Well, the (likely) bursitis pain seems to like when I sit down a bit.. and dont lay on that side and it REALLY hates grocery stores... a friend of mine came up to help me with the move, and he asked why i was holding my hip when i walked lol oops.. then because i was favoring my right hip, my left neuroma in my foot started acting up, oh come on! I need new orthotics or i need a new metarsal pad put in some shoes...
So yea.. that pain i mentioned at the well, base of my butt sotospeak (posterior , its gotten WAY more obnoxious.. like, it aches, a lot. Im tryin to sit down to help the side trochanter hip bursitis thing, but then my ass hurts! Feels like anytime i'm sitting, that I'm sitting on two umm.. balls all the time lol. On the right, it alternates between aching and burning More very obnoxiously annoying than "OMG THAT HURTS!" type deal... but its really frustrating. Sitting is usually the one position I can be in, and have things not hurt...
So as it stands, if i sit down, i have basically upper thigh/butt pain on both sides, if i stand or walk for any length of time, then i have right sided thigh pain that makes me want to grab my hip and sit down. This, is very obnoxious, esp when i'm about to lose my insurance and start my first nursing job, which is going to be 40 hours a week (5, 8 hr shifts) for the next couple of months..
Oh and I'm moving in a couple days and i have to be all packed and ready and out of my house! (which btw.... i suck badly and still have * alot* of work to do...). And since sitting hurts... where i am temproarily moving to, i'll have almost an hour commute to and from work.. so in addition, 2 hours of driving a day... until i can afford my own place again.
So yea.. according to research, this newly getting worse pain could also be bursitis, - perhaps ischiogluteal bursitis?
Why the heck would i suddenly develop all this dang bursitis?!
Stupid temp job I had to do for a month... its continually kicking my butt and i'm not even doing it anymore! lol
Hmph. =(
K, i need to go through clothes again/still, and goto bed... finding a semi-comfy position is kinda hard right now tho.. thankgod for my body pillow and super soft bed.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Hip Pain,,,,bursitis or arthritis?
Well, i am FINALLY done at the Transporter job, and yup, i was at my physical limits... and a bit beyond. I was so dang sore after doing the 46 hr week, that i ended up sleeping...well, an insane amount. and ever since then, my right hip has been periodically bothering me, esp when i'm trying to do things like.. ya know, walk. lol
My right hip is the loser of the two.. and ive done a lot of physical therapy over the years for my SI, actual hip joint, and knees.. tho i admit i have sucked greatly at keeping up with those exercises i really need to be doing DAILY....
Other than having to take Aleve every 12 hours and Advil every 4-6 hours when on and off work to function and do the job at all, and basically getting beat up while doing it by the stupid 02 tanks and beds and elevators and my normal, running-into-everything crap..lol - I ended up with A LOT of bruises.. okay, fine.. no biggie. Cept at the end of the week, it felt like my whole hip was bruised, painful to the touch, but i almost had to put pressure on my hip itself on the outside of my thigh when i walked to keep it manageable, and i started limping.
then when i was tryin to sleep, i couldnt lay on that side.
i was sure some big bruise would show up, but other than the random decent bruises on my left hip and side, nope...no bruises there.. but dang it hurt.
ended up doing some internet searches and its probably either the start of arthritis, or its Hip Bursitis. While im quite sure i'll end up with arthritis if its not that anyway cuz of well, how the joints are.. it seems to more closely match bursitis... - tho i do have pain at the like..lower-butt area on that side, its a lot worse on the outside thigh area, like where they do the incision for hip surgery..and the same spot that the bone likes to jut out to the side sometimes if i walk wrong or show someone my "weird hip" lol..
i thought it would go away.. i havent done much but it started hurting again after a short walmart trip.. and seems to come and go, depending on what im doing. Apparently walking makes it mad..lol
mentioned it to mom this evening, who thinks that while I still have insurance, i should get it checked out... doubt theyd do anything.. and i dont have PT coverage... but may be worth mentioning..? but im pretty sure they'll just tell me to rest it..
which i'll do the most i can, but i start my nursing job in a lil over a week, and im moving this week sooo....lol yeah..
Maybe thats one good thing about it being 8 hr shifts and not 12?... maybe.. and i wont have QUITE as much running around as i do as a CNA, and not as much as i did as a Transporter.. soo.. yeah.
aw well. stupid new pains.
wish i knew when id have insurance again...
k its bedtime and i have SOO much to do its not even funny.. i managed to sleep and read today away and was 120% NOT-productive...Lol woops. =)
My right hip is the loser of the two.. and ive done a lot of physical therapy over the years for my SI, actual hip joint, and knees.. tho i admit i have sucked greatly at keeping up with those exercises i really need to be doing DAILY....
