I Almost Had To Admit Something Horrible...
I've been having some pain in my left leg the past few weeks. A throbbing pain down the back of my leg every morning and it's only relieved when I stand. Sitting is extremely painful which makes my hour long commute every morning quite uncomfortable.
I couldn't help but think I was heading down Shorty's (my Dad's) path: bad knee, another bad knee, two bad shoulders, bad back, multiple surgeries and gimping around with a cane. With my hypochondriac tendencies, I was thinking I was only a few months away from getting a handicap parking sticker.
I might even have to admit that maybe, possibly I might be getting old. Gasp!
I went to the Doc on Monday and it turns out I have an inflamed muscle that's compressing my sciatic nerve. He told me the name of the muscle which I promptly forgot but basically, it's in my butt and it's the muscle that rotates my hip. I have to take anti-inflammatories for a week and do stretches every morning before I get out of bed. So far, it's been all good with no more pain.
So, I guess I'm still a spring chicken - no cane for me. Whew!
The thing I'm thinking now, is, hmm, inflamed muscle in my butt that's going to get better and therefore smaller. I should be come out of this with a smaller ass. Cool!
I couldn't help but think I was heading down Shorty's (my Dad's) path: bad knee, another bad knee, two bad shoulders, bad back, multiple surgeries and gimping around with a cane. With my hypochondriac tendencies, I was thinking I was only a few months away from getting a handicap parking sticker.
I might even have to admit that maybe, possibly I might be getting old. Gasp!
I went to the Doc on Monday and it turns out I have an inflamed muscle that's compressing my sciatic nerve. He told me the name of the muscle which I promptly forgot but basically, it's in my butt and it's the muscle that rotates my hip. I have to take anti-inflammatories for a week and do stretches every morning before I get out of bed. So far, it's been all good with no more pain.
So, I guess I'm still a spring chicken - no cane for me. Whew!
The thing I'm thinking now, is, hmm, inflamed muscle in my butt that's going to get better and therefore smaller. I should be come out of this with a smaller ass. Cool!
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