Not Sick but ...

Okay once again haven't been blogging ... but it was for a somewhat good reason. An old injury has come back to bite me. 5 years ago I woke up one morning and my right elbow felt really weird. Depending how I moved it would click quite loudly. Well that ended up with me not being able to bend my elbow for the next 2 months. So my elbows clicking again.

Back then it had been Sunday morning so I still went to church just thinking that it was just a weird thing that would correct itself eventually. However when I had driven to dinner that night I got out of the car and found that I couldn't unbend my arm. Thought it was a joke. Thought it would fix itself. We had a shared meal and the guys were eating fast, and poor me was unable to keep up with my right hand unable to cooperate. Well next day it didn't fix itself. So I went to the doctor and got myself a referral to see an orthopedic and some x-rays. They asked me if I had been doing any excessive exercise ... me exercise? Got a MRI which was pretty cool but was hard to do because of the not bending. With no private health care I had to wait 9 months to get it seen by the orthopedic. While waiting I had to withdraw from study. Signing my name without bending my arm was difficult and painful. But the worst thing while waiting was actually the fact that my elbow fixed itself 2 months after!?! No idea how, just woke up one morning and it was bendable. By the time I saw the orthopedic they just told me the bone obstructing movement probably just moved into a empty groove in the bone. Said it probably okay and just book an appointment in 6 months just in case something happens. A lot of probablys ...

Don't want that to happen again so since its been acting up I've been watching it ... not that I'm really doing anything about it. Went swimming the previous week, playing badminton, and been lifting at the opt shop. Sometimes it gives me trouble so I have to get out of things. However it's still like the same for a week or so so I went to the doctor to check it out. My GP was out on holidays so I saw the new doctor ... She was blunt about how it was just inflammation even though I told her bout the past. Gave me a prescription, some things to do at home, and shuffled me off ... Think I'll make an appointment to see my usual GP when he comes back.

So now I'm just keeping my elbow warm and taking my meds ... hopefully this is just temporary.