Other than having to take Aleve every 12 hours and Advil every 4-6 hours when on and off work to function and do the job at all, and basically getting beat up while doing it by the stupid 02 tanks and beds and elevators and my normal, running-into-everything crap..lol - I ended up with A LOT of bruises.. okay, fine.. no biggie. Cept at the end of the week, it felt like my whole hip was bruised, painful to the touch, but i almost had to put pressure on my hip itself on the outside of my thigh when i walked to keep it manageable, and i started limping.
then when i was tryin to sleep, i couldnt lay on that side.
i was sure some big bruise would show up, but other than the random decent bruises on my left hip and side, nope...no bruises there.. but dang it hurt.
ended up doing some internet searches and its probably either the start of arthritis, or its Hip Bursitis. While im quite sure i'll end up with arthritis if its not that anyway cuz of well, how the joints are.. it seems to more closely match bursitis... - tho i do have pain at the like..lower-butt area on that side, its a lot worse on the outside thigh area, like where they do the incision for hip surgery..and the same spot that the bone likes to jut out to the side sometimes if i walk wrong or show someone my "weird hip" lol..
i thought it would go away.. i havent done much but it started hurting again after a short walmart trip.. and seems to come and go, depending on what im doing. Apparently walking makes it mad..lol
mentioned it to mom this evening, who thinks that while I still have insurance, i should get it checked out... doubt theyd do anything.. and i dont have PT coverage... but may be worth mentioning..? but im pretty sure they'll just tell me to rest it..
which i'll do the most i can, but i start my nursing job in a lil over a week, and im moving this week sooo....lol yeah..
Maybe thats one good thing about it being 8 hr shifts and not 12?... maybe.. and i wont have QUITE as much running around as i do as a CNA, and not as much as i did as a Transporter.. soo.. yeah.
aw well. stupid new pains.
wish i knew when id have insurance again...
k its bedtime and i have SOO much to do its not even funny.. i managed to sleep and read today away and was 120% NOT-productive...Lol woops. =)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
I'm a bendy nurse! =)
this transporter gig is kicking my butt..
tuesdays suck for surgery!! too freaking many damnit.
on the plus side, most of the nurses keep introducing me, as a fellow nurse. After explaining the whole, "been a CNA for 5 years, im temporary, filling in a gap in the schedule as a transporter... though i did graduate nursing school last month and as of last week, am a registered nurse" - a patient asked "Oh so your an RN too?" - and even tho I had just said it.. hearing the patient say that?? woa..
Another patient asked me how long i've been a nurse (assuming that since i'm in the PACU/Recovery with everyone else in the same clothes, i must be an RN) - I had to stop myself from denying it..lol soo use to 'oh i'm not a Nurse, i'm an nrusing assistant' or 'Oh but i am in nursing school"..
nope, I'm a freaking nurse! hah
never had so many congratulations or whatever either heh since most of the time when the nurses introduce me as such, theres some explanation involved.
PACU is interesting but really my cup of tea. I'm learning crap though which is cool, and most have been super awesome about answering my questions or going into detail about various things. also did a jaw thrust on a real live patient hah only done it on the cpr dummies before. tho i have to stop this one from offering to let me do stuff i'm technically not allowed to do as a "CNA/Transporter" but thats okay.
meanwhile though... I had a patient yesterday that i would bet money that she either has ehlers danlos or another very similar connective tissue disorder. Her sister has had 3 hip replacements, her first in her 20's. She has always been very flexible and double jointed. skin that looks and feels like mine (i dont have classic but it definitely qualifies as very soft and velvety or whatever.. despite a total lack of lotion Lol. ) you could also see all her veins like me... while i dont have vascular type, i'm pretty damn see through in most places (except the normal places they go for blood draws of course! hah but you can literally trace all of the little veins throughout my wrist, palms and fingers.. ). she had early onset arthritis, same with her sis. and numerous numerous other various joint issues over the years..
she said "I think my sis and i have some kind of genetic condition" but shed never been tested or anything..
i dont know what like.. legally i'm allowed to do in that position, but i did tell her about a condition that runs in my family that sounds really similar.. and that there ARE genetic connective tissue disorders... etc.. tried to sorta refer her to her doc or mention it and mentioned abotu what a genetisit does cuz shed never heard of one.
