, i know) then now it's 34 degrees. the doctor said, better put brace immediately. i just nodded my head when i actually felt like shouting, NOOOOOOOO!! but obviously i just kept quiet and kept from crying. so, went to the place where they would take my measurements and cast it on and everything. the hospital is like a huge maze. it took so long to find lor. so anw, i had to strip there again but full body this time (gross!!!) and it was a guy doing the casting thing, so...ewwww. anw, he took measurements, press my bones here and there while i stood there trying not to feel awkward or embarassed. then he wrapped me in like slimwrap thing and started putting plaster of paris on the clingwrap. it's supposed to be a mould so they can make the brace lor. it took quite long. i was standing there for almost an hour while he 'mummified' me. for those of you who have mild scoliosis, do sit ups and hang ups(hang from a bar or smth), dont let it get as bad as mine.. i'm warning you. i actually still remember going about 7 years ago with my 2nd sis to get her brace done. hers is worse then mine, hopefully the brace works and i wont get to that stage.ok, so after all the hospital drama, me and my mum went to bibi and baba (the name super cute right?) to get rgs uniform cos my mum say after posting come out, there will be like super crowded. so we went and were looking for the uniform lah. found it at 1 corner and i wore it over my clothes cos i thought there was no changing room.i wanted to find a mirror to see myself so i walked over to the newly discovered changing room. i walked pass this mother and her daughter from rgps and the mother pointed to me and said, " see? the uniform so nice.." then my mother looked at her and said, "this one is secondary school one hor" then the woman got so embarassed and i started laughing. so funny.. so anw, bought the uniform with the idea of me having to wear the horrible brace underneath so i couldnt get too fitting one. if i go to rgs looking like a wrapped package, you all better not laugh hor...
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Friday, December 15, 2006
