Pain update

[cjsmith]

Since you all love to hear me whine. :-)

- Girl Pain subsiding. Woke me up last night, but 2 Aleve let me sleep again. Installation of semi-permanent pain limiting device scheduled for a week from Monday. Cross fingers that it fits. I'm shaped wrong, so it may not. Either way, that'll be the Doctor Appointment from Hell. I have been warned to load myself up to the eyeballs in painkiller.

- Foot pain bad and getting worse. At car dealership yesterday, spent less than an hour walking/riding around before I had to start to hobble. Haven't run in at least two weeks. Not sure neuromas are the only problem. If I were sure, I might just go kill them... wish I were sure. Need to talk to podiatrist. Did I mention I ran into him at a restaurant the other day? Amusing!

- Base of right thumb behaving rather well lately. For a couple of days now, combing my hair has been okay. Thank goodness something's being nice! :-)

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Heavier! Owie! :-O Isn't that pretty unusual? Or was it common for the type of IUD you had?

Mucho thanks for the vibes. I will gratefully accept any good vibes or prayers people would like to donate on my behalf!

I'm guessing the major awfulness of installation will be due to two factors: 1) I am nulliparous, so my cervix is tighter'n an anus, and 2) my uterus has a near-ninety-degree bend in it. However, I am terrified of needles, so I said I'd probably refuse local anaesthetic. When I told the doc I had minor dental work done without needles she said I'd be fine.

No MRI of the feet yet. Now that the pain is spreading to the ball of the pinky-toe I wonder if he'll order one. Had X-rays. No bone breaks, no arthritis (yet). That's good. Arthritis is hard to cure.

[gjo.livejournal.com]

Completely off topic, my gliding club has a Jantar Std 2. with
the somewhat amusing registration of VH-IUD.
(All Australian aircraft have the VH- prefix)
The nick name of this glider is "The Loop".

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Nice plane! Does the nickname draw in the acro guys? :-)

[gjo.livejournal.com]

Well yes, the glider is aerobatic, apparently once someone did a
tail slide, broke the rudder, jettisoned the canopy and was about to bail
out, changed their mind and landed.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeow! I did a tail slide by mistake once, in an aircraft whose tailfeathers weren't rated for it. (I'd been trying for a hammerhead.) Fortunately everything remained attached!