Well, the weather finally changed, which now makes total since for why the last few days i've been having weird joint stuff and pain again...and partially with the whole neck outta wack thing yesterday. It was all bright and sunny and around 70 degrees, so it didn't make since. lol but now its 45-50, cold wet and rainy... Kinda want a barameter do-hickey like mom has.
i want to take more advil, drink another cup of the awesome tea my friend sent me home w/ yesterday, put on a movie or tv show on the computer and relax.. and maybe take a muscle relaxer...
Debating whether i should take a muscle relaxer or not.. they are real mild and they are a lil expired now.. so id imagine even a lil less potent than before. I know 2 is bad, but 1 is hit or miss... I hate tryin to find a balance between helping the really sore and tight muscle and knots in my neck and shoulder (residual from the intense spasms it was doing yesterday).... and the possibility of more things going out of place and hurting more cuz of relaxing the muscle tension thats holding other things together (like my SI joint and my hips).. sometimes they've helped, sometimes i've been in far worse shape because of them.
doin a lot better than yesterday. =) No more spasms.. relatively limited range of motion wise cuz of the muscles being a bit ticked off still. cant tilt my head left, and can turn my head left w/ really controlled movements.. anything sudden gives me pretty bad twinges of pain.. the baseline pain is totally manageable though =) Yay for the gentle chiropractor who was able to put my C-2 back in place!
i dont know if its real or imagined, but my hand arthritis has been a lot better since ive been rubbing the Topricin on it..(when i do my neck, figure i might as well do my hands cuz it says its good for arthritis too). about 30min later i notice it feels a lot better... hmm...
i think i messed up my phone job interview for the nursing position in Texas, outside Austin.. =( i need to listen to all the good stuff ppl say about me and talk myself up. Phone interviews are also a lot harder than in person ones... i couldnt tell how the 6 people on the other end of the phone were responding to me! Felt like i was blabbing b.c of that.. and went stupid when they asked me my 5 yr plan (duh!! BSN and get into critical care.. and learn the most i possibly can! hmph. didn't answer nearly as eloquently as i wanted to)... aw well.. if i dont land that awesome hospital job, isnt meant to be, right? i'll know for sure in a week. but im not holding my breath (tho my fingers are still crossed cuz itd be an awesome opportunity hah).
Need a decent new-grad nursing hospital job... and *really* want to land one before i take my NCLEX ..so i can plan better and figure out if im gunna be moving across the country.
k.. relaxing time. im takin a muscle relaxer and hoping for the best!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
*pop* goes my neck....
So..
i thought i'd be able to turn over in bed and get an hour or two more sleep..
turns out i was wrong.
I turned over, flipped my pillow and....then the sudden intense really bad pain started in my neck. Had me in tears.. i tried ot just lay there, relax the muscles and pretend it didnt happen lol.. psst. that doesn't work too well.
Ended up scooting, very slowly and very painfully over to the cord my phone was plugged into and got my phone. Called mom (who is really far away) who suspected the same thing.. that something in my neck sure wasn't in place. So she asked if i knew anyone who had a ciropractor that wasn't a quack.. thought of my friend Debbie (i know all of 2 people i consider friends here).
Called Debbie in tears...who asked where i lived and made a call to her non-snap-crackle-pop-chiropractor who agreed to see me =) So Debbie showed up an hour later and it took about 20-25min to get me out of bed... kept having insanely bad muscle spasms in my neck when i tried to move, at all.
Turns out my C-2 vertebre was way out of place.. and my right shoulder was subluxated which was causing a lot of the neck pain when i moved my arm. And, a few ribs weren't in place as well.
(thats the arm ive never had pain per say, but it definitely doesn't feel like its in the right spot a lot of the time..and i end up popping and moving around a lot when i sleep and when im driving).
She uses pressure, alignment, energy and your own muscles to get the bones back in place. It was interesting.. way different than previous chiro stuff i've done...(tho the one i trust also uses energy -something to tell whats outta wack).and caused a lot less pain than the sudden jarring adjustments i've had before. She said normally she'd do a lil more extreme complicated maneuvers but since i was in so much pain, she went the slow route.. spent about an hour on me. But when she was done, I could turn my neck.. and the insane muscle spasms had stopped. Still hurts but its a manageable hurt.