she also said one of her folks was very similar too.... i asked. Lol
anyhoo.. im hurting. and i want aleve, but im already breakin out in bruises again. but it, plus the advil helps a lot...and right now just the advil aint cutting it. and i have 3 more days of this this week, then 2 days off that i need to pack, and then 3 more days.. they extended my 3 week contract thru next week. least i'll get overtime this week if i can physically make it through these shifts.
my right shoulder is increasingly worrying me. when i have the insurance for it, i really want shoulder PT. just doesnt feel stable at all. And im using it a lot with the beds im pushin and 02 tanks im carryin and lifting.
and if i put my feet up for any length of time, as soon as i step down again i get really bad sharp stabby pains throughout.. have to pause, wiggle my foot around and proceed with caution. use to get it a lot as a kid..
also have LOTS of new little very tender muscle knots all along my spine.. i sooo want a massage.
I like getting to talk to my patients and know them a little better.. and call me crazy, but i LIKE floor nursing.. and i LIKE night shift floor nursing...lol varies depending on the hospital but generally, i like it. My ideal would be to get on an Oncology floor..
Oh and it sounds like i'm going to have an interview at a local TINY hospital heh 44 beds. (compared to the 700+ bed place im working now heh). my clinical instructor for the last 6 months of school had a little chat with the hiring manager.. (she works in the OR there). and i got a call about a per diem night shift position (they start EVERYONE on per diem, and usually they have a benefited position within a couple months). I really liked precepting there. I'm a little afraid i'll get bored, but on some level.... a med/surg/tele floor that gets EVERYTHING from hip replacements to heart problems to pnemonia to infections is... somewhat better cuz then i get the whole gammet to start. (Instead of my only lead at the big hospital, which is an Ortho floor... and really? how many knees/hips/shoulders/backs can you do? lol i like the patients but as a nurse, its mostly pain control.. things dont go wrong very often (unless your my mom heh). so itd probably be more challenging in that respect....
i dont know.
whatever job i get, will be the right one..
and im single.. tryin to process everything expect that bit.
aw crap i gotta pass out.
'nother day of this tomorrow! Joints pllleeeeaaassseee stay where your suppose to...
tuesdays suck for surgery!! too freaking many damnit.
on the plus side, most of the nurses keep introducing me, as a fellow nurse. After explaining the whole, "been a CNA for 5 years, im temporary, filling in a gap in the schedule as a transporter... though i did graduate nursing school last month and as of last week, am a registered nurse" - a patient asked "Oh so your an RN too?" - and even tho I had just said it.. hearing the patient say that?? woa..
Another patient asked me how long i've been a nurse (assuming that since i'm in the PACU/Recovery with everyone else in the same clothes, i must be an RN) - I had to stop myself from denying it..lol soo use to 'oh i'm not a Nurse, i'm an nrusing assistant' or 'Oh but i am in nursing school"..
nope, I'm a freaking nurse! hah
never had so many congratulations or whatever either heh since most of the time when the nurses introduce me as such, theres some explanation involved.
PACU is interesting but really my cup of tea. I'm learning crap though which is cool, and most have been super awesome about answering my questions or going into detail about various things. also did a jaw thrust on a real live patient hah only done it on the cpr dummies before. tho i have to stop this one from offering to let me do stuff i'm technically not allowed to do as a "CNA/Transporter" but thats okay.
meanwhile though... I had a patient yesterday that i would bet money that she either has ehlers danlos or another very similar connective tissue disorder. Her sister has had 3 hip replacements, her first in her 20's. She has always been very flexible and double jointed. skin that looks and feels like mine (i dont have classic but it definitely qualifies as very soft and velvety or whatever.. despite a total lack of lotion Lol. ) you could also see all her veins like me... while i dont have vascular type, i'm pretty damn see through in most places (except the normal places they go for blood draws of course! hah but you can literally trace all of the little veins throughout my wrist, palms and fingers.. ). she had early onset arthritis, same with her sis. and numerous numerous other various joint issues over the years..
she said "I think my sis and i have some kind of genetic condition" but shed never been tested or anything..
i dont know what like.. legally i'm allowed to do in that position, but i did tell her about a condition that runs in my family that sounds really similar.. and that there ARE genetic connective tissue disorders... etc.. tried to sorta refer her to her doc or mention it and mentioned abotu what a genetisit does cuz shed never heard of one.
she also said one of her folks was very similar too.... i asked. Lol
anyhoo.. im hurting. and i want aleve, but im already breakin out in bruises again. but it, plus the advil helps a lot...and right now just the advil aint cutting it. and i have 3 more days of this this week, then 2 days off that i need to pack, and then 3 more days.. they extended my 3 week contract thru next week. least i'll get overtime this week if i can physically make it through these shifts.
my right shoulder is increasingly worrying me. when i have the insurance for it, i really want shoulder PT. just doesnt feel stable at all. And im using it a lot with the beds im pushin and 02 tanks im carryin and lifting.
and if i put my feet up for any length of time, as soon as i step down again i get really bad sharp stabby pains throughout.. have to pause, wiggle my foot around and proceed with caution. use to get it a lot as a kid..
also have LOTS of new little very tender muscle knots all along my spine.. i sooo want a massage.
