Made it to Hong Kong!!

I'm finally sitting here in my hotel room in Hong Kong with a lovely view from my hotel room. Thankfully I got an early check in at 8:30am, and didn't have to wait until 2pm. Planning to relax for a few hours before veturing out to have a look around. I'm not too fussed about seeing too much stuff, I'll just go for a wander check out some shops and then probably go to the harbour tonight to see the laser light show.

The flight here was good, I managed to sleep for about 4 hours which I was quite happy with. My seat was great...had heaps of leg room which made for a more comfy trip. My back has held out quite well, and was only twinging for about an hour last night and thats it.

I get a car to Shenzhen tomorrow morning to go to the factory to do the work part of my trip. I'm hoping that it will take me about 6 hours to do.... fingers crossed I don't have to go back on Tuesday. I want to be able to go for a walk around Shenzhen on Tuesday morning before I head back to Hong Kong airport tuesday night for my flight home.

Such a quick trip!!! But as long as the work stuff goes well tomorrow it will all be worth it!

Have decided I'm back on the weight watching wagon next week. I have had enough of looking like a hefer, so its time to sort it out.

Anyhoo, time to chill out in front of the telly for a while and have a snooze.

Accupuncture - nothing like a bit of a prick!

Friday afternoon I went to see if I could get an appointment with an accupuncturist I have seen on and off for about 15 years. Lucky for me they could fit me in immediately!! My back was still causing me a lot of grief, and I went to see the accupuncturist for some pain relief. I'm not sure how many needles he used, but I think it was around 6, all of them in my lumar region and hips. He also used a technique called cupping where they use glass cups to suck the skin up.

This is supposed to help rejuvinate the qi in the body, and help with pain reduction, and deep tissue repair. It was a very strange feeling, and hurt only a littel bit in one area, but I couldn't see the halm in it. It left some awesome red circles though!!

The day after treatment I felt terrible, but that is also due to the chiro visit. I always feel worse the next day after seeing him. But Yesterday and today my pain has lessened quite a bit, and I'm feeling quite OK. Compared to 1 and half weeks ago, my pain is at about an 4 instead of a 10.

So, I think I should be OK for China now. I'll make the final decision on Thursday whether to go, but I should be OK. I'm having another accupuncture visit on Friday, and off to the Chiro today... so I'm slowly getting there. When I can stop taking panadine forte altogether I will be a happy lady.

Shuffling Along

So, its been 5 days since I hurt my back, and I'm doing OK. Today was actually a really bad day - I was hurting pretty bad this morning, and its carried over during the day, so I came home early. Compared to last Friday my pain has lessened quite a bit but I am still on Panadine Forte...but have cut this down to half of what I was having on the weekend - 3 a day now which is OK. Andrew was much better on Sunday with helping me. I think he realised how much pain I was in, and did the things I asked him to do, so an improvement on his wanker behavoiur the day before.

My boss really really upset me today. I have been thinking about what caused this issue and I remember picking up something at work on the Thursday, and felt my back twinge a little bit, but thought nothing much of it. A few hours later I was in a lot of pain but didn't relate it back to what I lifted. I told him this today, and he turned around and said to me, 'are you ignoring the elephant in the room'. I didn't know what he meant, and then he said that the reason I have this back problem is becuase I have put on so much weight and basically fobbed off that I hurt myself doing something at work. Now that upset me, cause no medical person I saw mentioned this to me, not even my chiro.

I know I'm overweight, and having been making a real effort to do something about it- and have been feeling the best I have in ages, and then this happened with my back. So now walking is out the window and all I can do is watch my food...which at the moment is not going so well, but is not totally out of control.

so I have a boss who thinks I'm fat and blames that for my sore back.... not happy.

I just want the pain to go away now, I have had enough of it. I feel for anyone that puts up with constant pain, I really do. Chiro thinks I'll have pain for the rest of the week into next week and about 8 weeks for me to get back to normal. Regarding physio, I have not had good experiences with physio's, so don't go to visit them and would rather stay with my chiro. Thanks for the advice though Colleen.

Hopefully trip to China on the 30th will go ahead OK. Thankfully its only a few days over there on my own, so no obligation to do anything with other people. So sleeping when I want and relaxing when I want.... Not really excited about going, but it will be a good thing to do on my own

so so annoyed

I've hurt my back - apparently I have hurt a disk in my Lumbar spine. I'm not happy at all. I was in so much pain Thursday night even after taking Panadine Forte that I spent most of the evening in tears. Then went to Chiro on Friday and he only did a little bit of feeling around and adjustment, and by the time he strappped up my back and I tried to get up I was in tears again. I'd takenb 2 Panadine Fortes in the morning, and it didn't even seem to touch the pain.

Chiro told me to go to a doc to get some more painkillers, something stronger than the panadine, so I went across to my semi-regular doc, and he had so many people in the waiting room that I would have gone stir crazy if I had waited there. So I went home and had Andrew take me to the local medical centre. We waited for 1.5 hours, and when people who had arrived after me started going in I got Andrew to go check, and they didn't have my papaerwork in the pile. I was very annoyed by this time.

I fianlly got to see a doc who was useless and refused to give me anything stronger than panadine. he inisited I get an xray before doing anything else, and I honestly think that he thought I was one of those people just trying to get drugs. He didn't like that I went to a chiro and insisted it was muscular not a disk - but he didn't even touch me - just asked me to move around.

So he just gave me more Panadine forte, and anit inflammatories and to get an xray. Of course the Xray place was shut so that didn't happen. I don't want to go back to that place because the doc was terrible. So I'm sitting at home in pain even though I have taken the panadine and the Brufen and waiting till Monday to go see my normal doc.

i am so so annoyed. I have never hurt my back this bad before, and it has really hit me for a sixer - I can't bend down walking and sitting hurts, and I 'm consistantly in pain. I'm going to China in 2 weeks, so if I don't get a bit better before then, then the whole trip could be cancelled.

and the worst thing is I don't know what I have done. I'm sad, and Andrew is getting annoyed when I ask him to do things. Thats pissing me off so much. Its not like I did this on purpose, and he's just being a dickhead about it. its situations like this that really test things, and he is failing with flying colours. Not even being able to bend down to get something is so so frustrating. Why can't he just be a support instead of a wanker?

HOT HOT HOT!!!

Today is going to be 43deg C. Way way too hot for me. I'll be hibernating inside under the airconditioner for most of the day. We have to go out to a birthday party later this arvo, but that should be OK as its inside and they have airconditioning.

I went back to work on Wed, and in a strange way it was nice to be back. My brain spent most of the holidays in relax mode, and it was time for it to get back into thinking mode. And then my boss sprung it on me that his wife is pregnant! Good work I say....this means she leaves work in June..... :)

I have decide to study this year, and keep trudging on with trying to get my accounting degree. The subject I have chosen is one I have failed twice before....so I am determined to pass it this time around!! I took last year off from study, so its time to get back into it. I only have 5 subject to go before I get my degree, so 2 this year, and then 3 next year, and I'll be done!!!!

I have been doing heaps of walking in the holidays, and am planning to walk for half an hour each morning before work during summer. I am determined to both lose weight and get fitter, so a walk each day is a step in the right direction.

But for today I am planting my arse in front of the TV and the airconditioner and am trying to keep cool. I hate this hot weather, and can't wait for winter.