Well, I'm seeing Dr. Hungerford at Mercy Hospital tomorrow to find out what options there are for my hips. When I made this appointment two months ago, I was optimistic that I could put off hip surgery until next summer. I am no longer that optimistic. Last Wednesday, I managed to hurt my right hip. And unlike previous right hip pains (bursitis, ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday, I had an upsetting experience at my chiropractor's. My rheumatologist wanted me to try physical therapy for my left hip and knee and last week was Day 1 of PT with my chiropractor. The PT was going to have 2 parts: work with a balance board and stretches with this chair:


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I meant to do this update like a month ago, so that should give you an idea of what my last few weeks have been like ( Read more... )

... will likely be getting my left hip replaced. Today's x-ray did not look good. As my rheumatologist said, "If a surgeon saw this, they'd say operate." I'm going to try to put off this surgery until next June (2012) because I'm just not sure how I'd handle the recovery period, given that I can't use a normal wheelchair. I'm also very concerned ( Read more... )

"Beautiful Way"

There's an elegant beauty to the
Way
I move,
Though most can't see it, most
Don't know.
But when each movement is a
Struggle,
Each movement
Becomes
Beautiful.

I've had a bit of a revelation about pain that I want to share with you all. This is what I jotted down at the time ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I had an appointment with my podiatrist in Annapolis at 2:45. Annapolis is about 25 minutes from my house; sometimes 30 if there's traffic. 30 minutes is my hard and fast driving limit: even 5 minutes more makes the drive very painful (and pain IS distracting). Anyways, the appointment itself was fine: he got rid of the snagged ingrown ( Read more... )

Belly dancing has taught me one very important lesson about my body: if my muscles are tired, my risk of hurting a joint dramatically increases. (This is why it's so hard for me to lose weight, because I have to stop exercising shortly after my muscles get tired. It's like I'm building muscles one cell at a time.) Yesterday, in my rapture at being ( Read more... )

will probably be on the metatarsals on my right foot. Saw my rheumatologist today and got x-rays of my right foot taken:


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