I'll update you guys on what has been happening tomorrow. My arms and stuff are still recovering from working out. I am super sore today and have been for a few days. I can't even straighten my arms today it hurts to bad to move them. I don't feel much like typing when I am hurting like this. I haven't disappeared or anything like that don't worry haha.
Anyway tomorrow or Tuesday. Sorry for my 5 day absence. This is the reason.
So for a couple of years now, probably 3 or 4 I've been having some troubles with my wrist. I expect it has something to do withe the fact that I spend most of my time on the computer, and the repetetive movements I do with my fingers and wrist when I move the mouse. I try to be careful when I am moving the mouse around, I try not to click a lot, it causes my wrist to get worse sometimes. We are still trying to find out the whole cause of it hurting though. We also think it might have something to do with a Ganglion Cyst, I have one that appears sometimes and usually the times when it appears are the times i have been using the computer mouse more heavily, or have been doing repetetive movements with my hand or fingers. I have been trying to do more things that involve less mouse clicking lately.
I have been meaining to go to the docktor and get it checked out for years now but I had no insurance until now. Since I am on SSI even though I hate being on SSI it has allowed me to get insurance finally, so now I can do stuf at the doctor now like i've been meaning to for years. I mentioned a few days ago that I had my first check up in a while, probably about 3 or 4 years. When I had that checkup my doctor took a look at my wrist and he said we could do a few things about it. One of those thingswas we could have an ultrasound done on it to see if they cold find anything wrong.
When I had my checkup a few days ago we also dicided to do my basic blood work as well, so I decided that when I got my ultrasound on my wrist I would also get my blood drawn since I would be at the hospital anyway.
We did this yesterday, a few hours after I posted my accent challenge post. It was cold and rainy, we left about 3:30pm. When we got to the hospital my dad dropped me off at the door and went and parked. I just stood there in the lobby looking at the map and checked facebook on my phone really fast. Dad came inside the lobby about 2 minutes later and we walked to the place where I was going to get my blood drawn. The room was fairly medium size, it had booths that were separated by curtains. Each booth had one chair and 1 table to put your arm on for when they drew the blood. I sat down on the chair and watched the nurse get the stuff ready. She asked me if I was fasting and I said no, then she told me to put my arm on the table. I hadn't gotten my blood drawn in years but I still remembered the last time I got it drawn, so I wasn't that nervous because I remembered t didn't hurt at all really. I remember when I got it done the first time, and the only other time I have had it done. I was pretty scared the first time, I looked away that time, I probably should have done it this time as well.
There is something really weird about watching a needle being shoved up your vain in your arm. I think me watching her do it actually made it hurt a little. She had tied one of those rubber tourniquet things around my arm, I don't really know what those are for, but i think it's part of the reason why it doesn't hurt that much. She pulled it off when the needle was still inside my arm. it didn't really make that much of a difference, but i made me a little nervous, I think this little bit ov nervousness was also from watching the needle inside my arm as well though. I was glad when she took it outof my arm and taped it off. It wasn't really that traumatic, but I was glad to have it over with, and wished that I hadn't looked.
After this we went to the imaging center to get the ultrasound on my wrist done. When we got to the office they showd mea sheet of information and told me to verify it, after I did that they told me to sit down and wait. I just played around with my iPhone for a while and about 10 minutes later they called me in. It was in a dimly lit room with a normal medical bed. I sat down on the bed and layed my hand on my leg. The doctor put this jelly stuff on my wrist and she began to to over my wrist with the machine. I had never had an ultrasound before so this was really interesting to me, even though i didn't see anything on the monitor it was still a pretty cool experience, it made me curious. The doctor told me that they would have a look at the pictures and they would get back to me today. We left after this.
We went to the store after that and picked up some fruit, juice, nuts, and a few other things. We had picked up my mom just before this so she was with me and my dad. They got occupied with a presentation they were doing, I think it was some kind of blender. We were at Costoco, and I just decided to go see if there were any books I would be interested in. sometimes there are some pretty neat books. There were also some old TV shows on DVD, including Perry Mason which I love a lot. I was so tempted to buy the DVDs. I managed to un glue my parents from whatever they were doing and we picked up some chips and a few other things and went through the checkout stand. I was really hungry and got a piece of pizza. I love costco's pizza it is my favorite!
We went home after this and I just got back on the computer after unloading the groceries. I moderated the Destiny Forums for a while and read some stuff on Xanga as well. I took a nap for a few hours after this. Nothing much else happened after that, just the usual so far as I can remember. It was a pretty interesting day.
today I got the results back, they came back normal, I think I just need to rest my wrist more so the pain won't come back. I was just reading doing that can help the cyst go away, and the pain as well. I have been being more careful lately and I think it has been working. Even before I read about it I kind of guessed that t would help if i didn't do as many repetetive movements.
It's been kind of a boring rainy day today. I've been catching up on some anime and starting some new ones. Anyway, I guess this is all for now. I might go on COLOURlovers for a while after this. I actually forgot to give you the link to my profile on there last time.
So a few weeks ago I was absently running my tongue over a crack in one of my teeth, I took my retainer out not long after that and felt something dis attach itself from the tooth, I thought it was food, I usually get food stuck in between my teeth. I was eating Jelly beans or something soft then can't remember what exactly it was but while I was chewing I bit down and bit on something hard. Feeling a little confused because I had not eaten anything hard I spit it out and was startled to see that it was a big chunk of my cracked tooth, I have no clue how It came out or why but I'm still not very happy about it.
I kept on forgetting to call the dentist So I've had to deal wit this for almost 2 weeks now. Its at the point where I can't chew stuff with the side of my mouth that has the broken tooth. And I think i have a tooth next to it that needs a filling, or it has a broken or lose filling. All the candy I've been eating hasn't really helped either, it made it hurt a lot, its starting to get better now that I'm not eating that kind of stuff but I REALLY need to go to the dentist really badly. My mom should have called him today, I hope she remembered
MY HANDS HURT SO FREAKING BAD NOW!! Its hard to move them.
Just to put in perspective of how much snow is in my front yard...
it took me a hour and a half just to shovel the side walk in front of my house which is like only 40 or 50 feet long from my mailbox to my neighbors mailbox. Sounds like a lot but its not. I never even got to the driveway because I was suffering by then.
the show was above my ankles.
It took me 20 minutes to do the 20 to 25 foot stretch of side walk in front of my porch that leads to my driveway. My hands were cramping and hurting but I pushed on and on until I finally gave up after an hour and a half like I said before.
I'm having a really hard time typing. *laugh*
the sow was pretty and it was fun but hard and tiring. So much white my eyes couldn't believe it. And the sidewalks and roads under the snow were icy and slick.
Anyway that's all I think I should say since my hands are virtually unresponsive right now ha ha.