She told me to take my alieve, and also suggested arnica montana homeopathic stuff for further anti-inflammatory help.. and this other homeopathic liquid stuff called "Rescue Remedy" for relaxing, to in turn calm the muscles down more, if im more relaxed...and said i should start feeling better but that i need ot really sleep and just rest and let the muscles and joints calm down. and to ice it.
So, my awesome friend who saved the day whos way into the natural/herbal/homeopathic stuff, got me the things..and also got me Topricin, which i had heard about form someone else who praised it for joint pain and healing.. - the lady at the supplement store recommended it.
And mom suggested a neck brace to lounge around the house in... to give my muscles a break. Why not...never hurts to add another brace to my collection!!
I'm a lot better than this morning by far, but i'm still hurting quite a bit. nervous abotu tomorrow (class 6 hours....oof) and nervous about going to sleep and laying down and the ability to get back up.. but i think it'll be okay..
Debbie and her awesome family mommy'd me today which, with reluctance, i accepted graciously. She made me this reallllllly good tea (then sent me home w/ a bunch) (Tulsi Tea.. also spose to help w/ healing and stuff) and her hubby made this awesome huge bbq dinner (beef ribs, pork ribs, chicken, corn on the cob etc..).. I wanted to come home initally but im glad i stayed. I had fun, and it was kind of nice not having to cook or eat like crap or get my own ice for a change haha One thing that sucks about living alone.
Do not know what i wouldda done w/out her...seriously. I couldnt freaking get out of bed.
She doesnt think i should goto class tomorrow and i should borrow someones lecture on tape but i need to.. i dont do welll with lecture on tape, i fall asleep. Dont know how to explain to ppl either... "um.. i tweaked my neck/slept wrong, it'll be fine." - gotta down play crap.
Besides, only 4 more days of class.. least i did this today and not tomorrow...
im gunna get 5 hrs of sleep b4 i gotta be up. ugh. if its *too* bad i'll skip the last couple hrs but i think i'll be okay.. im better than i was.
Mom mentioned about my car wreck a few yrs ago... i had messed up the same vertebre, my old awesome chiropractor fixed me then. it wasnt anywhere near this intense though, nor did it cause oober bad spasms. ....and i know I've tweaked it off and on since then, usually in bed or turning my head too fast... but it usually slips back into place shortly after.
I really really hope this doesnt start doing this with any regularity or frequency..
... my friend pointed out that i managed to partially dislocated my vertebre, in bed... and i wasnt even doing anything fun! lol Apparently that takes a special kind of talent Lol.
I swear i always hurt myself doing mundane normal things Lol
K...bedtime now. get my precious 5 hours of sleep.
i thought i'd be able to turn over in bed and get an hour or two more sleep..
turns out i was wrong.
I turned over, flipped my pillow and....then the sudden intense really bad pain started in my neck. Had me in tears.. i tried ot just lay there, relax the muscles and pretend it didnt happen lol.. psst. that doesn't work too well.
Ended up scooting, very slowly and very painfully over to the cord my phone was plugged into and got my phone. Called mom (who is really far away) who suspected the same thing.. that something in my neck sure wasn't in place. So she asked if i knew anyone who had a ciropractor that wasn't a quack.. thought of my friend Debbie (i know all of 2 people i consider friends here).
Called Debbie in tears...who asked where i lived and made a call to her non-snap-crackle-pop-chiropractor who agreed to see me =) So Debbie showed up an hour later and it took about 20-25min to get me out of bed... kept having insanely bad muscle spasms in my neck when i tried to move, at all.
Turns out my C-2 vertebre was way out of place.. and my right shoulder was subluxated which was causing a lot of the neck pain when i moved my arm. And, a few ribs weren't in place as well.
(thats the arm ive never had pain per say, but it definitely doesn't feel like its in the right spot a lot of the time..and i end up popping and moving around a lot when i sleep and when im driving).
