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.
又想找一間新的日本料理嚐試（當然這不是新開張的店，新的意思是自己未曾光顧過），今天來天勺松島。松島師傅從前是天勺的台柱，這店名怕是想大家知道他就是天勺的那個松島罷。相反的是湖舟的袖山師傅，離開了以自己為名的袖山，去了新開的湖舟。
如Jason所言，這店的價位是蠻高的，自選8件手握壽司要$180（翔太$130，今村$138，見城也只是$160，壽司廣$250但有16件），不過可同時選肥拖羅和中拖羅。我和老公點了師傅特選壽司定食$250 — 回想這天若不是心情大好就是豬油蒙了心，居然中午食得如此奢侈！
用料無疑是十分上乘，肥、中拖羅肥美鮮香，海膽和三文魚子超甜，什至我不太喜歡吃的穴子也是美味的。貝類壽司是我沒有吃過的平貝，外形看似扇貝，入口極爽脆，不過嫌薄身了一點，不夠咬口。
飯後的綠茶雪糕是很對我口味的有茶味近少許苦澀那種，我總覺香港的綠茶雪糕太甜了。
之前見有網友大力推介這店，趁端午節假期來光顧。
第三個感覺︰這店的食物味道較濃。
5月28日星期天，老公和小頭對晚飯的地點茫無頭緒，後來老公想起喜萬年的乳豬在星期天堂食半價(平日一隻$400，半隻$240)，立即訂座。
再加一味炒鮮奶，香滑好吃，不過油多了一點。 
蓮香樓
