Well, today was to have begun the big post-vacation reporting, complete with scads of pictures from the gorgeous Huntsville Botanical Gardens…but I utterly lunched my right knee weeding our own garden after returning home this weekend, and am rather preoccupied with some truly epic pain at the moment. Dr. appointment today at 2-ish, with some primo meds hopefully to follow.
UPDATE: Nothing says loving like something in the oven a cortisone shot directly in the knee joint. Ow. Again. Ethyl chloride sprayed directly on the injection site is a wonderful thing, though. Watching the needle bend on the first stab attempt, then sink three inches into your flesh is less entertaining somehow. The relief was immediate, though it felt like an additional golf ball’s worth of fluid had been inserted behind the patella, and the nausea was a distinct turn-off. Still require assistance getting up from chairs/couches, but in general, progress seems to be, er, progressing.
Thanks for all the comments/emails, much appreciated! The doctor says I must be “Queen-like” for the next week…so come, my subjects, and finish weeding my veg garden!
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on Jul 28th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Well, glad to see that you got home safely, anyway. Hopefully the Dr gives you the good stuff.
It looks like the blackbird is saying “ow.”
on Jul 28th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Welcome back. Sorry to hear about your knee.
What devious weeds.
on Jul 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Ouch on the knee…wonderful shot of the blackbird!
on Jul 28th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
A shot? Ewwww. You couldn’t have settled for opiates? Just kidding, the shot will probably help you heal a lot better, and without those pesky hallucinations.
Yeah, ehm, good luck with that weeding thing…
on Jul 29th, 2008 at 8:30 am
@Caitlin: After seeing what the VA-supplied crap did to Husband I have zero interest in any sort of mind-altering substances, even recreational ones! I ain’t fond of needles…particularly big thick five inch long ones…but that was definitely preferrable. Plus, HEY, no pain today, just a little stiffness.