She uses pressure, alignment, energy and your own muscles to get the bones back in place. It was interesting.. way different than previous chiro stuff i've done...(tho the one i trust also uses energy -something to tell whats outta wack).and caused a lot less pain than the sudden jarring adjustments i've had before. She said normally she'd do a lil more extreme complicated maneuvers but since i was in so much pain, she went the slow route.. spent about an hour on me. But when she was done, I could turn my neck.. and the insane muscle spasms had stopped. Still hurts but its a manageable hurt.
She told me to take my alieve, and also suggested arnica montana homeopathic stuff for further anti-inflammatory help.. and this other homeopathic liquid stuff called "Rescue Remedy" for relaxing, to in turn calm the muscles down more, if im more relaxed...and said i should start feeling better but that i need ot really sleep and just rest and let the muscles and joints calm down. and to ice it.
So, my awesome friend who saved the day whos way into the natural/herbal/homeopathic stuff, got me the things..and also got me Topricin, which i had heard about form someone else who praised it for joint pain and healing.. - the lady at the supplement store recommended it.
And mom suggested a neck brace to lounge around the house in... to give my muscles a break. Why not...never hurts to add another brace to my collection!!
I'm a lot better than this morning by far, but i'm still hurting quite a bit. nervous abotu tomorrow (class 6 hours....oof) and nervous about going to sleep and laying down and the ability to get back up.. but i think it'll be okay..
Debbie and her awesome family mommy'd me today which, with reluctance, i accepted graciously. She made me this reallllllly good tea (then sent me home w/ a bunch) (Tulsi Tea.. also spose to help w/ healing and stuff) and her hubby made this awesome huge bbq dinner (beef ribs, pork ribs, chicken, corn on the cob etc..).. I wanted to come home initally but im glad i stayed. I had fun, and it was kind of nice not having to cook or eat like crap or get my own ice for a change haha One thing that sucks about living alone.
Do not know what i wouldda done w/out her...seriously. I couldnt freaking get out of bed.
She doesnt think i should goto class tomorrow and i should borrow someones lecture on tape but i need to.. i dont do welll with lecture on tape, i fall asleep. Dont know how to explain to ppl either... "um.. i tweaked my neck/slept wrong, it'll be fine." - gotta down play crap.
Besides, only 4 more days of class.. least i did this today and not tomorrow...
im gunna get 5 hrs of sleep b4 i gotta be up. ugh. if its *too* bad i'll skip the last couple hrs but i think i'll be okay.. im better than i was.
Mom mentioned about my car wreck a few yrs ago... i had messed up the same vertebre, my old awesome chiropractor fixed me then. it wasnt anywhere near this intense though, nor did it cause oober bad spasms. ....and i know I've tweaked it off and on since then, usually in bed or turning my head too fast... but it usually slips back into place shortly after.
I really really hope this doesnt start doing this with any regularity or frequency..
... my friend pointed out that i managed to partially dislocated my vertebre, in bed... and i wasnt even doing anything fun! lol Apparently that takes a special kind of talent Lol.
I swear i always hurt myself doing mundane normal things Lol
K...bedtime now. get my precious 5 hours of sleep.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
last quarter of nursing school!
Well, I am a bit proud to say i did stick to my goals of going to curves regularly.. well, until i went to Florida (courtesy of a couple friends who live there, had some extra cash layin around and decided that i deserve a kickass break a long way from home =). But i went for 7 weeks! And, I in that time i lost 5lbs and 6 inches... I'm down about 10lbs since christmas-time. And despite 3 weeks of spring break and not working out, I've kept it all off.
And..
I havnt had any new weird joint issues either since going =) Other than my hip doing weird things and hurting a bit from sitting in the same position on the plane for so long (7hrs in the air total).
I was doing really good about wearing my hand brace at night for my thumb but then over break i got lazy and stupid so that pain is coming back, tho not as bad as it was (course I start school tomorrow.. and the next 4 days I'll have 6hr lectures I'll need to be taking notes for..woops. May need to wear my brace in class methinks).
So until it calms down, I think im gunna try wearing it around the house again like the doc told me to, wear it when I work out (getting my butt back to curves tomorrow) and when i sleep and have lectures... no need to extend it more than i need to and stress the poor joint anymore.