I like getting to talk to my patients and know them a little better.. and call me crazy, but i LIKE floor nursing.. and i LIKE night shift floor nursing...lol varies depending on the hospital but generally, i like it. My ideal would be to get on an Oncology floor..
Oh and it sounds like i'm going to have an interview at a local TINY hospital heh 44 beds. (compared to the 700+ bed place im working now heh). my clinical instructor for the last 6 months of school had a little chat with the hiring manager.. (she works in the OR there). and i got a call about a per diem night shift position (they start EVERYONE on per diem, and usually they have a benefited position within a couple months). I really liked precepting there. I'm a little afraid i'll get bored, but on some level.... a med/surg/tele floor that gets EVERYTHING from hip replacements to heart problems to pnemonia to infections is... somewhat better cuz then i get the whole gammet to start. (Instead of my only lead at the big hospital, which is an Ortho floor... and really? how many knees/hips/shoulders/backs can you do? lol i like the patients but as a nurse, its mostly pain control.. things dont go wrong very often (unless your my mom heh). so itd probably be more challenging in that respect....
i dont know.
whatever job i get, will be the right one..
and im single.. tryin to process everything expect that bit.
aw crap i gotta pass out.
'nother day of this tomorrow! Joints pllleeeeaaassseee stay where your suppose to...
Saturday, July 10, 2010
"But I learned that moving on, is where I must begin"
Well.. I'm a Nurse!! =) I passed my boards and am officially a licensed professional, a Registered Nurse ;)
I have to be out of my little house (its approx 350 sq feet...heh yeah, its tiny) in 3 weeks because of the new owners. I will really miss my lake and privacy and awesome kickass view (I took the picture from my porch =)
But.. just like moving 4 hours from my hometown was quite the adventure, getting through nursing school and supporting myself..
so will this next phase eh?
even though..
it appears that i will have to couch surf for awhile after i move.. everything will get thrown into storage and I have a few different people different places that have offered up their houses, spare rooms, or couches... I have pretty rad friends. =)
I just wish I had a Nursing job.. so i could, like.. plan? lol I'm working on it... but its a tough market for new grads out there.Esp because i REALLY want a hospital gig, I've been in hospitals for the last 5 1/2 years, c'mon! And according to my preceptor and clinical instructor for the last 6 months.... I don't need the "extensive" new grad training/orientation some places provide.. couple months of somoene following me around and i'll be fine.. c'mon!
My temp gig people really like me. Tryin to network there..
And they want me for all 5 days next week... oh, my, gosh.
Physically, I'm a bit worried. Last time after just 3 days i could barely walk and had over 20 bruises..lol
50 hours, 5 10hr shifts. then 2 days off, and then 3 more shifts..
they extended my 3 week contract to 4 weeks, and added 2 shifts.
which financially, is a godsend...
but man.
Guess i'll be training their new transporter though 2 of those days so i'll have a little help.
Afterwards, i'll only have a week and 1/2 left till I gotta be outta here.. eep!
Thankfully, i dont think i have a lot of stuff.... I had to downsize a bit when I moved here, and i've been gettin rid of steadily over the last awhile.. and i'm debating about getting rid of my couch (its not in great condition but i still really like it!) and my coffee table... just cuz they are big and take up more room... and i know i'll be getting rid of stuff as I throw things into boxes too.
my bed is staying though, in storage or whatever. I love my bed, it doesn't make my hips hurt like most beds.
I'm such an anal retentive planner, this is driving me insane...lol
I did however, throw my little AC in the window so I have been perfectly cool and comfy during this heat wave.. (i got my AC for $15 at a yard sale about 4 years ago =)
My boyfriend broke up with me. part of me is okay with it, part of me is trying to figure out if i should do whatever it takes to try to really get over him once and for all (i've bene hung up on him for nearly 5 years... 5 very complicated years).. or... i dont know. we're friends, as we have been all along.. hes basically my best friend. distance SUCKS. and my own insecurities and trust issues and neuroses dont help matters. Im trying not to dwell or think abotu it cuz i have too many other things on my plate.
