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Still Numb After All this Time…

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10 days since I “crashed” with my bicycle, and part of my right face is still numb as if I am just out from a root canal fill at the dentist. So I decided to take a trip to the hospital. 

Had a quick talk with the Doctor, who decided to take an X-ray. It took less than 3 minutes, and after another 5 minutes I was back with the Doctor looking at my X-rayed face.

The first thing that hit me was… No wonder I’m stupid, there’s no brain 😉

Turns out nothing is broken. The numbness is caused by a damaged nerve close to the cheek bone. Basically where the impact was last Wednseday morning.

Got tons of Medecine that I will skip most of. One is to take care of the side effects by another. Stupidity… Take this so you don’t get sick from taking this so you get well. How screwed up is that? I’m sticking with the Vitamin B12 supplement though (the red obes to the right). It can help with nerve damages (if there is a deficiency).

I’m Just Waiting on a Friend…

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Waiting at the hospital and tried out one of their blood pressure machines to kill the time. Must be broken! I usually get high score in all I do, but not this time 😉

Shopping in Ginza

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I have started to exercise at home rather than at the gym. It works quite well with only a 15 kg weight. Today I put it on my back and climbed the stairs down-and-up 10 rounds (if you didn’t know our building is 12 stories). It took about 40 minutes so it a nice exercise that gets your blood pumping and keeps your legs strong 🙂

After a shower and some rest Chie and I visited our friend at the Toranomon hospital again. Just a few more days now before his surgery.

The we went on to Ginza for some shopping. I had a visit to the Apple store and bought a new activity monitor. My Nike+ Fuelband got broke a while back so it was an opportunity to try something new. Misfits’ activity monitor Shine. I also bought Phillips Hue lights.

The shopping made us hungry so we walked to Sicilia just off the beaten track in Ginza. It’s a small Italian restaurant (one of the first in Tokyo).

Once back home I hurried to install and try the Phillips Hue light. It was fun though most likely we will go with a warm, relaxing light. An interesting thing is that you could change it to some of the preset lights optimised for e.g. reading or concentration. Suitable for our “library” 🙂


Phillips Hue light

IDC and Dinner at Pescaderia

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Back in Tokyo. We went to IDC showroom in Odaiba to look for a new bookshelf. The IKEA Billy one we have now has started to give up. The big Tohoku earthquake took a toll on it and the sides are now slowly “sliding” apart. As a result, some of the shelves are resting on the books below 🙂

Once we found the one we wanted and ordered it (to be delivered on January 25th, stay tuned for photos) we drove on to Toranomon hospital where a friend of us has been hospitalised since just after Christmas. He is waiting on a surgery to remove some malfunctioning parts of his digestion system. Though he had not had the surgery yet he still looked healthier than the last time we saw him.


Pescaderia

Then our “tour” went to Ginza for dinner at Pescaderia. To our surprise (positive) they had prohibited smoking in the restaurant, which made the evening even more pleasant than we had anticipated. Yummy!