Not Quite Done Yet...
Sep. 1st, 2003 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookofmirrorsRemember when I said I was done posting for the day?
I'm a lying bitch.
:)
This one is a medical update. Turns out I have bursitisin my right knee. (Thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
technomom!) It really sucks. Painful as FUCK. I mean, literally screaming painful, at least on Thursday. I went to the doctor on Friday, and he gave me some Celebrex samples and a prescription, and the Celebrex works really well. He said it would be about a week before it was better, and I didn't realize until later that he'd written me a note for work to be off for a week. Of course, I can't afford to be off work that long, and had called off work Friday for the doctor's appointment (and the pain, although it turned out to be not as bad as on Thursday). So, when I called work, there was some issue about me coming in. Apparently, if I have a doctor's note that says I'm not supposed to be there for a week, letting me work during that time makes them liable if something bad happens while I'm there. And I get that and all, but I just got back from a week off, and I don't have any more paid time off to spare, and I just can't afford to be out that long. So, work and I compromised. I worked as desk nurse only on Saturday and Sunday. I thought I was going to be able to do that for all 16 hours, but apparently, I was only supposed to work day shift both days. I actually stayed closer to 12 hours both days, just finishing stuff up (had a 3:00pm admission Sunday, so of course I had to stay over and finish that), so hopefully that won't be so bad. I'm thinking after Tuesday, if it feels better, I can pick up some more hours. They're always needing overtime. Plus, I've got the other job.
However, I got some bad news while I was at the doctor's office. I finally remembered to ask him about removing my skin tags. He said that, of course, they could be removed (he recommended a dermatologist for that), but that they'd just grow back. He also said something else. He said that the presence of those, combined with the dark mark on the back of my neck, were sure indications of diabetes later in life (unspecified time frame) if I don't lose weight. So, I'm dealing with that. Anyone else who has those, be warned.
As far as the knee goes, it's hurting today. I ran out of the samples, and haven't gone to get the prescription filled yet (bad me). I took a percocet we had lying around, but it hasn't kicked in yet. I find narcotics annoying. Frankly, the NSAIDs work better, and for some reason, I don't get the happyfun effects of narcotics that other people get, so it's not even fun for me. So, yeah, need to get the 'script filled.
I'm a lying bitch.
:)
This one is a medical update. Turns out I have bursitisin my right knee. (Thanks,
technomom!) It really sucks. Painful as FUCK. I mean, literally screaming painful, at least on Thursday. I went to the doctor on Friday, and he gave me some Celebrex samples and a prescription, and the Celebrex works really well. He said it would be about a week before it was better, and I didn't realize until later that he'd written me a note for work to be off for a week. Of course, I can't afford to be off work that long, and had called off work Friday for the doctor's appointment (and the pain, although it turned out to be not as bad as on Thursday). So, when I called work, there was some issue about me coming in. Apparently, if I have a doctor's note that says I'm not supposed to be there for a week, letting me work during that time makes them liable if something bad happens while I'm there. And I get that and all, but I just got back from a week off, and I don't have any more paid time off to spare, and I just can't afford to be out that long. So, work and I compromised. I worked as desk nurse only on Saturday and Sunday. I thought I was going to be able to do that for all 16 hours, but apparently, I was only supposed to work day shift both days. I actually stayed closer to 12 hours both days, just finishing stuff up (had a 3:00pm admission Sunday, so of course I had to stay over and finish that), so hopefully that won't be so bad. I'm thinking after Tuesday, if it feels better, I can pick up some more hours. They're always needing overtime. Plus, I've got the other job.However, I got some bad news while I was at the doctor's office. I finally remembered to ask him about removing my skin tags. He said that, of course, they could be removed (he recommended a dermatologist for that), but that they'd just grow back. He also said something else. He said that the presence of those, combined with the dark mark on the back of my neck, were sure indications of diabetes later in life (unspecified time frame) if I don't lose weight. So, I'm dealing with that. Anyone else who has those, be warned.
As far as the knee goes, it's hurting today. I ran out of the samples, and haven't gone to get the prescription filled yet (bad me). I took a percocet we had lying around, but it hasn't kicked in yet. I find narcotics annoying. Frankly, the NSAIDs work better, and for some reason, I don't get the happyfun effects of narcotics that other people get, so it's not even fun for me. So, yeah, need to get the 'script filled.
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Date: 2003-09-02 12:09 am (UTC)Sam has lots of skin tags, and when he asked his doctor about them last year he was told that they're just a cosmetic thing. Nothing about diabetes at all. I'll have to do some research, since that is worrisome.