Im fiercely independent, but i have to depend on people in 3 weeks.. like i never have before. I've lived alone, independently for the last 5 years.. this should sure be interesting..
my best friend (er.. chick friend=) Amy, she thinks I need to go back home and jsut be a "HoBo Nurse!" Lol... I wanna go back, i really do. I miss it so much, and i miss my friends so much.. but the job market is horrible there for new grads... so if i can land something up here, i'll be better off..
i've been eating quite a bit of advil and aleve.. well, stopped the aleve but i think i'll need it again this week. man I'm not looking forward to it. Least i wont be on a massive sleep deprivation deal from the get go. and im a lot better with controlling the beds now, so its not QUITE as crazy but man..
somehow it'll all work out right? i made it this far... I'm a freaking Registered Nurse!! My goal for the last.. smeg, as long as I can remember.. somehow everything else will fall into place. it has this far...
I have to be out of my little house (its approx 350 sq feet...heh yeah, its tiny) in 3 weeks because of the new owners. I will really miss my lake and privacy and awesome kickass view (I took the picture from my porch =)
But.. just like moving 4 hours from my hometown was quite the adventure, getting through nursing school and supporting myself..
so will this next phase eh?
even though..
it appears that i will have to couch surf for awhile after i move.. everything will get thrown into storage and I have a few different people different places that have offered up their houses, spare rooms, or couches... I have pretty rad friends. =)
I just wish I had a Nursing job.. so i could, like.. plan? lol I'm working on it... but its a tough market for new grads out there.Esp because i REALLY want a hospital gig, I've been in hospitals for the last 5 1/2 years, c'mon! And according to my preceptor and clinical instructor for the last 6 months.... I don't need the "extensive" new grad training/orientation some places provide.. couple months of somoene following me around and i'll be fine.. c'mon!
My temp gig people really like me. Tryin to network there..
And they want me for all 5 days next week... oh, my, gosh.
Physically, I'm a bit worried. Last time after just 3 days i could barely walk and had over 20 bruises..lol
50 hours, 5 10hr shifts. then 2 days off, and then 3 more shifts..
they extended my 3 week contract to 4 weeks, and added 2 shifts.
which financially, is a godsend...
but man.
Guess i'll be training their new transporter though 2 of those days so i'll have a little help.
Afterwards, i'll only have a week and 1/2 left till I gotta be outta here.. eep!
Thankfully, i dont think i have a lot of stuff.... I had to downsize a bit when I moved here, and i've been gettin rid of steadily over the last awhile.. and i'm debating about getting rid of my couch (its not in great condition but i still really like it!) and my coffee table... just cuz they are big and take up more room... and i know i'll be getting rid of stuff as I throw things into boxes too.
my bed is staying though, in storage or whatever. I love my bed, it doesn't make my hips hurt like most beds.
I'm such an anal retentive planner, this is driving me insane...lol
I did however, throw my little AC in the window so I have been perfectly cool and comfy during this heat wave.. (i got my AC for $15 at a yard sale about 4 years ago =)
My boyfriend broke up with me. part of me is okay with it, part of me is trying to figure out if i should do whatever it takes to try to really get over him once and for all (i've bene hung up on him for nearly 5 years... 5 very complicated years).. or... i dont know. we're friends, as we have been all along.. hes basically my best friend. distance SUCKS. and my own insecurities and trust issues and neuroses dont help matters. Im trying not to dwell or think abotu it cuz i have too many other things on my plate.
Im fiercely independent, but i have to depend on people in 3 weeks.. like i never have before. I've lived alone, independently for the last 5 years.. this should sure be interesting..
my best friend (er.. chick friend=) Amy, she thinks I need to go back home and jsut be a "HoBo Nurse!" Lol... I wanna go back, i really do. I miss it so much, and i miss my friends so much.. but the job market is horrible there for new grads... so if i can land something up here, i'll be better off..
i've been eating quite a bit of advil and aleve.. well, stopped the aleve but i think i'll need it again this week. man I'm not looking forward to it. Least i wont be on a massive sleep deprivation deal from the get go. and im a lot better with controlling the beds now, so its not QUITE as crazy but man..
somehow it'll all work out right? i made it this far... I'm a freaking Registered Nurse!! My goal for the last.. smeg, as long as I can remember.. somehow everything else will fall into place. it has this far...
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