Oh, Ummm... Oops... Did I Forget to Mention...?

So, um, yeah... In my current personal life upheaval, I forgot to make the LJ post about my foot and finger.

Apparently, neither of them are broken. The foot only *looked* broken in the x-ray from my PCP, because it was at a weird angle. They took LOTS of different angles at Resurgens. And the finger just plain wasn't broken. Motherfucker's still sore, though, but much better.

The foot/ankle problem is, as I had originally thought, arthritis. Osteoarthritis, which I'm glad to know, 'cause it got diagnosed years ago with arthritis, but I could never remember which kind, and the treatments are different for each. So, now I know. (Osteoarthritis is also degenerative joint disease.) Anyway, apparently, I don't have much joint space in some areas, hence the pain. Surgery isn't really indicated, and the guy said that, even if it were, ankle surgery isn't particularly good yet. If the time comes in the future that I really need it, presumably the technology will be better, and it'll be worth the knife. So, he gave me a bunch of Celebrex... which, now that I think of it, I haven't taken, and don't even know where the samples are, or the prescription is.

Did I mention I don't do well with daily medications? Also why I haven't gotten around to filling my Topamax and Vytorin prescriptions, that I'm also supposed to be taking daily (or so). I'll, um... get around to it someday. It's only been a few months since I got those 'scripts.

So, anyway, that's the update on my medical condition.

In unrelated news, I got to meet the lovely beansidhe today. (Correct me on that animal if you don't like it...) She rocked. :) She's also actually seen fornorald in person recently, proving that he's not just an automated computer program who occassionally responds to IMs. :)

Anyway, yes, I still have serious posts to make, but I work lots, so I'll get to it later. For now, bed.

Bleh

OK, so, sick today, it would seem. Stomach cramps and all that go with them. Apparently, it's going around. lunenoire was out a couple of days last week with it, and I've heard stories from various co-workers. I'm still holding out hope for it going away fairly quickly, and being able to get into work, even if I'm late. Based on others' experiences, though, it's a 24-hour thing. Still hoping that's not the case. I could totally go back to sleep right now, but not really wanting to go to bed. I don't know why... I mean, being sick, one usually should be in bed. For some reason, I have it in my head that being in bed is a bad idea. *shrug* Haven't been brave enough to hop in the shower yet. So, I may or may not be available today via computer. Other than the stomach thing, I'm not feeling *horrible*, but I wouldn't say I'm 100%, either. Not that I think I usually am, anyway.

It's weird that, being a nurse, with all this info on drugs and stuff, that, even if I did have immodium in the house (which I don't), I likely wouldn't use it. I figure my body's trying to purge something, so I shouldn't stop it until it's done. In the same way that, unless a pain gets REALLY bad, I often forget there are things like ibuprofen and whatnot in the world. If anyone ELSE is sick, the first thing I do is go to the medicine cabinet. I suppose that says a LOT about my psyche.

Looking Up?

OK, I'm at the "I haven't been to the bathroom in a whole hour!" phase. I've been allsortsa productive this morning, it's just that it's taking me twice as long.

Wake up. Bathroom. Switch out laundry loads. Bathroom. Computer stuff. Bathroom. More computer stuff. Bathroom. Clean litterboxes. Hmmm... no bathroom. Bug up ass (no pun intended). Clean LitterRobot for kittenspeaks. Hmmm... still no bathroom. Stomach feeling just barely wonky.

I know! Let's eat something and see what happens! Which is what I'm doing now. Eating Ezekiel 4.9 (4.7?) cereal, since I figured that's pretty good for me (with soymilk), and might be OK to eat, in the grand scheme of things. Next activities, bathroom trips permitting: toothbrushing, shower.

*rolls eyes* Am I pathetic, or what?

Update

OK, so, the stomach cramps seem to have eased, although I don't feel totally well in that arena. As far as I can tell, I have a fever. I say this because I can't prove it, having tried to clean the bathrooms a while back, and not quite finishing the job, so I don't know where my thermometer is.

I base this on shivering uncontrollably, and not being able to get warm under lots of covers and cats, until I took a hothothot shower, which wasn't enough to keep me warm (but at least I'm clean now) until I took the last of the hot water, and was able to fill the tub about halfway, before the water got cold, and soak in it. Now I'm warm (but fast getting cold again, and gonna hop back into bed as soon as I'm done with this). For some reason, I had the urge to use my 7 Holy Spirit oil while I soaked. I think I got it in a botanica with elorie a long time ago. I've only used it one other time, at Harmony. It did the same thing today it did then - make me look like Carrie on prom night, and make my bathtub look like I chopped up a body in there. I've been told I'll be the one to clean it. Fair enough, when I feel better.

Off to bed.