Spinal Disc Herniation

Spinal Disc Herniation (commonly miscalled as "slipped disc")

Hmm... a night in hospital is not as bad and scary as I thought, though I feel very tired after I came home. Well, no worries my friends and family because there's nothing serious about my health.

Now I know what does MRI stand for (actually I should have remembered haha) MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Do you remember seeing in the movies that patients are being placed on a bed and pushed into a cylinder tube to do scanning for about 20 minutes? Well, BINGO.. that's MRI scan. I was asked not to move within the 20 minutes so all I could do was sleep. Once in a while there's noisy sound so I need to wear headphones.

Haha the funny part was, before I went down for the MRI Scan, I was asked to change into a green clothing. (Those you see doctors wearing while operating patients) Next, the nurse instructed me to sit on a wheelchair and she pushed me slowly to the lab. Wah.. when I pushed myself, it seemed so hard to coordinate. Even when my mum pushed me back to my ward after my scan, she was amazed to find that the wheelchair is actually not light! Btw, it's not that I couldn't walk or lazy.. I sat on the wheelchair because that's a procedure and for my "privacy" purpose. You will know why when you experience it. *choi*!!!

Basically, my problem is as following:
At my lumber spine, there's 1 bone which went out of position (moved not much i think). So this position eventually presses on my nerve. As a result, my nerve is now swollen which causes pain and numbness to my left leg. The word to describe this situation is - Spinal Disc Herniation (commonly known as slipped disc). Check this website out and you will understand what is happening to me...

For the time being, I need to do physiotherapy to build my leg muscle. This will ensure that the muscle can support my nerve and the bone will not move further than its current position. Haih...no more heavy sports for me =(

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