Day 8 tapering off prednisolonone : 5 mg (1 pill)
Slightly after midnight Durrah woke up menggeletar, but high fever. We didn't want to take chances, so brought her to UMMC.
Well... viral fever. NOT the dreaded H1N1, Alhamdulillah.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
BP48 - 9 JULAI 2009 : KHAMIS
Day 7 tapering off prednisolonone : 10 mg (2 pills)
Would push myself further today... lecture in the morning & a quick lab late afternoon.
Would push myself further today... lecture in the morning & a quick lab late afternoon.
BP49 - 10 JULAI 2009 : JUMAAT
Day 7 tapering off prednisolonone : 10 mg (2 pills)
Went to TS Hospital for acupuncture session. CT Aishah went along to see what could be done to her situation.
We went to F&B cafe at PD after that! Wonderful cheesecake... :)
Went to TS Hospital for acupuncture session. CT Aishah went along to see what could be done to her situation.
We went to F&B cafe at PD after that! Wonderful cheesecake... :)
BP47 - 8 JULAI 2009 : RABU
Day 6 tapering off prednisolonone : 15 mg (3 pills)
Another 1st that I had to face: Neuro lecture
Another 1st that I had to face: Neuro lecture
BP46 - 7 JULAI 2009 : SELASA
Day 5 tapering off prednisolonone : 15 mg (3 pills)
Went straight from home for my 1st Histo lecture @ DK Ixora.
Couldn't help being anxious... Could I physically deliver a 50 minutes lecture? Would it be too much for my body? I knew my speech could already be understood, but I wasn't sure whether having to talk non-stop for long would cause herotness of my face becoming worse? Too gruesome?
Again those many pairs of eyes were on me. There were about 80 students.
My 1st slide was actually on my situation.
As usual I prefer to deal with something head on...
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Went straight from home for my 1st Histo lecture @ DK Ixora.
Couldn't help being anxious... Could I physically deliver a 50 minutes lecture? Would it be too much for my body? I knew my speech could already be understood, but I wasn't sure whether having to talk non-stop for long would cause herotness of my face becoming worse? Too gruesome?
Again those many pairs of eyes were on me. There were about 80 students.
My 1st slide was actually on my situation.
As usual I prefer to deal with something head on...
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BP45 - 6 JULAI 2009 : ISNIN
Day 4 tapering off prednisolonone : 20 mg (4 pills)
After sending Durrah to her sekolah ugama, I went straight to work. Suami was already waiting for me at the parking lot up front of the department to send me to UMMC for my faicial electrotherapy & also an appointment with the E&T group.
By abot 9.30am I was done with the electrotherapy. Met CT who was waiting for her name to be called in. Told her we couldn't go to breakfast since not only I had to rush for my E&T appointment, I also had a briefing for the new students @11.30am!
Quickly registered @ E&T. While waiting, I was pondering about how I'd go about in doing the briefing. I had 2 parts of power point presentations done up; 'introduction to who's who' & 'academic matters'. I would have to do the latter & I was mulling about whether I should contact Eda & make her do the first part. Originally, I had asked Yati but with her mum doing an angioplasty procedure today... Yati's place should be with her MOTHER!
By 10.30am I decided that Edah should do it & started making phone calls-arrangements.
I finally got in to see DrL @ 11am. DrTS was on emergency leave. Commended DrL on her suggestions about 'directly putting a tape on my right eye' + me going to RUKA (it was then I got new dosage for my BP & it had been under control since then, Alhamdulillah).
Took a taxi back to where my car was parked & rushed to the lecture hall where the briefing had been scheduled.
To be honest, I was feeling feeling anxious about this whole event.
It was going to be my 1st event going in front of a lecture hall of students.
All in all there should be 35 new students + 20 of the committee members of the student's BH club. Staff members of the program (2 tutors + 4 support staff + 6 academic staff) should also be joining the event. Some already knew about my Bell's Palsy & this event would give them a chance to see for themselves how I looked like.
When I came into the hall, they were there already except for the new students who're still stuck in another briefing. I took time to address the BH club about the kind of assistance that I hope they could give, etc. From their facial expression, I seriously doubt that they really heard what I was saying at the beginning. Some looked like they were about to burst into tears...
Then the new students came & the whole event went well. It was good that Eda did the first part of the briefing. She was FABULOUS & FUNNY... the students loved her!
By late afternoon, I was feeling like I need to lie down...
However, 5 foreign students were brought to me; 3 of them for BH program (1 Indonesian, 1 Somalian & I Jordan) & the other 2 going to other programs (Bioinformatics & Microbiology).
So, I gave them 'a quick' briefing of what was given earlier by both me & Eda.
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After sending Durrah to her sekolah ugama, I went straight to work. Suami was already waiting for me at the parking lot up front of the department to send me to UMMC for my faicial electrotherapy & also an appointment with the E&T group.
By abot 9.30am I was done with the electrotherapy. Met CT who was waiting for her name to be called in. Told her we couldn't go to breakfast since not only I had to rush for my E&T appointment, I also had a briefing for the new students @11.30am!
Quickly registered @ E&T. While waiting, I was pondering about how I'd go about in doing the briefing. I had 2 parts of power point presentations done up; 'introduction to who's who' & 'academic matters'. I would have to do the latter & I was mulling about whether I should contact Eda & make her do the first part. Originally, I had asked Yati but with her mum doing an angioplasty procedure today... Yati's place should be with her MOTHER!
By 10.30am I decided that Edah should do it & started making phone calls-arrangements.
I finally got in to see DrL @ 11am. DrTS was on emergency leave. Commended DrL on her suggestions about 'directly putting a tape on my right eye' + me going to RUKA (it was then I got new dosage for my BP & it had been under control since then, Alhamdulillah).
Took a taxi back to where my car was parked & rushed to the lecture hall where the briefing had been scheduled.
To be honest, I was feeling feeling anxious about this whole event.
It was going to be my 1st event going in front of a lecture hall of students.
All in all there should be 35 new students + 20 of the committee members of the student's BH club. Staff members of the program (2 tutors + 4 support staff + 6 academic staff) should also be joining the event. Some already knew about my Bell's Palsy & this event would give them a chance to see for themselves how I looked like.
When I came into the hall, they were there already except for the new students who're still stuck in another briefing. I took time to address the BH club about the kind of assistance that I hope they could give, etc. From their facial expression, I seriously doubt that they really heard what I was saying at the beginning. Some looked like they were about to burst into tears...
Then the new students came & the whole event went well. It was good that Eda did the first part of the briefing. She was FABULOUS & FUNNY... the students loved her!
By late afternoon, I was feeling like I need to lie down...
However, 5 foreign students were brought to me; 3 of them for BH program (1 Indonesian, 1 Somalian & I Jordan) & the other 2 going to other programs (Bioinformatics & Microbiology).
So, I gave them 'a quick' briefing of what was given earlier by both me & Eda.
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