We left off with pictures of Kristin from Job #2 on Tuesday. Lots of fun. :-) I'm drawing a blank on Wednesday... went to work, don't really remember what else. Thursday I went to Job #1. At night we had our "holiday desk meeting" for Job #2.
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| My fellow deskies |
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| More deskies |
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| Even MORE deskies! |
Friday morning I had my appointment at the knee surgeon's office. I didn't know what they would do, but I thought they might do something, so I had Andy come with me.
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| Waiting for the doctor |
Turns out they don't want to touch the cyst if they don't have too. It's relatively small and very close to a large artery - the reward not being worth the risk. Additionally, my knee pain is more in the front of my knee than the back, so they're still not convinced it's really the cause of my problems. Their best guess at this point? Scar tissue in my knee cap. The solution to fix that? Surgery. Again. I said NO WAY JOSE! Long story short, I ended up getting a cortisone shot (for now). I was SO nervous to have injections in my knee. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I still freaked out....
I got up too fast... on the walk (a very limped walk) to the lobby to check out, I started to feel really weak. Andy and I sat down....then I started leaning on him... my vision was going... game over. I went "vagal." Fast forward to me laying on the floor, a nurse and Andy working to get my coat and scarf off, cold towels being laid on my face and neck, and drinking orange juice through a bendy straw. I feel so bad for the other people in the waiting room - I bet I really freaked them out!!!
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| Knee full of cortisone |
The cortisone was weird. It felt like my knee was blown up like a balloon. And it was numb. Weird. They told me to stay home, take it easy (more because I went vagal, not because of the shot), and ice. Don't need much to convince me!
Well much to my surprise, I got a visit from Rose! She was making a quick trip to the post office, saw my car, and decided to come hang out with me. :-) So what do two girls do on a Friday afternoon? Try on wedding things of course, lol. Elizabeth is letting me borrow her veil and sparkly belt (if they work with the dress I choose it will help save so much money... thank you Elizabeth!).
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| Hippy bride Rose :-) |
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| Bride Babs :-) |
Ok so all of these things are great and fun (except the shot, but at least that's a helpful thing). But here's what's not great and fun. My inner thoughts and the way I've been treating my body. Except for maybe 3 days, I've been a wreck with food since Thanksgiving. I've gained a little over 10 pounds (less than a month). I go to bed feeling sick to my stomach because I've eaten so much. Then wake up and start all over to see how much I can eat again. Finally on Friday evening I did what I've needed to do for awhile. I emailed Seetha. I had hit the bottom of the spiral, and I knew I needed her help.
Once again, she came to the rescue.
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