when i do something, i do it all the way
At the beginning of the month, I had to go down to my family's home in Virginia to turn the title of my car over to my name. Yay! The bonnie lass is officially, legally, bindingly mine.
At any rate, on the way home from the DMV, I stopped at the post office to mail my rent check. Being the graceful swan that I am, I managed with no help from any outside source, to fall on my face.
My right leg was in the front when I fell, my arms went out to both sides trying to find something to stop this stupid incident from happening, and so all of my falling weight (which is quite a bit these days) went onto my right knee. Ouch.
My left knee bruised a nice black color, and I scraped up my hands a little. But my right knee. It swelled that night and I had trouble walking on it for the next couple days. But there was a sore spot on it that wouldn't go away. I haven't been able to wear jeans since because the rough texture of denim sets my knee on fire. I can't scratch my knee, shave it, if I bump it slightly against something, it sends me into tears and pain for the next hour or so. Ridiculous.
Finally, yesterday (thursday) Justin talked me into going to the doctor about it. She thinks I have an inflamed ligament. That's what's making my knee so tender to touch. Or I should say excruciating to touch. She gave me an ace bandage and told me to wear it everyday until it gets better. She also gave me a prescription for muscle relaxers (that's another story all together) and told me to take my 800mg ibeuprofin every 8 hours for anti-inflammatory.
This is a genetic trait of my mom's side of the family. When we do something, we go all out. We don't just get briuses, we tear up ligaments! We don't get colds, we get pneumonia (i still remember being in a haze for three days and dad showing up on campus to take me home). We don't sprain our ankles, we shatter it into pieces from falling over (poor aunt lana). We don't get normal sinus infections, we get sinus infections that swell up until our eyes are swollen shut and we can't see (happened when i was 15). We don't get tonsilitus, our tonsils rot out in our throats and send us to the ER! (i was 18). I didn't get four wisdom teeth removed, damnit I had 6!
I don't think Justin understood what he was in for when he married me... lol.
At any rate, on the way home from the DMV, I stopped at the post office to mail my rent check. Being the graceful swan that I am, I managed with no help from any outside source, to fall on my face.
My right leg was in the front when I fell, my arms went out to both sides trying to find something to stop this stupid incident from happening, and so all of my falling weight (which is quite a bit these days) went onto my right knee. Ouch.
My left knee bruised a nice black color, and I scraped up my hands a little. But my right knee. It swelled that night and I had trouble walking on it for the next couple days. But there was a sore spot on it that wouldn't go away. I haven't been able to wear jeans since because the rough texture of denim sets my knee on fire. I can't scratch my knee, shave it, if I bump it slightly against something, it sends me into tears and pain for the next hour or so. Ridiculous.
Finally, yesterday (thursday) Justin talked me into going to the doctor about it. She thinks I have an inflamed ligament. That's what's making my knee so tender to touch. Or I should say excruciating to touch. She gave me an ace bandage and told me to wear it everyday until it gets better. She also gave me a prescription for muscle relaxers (that's another story all together) and told me to take my 800mg ibeuprofin every 8 hours for anti-inflammatory.
This is a genetic trait of my mom's side of the family. When we do something, we go all out. We don't just get briuses, we tear up ligaments! We don't get colds, we get pneumonia (i still remember being in a haze for three days and dad showing up on campus to take me home). We don't sprain our ankles, we shatter it into pieces from falling over (poor aunt lana). We don't get normal sinus infections, we get sinus infections that swell up until our eyes are swollen shut and we can't see (happened when i was 15). We don't get tonsilitus, our tonsils rot out in our throats and send us to the ER! (i was 18). I didn't get four wisdom teeth removed, damnit I had 6!
I don't think Justin understood what he was in for when he married me... lol.