May 28, 2008

But Wait, There’s More

On Friday, I saw my surgeon about my wrist and thumb. My wrist has been bothering me for years on and off. While playing a spirited game of capture the flag, I fell and jammed my wrist while at church camp. I was in the 5th grade and the injury was a real problem because holding the hair dryer while hanging upside down to create that big hair look was pretty much impossible. I looked like crap for the entire weekend and when I returned from camp, my Mom decided it was a sprain, wrapped it and that was that.

For years now, I’ve had issues with it being sore on and off and a few weeks ago, it ramped up considerably and began affecting my thumb. Holding the bottom of Lil C’s jacket while trying to zip it up became near impossible because my thumb had that numbing pain kind of feeling. I decided I should have it checked.

The x-rays came back normal and my surgeon came to the conclusion that I must be starting to miss him. Also, I have general wear and tear in my wrist (tendon issues) and the beginnings of a "trigger thumb." I burst out laughing. How does a girl get a trigger thumb anyway? Although it’s not "catching" yet, he told me that if it gets worse, it will start to catch and feel even more icky (my word, not his) than it does now. He prescribed ice and ibuprofen and told me that if it gets worse, he’ll inject it. He said that it’s common after using crutches and that mine is not permanent and will stop bothering me. He’s right because it already feels a little better.

We also had a nice conversation about how poison ivy was going to kill me. He probably wrote in my chart that I am totally falling apart and sort of mental, and that would sort of be accurate.

Over the weekend, the poison ivy was getting insane. The blisters were getting larger and the itching was uncontrollable so it was prednisone for me. Within a few hours, the poison was already drying up and I was getting some relief. I have a day left of the prescription and yesterday, I started breaking out in hives. They’re random, one on my finger, one on my palm, a couple on my legs, a cluster of them around my elbows, and I have just about had it. So, now I think that I’m probably itching from the prednisone (or one of the many concoctions I put on the poison to help it dry up and go away) which makes me wonder which is worse: poison ivy or hives?

Can a girl catch a break already? Please!?!