After 7 monthes of internship in Jordan, today is my 20th day of 11-weeks staying at home in Taipei. Though I didn't plan much, the re-integration life has come back on track in a really quick and smooth way, which was unexpected from me.
In the first two weeks, nothing has changed much in life since I still have the same routine as holidays in Jordan - wake up around 8-9 in the morning, have breakfast and small talk with parents, start dealing with the to-do list every day, and go to bed around 11. Still, very steady and peaceful life.
In these 20 days basically I'm occupied with the following priorities:
- Treating my twisted left ankle
- Preparation for studying master in London
- Preparation for one-month working in my father's company
- Meeting family members and friends
- Mentally adjusting back to Taiwan
Actually, the treatment of my left foot is a pretty interesting process. First of all, since I didn't inform my parents of the injury in advance, my father basically went mad when picking me up in the airport, seeing his daughter having difficulties walking. ^^" Therefore, I was IMMEDIATELY taken to a traditional Chinese medical clinic (it's a little bit sad that the first place to visit on arriving homeland is clinic rather than the sweet home...), and that was just a start of my daily visit to the doctor, or you can say daily fight between the doctor, the ankle, and me.
The doctor uses a very traditional way of treatment, meaning that he would readjust the bones, muscles, and tendons of my ankle by hand. However, the doctor can't deliver any treatment when I'm feeling nervous, because that makes the foot stiff so the treatment may cause second injury... Unfortunately I'm famous for easily getting nervous (especially taking into consideration that the treatment DOES hurt), as a result the patience of the doctor was being eaten really quickly. To deal with this, the key challenge of my ankle's recovery lies totally on how well my meditation before the treatment works, which enables me to be relaxed and prepared for the whatever kind of pain coming along with the curing. Only with this, the treatment would be effective.
Well, you never know how many usages meditation can have.
What's more, because after two weeks of treatment my foot insists not to be fully healed, I was forced to visit the modern, or normal hospital by my grandmother, but came home only with a pack of pain-killing pills and an appointment of supersonic examination TWO WEEKS AFTER. (Also along with a bill, of course.)
Great. Now I have a valid reason for disliking the modern medical system.
After all of these, my uncle finally decided to take me to a doctor speicializing on Chiropractic today. I would say it's a truly miracle. The doctor asked what happened, then asked me to bend over on a special chair, and then he make ONE push on my neck. Then the feet started to function totally well and normal.
It's amazing. One push on NECK heals the twisted ANKLE.
I expressed the appreciation to my uncle, but he says it's luck and attitude deciding if someone can get to know good doctors while being sick, since not everyone can believe or even be willing to try this kind of unusual treatment. Then I'm kind of being reminded about how lucky I am to have so many people helping me out with the injury this time, especially the support from all the friends in Jordan.
There're still so much for me to reflect and write about the internship experience, but I think one of my biggest lessons learnt from it is indeed how the positive connections worked out between people, based on character, attitude, curiosity, good willings, and so many other things.
The most inspiring part of sickness is getting to know how much oneself is being loved, no matter if it's the so-called random acts of kindness or consistent care. Just as what is written in the song
I know some have fallen on stony ground
But Love is all around
Love is all around, and it's really a privilege being able to know that.
Thanks, my dear family and friends. :)
