Talk about having a bad day with pain. I took the hydrocodone at 3:30. The appointment was at 5:00. I thought this would give it plenty of time to kick in. It didn't! While I was standing there talking with the receptionist I broke out in the sweat that happens out of nowhere. The pain goes from 2 or 3 to 10 just like one of those old carnival games where you hit the pad with that big hammer and it sends the metal thing up the pole to hit the bell. My muscles were trembling and spastic when the pain would leave. I was a mess. This was just standing there!!! All he did yesterday was an evaluation. He said I walk with one hip higher than the other. After his exam he said that my legs are even so one leg is not shorter than the other. He thinks my abdomen muscles are gone and something else. He thinks it is fixable. I hope so!!!
What I don't understand is how come I go through phases of muscle weakness? It seems to happen with more severity in the fall and winter. Usually I am fine and can do anything for as long as I want and then there are time when I have trouble standing. Other times when I'm basically incontinent and then go back to being fine. I don't think this is arthritis. I think it is something else.
When I got home last night I got my heat pad and my recliner and didn't move until Scout made me go to bed. She really does that you know. She sits there looking at me like, come on . . . it's time to go to bed. :0)
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