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Not the best of weekends
May. 29th, 2012 10:12 amIt wasn't all bad, mind you, because I successfully de-grumped myself on Friday -- being grumpy on a Friday evening would spoil part of the hard-earned weekend, and we can't have that, can we?
I even got rid of the pain in my right shoulder and arm, or so I thought...
The problem is, whenever I'm sitting for longer than an hour or so in the same position, without being able to change position, get up or stretch for a bit, the muscles and tendons around the right shoulder blade form something like a very painful knot, and the pain radiates down the whole right arm. That's exactly what happened during the various meetings I had to attend last week -- as if platitudes spouted by politicians wouldn't have been enough to cause extreme discomfort -- and so the pain flared up on Friday/Saturday, but was almost gone by Sunday evening.
On Monday morning, i.e. yesterday, I woke up and could barely move. Since it was a public holiday I didn't have to call in sick, but that thought wasn't as comforting as it probably ought to be for a good little civil servant.
I took painkillers and slapped a heating plaster on the hurting spot, and then I took more painkillers -- the pain was promptly dulled, but I spent the day in a kind of drugged haze (not in a nice way), made more unpleasant by feelings of nausea and stomach ache. In spite of the stomach protection pills I'd taken.
Dragged myself to work today, because Irene is on holiday. Otherwise I would just have stayed home.
Stomach is better, pain has lessened considerably, but I'm still feeling quite tired and worn-out.
Will get a massage tomorrow, though, which means both blissful pain relief and a late, lazy morning at home.
No tennis at least till the weekend. Bummer. But I'll go to the gym today -- no exercise for arms and/or upper body, but getting thoroughly warmed through does usually help.
Oh, and today I'm going to see tennis!Elena's gynaecologist -- I had booked an appointment about two weeks ago with another (female) one, but left the waiting room in a fit of pique: I'd been waiting for more than half an hour, while they let in people who'd arrived later than I, and when they let in a young man, telling me he "was the husband of a very important patient", I simply walked out.
So I hope there will be a hormone test in the near future, and then we'll see whether hormones are the reason for the increase of stomach volume. If they aren't, the only reason I can think of is a food intolerance (because I've already done the thyroid test, and that's ok). The one thing I'm sure about it that it isn't fat gained through eating or drinking more/differently -- these last two weeks, I've been eating less, plus separating carbohydrates and proteins (which is a sure-fire way for me to lose weight immediately) and exercising a lot. So it has to be something else, and I hope to find out sooner rather than later.
I even got rid of the pain in my right shoulder and arm, or so I thought...
The problem is, whenever I'm sitting for longer than an hour or so in the same position, without being able to change position, get up or stretch for a bit, the muscles and tendons around the right shoulder blade form something like a very painful knot, and the pain radiates down the whole right arm. That's exactly what happened during the various meetings I had to attend last week -- as if platitudes spouted by politicians wouldn't have been enough to cause extreme discomfort -- and so the pain flared up on Friday/Saturday, but was almost gone by Sunday evening.
On Monday morning, i.e. yesterday, I woke up and could barely move. Since it was a public holiday I didn't have to call in sick, but that thought wasn't as comforting as it probably ought to be for a good little civil servant.
I took painkillers and slapped a heating plaster on the hurting spot, and then I took more painkillers -- the pain was promptly dulled, but I spent the day in a kind of drugged haze (not in a nice way), made more unpleasant by feelings of nausea and stomach ache. In spite of the stomach protection pills I'd taken.
Dragged myself to work today, because Irene is on holiday. Otherwise I would just have stayed home.
Stomach is better, pain has lessened considerably, but I'm still feeling quite tired and worn-out.
Will get a massage tomorrow, though, which means both blissful pain relief and a late, lazy morning at home.
No tennis at least till the weekend. Bummer. But I'll go to the gym today -- no exercise for arms and/or upper body, but getting thoroughly warmed through does usually help.
Oh, and today I'm going to see tennis!Elena's gynaecologist -- I had booked an appointment about two weeks ago with another (female) one, but left the waiting room in a fit of pique: I'd been waiting for more than half an hour, while they let in people who'd arrived later than I, and when they let in a young man, telling me he "was the husband of a very important patient", I simply walked out.
So I hope there will be a hormone test in the near future, and then we'll see whether hormones are the reason for the increase of stomach volume. If they aren't, the only reason I can think of is a food intolerance (because I've already done the thyroid test, and that's ok). The one thing I'm sure about it that it isn't fat gained through eating or drinking more/differently -- these last two weeks, I've been eating less, plus separating carbohydrates and proteins (which is a sure-fire way for me to lose weight immediately) and exercising a lot. So it has to be something else, and I hope to find out sooner rather than later.
