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A pain in the...
May. 6th, 2021 07:52 amBack in 2015 when I was gearing up to ride the Paris-Brest-Paris, I started having leg pain in my right leg caused by a chain of muscular imbalances, and that was eventually enough to get me to find a primary care provider and start up physical therapy. (scoliosis is likely an underlying contributor, too)
This time, it appears to be my left leg that is the source of troubles. I can sit and stand without horrible discomfort, but it sure feels like it's the piriformis or one of the piriformis's close neighbors that's unhappy. Attempting to sleep has become miserable, and when sleep is poor, well. Self-administration of PT exercises used for the right leg, and lower back strengthening/stretching exercises haven't helped so far, so it's time to finally hie me to the doctor.
I could point at at least 6 different things as potential hypotheses for how things got where they are. I wish I could say I'll learn my lesson from this, and do better when it comes to general stretching and strengthening. But previous experience suggests this is an arena that's hard for me. It's one of the first things to fall by the wayside when life gets busy. I also basically fell off of the "Health Care Item of the Month" when I moved away from Texas and have struggled to get back on that wagon ever since.
Sigh.
I'll get Miss Kitty in to the vet for a checkup today, will get the ball rolling with a doctor's appointment, and somehow or another life will go on.
I still haven't filed my taxes yet, either.
Edit: First place I called, "Oh, we aren't scheduling new appointments until mid- to late-June. No, we don't have our calendar up for August yet." Cue flashbacks to trying to find a vet for Emma / why I'm still dependent on friends/S to make a 17-mile drive out to the vet.
Second place I called, listed as the hospital a mile from the house, bounced me up to a clinic in the Resort Town 30 miles to the north. Uhh, yeah. If that had been listed on the insurance company's "Find-a-Doc" site I wouldn't have called you, now would I?
I should just find a patient advocate and pay them to find me a doctor and appointment. Thanks, US "health care" system. Now it's an hour later and there's still a stack of exams and lab reports to grade. Ugh.
This time, it appears to be my left leg that is the source of troubles. I can sit and stand without horrible discomfort, but it sure feels like it's the piriformis or one of the piriformis's close neighbors that's unhappy. Attempting to sleep has become miserable, and when sleep is poor, well. Self-administration of PT exercises used for the right leg, and lower back strengthening/stretching exercises haven't helped so far, so it's time to finally hie me to the doctor.
I could point at at least 6 different things as potential hypotheses for how things got where they are. I wish I could say I'll learn my lesson from this, and do better when it comes to general stretching and strengthening. But previous experience suggests this is an arena that's hard for me. It's one of the first things to fall by the wayside when life gets busy. I also basically fell off of the "Health Care Item of the Month" when I moved away from Texas and have struggled to get back on that wagon ever since.
Sigh.
I'll get Miss Kitty in to the vet for a checkup today, will get the ball rolling with a doctor's appointment, and somehow or another life will go on.
I still haven't filed my taxes yet, either.
Edit: First place I called, "Oh, we aren't scheduling new appointments until mid- to late-June. No, we don't have our calendar up for August yet." Cue flashbacks to trying to find a vet for Emma / why I'm still dependent on friends/S to make a 17-mile drive out to the vet.
Second place I called, listed as the hospital a mile from the house, bounced me up to a clinic in the Resort Town 30 miles to the north. Uhh, yeah. If that had been listed on the insurance company's "Find-a-Doc" site I wouldn't have called you, now would I?
I should just find a patient advocate and pay them to find me a doctor and appointment. Thanks, US "health care" system. Now it's an hour later and there's still a stack of exams and lab reports to grade. Ugh.
