The final quarter of 2010 was a bit hard on me, so I've really been looking forward to 2011.
Not to be overly whiny, but I have put up with a lot of pain since August. First knee surgery, then a bad case of achilles tendonitis, then some weird hip pain for which I just had an MRI last week to find the cause. The MRI was hideous because I thought I'd be brave and do without valium. Boy, that was 20 minutes of pure hell.
My man and I went on a segway ride on Dec. 31, the last day possible before the gift certificate he gave me for Xmas 2009 expired. It was a beautiful day and things were going along well (except the downhills, where gravity is not my friend) when the left wheel of my segway caught on the doorframe of a floodwall door and dumped me over and I landed hard on my right shoulder. I think I tried to break my fall with my right hand. I believe the medical term for what I sustained is an arm jam. You can look that up if you don't believe me. At home I iced my shoulder and drank half a beer (standard medical procedure for an arm jam) and then we decided a visit to the ER might be in order. X-rays showed that nothing was broken. The upside of a trip to the ER is that they give you good drugs.
Another upside to being tossed off of a segway onto my right side is that my left side hip pain is nearly gone. Perhaps the impact fixed the pinched nerve affecting the left side.
So this morning I get up and move around and the shoulder's not bad at all. After I'd been up for an hour or so, a huge wave of nausea washed over me and I now seem to have one of those 24 hour viruses that make you feel crappy all over. Throwing up is actually a relief. I never thought I'd say that.
So I've decided to postpone my 2011 until tomorrow. It's going to be a really great year for me. I'm sure of it.
