Manila for My Special Day!!!

Yep, decided to spend my Birthday in Manila for a few reasons: 

-mainly because the last time I hot to celebrate my BDay with my sis was almost 10 years ago..  Back in 2005.  Her BDay is June 8th, while mine is June 9th.  

-secondly,  i decided that as a gift to myself on my BDay, I will get a Full Physical Check Up - something I have not done longer than celebrating BDays with my sis...  LOL

So the day after my arrival, I spent pretty much the whole day at My Healthway Clinic - getting the works.,,  "Top to Bottom" as they call it!    Of course it was a bit scary...  But as always, once I have decided, I just go for it and go with the flow..  And Hope for the Best!  

I got the blood works done...  Urinalysis and fecalysis..  ECG...  UltraSound and a few others i really do nit know the names of..  All done in one day - just need to wait till Monday, my actual BDay, to get my results... 

with all that out of the day - it was on to Bataan to celebrate my sister's and my BDays quietly....

in Pain...

haiiiiiiis.... last few days I have been going through some mental and physical torment.... Physical as it seems my right knee has been giving out little by little... i know I already do not run as fast, nor as long, as I used to... still, i try to keep at it as regular as I could.... and with the winter months being sooo COLD and WET in Taipei, i had to make do with the machines at the GYM... and with them, I pushed myself even more by FASTER & running UPHILL - about LEVEL 10 incline.... Either all that PUSHING, or maybe AGE, has caught up with me.... last few days my right knee would hurt now and again..... but it manages to subsides always... so I chuck it as nothing and just push myself less.... yesterday afternoon though, after not running for 3 days, I went for a run by the river.... halfway through my knee totally gave in and I was in soooo much pain... excruciating pain..... all I could do was LIMP myself back home... Was going to try to ignore it, but going up the stairs to Jewels' home was quite TORTUROUS... I knew I have to seek medical help.... since it was late in the day, I had to wait till today to see a doctor.... so just rested my leg all nite and hoped for the best.... went to sleep early and hoped the good nite's sleep will help - WRONG!!! Woke up this morning in pain.... and it took me a whole 10 minutes to get out of bed, as I was in so much pain just to move my leg an inch.... At the doctor's, am told it was really from EXCESSIVE RUNNING... AGE... ETC.... everything I already know.... everything I already feared....

3 ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES (A FIRST FOR ME!), a COMPRESS, and MEDICINAL BANDAGE later - am sent home with the following instructions: -No RUNNING FOR A LONG WHILE! -Not even SWIMMING for a few days... -Avoid Stairs! So, is this really the end of my running days??? that would HURT me even more than the pain I felt yesterday if this was meant to be... :(( So I can only hope not.... and the biggest question of all: "is it really downhill from here???"