禍不單行之low back pain

 星期三開始又腰背痛，令我坐立不安，這三天休息在家，我要趴在床上上網。每逢腰痛都令我想起已故的父親，因他癌症復發時腫瘤細胞潛伏在腰骨，令他非常疼痛。四年前(2002 February)我也試過突發腰痛, excerpt from my old email：

I had sudden onset of low back pain last Monday night. The pain got worse during the night and I fainted around 6:00 am. My husband called the ambulance and I was then sent to A&E at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. Later that day I was admitted to the orthopaedic ward.
They took x-ray for me, did 2 blood tests and 1 ECG. Their diagnosis was as follows:
1. loss of consciousness: could not identify why, may be due to the pain
2. low back pain: incorrect posture causing some soft tissues pressing on nerve ends

I spent most of the past week lying in bed. The pain subsided by itself. The physiotherapist only spent 10 min with me on his first visit and 3 min on the second visit. He taught me some simple exercises to do and gave me a booklet on "how to look after your spine". I thought of my dad very often as he was suffering from severe back pain in his later days, I now understand a bit how he felt!
My back still feels a bit sore and I guess it will take some time to recover fully. And I have to pay attention to how I sit and stand and remind myself to maintain a correct posture always.

My hospital bill came up to 6 thousand something, but the government subsidized most of it and I only had to pay $136. I just paid the first installment of my income tax and I felt it's really value for my money!! They have already booked 3 follow-ups for me for internal medicine & orthopaedic.

美味人氣食店住家菜

住家菜
地址: 銅鑼灣謝斐道460-462號地下
電話: 31050456
此店星期天休息

這是銅鑼灣的人氣長龍食店，七時後來到如沒有訂座的話怕要等至九時多才可入座；即使有預約，晚市繁忙時間也要人齊才可入座。有一期「飲食男女」介紹少油少鹽健康食店提及這店，光顧過後覺得這店價廉物美，之後便成為常客。

每晚有例湯($10碗夠二人飲用，$30煲)，之前試過南瓜薏米排骨，蘋果雪梨瘦肉、粉葛赤小豆都十分清甜好味。

幾味牛肉都腍而美味但仍有質感，沒有下太多梳打粉。

美味假期@銀座日本料理鐵板燒

銀座日本料理鐵板燒
地址:尖沙咀梳士巴利道18-24號新世界中心地下L057號舖
電話:2368-6138

皮膚大致回復正常，仍在塗藥膏，約了兩星期後看中醫(排期緊密很難約呢)調理一下。

2006年5月6日中午
記憶中《銀座》好像屹立在尖沙咀很久了，老字號應該不會令人失望。坐在鐵板燒房間，外望灣仔，放煙火的夜晚怕會座無虛席。


價錢是出乎意外的相宜，平日的日替$100元，我去的那天是週六沒有日替，但多款午餐也只是百多元。點了海鮮牛肉鐵板燒($130)兩份，海鮮三選一︰大蝦、三文魚或銀鱈魚。牛肉可選厚燒或薄燒，我和老公都是牛魔王，愛肉味濃厚些，所以選了厚燒。