Yesterday was another day of horrible hip pain. So depressing. I think it's bursitis but I suppose it could be sciatica. A lady down the hall who was a licensed massage therapist and seems to know a whole lot of stuff about natural cures (Love talking to those folks) told me she would give me a free massage as she thinks it;s my periformis inflamed. When she came by I was visiting with Michelle down the hall. She had dropped in to see how I fared after my little incident the previous day. Anyhow, the massage lady opted to let me go for a bit and see if I'm over the hump. If I'm going to have any period of the day where it's tolerable, it's after I've been up for a half hour or so. Anyhow, it's still here but I've got my fingers crossed that the worst is over. I'll know soon enough as I get worse as the day goes on.
Yesterday I was so miserable and ibuprofen just wasn't touching it. I've sprayed on and rolled on muscle ache stuff, I've iced it, I've heated it and I've been exercising it. I watch Youtube to get the exercises I need and I do them carefully. Yesterday I did them twice. On the second go around, I made things worse and I was wanting to die. Really. I limped to the recliner and put the heating pad on my hip. My only relief is in bed at night (if I don't try to turn over) and in my recliner with the heat turned on. I decided to try cannabis again although so far it hasn't helped one little bit! I was using the oil and even tried some of the old cream that Ruth and I made years ago. It's probably lost its potentcy but I can't bare to toss it out. I decided to try one of my gummys. I threw a whole one down the hatch even though I vaguely remembered that the last time I took one, I felt a half would have been sufficient. Within the hour I knew I had made a mistake.
I wasn't super high but I definitely was high. And the pain was still in place. I was pissed! I wanted to go downstairs and see if my car would start as I had a dead battery a few days earlier and have an appt to get a new one on the 21st. As I walked along (with my walker or I never could have made it) I noticed things were slightly off. I was having to concentrate on every little thing I did. And when I got in the elevator I couldn't remember if I was going up or down. When I sat on the toilet, I couldn't remember if I had already peed. If I was with someone, we would probably giggle about the whole thing and enjoy it but I was alone and I wasn't finding any enjoyment. Just aggravation.
I got my pjs on and went to bed at 5:30. At least the gummies worked good for that. I slept until 7 and got up to have dinner. I was still rummy. Know what I fixed? An apple fritter and choc. chip cookies that someone left at my door. Back to bed I went and slept until 6 the next morning! I got up and went to the recliner and slept another hour. I got up at 7 and by 11 I was ready for a nap again. Slept another two hours. I must have needed it but I was still plenty steamed that the pain hadn't left.
When I see the back doctor in Poulsbo on the 23rd, I'm going to ask him if he'd give me a hip shot before the back one. Not sure if he will but I'm willing to beg if I have to.
I didn't work on my book today. Just couldn't find the motivation. Maybe tomorrow will be better. I do know I'm through with gummys!
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