I want to play tennis until I’m eighty. This is one of my biggest motivations to stay healthy and fit. However, in recent years, injuries have started to creep in, and I’ve learned that if I really want to play tennis until I’m eighty, I need to plan well and ensure I stay healthy and…
Tag: health
When a Simple Walk Leads to a Week Stuck at Home: My Tendon Tear Story
These past couple of weeks have been a little tough fitness-wise. I developed a tendon tear, which essentially prevented me from leaving home for a week, even making it difficult for me to move around our place because of the stairs. How it started My tendon tear came out of nowhere. I just did my…
Coping with Illness When COVID Still Lingers
I took a couple of days off because I was sick. I woke up with a sore throat, runny nose, and cough. This was a continuation of feeling weak and tired over the previous days. I started taking over-the-counter cough medicine, but I still decided to visit a nearby clinic to have it checked and…
How I Used My Apple Watch to Monitor a Tennis Session
Just realized I can use my Apple Watch to monitor my tennis workouts. On Friday, I decided to give it a try. Unlike running and cycling, the option to track tennis is hidden deep in the list of supported workouts—almost as if Apple didn’t want us to find it. Still, I play tennis regularly, and…
Why I Went Back to the Apple Watch After 7 Years
A few years ago, I stopped using my Apple Watch and decided to go without a watch altogether. The idea was to simplify my life. Everything I used my watch for, I could already do with my smartphone. My phone tells the time, has Suica for trains, and acts as a pedometer to track my…
Recovering from a TFCC Tear
While playing tennis, I started feeling a slight pain on my right wrist. It did not bother me much as I thought it was just muscle pain, and that it would heal naturally after just a few weeks, just like any other muscle pain. This was in November 2016. A few months later, the pain…
Living with the Apple Watch in Tokyo
After a couple of years trying very hard to stop myself from buying it, I finally gave in and got me an Apple Watch (Series 3 GPS + cellular version). I guess I cannot forever use my strategy of telling myself next year’s model is going to be better. It also helps believing the LTE…
Is my doctor ripping me off?
Is my Japanese doctor ripping me, and my insurance off? This is a question I started asking myself after a few months with this doctor. It started when the results of my yearly medical exams arrived, and they found an excessive level of CA19-9, a tumor marker. Imagine the shock not only from myself, but maybe…
Close Encounter of the C Kind
The results of my recent medical exams were out, and aside from the now usual “bad” cholesterol numbers, one particular number caught my attention, CA 19-9, an item under a section called “Tumor Markers.” Oh! The clinic marked it as “D1”, which essentially means I was in deep sh1t, and treatment was required. The doctor…
Swine Flu Alert
Just as when I thought I’d be having a relaxing vacation, swine flu happened. Now I’m stressed. I’ll be making a stopover in Taiwan on the way to Manila. I’ll be visiting three different airports, potentially exposing myself to people who’ve travelled to infected countries, especially Mexico. I should also be preparing myself for long…
Yosi Kadiri
Just as when I was close to considering smoking as another social networking tool, JR East decided that starting April 1, they will no longer allow smoking and all smoking areas will be removed from their platforms. Goodbye smokers. Good riddance. I hope more establishments follow suit, especially that McDonald’s store near my station. I…
Two Week Battle
February 23While at work, my body started shaking and I started feeling very weak. I was in Otemachi at the time and didn’t know where the nearest clinic was. I decided to just take the rest of the day off, go home and rest. February 24I woke up early hoping I’d feel better. I didn’t…
Enrico in Tokyo 