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March 15, 2006
Progress hurts
Yesterday, I saw a sports medicine specialist for my hip. He felt it was best for me to have a cortisone injectiion to reduce the inflammation and sensitivity in my hip, since I can't just stay in bed forever, and even though I'd been off my feet for a few days and was feeling pretty good yesterday, there was still a pressure point in my hip that I yell when it's pressed. I also have pain in my leg muscles that I didn't even know about. Apparently, that's bad. So I had the shot, directly into that most painful spot. Cortisone is a steroid and the shot is mixed with a numbing agent for the pain. However, they have to drive this into the joint *through* the muscle to get it in the right spot, and that kinda hurts. I haven't been this gimpy in a couple of weeks. But the reaction from the shot should go away soon, and then I'm supposed to feel magically better. Bring on the magic!
Posted by Janice Ryan at March 15, 2006 3:56 PM
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