[Health, etc]

[magid]

That pain that came on Friday afternoon is still with me, still feeling like some internal thing near my right hip. I've been moving carefully, because some kinds of moves/bends/stretches hurt more than others (depending on hip movement/placement, I think, some). Yesterday afternoon it hurt more, and now I'm wondering if that had to do with having eaten a full meal. (Of course, the hypochondriac in me started worrying about things like burst appendices and such.) I called the doctor who was on call last night, and he thought it sounded like either a pulled muscle or a slipped disk, with the pain deferred somehow over to the right. Take some Midol, apply heat, come in if it gets worse or if it's not getting better in a couple of days. Which may be all I need, but it's certainly already messed with plans, and part of me is still certain it's something else, that I'll have to go in and have surgery (See hypochondriac, above.)

In the meantime, there was a note on the front door yesterday morning saying that they're going to be power-washing the building tomorrow, so (a) all windows have to be closed, and (b) I have to get everything off my porch. Which is a lot of stuff, most of it still damp. I think I need to get a tarp to put down in the kitchen. (Plus there's some stuff to throw away, and I should acquire trash bags.) Not the best timing.

Shopping has to happen anyway; I'm out of too many crucial things, like onions, garlic, rice, black beans, dish soap, all sorts of stuff. As long as I move carefully, I think I can get it all done. I might end up taking a sick day tomorrow, though...

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

Huh. When I last took first aid (a very long time ago), the general opinion was ice for the first 24 hours, heat after that. (Also rest, compression, and elevation, but I only managed rest; the others don't quite work with a torso problem.)