02/08/2009 18:10
Houston we have a diagnosis
OK.....according to the Ortho guy, I have Brusitis in my right hip....so the cortisone shot has already helped that some and I start on physical therapy....and if it is all not better in about a month....they will do the cortisone directly into the joint area where the brusa is.....my back is still giving me fits......the day I saw the ortho dr that was really giving me more grief than my hip.....so I do have some degeneration in the lumbar and sacral areas of my spine....he told me to use ice, gave me a different kind of anti inflamitory...and I will start on PT for that too....he said the pain is muscle strain...but the degenerative changes are making it worse....whatever...I need to be religious about taking my calcium....and I don't know why this guy or my GP guy won't just me some muscle relaxers...let me pass out for a few days...then I'll be good as new....I've always got muscle relaxers before....but I'm thinking it is too high risk to give those kinds of drugs to someone who is on antidepressants????? I got my hair cut and colored Friday afternoon....and almost pasted out from pain...from sitting too long....broke out into a cold sweat.....laid around with ice on my bad after that....and felt a little better....went grocery shopping yesterday with Bill....to start on the healthy eating.....that also did me in....broke out into a cold sweat....went back to bed with the ice...Bill put away the groceries....I'll never find anything....he made dinner too....but my appetite has been bleh...I'm not sure how I'm suppose to work...when I can't do simple tasks...but we will see.....I'm suppose to have an echo/stress test on Thursday....I'm thinking I may have trouble with that too.So a friend has struggled with breast cancer for years....last year (2007)at Christmas she decided to go ahead and retire.....do somethings she wanted etc....two weeks ago we got the message that she was in the hospital...and it had spread and she wasn't doing to good...they set up a website for freinds to hlep with meals etc.....the first opening was in March....but I went ahead and signed up...then Monday, she was told it had gone to her brain, Tuesday she went home for hospice care...they increased the meals to everyday inset of everother....so I signed up for another day next week....Thursday I was visiting with a mutual friend who said she didn't think she would make it through the night......and she didn't.....but the good news is she is not suffering anymore. The service is Friday.
Well I need to get my homework done....and my sitting time has to come in small doses...so I'm off to get started on that.