Oh, Good Grief....

[ladysprite]

I am running out of body parts to hurt. Also, of all the ways to get injured at a veterinary hospital, this has to be the most ignominious.

So yesterday I'm at work, in a heavy rainstorm. And it's the end of my lunch break, and I'm going from the lunch room (which, at this clinic, is in a little separate building next door) back to the hospital itself. Which involves going outside, and down a flight of wooden stairs. Nice, shiny, painted, soaking-wet wooden stairs.

In this particular instance, it involved going down those stairs on my right hip, at a rather accelerated rate.

I did my best to tough it through afternoon appointments, but after an hour or so, when my boss noted that i had gone from 'limping' to 'navigating my way around the hospital by advanced brachiation' he rather insisted that I leave for the day. I spent the rest of the afternoon and night trying to find a comfortable way to rest that didn't involve straining my hip, shoulder, neck, or state of mind.

(Best guess is a bone bruise - there's nothing visible on the skin, but my whole right hip and backside are swollen, painful when I touch them, and sitting or stepping upwards hurts like anything. On the other hand, at least this morning I can walk without too much pain - which makes today's work shift a lot more survivable.)

I am lucky. I am damned lucky; I know way too many people who have broken bones sliding down stairs like that. And I have found that, as suggested (and thank you!), tylenol on top of ibuprofen actually helps like nothing else I've found; the pain in my shoulder is better now than it's been in weeks as long as I keep that up.

But still... this is getting a bit ridiculous.

Comments

[citabria]

Wow -- I'm glad you didn't end up with worse injuries! I'm glad you found a med combination that works, too -- I can't imagine how this would be without help from that area.

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my PCP is pretty insistent about trying to boost pain meds with tylenol before trying someone else. I'm glad it's helping.

What happened totally sucks, I'm sorry you have to bear this on top of everything else. I hope you heal quickly.

[tpau]

doh. that sounds kinda monumentally unfun... but... at least its not raining as much today?

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Ow, I'm sorry. *pets you healingly*

[joannahurley.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I'm sorry.

Glad the Tylenol & ibuprofen combo is helping, though. If you're going to stay on that combo, I recommend milk thistle to help with keeping the liver clean from the Tylenol. My father's been on meds that are pretty damaging, and whenever his numbers get to high, he takes a round of milk thistle and it definitely brings everything back to normal.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

You probably have a fairly serious contusion. I took a similar fall two years ago on wet steps, and had a contusion that has lasted until now, and for about three months I pretty much couldn't sit down.

Please go easy on yourself. I found that a heating pad or a sock full of rice heated in the microwave did wonders.

*very gentle hugs and hot chocolate*

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Oh no. Ow!

And, yes, stacking analgesics that work through different methodologies/pathways (e.g. ibuprofen, tylenol, and ASA) does work fairly well. Or, at least, my friends with chronic pain issues tell me it is so.

[gmkieran.livejournal.com]

*hugs* glad it wasn't worse and doubly glad you've found something that helps with the pain!!!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ow! Hope it heals quickly!

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think the universe should be getting the message that you deserve some easy, gentle time for a bit.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Sorry, just catching up after a vacation. Hope it's better by now.