Chapter 104 (1/2)

Chapter 104: Backpain [2]

Ganghyuk went to the clinic where he had originally seen the patient.

The patient with back pain was sleeping on the futon.

He gave him a painkiller before he went to the patient who was shrieking.

“Heum”

Ganghyuk examined the patient closely.

He moved his body constantly.

But there was no sign of pain on his face.

“Eum. If the medicine worked well like this, he might not need an operation.”

“Ah, good…”

Heo Jun moaned.

He seemed to feel sorry because he missed the opportunity to see a back operation.

If he knew how to do disc operation, he would not show such an expression on his face.

‘Disc operation is different from other operations… It is better not to have it, if it can be avoided.'

It needs to break the back spine and touch the nerves.

Moreover, it should not touch the part where the nerves in the spine are, which is the most important nerve in the body.

“Hey. Wake up.”

Ganghyuk tapped shoulder of the patient who was in a deep sleep.

“Eum”

Ganghyuk tapped him several times to wake him up.

It seemed like he had a good sleep thanks to the effect of the painkiller after a months' pain.

Although he was forcefully awakened, he looked very happy.

“Oh, sir. I am sorry. I fell asleep here.”

“No, it is ok. It took too long.”

Ganghyuk looked out through the door.

When he left the patient, it was just past the lunch time but now it was nearly sunset.

He used up half of the day for the eye operation.

“The medicine that you gave me is really wonderful. I took those two pills and I don't feel any pain.”

The patient pointed at the medicine that Ganghyuk had left as spare.

As a matter of fact, they were simple painkiller and anti-inflammatory.

It was not an injection but pills for oral administration.

Therefore, they do not have big effects.

But they made such wonderful effects.

Ganghyuk felt thankful.

“Really? But you must take care. Your disease is not a simple muscle pain.”

“You told that before…”

The patient scratched his head with the face that he could not understand.

It was too difficult for a person in Joseon to understand the pains out of disc.

“Eum. Lie down.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Face down.”

“Ah, yes.”

The patient followed his instruction.

There was big difference in their cla.s.ses and he got the wonderful medicine from Ganghyuk.

Thus, there was no reason not to follow his instruction.

Ganghyuk let the patient lie down on the futon slowly and looked at Heo Jun.

It might be difficult for Heo Jun to understand disc.

Fortunately, he experienced carpal tunnel syndrome some time ago.

Disc can be said similar to the carpal tunnel syndrome, if he may say so.

If he mentioned the carpal tunnel syndrome, he might understand disc more easily.

“Dr. Heo, did you remember that I cured the wrist of Gw.a.n.ghae?”

“Yes. I have seen the pictures that the Artist Jeong had drawn repeatedly.”

Heo Jun pointed Yeoju who was preparing the painting in the corner.

Heo Jun was one of the people who knew Yeoju was a girl and a niece of Jeong Yeorip.

But he always called her Artist Jeong and never told what he knew to anybody.

Ganghyuk thanked Heo Jun for his careful attention.

“The back pain that this patient is complaining is not much different. The bone here stays but the structure inside is swollen or protrudes. That is why it becomes narrow.”

“Aha, then the things inside become pressed.”

Heo Jun was a genius.

He understood the essence of the disc.

Ganghyuk nodded his head with satisfaction.

“Yes, you are so smart that you understand way beyond what I teach you.”

“No, you are a good teacher.”

“Haha. Yes, my teaching is excellent. I had good scores in the professor evaluation.”

“Ah, yes.”

When Ganghyuk praised himself, Heo Jun did not listen to it carefully.

He did not ask what he meant with scores and professor evaluation, even though he did not understand what he had said.

Heo Jun knew it would pa.s.s soon.

As expected, Ganghyuk came back to teaching mode soon.

“But this time the structure which is being pressed by the bone is very important.”

“What kind of structure is it?”

Heo Jun and Yeoju understood nerves, blood vessels and muscles to some extent.

Therefore, Ganghyuk could explain the process more easily.

He did not need to explain one by one.

‘Makbong could not understand at all even when I explain the process in detail with some examples.'

He listened to Ganghyuk very carefully.

But when Ganghyuk asked questions, he could not answer them.

Once Ganghyuk wondered if his ear holes were blocked so he examined them.

But he found that his ear holes were large and straight, he could check his eardrum with his pen light.

He did not have any difficulties in hearing at usual.

‘He is not a dumb, though.'

He became frozen when he was with high-ranking people, but he was smart otherwise.

It seemed that Makbong was not inferior to others in terms of intelligence.

‘He is not interested in medicine at all.'

Compared to him, Heo Jun was a really good student.

He listened to Ganghyuk's cla.s.s faithfully and sincerely, so Ganghyuk had to do his best.

“Eum, do you feel these bones?”

“Yes, it is spine.”

“Yes. The spine has a tunnel. It goes down to here.”