On pain and on home
So my shoulder pain from two weeks ago has only gotten worse, and when I posted that, it had been going on for about a week or two already...
Now, I may or may not have pulled a muscle in my left arm between then and now trying to over-compensate, and i can pinpoint an exact time at which I did, but the shoulder pain in the same place from the previous post hasn't gone away.
It might be time to see someone...
I hate doctors...especially orthopedics. I've seen way too many way too many times. (I think I've now seen 2 different people for my shoulder from when I hurt it 3 years ago, and I've seen a total of 5 different people for my knee since my first injury in 1998 or '99...I don't even remember at this point.)
So yeah -- I think I'm going to call Monday and try to make a health services appointment for Wednesday or Friday, hope the doctor says, "yeah; you have no damage I can figure" and then ignore it for another 2-4 weeks...and if it doesn't go away by then, specialist.
On another note
I'm in Newton, and while my family has only gotten into one fight in my 32 hours home, and there was even a fantastic moment when my mother referred to my brother-in-law as "the one at the table I didn't birth" but my brother, sister, and I all seemed to have forgotten he was at the table, and when everyone looked around trying to figure out who she was talking to, I had my fingers crossed and head tilted upward chanting, "please be me, please be me, please be me..." We all got a good laugh out of that...
So yeah -- I don't want to kill them yet, and I guess it's been nice to get out of New York, but I am already ready to go back, really. I don't like pushing my luck and being here too long...
Tomorrow, babysitting and more cake for my brother's birthday. Monday, a few appointments and dinner with my favorite BC student, and then Tuesday, I make like an exorcist and get the hell out of here...
but not that I'm counting down until then...
Now, I may or may not have pulled a muscle in my left arm between then and now trying to over-compensate, and i can pinpoint an exact time at which I did, but the shoulder pain in the same place from the previous post hasn't gone away.
It might be time to see someone...
I hate doctors...especially orthopedics. I've seen way too many way too many times. (I think I've now seen 2 different people for my shoulder from when I hurt it 3 years ago, and I've seen a total of 5 different people for my knee since my first injury in 1998 or '99...I don't even remember at this point.)
So yeah -- I think I'm going to call Monday and try to make a health services appointment for Wednesday or Friday, hope the doctor says, "yeah; you have no damage I can figure" and then ignore it for another 2-4 weeks...and if it doesn't go away by then, specialist.
On another note
I'm in Newton, and while my family has only gotten into one fight in my 32 hours home, and there was even a fantastic moment when my mother referred to my brother-in-law as "the one at the table I didn't birth" but my brother, sister, and I all seemed to have forgotten he was at the table, and when everyone looked around trying to figure out who she was talking to, I had my fingers crossed and head tilted upward chanting, "please be me, please be me, please be me..." We all got a good laugh out of that...
So yeah -- I don't want to kill them yet, and I guess it's been nice to get out of New York, but I am already ready to go back, really. I don't like pushing my luck and being here too long...
Tomorrow, babysitting and more cake for my brother's birthday. Monday, a few appointments and dinner with my favorite BC student, and then Tuesday, I make like an exorcist and get the hell out of here...
but not that I'm counting down until then...