Swim

I went for a swim today and it was going well until I decided to try the breast stroke. I had already done my leg exercises and thrown in some arm exercises for good measure as well. I did the walking up and down the lane and at the every end decided, heck, what can half a lap do? The good news is that my right hip was ok for the task, however, after just a couple of strokes, my left hip, on the inside, near my groin, started screaming bloody murder. Not good. That was the end of that. I'm wondering if I do have a labral tear in there, as that is the location that was hurting. I know we have yet to do an MRI, but I am in no rush as there's nothing we can do about the left until my right is very strong.

I was definitely sore on the right side afterwards, and came home and iced for a little bit which helped. I then went to a friends house and had multiple children climbing on me, but I behaved and did not pick them up, well, not for any length of time at least. So right now my right knee and foot are hurting but (touch wood) the hip is ok. I am going to go again tomorrow for a swim and see how that goes. Since I missed PT on Wednesday and they're closed on Monday, I must make some sort of effort to keep the strength up.

On a different note, I am v. excited about getting a new scanner and getting to work, but am baffled as to whether I buy additional bits for my PC or just get an iMac. I'd originally wanted the Mac OS but funding just does not exist for that at the moment. There's + and - 's for both so if anyone has any advice, I'd love to hear it. So confusing and I'm so not up to date in this tech world! I have to keep doing my homework! Also trying to find anyone who might have Mac software for scanning and/or Photoshop. It's incredible how much software costs.

Sore, sore me

I was a very bad girl on Wednesday and missed PT. I was feeling like crap and the thought of having to go was making me feel worse. I much preferred to go home and curl up on my comfy couch, watching old classic movies like Houseboat. You've got to love Hollywood, a 24 year old Sophia Loren with a 54 year old Cary Grant! Nevertheless I always seem to get sucked into that film.
So that was me being good and taking it easy.

Yesterday my right hip was still in pain, and when I went out after work I was limping quite a bit because as well as my hip, my knee had decided to hurt again - constantly! It's such fun in my world. Didn't do too much walking last night, but more than I should have. I don't know why but I was stubborn and refused to get a cab home.

This morning the knee is still not happy and neither is my right foot. About 4 years ago I went to see a physiatrist about my foot. She never did x-rays or anything, just threw me into PT. That worked and it's been relatively good since. However, with some of the new exercises at PT for my hip, it's been flaring up again. Today it's quite bad. I have now put on lidocaine patches on my foot and my knee. I will keep that company in business for sure!

ARGH!!!

Hip is still sore and now left one is acting up, probably because I've been compensating. And my Fibromyalgia is not doing too hot. If had any sick days I would have taken one today for sure. Since yesterday afternoon I've been going downhill, and today it's even worse. Woke up about 5 am and could not get back to sleep, so I'm sure that didn't help.

Ok, I'm a bit crabby at the moment, but trust me if you felt like this you would be too. Sorry.

The good thing that happened last night was that my friend helped me suss out that I can get a scanner and more memory for my computer and that it should transfer over from PC to Mac when I can afford one. That means I can get started at least scanning my tons of negatives. We just have to check out one more thing and it should be good to go! :-) If I can't walk and take pics at least I can work on the ones I have already.

This

weather... SUCKS!!!

The sun will come out tomorrow right? Okay, well at least hopefully the day after...

Hip

is definitely not happy today, at all!