Its been really nice not having other joints act up though.. its also felt really good being able to be more active. and losing some weight is an added bonus. =) (when i went back home... i kept getting "wow, have u lost weight?" and various things.. only 10lbs but apparently it makes some kind of difference...
It really helps my motivation for going cuz im NOT going just to lsoe weight or for some superficial reasons.. im going to try to be HEALTHIER and to hopefully be easier on my body and to maybe prevent un-needed pain/ligament issues by keeping my muscles stronger and healthier.. i also found i tend to do my PT exercies when I'm in work-out mode too.. well, not as much as i should but far more than I do usually..
2 months until I graduate...and my whole life changes again.. oh wow!! I'm also thinking of relocating to Austin, Tx area for first nursing job... my boyfriend and i keep discussing it. cuz of the unfortunate news from my old hospital and the high unemployement rates (15%) and the complete lack of new-grad hospital jobs back home...and the good prospects he has for his emt/paramedic aspirations. ive put in a few applications so far in and around Austin, so we'll see?
gotta get to sleep.. i worked nights this wkend and then messed w/ my meds to see if i could decrease them.. apparently i can't, cuz today i couldn't get out of bed to save my life, slept thru 4 important phone calls, slept through 3 or 4 alarms, didn't send in my timecards so i wont get paid this week, didnt hear 3 txt messages, didnt call the pharmacy about my meds, didnt pay my water bill, didnt get my book from the school bookstore and didn't goto curves... all because i couldn't wake myself up. ended up sleeping 14 some hours.. ugh. Have i mentioned how much i hate narcolepsy sometimes?
No more trying to decrease my damn meds. If I need them, I need them dangit. If it helps me have a life and FUNCTION, then sobeit!
And..
I havnt had any new weird joint issues either since going =) Other than my hip doing weird things and hurting a bit from sitting in the same position on the plane for so long (7hrs in the air total).
I was doing really good about wearing my hand brace at night for my thumb but then over break i got lazy and stupid so that pain is coming back, tho not as bad as it was (course I start school tomorrow.. and the next 4 days I'll have 6hr lectures I'll need to be taking notes for..woops. May need to wear my brace in class methinks).
So until it calms down, I think im gunna try wearing it around the house again like the doc told me to, wear it when I work out (getting my butt back to curves tomorrow) and when i sleep and have lectures... no need to extend it more than i need to and stress the poor joint anymore.
Its been really nice not having other joints act up though.. its also felt really good being able to be more active. and losing some weight is an added bonus. =) (when i went back home... i kept getting "wow, have u lost weight?" and various things.. only 10lbs but apparently it makes some kind of difference...
It really helps my motivation for going cuz im NOT going just to lsoe weight or for some superficial reasons.. im going to try to be HEALTHIER and to hopefully be easier on my body and to maybe prevent un-needed pain/ligament issues by keeping my muscles stronger and healthier.. i also found i tend to do my PT exercies when I'm in work-out mode too.. well, not as much as i should but far more than I do usually..
2 months until I graduate...and my whole life changes again.. oh wow!! I'm also thinking of relocating to Austin, Tx area for first nursing job... my boyfriend and i keep discussing it. cuz of the unfortunate news from my old hospital and the high unemployement rates (15%) and the complete lack of new-grad hospital jobs back home...and the good prospects he has for his emt/paramedic aspirations. ive put in a few applications so far in and around Austin, so we'll see?
gotta get to sleep.. i worked nights this wkend and then messed w/ my meds to see if i could decrease them.. apparently i can't, cuz today i couldn't get out of bed to save my life, slept thru 4 important phone calls, slept through 3 or 4 alarms, didn't send in my timecards so i wont get paid this week, didnt hear 3 txt messages, didnt call the pharmacy about my meds, didnt pay my water bill, didnt get my book from the school bookstore and didn't goto curves... all because i couldn't wake myself up. ended up sleeping 14 some hours.. ugh. Have i mentioned how much i hate narcolepsy sometimes?
No more trying to decrease my damn meds. If I need them, I need them dangit. If it helps me have a life and FUNCTION, then sobeit!
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