In addition to my recent disco injury, which effected my left leg last week, this week I ve been having problems with my right leg. Earlier this week, I fell asleep sitting upright in my favorite Ikea chair - with the laptop on my lap - a skill I have mastered by taking the bus over the years. I slept there all night, and the next day I discovered that my right ankle and foot hurt.
Again, I dismissed it to having slept strange and thought it would go away within a day or two. And after Kymberlie s battle with a pulminary embolisum a few months ago, I got worried. I am in a high enough risk factor category for a blood clot that I realized after two days of pain I needed to have it looked at by a doctor.
Especially since the pain was running down my entire right leg and really bad in the ankle and foot area - I am in agony whenever I walk. So this morning I spent an hour on the phone trying to find a doctor that could work me in to their schedule. I had called my Dad and asked if he thought I should go to his cardiovascular doctor, and he said he didn t think so - turns out, that was exactly who I needed to go see.
I was at their office by 9:30 and worked in to the schedule. Instead of a blood clot, it turns out that I have Sciatica, an inflammation of the sciatic nerve. However, just to be sure that is really the cause, I get to spend Saturday morning having a MRI of my lumbar spine and an arterial and veneous doppler done.
Yes, just how I wanted to spend my Thanksgiving vacation Hopefully, the anti-inflammatory meds they gave me should help with the pain. I am going to ask about exercises and so forth when I go in for my follow-up visit after the test results come in. So first it was the disco injury, now it s the Ikea injury.
What next?!?
Trust me, I m not taking up breakdancing any time soon! 26 Nov 2003 07:37 am by Christine I Am the Dancing Queen A few weeks ago I came across a CD for sale at the local Half Price Books. It was The Best of Disco and it was full of 21 wonderful disco hits.
21 of the best sounds of the era. It is awesome, and I love it. So last Sunday night, I finally decide to listen to it.
I was still sick as a dog, but somewhere between That s the way uh huh uh huh I like it and Play That Funky Music, I got the brilliant idea to get down and get funky. I just could not help but dance. I was the Dancing Queen And the next day?
I was in agony. Matter of fact, for the next three or four days, I could barely use my left leg. I looked like I was dragging a stump along behind me as I walked.
At first I could not figure out for the life of me what I had done. Oh, I must have just slept funny last night was the answer I gave all of my co-workers. On Tuesday I listened to the CD again, and it became obvious what I had done.
I had a Disco Injury. The shame! The horror!
At first I decided I wasn t going to tell anyone. But I had to - I mean, come on. Who injuries themself doing the stylin John Travolta moves?
Only I could manage to do that. I am the Dancing Queen, and that s the way uh huh uh huh I like it 25 Nov 2003 08:12 pm by Christine Know the Code I wish I had the time to implement all of the things I want to do on this blog, but it doesn t look like it s going to happen any time soon. I did want to point out two noteworthy things over at Scriptygoddess though - how to keep yourself from turning in to a spammer through MT, found originally at Girlie Matters, and the NEW Subscribe to Comments Plugin.
In addition to my recent disco injury, which effected my left leg last week, this week I ve been having problems with my right leg.
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