Me Time!

[marmalade]

Thanks all for the great tips !

The evil side of me just want to shoo :nunchuk: them all away. Haha.

[MrsKiasu]

Maybe tell them…let’s talk abt adult’s issues…leave the kids alone.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2123031\" time=\"1700577750\" user_id=\"43981:

Thanks for asking. I was busy chkg info and around lunch time realised the pain almost gone. Went out for walk and grocery shopping after dinner. Carry a bag of grocery and can feel some pain coming back. Better refrain from carrying heavy stuff next few days.

Experiment with different ways to carry loads - I prefer to use bags slung on my shoulders (both sides for good distribution) rather than in my hands. Backpacks are good too, or trolleys. I find that if I carry heavy loads in my hands, my wrist issues recur. Try to get the heaviest stuff delivered rather than carry them yourself.

And stretch daily!

[MrsKiasu]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2123047\" time=\"1700612313\" user_id=\"28674:

Experiment with different ways to carry loads - I prefer to use bags slung on my shoulders (both sides for good distribution) rather than in my hands. Backpacks are good too, or trolleys. I find that if I carry heavy loads in my hands, my wrist issues recur. Try to get the heaviest stuff delivered rather than carry them yourself.

And stretch daily!

That's true. I noticed the pain at my left side more intense and I been carrying at my left shoulder. I must hv some pull there. I will bring more reusable bags so that each carry some to distribute the weight.

[00skyblue00]

marmalade\" post_id=\"2123028\" time=\"1700573810\" user_id=\"40817:

Hi to all the experienced mummies and daddies …
can anyone share how you deal with “overly-concerned” relatives, colleagues, neighbours etc etc on the PSLE result release day?

I had enough answering for the past 1 year on PSLE-related topics :siam:

Ikr, i got messages from long lost ex colleagues and even music teacher asking abt this, 2 years ago.
But we were lucky, due to covid, the release was in individual classroom and our tr didn't post overall class results.

I did what slmkhoo said, and babbled on abt \"world crisis\" haha...

[MrsKiasu]

Think back. For us was quite easy to manage. Family members never ask. Long known neighbors only asked IP or O, long after results out. We had dinner with dh’s friend and family right after dd1’s results. And they were nice to console dd instead…their kids mixture of academic achievements with plans for overseas edu. Another neighbor also with such plan with their older kid…so usually they don’t quite bothered I feel.


For me, I never ask for their results…only on few occasions asked how much they bought their new place…which immediately I felt may be abit too invasive, but mouth too fast.

[zac's mum]

Neighbors usually dun need to tell them…when they see the child going to school in next year’s uniform, they will have their curiosity satisfied. Make them wait! So can just talk other things

[MrsKiasu]

I auto woke up at 5am. Told myself everything carved on stone liao, likely can only get the ‘excitement’ later. Been teasing dd on and off past few days. Dh says nothing much to be anxious abt actually. Only 2 outcomes at a familiar place. Dd hoping for 3rd outcome and mommy scared of 4th outcome.

[Funz]

Estéema\" post_id=\"2123023\" time=\"1700571068\" user_id=\"66413:

You’re right in that symptoms can hv many cause. S’times, some throbbing pain may be missed by the least sensitive to their body call-out. Again, it depends on how astute one is in expression of where the pain emits from. As the typical population are not medically trained, a pain that is felt in the fron but emits fr the back, can throw one off fr internal organs which gave cause for grief. So, we depend on the specialist to identify & they in turn depends on our clue s based on our descriptions.

I indeed went thro CT Scan, endoscopy, ECG, but non yield results. I was cleared. This time round, my specialist skip the ECG, since I did my last abt 2 years back. He offered Eco-cardiogram and advised to check my mammogram regularly at my age. So will get it done when return SG.

We ourselves need to be aware of our body and symptoms as well. Insist on further and comprehensive tests if symptoms persist. Doctors, especially those in public health care are caught in a situation where they have to balance investigative procedures and cost for patients and may resist sending patients for more tests if they are unsure. That was our experience with my dad. They kept diagnosing him with gastric issues, reflux, wear and tear of his esophagus due to age that is why he keeps getting feelings of heart burn and tightness in his chest. Only when my dad insisted on further tests especially for the heart and told the doctors cost is not an issue for him, then they referred him to a specialist. That was when they found out that all his major arteries were more than 75% blocked. They did an immediate stent as a temporary measure while they scheduled all sorts of tests for him leading to a triple bypass. I also feel that not having the same doctor attending to him each time he visits the hospital or clinic also hindered the diagnosis or the decision for further tests. In my dad's case, he knows that heart issues can present itself like gastric issues or heartburn and he also knows that what he was feeling was not the usual gastric discomfort and he dared to challenge the doctor's diagnosis. I will say many of us will defer to the doctor's opinion especially when the diagnosis is something 'benign', they are the professionals afterall. We tend to challenge only if the diagnosis is something bad.

[Funz]

For immediate family and close friends I have no qualms about telling them the results. For others, std reply when asked was ‘within expectations’. Most will get it and leave it at that. For those who pry more, I will ask them ‘why, you gonna pay for the school fees?’ That usually shut them up.