D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Which End Of The Horse Did You Say?
Tue May 29 2007

I have just gotten home from the doctor, where I got a really great gander at an x-ray of my shoulder. There, in a place where no such thing should be found, was a little thumb of calcification caused by an injury to one of the tendons in my shoulder.

It's a cute little thing really, Sort of looks like the Horse Head Nebula.

But it feels like something a lot less attractive.

No wonder the stretches and exercises aren't doing me any good. The Horse Head Nebula is in the way.

So the plan is to plop me under a fluoroscope and stick a needle in there and mess around with the Horse Head Nebula and break it up. And afterwards, by way of apology, to squirt in some cortisone.

Somehow this does not sound like fun.

But neither does leaving unnatural calcific protruberences mucking about in my shoulder, unsupervised.

Ergo, I shall hie me back to the office next week for said torture procedure.

All's I can say is, I'm gonna need some major chocolate afterwards.

(Oh boy! Can I tag along? Can I watch?)

You're sick, you know that?

Sick.
6 Comments
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue May 29 2007
    *sends you a whole truck load of Godiva truffles in advance*

    Would you like a shot of tequilla to go with that??????
  • From:
    KiwiKimi (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed May 30 2007
    Ouch. You will indeed deserve truckloads of chocolate.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed May 30 2007
    Owie! Owie!! Owie!!!

    I don't want to alarm you, but I think I need to warn you....

    YOU'RE GONNA HURT A LOT WORSE BEFORE YOU FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!

    I had my hip shot up a several few years ago, and lemme tellya, 'tweren't no picnic. I wanted to lie down and moan, groan, even scream. But I was a good girl, and I gently exercised the joint lest it freeze. And took the Vicodin!! And Gloryosky Zero, within a few days I was dancing again.

    Would a pound of Mrs See's do it for you? What combination of flavors?

    Shalom
  • From:
    Parett (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed May 30 2007
    I've never been shot in the hip or had a calcium deposit removed but about six years ago or so my bursitis was so bad I had to have a shot of cortisone. The pain was so excruciating I couldn't move it at all. I had heard horror stories about these shots (kinda like root canals) and said so to the doctor. He explained to me that the cortisone is mixed with an anesthetic, and believe it or not I didn't feel him GIVE me the shot and afterwards the pain was completely gone. I don't know if the deposit will make a difference but I'm visualizing you pain free. Forever, into infinity, etc.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed May 30 2007
    Butterscotch Squares. You got it.

    Shalom
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu May 31 2007
    Ouch!