At 3:44 AM on Friday, July 10, 2009

Had a pain in the back last month. And had headaches which my happy pills cannot cure anymore. Furthermore my fingers on my left hand felt numb. Initially thought it was just some stiffness in the back and shoulder so I went to some sinseh requesting for a rub but ended up with accupuncture which i hate and he did ba guan on me which left me all bruised and did not feel any better. Then I went to a massage parlour recommended by some chi doc. She did a back massage for me and it only felt good momentarily. Not long after the discomfort resurfaced. It feels really uncomfortable and I couldn't sleep well. Bought salon pas, worked for a night and lost its effect on the 2nd try.

Then, couldn't take it anymore, I went to the clinic. Waited for what it seems like forever to see the doc. It is the first time I've seen a doc who faces her monitor most of the time typing her report away. Every single little detail has to be included. Imagine 1 hr having seen only 2 patients. That's how detailed she is. Anyway, she sent me to have my xray taken cos she suspects my nerves might be injured. And so i went, took my xray and went back to her. It's another round of waiting. Average waiting time to see her is at least an hr. That day I was at her clinic for at least 3 hrs.


And so she saw my xray. I took a back xray, a neck/shoulder xray as well as an xray for my foot. The back xray and foot xray was actually within my expectation. Already knew that i've crooked backbone and an extra bone for my foot long ago. But what shocked me was I actually have 2 extra bones coming out from the last segment of my neck near shoulder area. These are the bones that could be pressing on my nerves giving me the numbness and headaches. Doc said it's rather unusual. Mum's amazed by how many extra bones i have here and there. Backbone and foot could be solved by operation but not really crucial. It's the bones at the neck that's disturbing with all the headaches and numbness. So, she referred me to a specialist at CGH which i've yet to make an appointment for further review. Shall see.

The arrows indicate where the extra bones are. Not very visible here. Very faint.

Picture of my S-shaped backbone.

By,
CarysMummy