The Poisoning Episode

Found out something really interesting last night. If you ever want to be in the shoes of a patient with nerve IX and X palsy, munch on uncooked yam - or, in my case, half-cooked yam. Didn't realise the stalkish part still had sap in it, and following a tingling sensation (parasthesiae?) I could not swallow at all. It was extremely alarming. Loads of water didn't help. Perhaps it blocks ACh receptors? No idea. A search on Yahoo! revealed nothing but more alarming news that uncooked yam causes gastroenteritis and bloody diarrhoea in birds.

SO, by this strange twist in fate, I lay in bed waiting for the paralysis to go away (rather, I was praying I'd go away) when I dropped straight to sleep. So no writeup done. Sh*t.... imagine telling Dr. Tien, "I didn't do my writeup because I was paralysed by yam and subsequently sank into a coma." Half-intending to skip school to do it today, but this is bad. Cannot miss any more, the lectures are important. GIT today for lectures I think. Hmm .. Hepatitis? GE? Then again ... I may reconsider. =P

Darn those yams. And I was just starting to enjoy them.

Oh, no MAF celebration last night, parents were out dancing. So Ting, Maria and I had fun in the garden. Hung lanterns on my POOR POOR Nepenthes tendrils (nice improvisation eh?), lit candles all around the garden and got sparklers for those 2 baby girls to play with, haha. Maybe I'll post a pic soon. Brownie was alarmed by sparklers. Still have 4 boxes of mooncake in the kitchen, I dread the start of Mooncake Buffet Week. Somewhat like during X'mas - the dreadful Pillows of Ham Buffet Week.