I've been diagnosed with arthritis.
Some of you know that I've had a bum lower leg since about october/novermber that I've always been meaning to see a doctor about. Today, I got a kick in the pants in that direction when my hip started displaying similiar traits, and I could not get it and my leg to agree to have a position where they weren't in awful pain; which started 15 minutes after I woke up. And after about ten minutes, I knew that something was very wrong.
I spent a good hour and a half on my mom's bed, completely miserable and in enough pain that I was often crying out, whilst numerous muscles were spasming. I could hardly move, and it took me like five minutes, with help, to get up and get to the car, where I was helped in back and taken to the hospital. Thankfully, the walking helped tremedously, and the pain became tolerably annoying.
After being drug out and placed on a wheeled gurney by orderies, I got to spend about an hour and a half laying on my back, trying to be comfortable, and feeling well enough to be bored. Some reflex tests were done, my muscles probed and examined, and some X-rays taken. It was found I have some arthritis at the base of my spine, which reaches down my left leg. I was given some Vicodin, and prescriptions for that, Ibuprofen, and a muscle relaxer whose name I cannae recall.
We don't know why I had such a bad attack, but my theory was that I slept on it badly. I'm now to take a good walk every few hours, and visit my doctor come monday. Right now, I'm just mildly sore, and have problems standing up on my own. I'm hoping the soreness doesn't get worse once the vicodin wears off. <p>---------------------------
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