.... as I got 'double booked' the other day!! HAHA xD probably not really that funny, but I found it funny... got a text saying I had an appointment a few days after and I was just, confused, as my letter said it was in March... so I rang up to ask and it turns out they'd just accidentally booked me in twice, but only sent me a letter for one. Weird!
So yeah, the cold sucks, I went for a blood test on Tuesday, just for all my veins to be in hiding because it was too cold, so unfortunately that appointment was a waste of time and now I have to journey up to the hospital for it to be done there instead, which I'm sure will be jolly... (I still have a scar from the last time I had it done at the hospital as their plaster thing took off my skin!!! >.<)
This last weekend my knee got a bit swollen and achey, probably from a mix of the cold and a heck of a lot of standing around (as I did a show called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead this weekend, and the backstage area wasn't the nicest to be in, as it was a bit smalllll), but thankfully, after some looking after it with hot water bottles & baths, it's all feeling better now!
The cold just isn't very nice, it hurts and I HATE walking on ice as I'm just not very good at it! haha
well, keep safe in the cold weather!
TTFN, Ta ta for now!!
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Friday, 6 February 2015
Monday, 5 May 2014
Steroid Joint Injections
"You got injected with steroids, so you gonna be dead muscly now?".... I wish! haha
(I'm going to keep this blog short, because I've been told I write too much in one blog! sorry!) :D
This isn't the prettiest of pictures, but this is my ankle after my 35th & 36th joint injection (one at the front and one at the side of my ankle). Lovely, swollen and.... yellow. :D This is the first I've had done with a x-ray going on at the same time so they could see precisely where the needle was going.
I had my first 16 joint injections under a general anaesthetic, and then also the next 14 under a general anaesthetic, but since then, the last 6 have only been with 'laughing gas'. Having the actual joint injection hasn't been bad in either situation, as I haven't really felt it (much), it's the aftermath that's bad, it's quite painful and takes a few days to rest off. But they can be certainly very helpful, they pretty much made the majority of my joints pain free (with the obvious help of medication) and they've been alright since, with others such as my ankle (pictured) and my knee, it's not worked quite so well!
Joint injections really aren't worth worrying about, when I first got told about them when I was 13, I panicked a lot! "NEEDLE'S IN MY JOINTS!?! WHAT???!!" but after having them I realised they're certainly not as bad as they sound! (they're still not very jolly though) just make sure you have someone to look after you for a few days after! :)
(I'm still waiting for some replies on blood test advice from the last blog!! c'mon guys, I really need some! haha! thanks!) :)
TTFN, ta ta for now!! :)
(I'm going to keep this blog short, because I've been told I write too much in one blog! sorry!) :D
This isn't the prettiest of pictures, but this is my ankle after my 35th & 36th joint injection (one at the front and one at the side of my ankle). Lovely, swollen and.... yellow. :D This is the first I've had done with a x-ray going on at the same time so they could see precisely where the needle was going.
I had my first 16 joint injections under a general anaesthetic, and then also the next 14 under a general anaesthetic, but since then, the last 6 have only been with 'laughing gas'. Having the actual joint injection hasn't been bad in either situation, as I haven't really felt it (much), it's the aftermath that's bad, it's quite painful and takes a few days to rest off. But they can be certainly very helpful, they pretty much made the majority of my joints pain free (with the obvious help of medication) and they've been alright since, with others such as my ankle (pictured) and my knee, it's not worked quite so well!
Joint injections really aren't worth worrying about, when I first got told about them when I was 13, I panicked a lot! "NEEDLE'S IN MY JOINTS!?! WHAT???!!" but after having them I realised they're certainly not as bad as they sound! (they're still not very jolly though) just make sure you have someone to look after you for a few days after! :)
(I'm still waiting for some replies on blood test advice from the last blog!! c'mon guys, I really need some! haha! thanks!) :)
TTFN, ta ta for now!! :)
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